I think if you asked me to show you summer, this is what I'd choose.

Friday flowers!

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Twenty minutes until the cats' dinner time and Bear simply cannot go on.

Part 2

I love it when bees just have a little snooze

The hunter and her prey

I'm trying to reread all of the Murderbot series so I can read the latest! Fortunately, they're pretty quick listens.

Omg, I'm so excited for Riannon Giddens' next album: www.nonesuch.com/journal/rhia...

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Friday flowers! echinacea | monarda | nasturtium, cosmos, love in the mist, and borage | borage up close

Bear believes in you

I've been spotting some frog friends recently!

Monday Mouse

It is, and I can't stress this enough, JULY

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Still on an audiobook kick at the moment!

Sad to say, we lost Amy the chicken last night. She was a good girl!

I'm always so amazed by our tulip poplar tree, because there's a whole world happening up there all the time that I only get glimpses of in things like old squirrel nests and birds fighting.

Thanks, I hate it

Bear believes in you

June reading review is up! bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/j...

4/4 Mouse | young robin | prairie sundrop | borage

3/4 apples | Mouse | harvest basket | milkweed

2/4 summer sky | fence | harvest basket | pond

June in photos: cats, garden, extravagant beauty everywhere coffee date | nasturtium | rainy garden | morning sky

Mysteries are a perennially popular genre for upper elementary readers, but recently I’ve noticed an uptick in new mystery releases. Here's a list spanning new titles from July - November! bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/b...

Friday Flowers! Featuring: asters, Shasta Daisy, coneflower, and my favorite of the nasturtiums.

Short and sweet reviews of three recent reads: 📔 The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by CM Waggoner 📔The Light Between Apple Trees by Priyanka Kumar 📔Nell O'Dell Hates Quests by Emily B. Martin bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/s...

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