Wednesday Wonders {Day 21}

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•listening• ♥️🌲~

The sound of water trickling (we call the above stream the Withywindle), birds, wind, and I’m getting more audiobook time from walking and driving an hour away for a monthly book club. I have Mistress Pat by L. M. Montgomery and The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears going. The Pears book is an art mystery thriller, it’s a bit info-dumpy, but I love the art fraud case and Rome setting. Two police are helping an art historian unravel the mystery. It’s a series so if I end up liking this one enough, I can go on!

•watching• ♥️🌲 ~ I’m so enjoying checking my daffodils and the tree buds etc for any growth and changes. I did really enjoy this LOVELY journaling YouTube video recently. I was inspired to create my May reading pages. They look 👀 nothing like 😆 some of these gals I watch, but I had fun all the same. I used some kitty washi I had and a Pusheen stamp set we had laying around. I also found some more fun cute reading bingo boards on Pinterest. I find it so satisfying to fill them in here and there.

•reading• ♥️🌲~

I mentioned the two audiobooks I’m enjoying 👆, but currently, I have SO many books on the stack. I think I’m most enjoying spy/thriller/mystery archaeology type adventure stories 😆😂 with a healthy dose of classic, comfort reads. Very strange combo, I know, but I’m definitely eclectic! Below are a few ones I’m throughly enjoying.

Waiting on this next installment of Alex Rider teen spy for MI6! 😅
First one was intriguing!
New series I found that I’m trying!
The first was very violent, BUT I really liked Elias, one of the the main characters and so I’m continuing this series!

•noticing• ♥️🌲~ We have a lot of Bloodroot blooming along the field and road edges. The Robins, Killdeers, and Red-winged Blackbirds have been vocal! I’ve had two Eastern Bluebird sightings which of course fills me with happiness. 😆💙🧡🤍 We saw the male American Goldfinches donning their yellow jackets! 💛🥰 We are testing our observations on the Barn Swallows. They usually are back around my daughter’s birthday and it’s this weekend (17!) so it will be fascinating if we see them! I’ll let you know! I loved seeing my youngest get to ride a horse this past week for the first time. He wasn’t sure but then really enjoyed it. 🐴

Bloodroot
Holding on for dear life 😂😅

What have you been listening to, reading, watching, noticing? I’d really love to hear! ♥️🌲🥰

12 thoughts on “Wednesday Wonders {Day 21}”

  3. Mmmm…

    I’ve been listening to my children’s school books and oral narrations, hymns & worship music, and some You-tube vids.

    I find it difficult to listen to audio-books (I think it’s just my season of life)

    Watching…”Star Trek: Voyager” with the family in the evening. It becomes a family conversation/commentary as we watch. It was an accidental family tradition which has been a lot of fun. We are going through “Star Trek” series (we started with the Original series and the Next Generation and now we are on Voyager). We started years ago.

    Reading…lots…Always! I am working on “Garden City” by John Mark Comer, “Introverted Mom” by Jamie C. Martin, “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, “Little Women” by Alcott, and “Six Voices, One Story” by the Ambleside Online Advisory

    Noticing the change of the season. I love how everything is greening up here in the PNW. I enjoy waking up and listening to the birds — it gives me peace. We’ve identified Scrub Jays, Juncos, Black Capped Chickadees, Sparrows, and Stellar Jays. I hope to be able to identity more.

    New subscriber ~ Rebekah

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    1. Glad to have you here, Rebekah! Thank you for sharing all your wonderful doings and happenings! And sounds like we are kindred Charlotte Mason spirits! 😍 Black-Capped Chickadees are my favorite! 😍 Are they year-round in your area in the PNW? Bless you!

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      1. Black capped Chickadees are my favorite too!!!! At least in my part of the PNW, they are year round!!!! 💜

        I have a little stuffed animal of a black capped Chickadee. It makes me happy!

        The more I homeschool the more CM I get. Her methods are just so beautiful and simple! I have four children and I don’t do complicated!

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