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y'all i had a GREAT indie bookstore day!! :)

*shoves my softly sobbing now-empty wallet under the floorboards and runs*

#text #personal #books #indie bookstore day #listen i PLAN for this okay #im up to uh. four (4) indies who are Beloved #well. three are beloved and one is close to work and therefore delightful #ive been battle planning this shit for months 🫣 #so i got two calico books from prologue (since they introduced me to the line) #two preorders from brilliant (since theyve been struggling and preorders are quickest cash for them with delayed work effort) #three from downbound (yeah okay mostly to hit the free shipping threshhold BUT i could only ask for 3 for birthday so it worked out) #and then Joseph-Beth was doing buy3 get1 paperbacks again #so i Browsed and Conquered :) #ANYWAY WHAT A GREAT DAY #books: replenished lmao #gosh im gonna need so many shelves if i ever get a houde #*house

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Tawny Eagle

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Books of 2024: KILLING FLOOR by Lee Child.

This isn't a genre I typically read; HOWEVER!: my dream agent was on an episode of the Writing Excuses podcast about beginnings, and they said this one is Very Good, so I borrowed my dad's paperback copy to give it a whirl.

I'm low-key hoping this will help me sort out some Genre Issues™ I suspect I'm having with a writing project, too, which is a nice added bonus! Excited to see how this goes.

#books #books of 2024 #killing floor #lee child #jack reacher #i think i used to read more stuff Like This in high school?? #because it's my dad's big genre and he'd let me borrow books lmao #but i think i drifted away from it because i found out there was other weirder shit going on in different genre corners #and i love weird funny fucked up shit #no shade on the thriller genre it's just not something i've read much of lately! #this will be Good For Me haha #and yeah okay dongwon and MRK talking about it made me more likely to pick it up than my dad at this stage of my life #but he still had a copy so now i have a copy (borrowed) :) #don't get me started on the 'does this mean we can reopen book borrowing' convo he wants to have tho #like no sir you wrecked my paperback LOCKE LAMORA and i'm still salty about it #because you didn't care about it #and you think storing books in our dank-ass basement is taking care of them and it's NOT #we have different standards of care and you don't meet mine #and you eat in bed all the time and i don't want your greasy ass hands on my books >:( #so i don't FEEL like it's hypocrisy not to want to share #but did i look at HPB and B&N for copies of this because of that?? yes yes i did. #i did not find a used copy i was willing to pay $4 for #and i sure as hell wasn't gonna pay $10 for it new so..... #borrowed here #library was my next stop but. he found it. #ANYWAY #i'm gonna log off and go read past the first page i think #(oh sidenote the Genre Issues are: #aw #lucius

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Sandhill Crane with its 3 week old colt by Mark Stevenson Via Flickr: img1693 Thank you for all the views faves and comments

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Wilson’s Warbler by tjkashuba

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HAPPY ENDING: MY PAKIGE IS HERE!!!

in all ways but physical, i am pressing my face against a window muttering, “pakige?” at increasingly frantic intervals

#text #personal #yarn #knitting #the blue is Perfect the notions are Perfect #i admit i was slightly disappointed in the MONSTER TEETH because i was expecting orange/yellow/green/purple #and what i pulled out was orange/yellow (no green/purple) #but i went back and reread the listing and uh. yeah thats on me lmao #ANYWAY I GOT YARN BABEEEEY #(and ofc today ill be buying More because i have Project Needs) #but after that i swear ill pump the brakes #(so i can buy a bunch of books on Saturday 💀) #if i cannot access creative dopamine i WILL go for pakige dopamine do NOT try me

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ENJOYED THE HELL OUT OF THESE, WHAT A RIDE!! READER, I TEARED UP, I GASPED, I LAUGHED OUT LOUD, I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME!

Books of 2024: THE GREAT CITIES DUOLOGY by N. K. Jemisin.

#books #books of 2024 #the great cities duology #the city we became #the world we make #nk jemisin #book photography #my photography #YOUR HONOR I LOVE R'YLEH TOO #PAULO #FUCKEN MANNY #ALL THE BOROUGHS #THAT FUCKING ENDING (not the coda the actual Baddie Resolution 💀💀🤣🤣) #AAAAAAH HOW AM I SPOSED TO RECOVER FROM THIS!!!!!

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Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), family Balaenicipitidae, order Pelicaniformes, Uganda

This bird is the only member of its family.

The taxonomic affinities of this bird have long been debated. It currently rests within the order Pelicaniformes. It was, in the past, often placed in the Ciconiiformes (Storks).

Its closest living relative is most likely the Hamerkop.

Photograph by Gian Luca Tognon

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(by Mithun Hunugund)

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(by Yashas Narayan)

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(by Abhikram Shekhawat)

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(by savannahrosewildlife)

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in all ways but physical, i am pressing my face against a window muttering, “pakige?” at increasingly frantic intervals

#text #personal #bringing this back because YARN WHEREMST #scheduled delivery on friday allegedly but its only in cbus 🥺 #and it hasnt moved since last night lmao

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 Ferruginous pygmy owl by Amy Hudechek Photography

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Western Screech Owl