#and read a book on my porch

[distantwave]

#took a walk today and bought groceries and cleaned the downstairs of my place and maybe got too tipsy and listened to country music all day #but ya know #I’m happy #like really happy #made a big ole jug of sweet tea and a huge pot of soup and danced in my kitchen ♥️ #and have all the windows open bc it’s a beautiful sunny day #and read a book on my porch #and my cats are playing in the entry #and all is well I think #things are good #sister is coming out next weekend #love the little tiny town I live in rn #if this is all my life amounts to. I think I’ll be alright actually

[howlsmovinglibrary]

wanted something fluffy so bought two booktok fantasy romance recs and??? i am begging for books to be good again. like i am on my knees.

#i actually wanted something silly??? but i also want something GOOD. yknow what im saying? #personal #booklr #look i am not about to throw stones on booktok from my booklr porch like an old lady BUT WHERE ARE THE GOOD BOOKS IM BEGGINGGGGGG #this post is bought to you by A Curse For True Love. My Roomate Is a Vampire. and Assistant to the Villain. #like i am literally down for a book that reads like fanfic but i want it to be GOOD FANFIC like come on now!

[elucubrare]

i hate this post so much because there's an inherent assumption in it that the only reason to be doing a 30 books in 30 weeks challenge is because you want Content for your channel and not because you fucking like reading* but need a little push to do more. if i go to the porch for an hour with lemonade i'm taking my book with me. this is anti-intellectual nonsense masquerading as anti-grind culture.

#in fact i'm about to take my...uh...weird bad tisane out to the porch with my book #i blazed through the first half of the Tyrant Baru Cormorant like i was in high school with a paper due the next day #on monday night #and i've had a migraine too bad to read since then and i'm SO mad - i desperately want to keep going. #(should i make this unrebloggable? idk probably but truly fuck this post) #*yes i do get that vibe from a lot of booktubers but this Isn't Helping

[bluesidedown]

.....

#not to Yearn on main or anything #but #i just wanna do Life with my boyfriend is that too much to ask #i just wanna go to church with him and then spend sunday afternoon sitting on a couch together reading #and maybe i have my toes tucked under his leg so they don't get cold #and maybe once in a while one of us remarks on something interesting from the book we're reading and we have a conversation about it #and then later we cook dinner together and eat with his family #or my family #and get to be part of each other's communities #and then go for a walk #and kiss goodnight on the porch #and i get to go home somewhere that isn't an hour+ away with the knowledge i'll see him again tomorrow or the next day #:'( #i am not loving long distance rn #i miss him All the Time and i can't DO anything about it

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: April 15

"Something in the Way She Moves" by James Taylor

#song of the day #it's been two weeks + two days since the last song of the day #the issue is you see that I started the songs up again in December because my insomnia was fucking up my perception of time #and I wanted some kind of regular marker to help me keep track #and then what happened two weeks + two days ago is that I lost all track of time and subsequently the songs of the day failed #I'm gonna see if I can keep up again for a bit now that I've re-restarted without an alarm on my phone #but if I miss any this week I'll just give in and turn the alarm back on #updates from the last two weeks are going to sound so chaotic let's see #I got a new project at work /and/ I got demoted /and/ I got added to a higher access level /and/ I'm in charge of a new database #yes all of those things together. I'm to be an accountant now! not instead but in addition to my other stuff. should be interesting #I didn't get April Fools off like I was scheduled to because all my scheduled vacation got unapproved #(I was here for about twenty nonsequential minutes to boop people and I'm glad I made time for it. extremely fun to boop) #I lied shamelessly to get eclipse day off and we went on a full-day roadtrip and it was wonderful. everything I dreamed and more #I killed one of my baby succulents through clumsiness and rabbits ate my pea plants but my sage and cabbages look promising #got a massive pot of mint flourishing on my porch and the horseradish is gorgeous #got Duncan lights and plants and a filter system for his frog tank but we haven't set up the substrate yet #so there's just potted plants sitting inside a terrarium. very amusing honestly #I've been playing a little Stardew and eating a /lot/ of hot sauce and tofu #drinking tons of klass aguas frescas--especially the soursop one. holy shit is it good. the mango and hibiscus also #and these past few days I've been sleeping better #for most of those two weeks I was getting a handful of twenty-minute naps each workday and then crashing unwillingly on the weekend #I haven't read any comic books since February :'( this weekend we're going to costco and then I'm reading comics until Monday #what have y'all been up to? I've missed being around #edit: oh shit the actual song part. anyway this is James Taylor! makes me happy and helps me settle. good vibes songs #I'm half-panicked about work all the time recently and then also today was tax day (Nick's taxes. blegh) #James Taylor doing some heavy lifting round here

[whisperofthewaves]

lent my friend my kindle today as we were commuting together and I didn't feel like reading, and they asked to choose a book for them that wouldn't be too hard language-wise and my first reaction was the windows blue screen noise immediately followed by a very strong mental image of that It's One Banana, What Could It Cost meme

#nothing important #the only thing I was sure of was that I shouldn't let them read pride and prejudice lol #but that's one book of literally 300 #also on one hand they do use english daily at work to some degree but on the other #they have history of asking me for the meanings of words like ''porch'' and ''fang'' so you get my problem

[mumblelard]

i got my flu shot today

i ate a raisin custard pastry as a reward

my dad sent me a text this morning, call me when you get a moment, this is the text he sends when he needs a ride to the airport, or my mom has baked me a pie, or my grandmother has died.

a certainty grew over me. this letter would be the last

a volunteer for a city council candidate rang my doorbell yesterday. it sounds like the ringtone i have for my mom and most people knock, so i was confused at first. she handed me a flyer without giving me her pitch, but complimented the nazars glued to my door

i looked pale

finn is walking by the river with me on friday

i started rewatching farscape, one episode every night or so, my phone out of reach in another room. i didn't remember how thirsty it is. they talk about mystical alien sex practices in the very first episode. i probably shouldn't have let my kids watch that show as young as they did

i miss everything

#the new math of wrinkling #my neighbor is sitting on her porch #listening to red hot chili peppers #reading an actual paper book #kafka and the doll #raisin custard pastry #the fourth sensation #call me when you get a moment #my heart stops every time #flu shots #i guess i am getting a shingles booster next week #small corn tortillas #mouth wash #muenster #blueberries #farscape

[hauntedwoman]

idk maybe this might be bc i'm an earth sign but it's rly just so nice to lie down in a patch of grass on a warm summer evening and watch the sunset and the clouds changing colors above you. better than sex if u ask me

#i luv how i say i'm not an outdoor person but then summer comes and i'm cured #i need to swim in a lake or read a book on my porch

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

the way i didn’t even read chain of thorns at all this weekend i was so tired. we should all kill ourselves this sucks sooo bad!!!! i miss cordelia i want to see cordelia and i cannot even though she is quite literally right next to me on my bed a mere arm’s length away.

#merlin bbc merlin moment. i just have to Wait i guess. #cassie was SICK for releasing this book at a time i don’t have time to read it #i want to read it on the porch…. i want to read it while sitting in a hammock next to sunflowers…. #i want to hang out with cordelia and also my friends the butterflies. #beth.txt

[bereft-of-frogs]

I am fully alone in this house for the next week (aside from the pets I am watching)

I hope I find some clarity in the inevitable insanity

#lol my parents did not get it #I was like ‘I’ll probably be insane by Tuesday 😀’ #and they were like tell a friend to come over #go to lunch with your aunt #and I was like no no the insanity is the goal #anyway I am fully alone with the pets and the plants #hoping to have like…an epiphany or something #that would be cool #it will probably just be me binge watching stuff and writing fic #and going on walks with the pupper #and reading books on the porch #I’m sure I won’t even notice they’re gone

[ghostfacerseffect]

HAHAHAHAHAAAA SHE'S HERE!!!

#It started raining as soon as I left the shop so she's a lil wet :) #so now I'm gonna go sit on my porch with some tea + read :) #i haven't been this excited about a book since I was like 10 #nona the ninth #ntn #tlt #she speaks!

[ofliterarynature]

Birthday read!

#yes I am reading a library book and not any of my birthday books #why am I like this lol #anyway its so windy my only outside option is my parents front porch #bec posts #from Instagram #heartstopper #alice oseman #books #bookstagram #booklr #bookblr #book photography

[emmaspolaroid]

I didn’t have to nanny today and it wasn’t exactly peaceful because there was a repair crew working on our gutters for like 10 hours but it was so cool to be at my house like yay home

#I finally got laundry folded and put away and did dishes and made ice and read most of my book club book and drew and wrote #it was a hassle getting the rental company to get a crew out here but they knocked it out in one day and now the gutters aren’t hanging off #and they repainted a bunch of stuff which was unexpected but much needed #now i just need to get some new porch plants!

[cebil]

i love cleaning and organizing things, i do. but after [quite literally] an entire week of cleaning every single space in my house, the garage and a 10x10ft storage unit filled with things from one of my parents who passed away 2 years ago...i feel like my job is done for the long haul. ^^"

#i want to get back to my hobbies #i miss cooking and sewing and pottery and electroforming #and sitting on the porch reading a good book with a good coffee #.txt

[therealjammy]

Lake trip update: Been having fun in the hot sun, probably drinking a little more than I usually do (by this I mean having 2 instead of one); and today my friend pushed me jokingly into the lake and little did we both know I’d go flying and landing on my knees in the very rocky shallows

She still feels so bad about it

#personal #it didn’t hurt at first but then both knees started oozing blood #and I’m pretty sure my left one is bruised as all hell #but at least it’s a fun story to tell #now I’m just nursing these injuries and reading an insanely good book on the porch in 100F weather

[harryforvogue]

two of my nails just ripped off 🧍🏽‍♀️ including my real nails underneath 🧍🏽‍♀️ i am super pissed off and it HURT

#i could be home #outside on the porch #reading my book .