Freckles and braids say come and try my pollen. #GardenSelfie #flowers

Today I am lost in a lily. #flower #lily #GardenSelfie #photography

The ballon flowers are ballooning. #flowers #summer

Oh, hi! It’s me, out here in the heat taking the same garden photos I take every year, but grateful that most of the babies I planted years ago still return and feed droves of hummingbirds, goldfinches, and bees. #flowers #grateful

How Darth Bader eats sushi:

That young red-bellied woodpecker with a sweet tooth for hummingbird sugar keeps coming back for more. #birds #hummingbird

PB’s I’m loving right now: “Long before you came to be…” The Story of Everything: The Story of You!, @karanewhouse.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social @holiday-house.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #KidlitAmbassador #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Roses after a shower. #roses #flowers

At the Public Garden for my daughter’s birthday, we had to make way for goslings. #goslings #BostonPublicGarden

PB’s I’m loving right now: “I remember it clearly.” 102, @cordellmatthew.bsky.social, @littlebrown.bsky.sociall. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #KidlitAmbassador #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “She knows that she can pick herself up and keep pushing ahead.” When I Grow Up I want to be a Chair, @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social Barry Lee. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #KidlitAmbassador #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Wrong feeder, bud. #RedBelliedWoodpecker #HummingbirdFeeder #birds

PB’s I’m loving right now: “a lil’ love, a lil’ kindness.” Soggy Like CushCush, Karly Pierre, @kristenuroda.bsky.social l, Little Bee Books. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #KidlitAmbassador #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Can you find the pop-up card my daughter gave me for Mother’s Day?

While harvesting from my garden to make table top arrangements for an event, I came across these ephemerals (always loved that name) and a hummingbird! #garden #spring

PB’s I’m loving right now: “It is the largest migration of animals on Earth, every—single—night.” The Ocean’s Heart: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life, @jilanne.bsky.social Khoa Le, Millbrook Press @lernerbooks.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

The brown headed cowbirds are back in town, investigating other birds’ nests to lay their eggs. #birds #BrownHeadedCowbirds

More April snow on daffodils:

April snow on the daffodils

PB’s I’m loving right now: “For as long as Sylvester can remember, he has always been alone.” A Winter’s Morning, Angélique Leone & Grégoire Solotareff @postwavebooks.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “… you need a land where you are welcome…” All you Need, Howard Schwartz, Jasu Hu, Neal Porter Books @holiday-house.bsky.social s, . #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

This sparrow decided to join me for coffee, but he seems angry.

A rite of almost spring for me is @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #50PreciousWords. For the Literacy Initiative this year, I am donating the amazing A Winter’s Morning by Angélique Leone & Grégoire Solotareff, @postwavebooks.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Here’s my entry:

PB’s I’m loving right now: “I didn’t think I’d ever tell why I draw an owl so well…” I Know How to Draw an Owl, Hilary Horder Hippely, Matt James, Neal Porter Books, @holiday-house.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Roseate spoonbill dreams of tropical breeze meet bomb cyclone blizzard. #haiku #HaikuSaturday

PB’s I’m loving right now: “What did I know?... I just knew that Astro was my friend.” Astro @manuelmarsol.bsky.social, translated by @lizziedavis.bsky.social Transit Children’s Editions @transitbooks.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

“Calm is my courage.” Just read the ARC of My Life as an Asthmanaut: A book about asthma @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social, Adriana Predoi, @freespiritbooks.bsky.social, for kids who cope and their crew. Calmness and caring are our superpowers. In April. #ChildrensBooks, #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Words of wisdom for finding the heart of your story by Daria Peoples for @12x12challenge.bsky.social. Catch the replay, if you can. #ChildrensBooks, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “Maybe becoming the us is where our story really starts.” Stalactite & Stalagmite, Drew Beckmeyer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Six more weeks of winter?