Saturday, July 25, 2026

The Sunday Salon: Fun with Turtles, Snakes, and Alligators




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Sunday Salon

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





After a busy week and a brush with a tropical storm in the Gulf, we drove to Dallas this weekend to celebrate our great-granddaughter Lucy's fourth birthday. I'm almost finished with my Paris in July reading, and I finally tried making sourdough bread from Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery.







What I Read Last Week:



The Shortest History of France by Colin Jones (History - Paris in July)

Toujours la France! by Janine Marsh (Memoir - Paris in July)

Quartet by Jean Rhys (Fiction - Paris in July)

Moveable Feasts: A Story of Paris in Twenty Meals by Chris Newens (Nonfiction - Paris in July)

En Route: A Journey Through France in the Company of Great Writers by Peter Fiennes (Nonfiction - Paris in July) 







What I'm Reading Now:

The Earth by Émile Zola (Fiction - Paris in July)

Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire (Fiction in French - Paris in July)


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:

More fun with alligators and turtles and snakes.



Good Thing #2:

Our book club celebrated fifteen years talking books this week.



Good Thing #3:

How happy I feel! 
sent me this Toronto Public Library
library card for my collection.
Thank you so much
for your thoughtfulness, Jackie!





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28 comments:

  1. Great list of books, Deb. And I love ❤️ turtles 🐢

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  2. Good job on finishing up your July in Paris reading! So fun to introduce children to different animals. Happy Birthday to Lucy!

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  3. I am impressed that you are reading Zola and Voltaire, Deb.

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  4. Happy Birthday to Lucy! I love seeing how children react to animals. Have a wonderful weekend Deb.

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  5. It was a pleasure, I'm glad it made it!

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  6. Glad you had a good week and glad that tropical thing kind of fizzled out. Hope this next week is fun! Happy birthday to Lucy and well done with 15 years of book group!

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  7. You keep reminding me of French authors that I should read more of, epecially zola!
    Have a good weekend…mae at mefood.blogspot.com

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  8. You've had an awesome reading week! Congratulations on your book club anniversary!

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  9. How fun to celebrate your book club's anniversary! It would be interesting to know which 15 books were the group's favorites.

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  10. Sound's like a great week! I hope you have a blast celebrating Lucy! And, 15 years with your book club is fantastic. #goals

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  11. A book club that has managed to keep talking books for fifteen years is definitely something to celebrate. As is fun with alligators, turtles, and snakes, not to mention great-granddaughters!

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  12. Fifteen years! That's a very good book club run.

    Hope you have a good week!

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  13. It sounds like a great week. You have an amazing book club.

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  14. I hope you had a great trip to Dallas and that the storm didn't hit you. Have a great week!

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  15. 15 years of a book club! How wonderful. Hope you had fun at the birthday celebration. That is a fun age.
    I hope you have another fun week!

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  16. Hope you're having fun in Dallas. Congratulations on the 15 years of book club and score with the Canadian library card!

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  17. Sounds like a great week.Hope next week is just as fun! Happy Reading!

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  18. That's fantastic you've had 15 years with a bookclub! Love the photos and happy to hear tropical storm Bertha didn't cause you trouble.

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  19. Sounds lots of fun with God's creatures.
    If you did even short reviews on Goodreads for these books, don't hesistate to link them to #parisinjuly2026

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  20. Thank you so much for the bookmark and birthday wishes!

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  21. More time with alligators, turtles, and snakes sounds GREAT! Happy birthday to your granddaughter :)

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  22. Love that your book club has been meeting for that long!

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  23. That’s lovely you been with you book club for so long.I hope you have a great week and that it’s not as hot as in MN

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  24. Another busy but fun week for you!..

    Thanks for sharing, happy reading!

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  25. 15 years of book group is fantastic! Especially to keep it going in person through Covid and everything else. Congrats. I love that you are collecting library cards :-)

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  26. How sweet to be able to celebrate your great-granddaughter's birthday AND your book club's 15th anniversary in the same week!

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  27. How fun that you're collecting library cards. I want to pet an alligator.

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