#wildlife
#Falling
Yesterday we visited Lindsay's home and art studios. The cockatoos were enjoying the gardens!
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Here you go @merelybookish this is the very colourful childrens author Margaret Mahy who wrote over 100 picture books as well as a couple of dozen novels. She was also a librarian and dedicated to growing young readers. She would be the most well know author in NZ because everyone (around my age at least) grew up reading her books.
pickFiona returns to live with her grandparents on the beloved Western Isles of her birth. When she visits her family‘s former home on the island of Ron Mor, she‘s sure she sees a glimpse of her baby brother, who disappeared when her family left the island four years before. Such a sweet, lovely story of family and return, with hints of myth and magic—enhanced by Fry‘s drawings throughout. So glad I picked this as my 1957 book for #192025.
pickThis was a gift from a friend who knows my partner and I adore cats. And what a charming read it was. This poem by Nancy Willard stood out to me: “Most Merciful Seer who saw an angel and let it pass.” What a beautiful unexpected gem!
#catsoflitsy
And I was very bored on the train ride back to the hotel, so have a #BookZodiac that I could not stop thinking about.
Today was spent visiting the Lake District and visiting Beatrix Potter‘s house!
pick“I kiss you and kiss you
With arms round my own
Ah how I shall miss you
When dear you have grown” -W. B. Yeats
Two favorites that celebrate motherhood! 💖
#Celebrate #JulyJazz
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
so-so3✨ I liked that they talked about taking care of the animals better in circus‘. Dolittle is constantly getting himself into jail because of his animals. There is only a few side stories this time so it follows one main plot. Not a bad read. #DolittleDiscussion @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
