Current 📕: Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers: The Definitive Anthology of Space Opera, edited by Brian Thomas Schmidt Current 🎧: A Serpent’s Tooth by Craig Johnson #reading #fiction #library #shortstories #sciencefiction #spaceopera #mystery #booksky #ebook #audiobook

This Carnegie Library was built in 1903 where my daughter lives. Andrew Carnegie was a wealthy American businessman who believed in giving away his wealth. Part of his philanthropy was to give grants to build 1,689 libraries in the U.S. from 1883-1929. #library #carnegielibrary #andrewcarnegie

Current 📕: Secrets of the Stars by Mackey Chandler, The Family Law series #3 Current 🎧: Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger, Cork O’Connor series #2 #reading #fiction #sciencefiction #mystery #booksky #ebook #audiobook

Current 📕: Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff Current 🎧: Fair Play by Louise Hegarty #reading #fiction #cozyhorror #fantasy #mystery #crime #publiclibrary #booksky #ebook #audiobook

I have orchids blooming right now. Really enjoying them. #orchids #houseplants #flowers

My peonies blooming all at once. #peonies #spring #springflowers #flowers

Current 📕: Her Buried Bones by Fiona Tarr, Opal Fields Mystery #1 Current 🎧: The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C.L. Miller, Antique Hunter’s Series #1 #mystery #policeprocedural #cozymystery #reading #fiction #publiclibrary #southwest #booksky #ebook #audiobook

Olaf watching birds at the birdbath and bird feeders until I distracted him! #cats #blueskycats #birdwatching

Clematis started blooming #garden #springflowers #climbingvine #spring

Current 📕: A Grave Situation by Libby Howard, Locust Point Mystery #7 Current 🎧: Shadow of the Solctice by Anne Hillermann, Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel #28 #mystery #policeprocedural #cozymystery #reading #fiction #publiclibrary #southwest #booksky #ebook #audiobook

Columbine blooming this spring in my daughter’s yard.

Current 📕: Indian Country: Missing by Michael Max Darrow, Indian Country, The Mike Taylor Mysteries #2 Current 🎧: Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing by Lili Taylor #mystery #policeprocedural #reading #fiction #nonfiction #nature #essays #memoir #booksky #ebook #audiobook

Our Japanese Maple has finally leafed out. I love the red leaves. But we got so much rain in April. Fifth wettest on record. I worry our clay soil is too wet for some of our plants. #wetweather #spring #trees #japanesemaple #gardening

Current 📕: Blue Murder by Cath Staincliffe, Det. Janine Lewis #1 Current 🎧: I haven’t chosen a new audiobook yet #mystery #policeprocedural #reading #fiction #booksky #ebook

A pair of Mallard Ducks in our yard this morning as a thunderstorm approaches! I’m hearing thunder, seeing lightning and we’re getting heavy rain. #ducks #thunderstorm #rain #mallardducks #springthunderstorm

Our redbud tree is still blooming, but very cute small red leaves are also appearing. #spring #treesofspring #trees #redbudtree

Current 📕: The Wild Thyme Farm Murder by Judi Daykin, Det. Sara Hirst #6 Current 🎧: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, Earthseed #1 #mystery #policeprocedural #sciencefiction #reading #fiction #booksky #ebook #audiobook #dystopia

Female ovipositing #RiverJewelwing #damselfly #Calopteryx-aequabilis on Cox Creek #Albany,Oregon #Odonata #Insects #Zygoptera #Calopterigidae #MatingDisplays #Invertebrate #Entomology #SteveValleyPhotography #photography #SciArt #NikonD700 #200mmMicro-Nikkor #BugPics #DragonflyPhotography #Science

Reading with my reading buddy cats—Olaf and Blaze. Started a new book yesterday: The Wild Thyme Farm Murder by Judi Daykin. It’s a British police procedural. #reading #readingbuddies #ereader #mystery #cats #blueskycats

An immature male #RiverJewelwing #damselfly #Calopteryx-aequabilis Cox Creek #Albany,Oregon #Odonata #Insects #Zygoptera #Calopterygidae #Invertebrate #Entomology #FocusStacking #NikonD810 #ZereneStacker #BugPics #DamselflyPortraits #DragonflyPhotography #StructuralColors #SteveValleyPhotography

Our redbud tree has finally started blooming this spring! #redbudtree #spring #pinkflowers #springblooming #trees

We’re taking care of our daughter’s two dogs for a few days. My cats and the dogs insisted on hanging out with me in my messy craft room! #cats #blueskycats #blueskydogs #dogs #craftroom

Current 📕: Space Rodeo by Jenny Schwartz, Interstellar Sheriff Series #2 Current 🎧: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, Earthseed #1 #sciencefiction #reading #fiction #booksky #ebook #audiobook #dystopia

Olaf looking at me with accusing eyes. We were gone for a long weekend. My cats like the petsitter, but we also had my daughter’s two Labs at our house. The cats were not amused! The dogs want to be friends. The cats aren’t afraid of them; they just don’t want to be friends! #cats #blueskycats #dogs

Reading this morning with my reading buddy Blaze. I love reading early in the morning with one of my cats on my lap. #cat #blueskycats #reading #ereader #readingbuddy

Current 📕: Murder: Take Two by Charlene Weir, Kansas Cozy Mystery #4 Current 🎧: Cold As Hell by Kelley Armstrong, Haven’s Rock series #3 #mystery #reading #booksky #ebook #audiobooks #library

We’ve had so much rain the last few days and many farmers’ fields are flooded. But south of us the flooding is worse and people have had to be rescued. Luckily, the rain has ended. #rain #flooding #floodedfields #farmers

This is one of my favorite trees I see from my backyard. It has so much character. The branches go every which way. I don’t think it’s been pruned much since it got so tall. It reminds me of the trees in the movie “Lord of the Rings.” I expect it to start walking someday. #trees #blueskytrees

Current 📕: Bear Stalker by Paty Jager, Gabriel Hawke series #10 Current 🎧: Cold As Hell by Kelley Armstrong, Haven’s Rest series #3 #mystery #reading #booksky #ebook #audiobooks

Blaze and the tower he enjoys are in the middle of the room now since we moved everything out of our daughter’s house. We have lots of extra furniture in our house until she can move into her new house. #catsofbluesky #cats

I have two Lenten rose (Hellebore) plants. The first picture shows my newest one blooming for the first time. It was planted 2 years ago. The other picture shows the second plant (transplanted 3 years ago). I have two different colors of flowers! #lentenrose #hellebore #springflowers #flowers

Beautiful sunrise this morning! #sunrise #spring #glowingclouds

I made turkey broth from a frozen turkey carcass I’d forgotten was in the freezer! From the broth I made lentil turkey vegetable soup and Irish soda bread. Yummy! I love making my own soup. #cooking #homemadesoup #turkeysoup #irishsodabread

My first embroidery project! I bought pdf patterns of 9 small herbs from Cornelly Co (cornellyco.blsky.social). This herb is Rosemary. It’s stitched in a 4” hoop. I’m still learning, but I quickly finished this & it gave me a lot of satisfaction! #embroidery #craftsky #herb #stitchsky #handmade

Current 📕: The Nowhere Bones by Dwight Holing, Nick Drake book 5 Current 🎧:Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Liaden Universe #18

I found a set of 4 small embroidered napkins in a box of tablecloths, etc my mother gave me. My maternal grandmother embroidered the napkins long ago (she died when she was 101 in the early 1990’s). In her later years she only crocheted and knitted. #embroidery #needlework #history #handmade

The first two photos are my Lenten Roses which have started blooming. My daughter just gave me a big Lenten Rose (3rd photo) from her yard. There are many buds and blooms on the plant. I hope we can successfully transplant it. #lentenrose #hellebore #springflowers #spring #flowers #Helleborus

We’re visiting our daughter today. I’m sitting outside in her backyard. A beautiful spring day. Beyond her yard is an open & natural area. Trees can’t be cut and plants are left alone. This spring morning I hear & see so many birds. Lovely. #spring #birds #birdsong

Not much better than a cat on my lap — unless the cat is napping and I’m reading! Blaze is a sweet cat to nap with me. #cats #catsofbluesky #sleepingcat #reading #readingbuddy #ereader

Current 📕:Murder on Sea by Jane Adams, Rina Martin Murder Mystery, book 1 Current 🎧:Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Liaden Universe #18 (I love this series, but haven’t had time to listen to audiobooks recently.) #reading #booksky #mystery #sciencefiction #ebook #audiobook #joffebooks

I’ve found out ellygriffiths.bluesky.social is on Bluesky! She’s a favorite author of mine. I’m excited about a new series by her —The Ali Dawson Mysteries —and it sounds like it includes time travel! #mystery #timetravel #ellygriffiths

Thank you so much @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social. Great to visit last week 😊

Both Blaze and Olaf on my lap this morning! Then Blaze decided there was something better to do so he leaped away! #cats #catsofbluesky #sleepingcats

Two cards I made during the last few months: one a Christmas card for my grandsons and the other a winter scene showing Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Piglet. The Pooh characters came from a stamp from Echo Park.

I obviously don’t know how to do a continued post! I’ll have to learn! Are there any places to figure out some of the “how tos” of Blue Sky? #blueskyposts #blueskycontinuedposts

About the time of the 1st death we went to a Seattle Sounders soccer game with lots of other people. When we finally flew home we decided to be cautious & stay away from other people. Soon the US started shutting down & we had to stay home. No one knew then how long it would last. #covid 2/2

I’ve been thinking a lot about the start of Covid. My husband & I were in Seattle from mid Feb until early March. Seattle area had one of the first Covid deaths in the US at end of Feb. I’d read about the virus causing deaths in China and I worried when I heard about the Seattle death. #covid 1/2

A male #HelicopterDamselfly #Megaloprepus-caerulatus at #LaSelvaBiologicalFieldStation, #CostaRica #Odonata #Insects #Zygoptera #Damselflies #Damselfly #Invertebrate #Entomology #SteveValleyPhotography #photography #Macro #SciArt #NikonD700 #180mmSigmaMacro #BugPics #DragonflyPhotography #Science

Absolutely love dragonflies!

My son & his fiancé left yesterday with Duke on a trip to California. He’s always so happy when pick him up! They’ll be back for a few days at the end of March & then fly home with Duke. I miss the little guy, but he’s ecstatic when they can take him with them. #dogsofbluesky #minidachshund