Saturday, October 17, 2026

The Sunday Salon: A Week in Which I Go to a Family Reunion, I Solve Nature Riddles at Fall Field Day, and I Am Presented with a Magnificent Painting

 





Welcome! We're happy you joined us at the 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. 




October is always a busy month for me, and last week was classically busy October; I went to a family reunion, my last (until spring) ukulele class, our naturalist group's Fall Field Day at Brazos Bend State Park, and a play at our town's college, in addition to my normal swim classes.





      Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym | Goodreads

What I Read Last Week:

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures 
by Merlin Sheldrake (Nonfiction)

The Librarians by Sherry Thomas (Mystery)

Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym (Fiction)




The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett | Author of The Help Returns ...   Sons (House of Earth, #2) by Pearl S. Buck | Goodreads

What I'm Reading Now:

The Calamity Club by Katherine Stockett (Fiction)

Sons by Pearl S. Buck (Fiction)








Dewey's October 2026 Readathon

October 17-18
8 AM to 8 AM Eastern time / 2 PM to 2 PM CEST


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:

My dad (left), 99, and 
my cousin, Ray, 90,
at our family reunion.
Good genes, indeed!



Good Thing #2:

My cousin, Chuck, is an artist,
and he made this amazing painting
just for my husband and me.
I still can't quite believe it.



Good Thing #3:

We had to solve 25 nature riddles
and take photos of the answers
during our naturalist group's 
Fall Field Day this week. 




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.

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9 comments:

  1. Olivia BeckOctober 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM

    Busy week for you all right, it it looks like they were all great things. Great genes indeed! How did you like Entangled Life? I am so looking forward to Nonfiction November.

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  2. Gail Is This Mutton?October 17, 2026 at 6:39 AM

    The ukelele sounds fun! As does a family reunion. I love Barbara Pym. Thanks for the link-up. .

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  3. AnonymousOctober 17, 2026 at 7:44 AM

    The painting does look magnificent! Have a great weekend!
    I’d love to see the 25 riddles.
    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  4. NickyOctober 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM

    The 24 hour readathon isn't a format that works well for me these days, but I love that it's still running! That made me smile.

    Hope you have a good week!

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  5. HarveeOctober 17, 2026 at 9:35 AM

    That painting is awesome. Enjoy it.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM

    I just created my weekend post about this morning’s trip to the Farmer’s Market … mae

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  7. Dorothy BordersOctober 17, 2026 at 11:11 AM

    Oh, I love that painting! What a wonderful gift your cousin gave you.

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  8. Anne@HeadFullofBooksOctober 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM

    What a lovely painting. Was it just a gift of love or was it for a special occasion? Happiness!

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  9. thathappyreaderOctober 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM

    Amazing genes for sure Deb! What a lovely gift - that painting is beautiful! Have a wonderful weekend.

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