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à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jul 17

Absolutely only surviving the canicule in France thanks to the @librarycongress.bsky.social fan I grabbed at ALAAC Philly last year. Best. Swag. Ever #skybrarians 📚

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jul 5

I love finding my favorites in bookstores when I travel. In this case, the Lightfall series en français! 📚#librarianontheroad #skybrarians

The French language cover of Lightfall: A Place Between, a graphic novel by Tim Probert, sits on a shelf in a French bookstore.

The deluxe gilded French language cover of Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian, a graphic novel by Tim Probert, sits on a shelf in a French bookstore.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jun 16

I'm guessing this was meant to say "Elite" but truly I love the idea of an Elote Squad so much.

A screenshot of a cropped off-white shirt sleeve tshirt from a soccer fan website with FRANCE in large blue letters on the front and a red and blue fleur de lis design on the back. The item's description reads "France Outerstuff Women's FIFA World Cup 2026 Elote Squad Cropped T-shirt - Natural." OP highly suspects that the caption should have been Elite Squad instead.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jun 13

Summer reading kickoff party day let’s goooooooo!

A close-up photograph of a painted eye on a large foam dinosaur sculpture. The eye resembles the eye of Sauron with red and yellow rings and a sharp black vertical pupil. The dinosaur’s painted skin is green with purple and black mottling.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jun 10

Again, veeeery very normal.

A 7 1/2 foot tall Tyrannosaurus rex carved out of purple insulation foam, with a background of tall unpainted grass on the bottom, is partially painted brown. The dinosaur is clearly a work in progress.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jun 8

Very normal, nothing to see here. Just summer reading business as usual… #skybrarians #cslp2026 #libraries

A large pile of 12 inflatable pteranodons, with wingspans approximately 4 feet, lay piled on a carpeted floor.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· May 28

Well folks - it’s officially official! I love working with my director and I’m very excited to keep doing so in this new capacity.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· May 7

Action shots of vanilla bean & orange dueling pots. I love the color difference that came out of this split batch! Round 2 (rhubarb & gin) is currently struggling to set. 🤞

A boiling pot of pinkish rhubarb preserves with vanilla bean flecks, with a black silicone spatula sticking out of the pot.

A more orangey pot of boiling rhubarb preserves with chunks of fresh orange and lemon, with a red silicone spatula sticking out of it.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· May 5

I couldn’t decide so went with two kinds of preserves for this round.

A close-up of the lids of several jars of rhubarb jams, one kind is rhubarb vanilla bean and the other kind is tart orange rhubarb

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· May 4

I refuse to miss a single moment of rhubarb season this year.

Approximately a dozen bright red and pale green fresh rhubarb stalks with leafy tops sit in a neat row on a yellow cutting board.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Apr 15

Hard to believe that #PLA2026 was two weeks ago already! I’ve never felt so energized by a conference (and also so exhausted). Minneapolis, you are a dream!

The Wells Fargo Tower in Minneapolis, a modern art deco style skyscraper, is lit up golden yellow on a foggy dark street. The tower glows slightly eerily and lights up the surrounding lower buildings.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Feb 24

Final count here was just about 2 feet, not including wading through the drifts that were higher than my waist to try and reach the car. Please send your largest bottle of ibuprofen.

A photo looking down into an enormous snowdrift, with a person’s legs in black sweatpants visible as well as the bottom of a shovel stuck into the snow. The snow is higher than the top of the person’s boots and reaches almost to their knees.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Feb 22

No one wants rye bread in a blizzard, I guess? Buckle up, NJ!

The bread aisle of a grocery store at 10:30am, hours before a record blizzard is forecasted to start. Most of the bread is gone, but one whole shelf of various rye breads remains largely untouched.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jan 25

No more plow but the sidewalks just got done for the first time. I have now dug my car out thrice. Plinking sounds and also my FACE tell me the ice storm part is starting.

Approximately 6 inches of snow have accumulated on top of a small grey SUV. The picture shows part of the hood cleared off so you can see the depth of the snow. There are other cars in a parking lot behind that have not been cleared off at all. This is the second of three times this car has been cleared of snow in one day.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Jan 25

7” so far and still bucketing down with no sign of stopping. First plow sighting about 30min ago.

A black cat sits in a large window flanked by beige curtains with branch patterns. He stares out the window at a snowstorm, with snow piling up on the windowsill and a snow plow truck going down the street in the background.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Dec 25

I guess this means I’m supposed to stop writing performance evals for the night?

A photo of the screen of an open MacBook, which is set to a generic Italian countryside background. In front of the laptop screen is the large extended leg of a cat, mostly black fur with a white foot, stretched over the entire middle of the screen,thus preventing his human from effectively using the laptop anymore.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Dec 15

The sufganiyot fairy visited the library today 🤤

One of several boxes of sufganiyot, a jelly donut eaten during Hanukkah, from Beigel’s Bakery in Brooklyn NY. The donuts where brought to the library by a generous patron for staff to enjoy and are sitting on the table in the staff kitchen area.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Dec 15

Sweet frozen Jesus on a crispy cracker. Missing from this map is the town where my library is… which is in the purple… where it will be -3° in the morning. Help.

A meteorological chart covering New Jersey and the eastern part of Pennsylvania shows the “feels like” temperatures for Monday, December 15 at 7 AM. All of the temperatures are 5°F or under, and the temperature where the OP works is going to be zero or in the negatives.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Dec 8

The slander continues. This bear has it in for pigeons.

Another screenshot from Duolingo with the same bear cartoon as the first screenshot, this time asking the user to translate the English sentence “a pigeon attacked me!” into French.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Dec 7

This is pigeon slander and it will not stand.

A screenshot from the Duolingo app with a grumpy bear cartoon asking you to translate from French to English the phrase: “Pigeons are the rats of the sky.”

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Nov 20

Happy Beaujolais Nouveau Day from my family (me & my cat) to yours (whoever). 🍷

A glass of red wine in the forefront of a photo sits on a grey bar, in the background are two standard wine bottles and a magnum.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Nov 17

Pigeon brawl in France, with the two on the left strutting over in lock-step like the principal and your gym teacher coming over to send everyone to detention and be very disappointed in them.

A group of approximately 20 pigeons are fighting over something on the ground next to a brick wall. Several other pigeons are walking over from the left-hand side of the photo, including two with their breasts puffed out, walking in lockstep, looking very serious and very disappointed.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Nov 15

Very normal Saturday at work, nothing to see here. #libraries #skybrarians

A white man with brown hair and a brown beard is wearing a style outfit and holding a giant toothbrush. He also holds the end of a long chain, which is tied around the neck of a 7 foot tall hyper-realistic T.rex. The dinosaur is walking through the front sliding doors of the public library, on its way to meet approximately 70 children inside.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Nov 6

Well that’s… new.

A screenshot of the United Airlines app with a text alert that reads: The U.S. government plans to restrict flights beginning Friday, November 7, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. We're making updates to our schedule and will let you know if your flight is affected as soon as possible. Check your flight status.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Nov 3

This is extremely accurate. Crazy Rich Asians is the perfect plane movie and I will not hear otherwise.

A photo of the seatback inflight movie selection on a United flight, with a list of curated films titled Perfect Plane Movies. The photo shows the film posters for Oceans 11, Mean Girls, Crazy Rich Asians, and The Blues Brothers.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Oct 31

Happy New Year, witches. The veil is thin and I am ready to rock some faces. 🖤⚡️ (work bestie is dressed as the well-behaved 80s twin with leggings and crimped hair)

A white female human is dressed in a rainbow sequin jacket, The Cure tshirt, black skirt, green and pink fishnet tights, and knee high doc marten boots. She has bold 80s makeup and a fauxhawk hairstyle. She is making rock fists while facing the camera, and is standing in a children’s library section between a large stuffed unicorn toy and a large stuffed zebra toy.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Oct 25

From humble beginnings, my children begin to multiply. I also think the folks who work at the farmstand may be questioning my sanity.

A photo of a cream-colored pantry shelf with two large jars of bright yellow wax beans, two large jars of green beans, and several smaller jars of vegetable broth stacked together. They have been home canned.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Oct 12

This week was a pile of hot garbahhhje but hey I finally finished my latest project. 9”x24” finished, crewel wool on traditional groundcloth. (pattern by Avlea Folk Embroidery)

A long rectangular cream linen table runner with fringed edges and a geometric design worked in brick pink, navy, and muted teal wool thread. The pattern is from Avlea Embroidery and is based on Prairie-style architecture leaded glass windows. It took around 45-50 hours to embroider and finish, in case anyone wonders why this would not be a lucrative side hustle.

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Sep 23

I’m glad we all decided that Strega was thee equinox drink this year

à la bibliohèck@alabiblioheck· Sep 5

🤣 Eric Carle conveniently left out all the little 🐛💩s !!