Saturday, April 25, 2026

The Sunday Salon: Migration Celebration at the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

 




Welcome! I am very happy that you joined us here at the 
Sunday Salon

What is the Sunday Salon? 

The Sunday Salon is a spot to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to stop in at other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 







What I Read Last Week:

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry (Novel)

by Cameron Hewitt (Travel)

Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis (Science Fiction)


The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (Fantasy)

The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life by Arthur C. Brooks (Happiness)

The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly (Memoir)






What I'm Reading Now:

The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane (Nonfiction)

The Museum of Lost Things: True Tales of Fabled Treasures, Legendary Cities, and Mythical Creatures That Vanished From History by Sam Kean (Nonfiction)

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (Fiction)

 all weekend with Migration Celebration,
a huge outdoor activity event.
In years past, I've done face painting
and I've worked in the butterfly tent.





I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:




Good Thing #1:

I read for 16 out of the 24 hours at
the readathon last weekend.
I finished a total of 9 books.



Good Thing #2:
My husband and I learned about pollinators and
plants at UTMB's OLLI's Gardening Symposium last week.



Good Thing #3:
I won three ribbons for my nature photographs
at Migration Celebration.





Weekend linkup spots are listed below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

I hope you will join the linkup for Sunday Salon below.

34 comments:

  1. I love your routine of writing down three.good things, Deb.

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  2. Congratulations on your ribbon winning!! I definitely want to listen to The Irish Goodbye, it relates to me, in many ways.

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  3. Wow! Congratulations on winning the photography ribbon Deb. Have a wonderful weekend!

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  4. Congratulations on your photo wins! How exciting! And on your readathon. The nature symposium sounds fun.

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  5. Ooh, I've enjoyed Sam Kean's books before; The Museum of Lost Things sounds fun. Hope you're enjoying it!

    Congrats on the winning photos!

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  6. Great list of books, looks like you had a great week of reading !

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  7. Warblers are coming through here this spring. Mother's Day is the date for the annual viewing of migrant birds at Magee Marsh by Lake Erie. We hope to go on the boardwalk through the area.

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  8. I am glad to hear that you are deeply immersed in nature. Keep on doing what you do!

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  9. I would love to see the photos you took that won you those three ribbons, Deb! Enjoy your time at the wildlife refuge. I hope the weather is lovely for you.

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    1. Maybe I will post the photos of the photos next week! Thanks, Les!

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  10. You're an award-wining photographer! How exciting!
    And congrats on completing Dewey's Read-a-thon, too.

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  11. You are doing so much! Congratulations on the ribbons for your photos.

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  12. Congratulations on the awards for your nature photography, that's fantastic! I've said it before, but it bears repeating, I love all the nature work you do.

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  13. Congratulations on your awards for your photographs! I'd love to see them!!

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  14. Congratulations on your ribbons! You really took advantage of that readathon, way to go! I hope you have a fantastic weekend and week ahead.

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  15. Congratulations on your photography ribbons!

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  16. That's a lot of books! I didn't care for C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. Migration Celebration sounds fun!

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  17. Sad that Out of the Silent Planet didn't work for you, but sure glad Wendell Berry is a fit!
    About birds, I'm almost done with my audiobook on owls, see my post, such a fabulous book

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  18. Congrats on winning the ribbons! The event sounds like fun. Also, good job with the readathon. You did great! Have a nice week!

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  19. Coincidentally I read a book recently called The Irish Goodbye. A different one to yours. Congratulations on your awards. I don't have a new book post this weekend. Join you next week!

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  20. Congrats on winning the ribbons! Hope you have a good week!

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  21. I've planted a lot of plants to attract pollinators and they're beautiful, too! Congratulations on your award! Have a wonderful week!

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  22. Congrats on your photography ribbons!! How exciting! The Migration Celebration sounds so fun!

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  23. I love that Pratchett snuck in there with some serious reads. And congrats on the wins! Great stuff!

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  24. congratulations on the ribbons!! that is so wonderful.. and i love the sound of that museum :)

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  25. I love Pratchett and i love the wee free men! Just bought another of his children's tales on the weekend.

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  26. Congratulations on winning prizes for your nature photography and what fun volunteering in the butterfly exhibit or face painting kids!

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  27. Lots of wonderful things going on in your world. Such a neat sounding event and so many read books. The Happiness Files sounds wonderful.

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  28. Sounds like a fun, busy week. The Museum of Lost Things sounds like something I'd enjoy. I'll have to check into it as my first nonfiction of the year. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  29. I'm not surprised that you've won ribbons for your bird pics - I'm so impressed at the photos you post here. Glad to see that you have recently finished The Wee Free Men - 'ah crivens!' was one of the family sayings back when Ethan and Oscar were reading the series. Have a great week, Deb:).

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  30. Just took a look at your TTT post. I loved that Chaim Potok book, but its decades since I read it. Sounds like a very productive week, you did really well with the reading marathon. Congrats on the photography win.

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  31. You had quite the week. Congrats on your photography prizes and books read.

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