Weekend Wishes

 

                                  It's August

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Writerly Wednesday and Did You Know Thursday

What's your synonym, definition or sentence for:

 

 Example;) Grouse love popple (poplar) trees.

 

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Did you know, that one of the dirtiest items in a household is the coffeemaker? The reservoir grows mold and bacteria if it's not cleaned regularly.

 

 

Your Coffee Maker Is Full of Mold and Bacteria: Here's How to Clean It 

Ketch-up Day

 

How are you? How is your week going?

Okay, I'm going to start out with playing the blatant grandparent bragging card:)  The eleven-year-olds participated in an entrepreneurship camp last week at ECU. They were some of the youngest members there, most of the participants being high school students.  They had to develop an idea for a product, create a proposal and make a presentation.  The winner getting a thousand dollars.  The little girl won  😀 The HH and I are so thrilled. (I was also pleased with her brother's proposal. I thought it was a good one:)

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 I finished my latest garden project: get rid of the grass and weeds around the grapevine and lay down mulch and pavers. 

 

 Let me tell ya, it was hard to get out of this chair, lots of obstacles in my way, but I managed:)

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Beautiful Canada.

Thank you, Ralph.

 

 

That's it from here. What's going on in your neck of the woods, friends?

Weekend Wishes

 

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Writerly Wednesday and Did You Know Thursday

 What's your synonym or sentence for:

 

My sentence: Don't forget to slap some deodorant  on your oxters.

 

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 Did you know, that koalas have fingerprints that are hard to discern from human fingerprints?

 

 https://factanimal.com/koala/

https://factanimal.com/animal-facts/

 

 

Ketch-up Day

 

It's

 

So kick back and relax.

Meanwhile in the garden 

This is the first grapes, and pretty much the only grapes, from the vine the HH got me last year and I let them sit too long before harvesting. Maybe both the grapevine and I will do better next year:)

 Crepe myrtles are blooming all over town.

 

The birds do like to nest in our rose bushes.

I saw this little guy sitting on the birds' water bath the other night.  You can't tell from the picture but he's teensy, tiny. About an inch long.

Have a great week and stay cool.  And if your weather is already cool, woot woot. We're under the heat dome here. 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Wishes

 I'm posting at Cowboy Kisses about:

 

If interested, please feel free to drop in.

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Writerly Wednesday AND Did You Know Thursday

What's your synonym, sentence or definition for: 

ie: portly, squat

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Did you know, the Flannel Moth Caterpillar is called the Donald Trump caterpillar or  Trumpapillar because of its fur? If you've never seen a picture of one you can get a look-see at the link below.

 

 

'Trumpapillar': Fluffy Caterpillar Looks Just Like Donald Trump's Hair | Live Science 

101 Greatest Animal Facts That Will Blow Your Mind - Fact Animal 

Ketch-up Day

 

AND In the Garden

 

The fox, the HH got me, has his eye on my rooster.

 

My white Iris has decide to bloom in July.

 

 

A leaf from my daughter's basil plant.

What's growing in your garden, blogger buds? 

Weekend Wishes

 

Writerly Wednesday and Did You Know Thursday

 Greetings, Blogger Buds. What's your synonym, example or definition for:

 

 Example: Being agelast, he never laughed.

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 Did you know, dolphins use pufferfish to get high? 

Puffers release a toxin that is a hallucinogenic. Dolphins keep 'nosing' them till they release it in self defense. 

 

101 Greatest Animal Facts That Will Blow Your Mind - Fact Animal 

Weekend Wishes

 Enjoy the weekend, Blogger Buds, and if you are in the United Happy 4th of July.

IWSG Wednesday and Did You Know Thursday

 

The first Wednesday of every month is officially IWSG day. IWSG was formed by Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh. Members post about their doubts and fears, discuss struggles and triumphs, and offer words of encouragement to others who are struggling.

 

Twitter handle: @TheIWSG  

Hashtag: #IWSG 

Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!

Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.

 

The awesome co-hosts for the July 2 posting of the IWSG are Rebecca Douglass, Natalie Aguirre, Cathrina Constantine, and Louise Barbour!

 

Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. 

Remember, the question is optional!

July 2 question - Is there a genre you haven't tried writing in yet that you really want to try? If so, do you plan on trying it?

Nope.

When I first started writing, I was all over the board. I wrote whatever genre tickled my fancy. Fiction (of various genres). Non-fiction, you name it. A writer friend suggested I find a genre and stick with it. I didn’t pay any attention to that sage advice until  I started writing Westerns and realized I’d found my niche. I do occasionally meander in to time travel and shapeshifting😉 but whatever I write must have a Western theme.  Don’t misunderstand me. My sales aren’t anywhere near where I’d like them to be, but more solid than any other genre I’ve ever written in.  What about you, have you found your niche or is there something new your muse is urgently whispering you try?

 

June/July Reviews in no particular order.

* Disclaimer. If I run into an occasional typo, I ignore them and don't factor them into my review.

 

GRATITUDE AND NO FAIRY TALE by D. L. Finn

This is such a wonderful collection of poetry.  It both concentrates on nature and shares a part of the author’s inner self, the poems written with a delicate, expressive style.

 I loved all her works but my absolute favorite was The Door.

The opening lines:

“You thought you had found it;

Your forever home,

As they carried you through the door.

You ate, you slept, you loved them,

And there’s much, much more in this vein.

I’m a Finn Fan and highly recommend this addition to her collection of poetry.

Available at Amazon 

 

AUNT SOPHIE’S DIAMONDS  by Joan Smith

This is a reread for me and to my way of thinking one of Ms. Smith's best.  I love a good regency when I'm after escapism reading.  To my way of thinking Joan Smith and Marian Devon were the best authors of this genre.  Their style: witty and entertaining, with just the right amount of romance sprinkled in.

Highly recommended. Available at Amazon

 

 

 

 

WILES OF A STRANGER by Joan Smith

Another great Joan Smith read filled with her classic wit and humor, with just the right amount of romance thrown in. Highly recommended. Available at Amazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NIGHTSHADE by Michael Connelly

Another winner.

Some of Connelly’s books, I really enjoy. Others I’m lukewarm on. NIGHTSHADE turned out to be a ‘really enjoy’.  The author has introduced a new character, Detective Stilwell who has been transferred to Catalina Island because of inner office politics.  The rural setting suits Stilwell to a T. Then the country quiet erupts, as murder raises its ugly head. Now its up to Stilwell to bring justice to the deceased.

Connelly has created a character who is a bit more subtle and less in-your-face than Bosch. Though thankfully, he retains Bosch’s refusal to quit until the crime has been solved, regardless of the consequences, attitude. Highly recommended.

Available at Amazon 

 

PIONEER SUN by MK Alexander

Insightful. 

Calvin Hobbes, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, visits retired engineer Henry Humes. What he learns there upends his life and sends him questing for answers about a magnetic field in interplanetary space. And modern algorithms may help him find them.

While Calvin’s team is searching for what’s out there, what’s out there is keeping an eye on earth, where political unrest has only gotten stronger and is spreading throughout the world. Now earth must figure out if there are aliens among us and do they mean us harm….and vice versa.

MK Alexander is a master at world building and character development. I found PIONEER SUN to be a very insightful read—especially considering the times we live in—with some unexpected twists. Highly recommended for MK Alexander fans. If you enjoyed his other works, I suggest you add this to your TBR list.

Available at Amazon 

 

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Did you know,  Washington Irving (author of Rip Van Winkle) first used the term "Gotham City" to describe New York? 

 

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