Reading a Stack of Picture Books and Traveling Again!

 

What a wonderful time we had at a party celebrating the high school graduation of our granddaughter, Bailey, last weekend! She is the valedictorian of her class and she will be officially graduating on Tuesday night. So happy for this sweet girl!

We also managed to squeeze in visits with my Aunt Karen and Uncle Steve, my Uncle Gene and Aunt Joan, my brother and his wife, and our son.

We are worn out from all the wonderful visiting!

I read a stack of picture books last week. 

Some were fiction picture books and some were nonfiction picture books.

Uncle John's City Garden by Bernette Ford

To the Front! Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam

Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence

Blast Off! How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space

The Year I Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

Where is Bina Bear? by Mike Curato

The Treasure Box by Dave Keane

Another Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Everyday by Clemency Burton Hill (Nonfiction)

The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis (Narniathon)

Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch (Book-About-Books)

Poetry Rx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy to Your Life (Happiness; Poetry)

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Chapter-a-Day)

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Fiction)

Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner (Fiction)

Happy for You by Claire Stanford (Fiction)

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases (Nonfiction)

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel (Nonfiction)

Last week I posted here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: Write for Your Life; Poetry Rx; Around the World in 80 Books; and Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (Uh, No)

Four Book Quotes that Remind Us Of the Exquisite Joy to Be Found in Small Moments

Wondrous Words Wednesday: Flâneur

Summer Challenges: 20 Books of Summer and Big Book Summer Challenge

Since April, we have been (1) to France for a month, (2) to East Texas for our granddaughter's kindergarten graduation, and (3) to North Texas for our granddaughter's high school graduation party. We are going (4) back to North Texas for our granddaughter's high school graduation this week. I will be going (5) back to North Texas for a baby shower in two weeks, and then my husband and I will be (6) flying to Montana for a week in June for a rock dig. 

Whew!

Good Thing #1

It was quite the adventure, going out to eat with my dad and his wife and my aunt and uncle, 

all of whom are in their 90s, while we visited in Ft. Worth.

We so enjoyed our time with them.

Good Thing #2

A family-owned grocery/hardware/feed store in my town celebrated its 100th anniversary

by having a fabulous mural painted on the side of the building

and a big party.

Good Thing #3

A pear.

I've never tasted a pear that melted in my mouth like this one.

Sometimes it's the little things...

I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

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