Now and again there are glimpses of a less fragmented home life. At the moment, still a rarity. A6.4, T3.7.
Currently reading: Monk’s Hood by Ellis Peters 📚
Finished reading: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters 📚
4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long overdue catch up with Bea today. Ours is one of those friendships that doesn’t need too much but keeps on giving 💖
Joy-spotting 💖
Finished reading: What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo 📚
4/5 ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Finished book via audio — it’s the better way to appreciate this memoir. Author narrates plus the recorded therapy sessions requires it!
Just dug out a young crepe myrtle (two seasons old) to plant somewhere else — the vast somewhere else of garden mythology.
Back in the Ravelry rabbit hole and some of the patterns I would love to knit are so out of reach right now (skill wise)!
Finished reading: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 📚
4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🦴
Very enjoyable read. The writing style is not the easiest to digest (esp after a long hiatus from the genre). However I feel like my vocabulary has expanded immensely by the end. Highly recommend! Brother Cadfael reminds me of P.F. Ford’s Norm.
A meadow underwater. How absolutely stunning. So glad I looked.
How many more days until picking?
Pretty sure this is not Seaton’s J’adore.
Finished reading: A Date with Death by P.F. Ford 📚
2.5/5 ⭐️⭐️🌗
Prequel to the West Wales series that focuses on Southall. Which means no Norm. Which means nothing endearing. The ending felt rushed. If not for Polly, this would have been 2/5.
I really didn’t need another dozen tulips to plant… and yet here I am.
Currently reading: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters 📚
I must admit I’m only reading this because of my recent rose bush acquisition (a DA named Brother Cadfael). I hope it’s good!
Finished reading: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚
4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’ve heard so much about this book and expected too much. Still a great read but has not made it to the favourites list.
Finished reading: A BODY ON THE BEACH a Gripping Welsh Crime Mystery Full of Twists by P F Ford 📚
4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌗
For the genre (cosy mystery!), it’s a great read! Can’t help but like Norm. He reminds me of my favourite mentor, Carlos.
Finished reading: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 📚
3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Found the book repetitive and thought the focus on safety-ism valid but also wanted to retort back (to no one in particular) that it’s not that simple okkk. Agree with most of it and the recommendations are solid enough. I just think that majority of the onus needs to be on the design end of tech.
First bunch of chrysanthemums I’ve ever picked. Pictured here are Champagne and Baltica Salmon.
