Spring Progresses
Our grass was mowed for the first time this week. It reminds me of the quote from Dostoyevsky:
“Though I may not believe in the order of the universe, yet I love the sticky little leaves as they open in spring. I love the blue sky, I love some people, whom one loves you know sometimes without knowing why. I love some great deeds done by men, though I’ve long ceased perhaps to have faith in them, yet from old habit one’s heart prizes them.…I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that’s all it is. It’s not a matter of intellect or logic, it’s loving with one’s inside, with one’s stomach.” (From The Brothers Karamazof)
Two Good Books, One Bad Book
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| Good book: reviewed earlier this week (link). |
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| Annoying and not funny, DNF. Why I bought it: it only cost $1.99 |
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| Latest in a long series first by Tony Hillerman, continued by his daughter Anne. I’ve read them all, and they are all good. |
We Worked a Jigsaw Puzzle
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| Birds for Eileen’s Critters! |
Blog post and photos © 2024 mae sander
Shared with Eileen’s Critters and Deb’s Sunday Salon
I need to take a look at your review for How Do You Live? I think.
ReplyDeleteI like that jigsaw puzzle. We have many of the same birds, but some of them are only here during our mild winters.
"I love some great deeds done by men, though I’ve long ceased perhaps to have faith in them, yet from old habit one’s heart prizes them." What a lovely quote. I completely agree with it. Perhaps it is my age. I've seen too much.
That's a serious puzzle! But a good one. I really love that quote. I couldn't agree more. It looks lovely -- happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteAw, sucks when books just turn out annoying and not funny... I unfortunately feel that way about quite a lot of things that are supposed to be funny.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your puzzle, I am not a puzzle friend, I am too impatient. The cheap book you bought was probably cheap because nobody wanted to buy it! Happy weekend, Valerie
ReplyDeleteThat puzzle is gorgeous and I love your wood duck! I check e books from my library and get a lot of duds that I can turn right back in. I love to read but it's not worth my time to finish a book I don't enjoy!
ReplyDeleteO what a nice, nice Jigsaw Puzzle and bird photo. I love to see it.
ReplyDeletePretty flowers! I love the jigsaw puzzle -- what a great way to learn the birds.
ReplyDeleteSpring in the midwest and east is so wonderful after a long winter. I love the flowers appearing bringing their bright colors and hopfulness.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures of the flowers are so great!
ReplyDeleteI'm just starting Tony Hillerman's books. Glad to hear the series is still worth reading now that his daughter has taken over.
Lovely to have spring flowers coming up and birds showing themselves after the winter hiatus. We are heading into winter which is a good thing here, as our brisbane summer has been long and hot and humid!
ReplyDeleteSounds like spring is blooming and books are booming in Ann Arbor!
ReplyDeleteHello Mae :=)
ReplyDeleteAwesome puzzle, and whilst you're doing it you learn the names of the birds. It's a good idea.I love the quote, and the Wood duck.Sorry about the cookery book, but it wasn't a great loss. The other two look interesting.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
All the best
Sonjia.
Great review for How Do You Live?, I will look for a copy. Your spring flowers are beautiful... I do miss it here in Florida.
ReplyDeleteTwo good and one DNF isn't too bad. The spring flowers are beautiful and I love that birding puzzle! Look at that cute, colorful duck! Have a wonderful week, Mae!
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with the quote from Dostoyevsky and always wish that I was able to read it in the original language, where there is doubtless subtlety and nuance that is lost in translation.
ReplyDeleteHello, Mae
ReplyDeleteSorry I am late visiting and commenting.
I love your pretty spring flowers. I'll have to check out the books.
The puzzle sharing the Birds of the Great Lake Region is great, I wonder if they have one for the Mid-Atlantic region. The male Wood Duck is beautiful.
Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your post.
Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week ahead.
PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
Your flowers are so prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
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