Wordless Wednesday
FOTD
Monday Portrait
Flower of the Day
Little Free Libraries
Little Free Libraries have popped up in many places, a few years ago along the boardwalk at the beach
and more recently right in my home town. Here’s the background on them:
Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization that promotes neighborhood book exchanges, usually in the form of a public bookcase. More than 90,000 public book exchanges are registered with the organization and branded as Little Free Libraries. Through Little Free Libraries, present in 91 countries, millions of books are exchanged each year, with the aim of increasing access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds. The Little Free Library nonprofit organization is based in Hudson, Wisconsin, United States.
Here are some of the ones around town
I have a feeling this one was made by someone not ordered through the Little Free Library website. It is really special with the design on the sides.
If I pass one while out walking I’ll stop to take a look at what is inside. Usually I don’t see anything but last week a book caught my eye.
The title was To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, a Son and a Lifelong Obsession by Dan Koeppel
What a great book! I had no idea there are competitive bird watchers who are “Big Listers” attempting to see thousands of species of birds by traveling the world.
I intend to return to that Little Free Library and donate some of my “already read” books in hopes someone will find a worthwhile choice when they take a look.
Weekend Sky
Traveling to Queens, NY from New Jersey, the skies overhead were beautiful. That’s New York City on the right in the first two photos with the sun going down in the west.
Last on the card: June 2022
Back in April, A Crow came to visit my backyard. I had been sitting on the patio when he flew into a tree overhead and I returned his Caws. I put out some peanuts and raisins & craisins, and he preferred the raisins & craisins and kept coming back for more. He was around for a few days, but had not visited again until June 30th. Just in time for Brian’s Last on the Card! Here he is.
Wordless Wednesday
Weekend Sky
My first trip of the summer for an overnight at the New Jersey Shore yielded some very beautiful skies!
A Photo a Week Challenge: Nature at Work
Pull Up A Seat
CFFC: Landscapes or Waterscapes
I chose both!
A view of the Hudson River in NY
A visit to a small New Jersey town along the Toms River dotted with small sailboats while children learned to sail
Landscape scenes in New Jersey
Wordless Wednesday
SHARE YOUR WORLD
QUESTIONS
What are three scents you like?
Lilacs, Cinnamon and Coffee and especially when it’s brewing.
Would you rather have a massage or get a facial?
Oh that’s a tough one. I happen to love both. In my life before Covid, I went every week for a massage. The benefits to the body when going all the time really do make a difference. I have not been since 2020, but do hope to get back to going soon. I tried to go for a facial usually 3 times a year. Again, Covid threw a wrench into that system, especially since the woman I always went to left town. I would have to say I would choose massage over facial, as I can’t give myself a massage but can give myself various facial treatments.
Have you ever thrown someone a really extravagant party?
Can’t say I have. Unless of course you’re talking about my wedding, which my husband and I paid for and organized. It’s great to get married when you’re older, you make the decisions, not your parents!
GRATITUDE SECTION
Feel free to share some gratitude. It can be a photo, image, quote or just some wisdom.
Monday Portrait
Weekend Sky
CBWC: Bricks and Stones
CMMC: June Pick a Topic from my Photo
the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo. Possible topics frame within a photo, window, square, silhouette, restaurant, bushes, trees, table chair, green, red, brown, parked, vehicles, looking through, etc. What else can you come up with?
Shop Windows From the Outside In
Wordless Wednesday
Share Your World
This week’s questions are:
What is one topic you really like to talk about? Or something you really want to tell people?
Well, I do love to talk about birds. Most people I know do know my love for them so will ask a question that I am more than happy to answer. Even my students.
What do you normally never tell strangers about yourself? (be general, I don’t need to know details or invade privacy)
I think I am pretty much an open book, honest about who I am, open about my shortcomings, what I excel at, what I am still working on. I don’t overshare, but people will come to me to confide in me which I think stems from my being open and non judgmental.
Have you ever broken anything? (can be health related, emotion related, or situation related – you define “broken anything” for your own satisfaction)
Broke my elbow in 2012, would rather not revisit that period of time. Broken family relationships which have made life much less complicated. Broken heart when a close friend died years ago.
Is having a big ego a negative trait or positive trait?
Negative. One can be confident, accomplished, good at something and still maintain an amount of humility. Big egos serve no purpose except to annoy those who must withstand bearing witness to them.
I am going to quote what Fandango wrote in response to this question as it sums up exactly what I was thinking, written beautifully
There is nothing wrong with feeling positive about yourself. But the ego needs to be kept in check. The problems with an oversized, unbridled ego arise when it turns a person into a self-absorbed, arrogant person who feels that he or she is superior to others.
What aspects of your city or neighborhood are you grateful for?
My neighborhood is treelined and a secluded pond is within walking distance of my home. The Hackensack River runs through the area too, which brings wildlife and wonderful views too.
Last on the Card: May 2022
At the end of each month Brian invites us to share the photos taken the last day of the month- with cell phone or camera. Ok, I realize it is the 13th of June, but what the heck, I figured I’d share anyway. The school year is over this week and things have been busy.
Here’s a look at recess on the field the last day of May with my cell phone, when the weather was so beautiful we stayed out longer than we should have. And yes those are my empty shoes sitting there in the foreground. (not my chips though)
My husband and I visited a lovely arboretum May 30th. Here is some of what we saw.
And of a course a selfie of the day.
Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Tickled #Pink
Think Pink is my motto as it is my very favorite color. For character day in school I dressed as Pinkalicious.
And a pink Lady from Grease
Wordless Wednesday
A Day In The Life 
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