Spring Fling and the City Nature Challenge and Off to Big Sandy Again

 

I know I just got home from a month in France, but I'm off this weekend to Big Sandy, Texas. It's the kindergarten graduation of my beautiful granddaughter, Annie, and we have a lovely celebration planned.

So, no, I haven't exactly gotten my reading mojo back after a month away in France, and I'm not likely to get a lot of reading done while I'm off with family in Big Sandy. But I did finish A Horse and His Boy, book #5 in the Narnia series, a little adventure with lots of (sigh) dated thoughts about women and girls and other cultures and going to war to solve problems. Probably my least favorite of the series so far...but, onward and upward, to book #6, The Magician's Nephew.

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

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

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell (Chapter-a-Day)

Le gentil petit diable et autres contes de la Rue Broca by Pierre Gripari (1001 Children's Books)

Last week I posted here at Readerbuzz:

Sunday Salon: Au Revoir, Paris!

One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read

Out My Paris Apartment Window

It’s time once again for the 20 Books of Summer, hosted by 746 Books. This year the event will be kicking off on Wednesday 1 June and finishing on Thursday 1 September. If you want to join in, just take the Books of Summer image, and pick your own 10, 15, or 20 books you would like to read. Post the link to your choices in the post’s comments here.

I plan to read: 1. First Summer in the Sierras   2. The Wind in the Willows   3. The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis.  4. Cold Sassy Tree.  5. The Mill on the Floss.  6. When Pies Fly   7. Vanity Fair.  8. Wine Folly.  9. The Mystery of the Yellow Room.  10. Captain Fricasse   11. Nana by Zola.  12. Patient Zero.  12. Dubliners.  13. Lost Horizon.  14. Barefoot in Paris.  15. The Paris Connection.  16. Kisses and Croissants.  17. Nature Underfoot   18. River of the Gods   19. Remarkably Bright Creatures.  20. Lessons in Chemistry

My husband and I participated in the City Nature Challenge last weekend. At a nearby park, we came upon this Great Egret nest with two chicks.

We also volunteered at Quintana Beach Neotropical Bird Sanctuary for Spring Fling, a celebration of the spring migration there. My favorite bird was this Northern Parula who was crazy about the nectar from this Coral Bean plant and posed for us for many hours.

Good Thing #1

I was able to trade in my broken five-year-old Mac

for a $300 credit on a new Mac.

Good Thing #2

I love my new iPhone 

that I bought in Paris after my other iPhone was stolen.

It's light purple, and it's French...

Good Thing #3

My broken camera is at the repair shop.

There is hope it will be fixed.

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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