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Mom of 3, Wife, Grandma Husband & I Veterans Feminist Love animals-esp Cats🐈 & Dogs🐶 Always Reading at least 1 book📚 -Mostly SciFi & Mystery -2025 goal: 100 books -as of Jul 1: 49 bks Gardener-zone 5b, Card Maker, Embroidery🪡 My photos-excpt some bk cvrs

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Jun 19

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

An old building built from tan bricks with four columns. It has a white roof and the words Carnegie Library.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Jun 12

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

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Jun 1

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

Book cover: Green background with black and white birch trees along both sides. Words—Direct Descendant, Tanya Huff & tiny words “Diner” and “Bakery” on a turquoise building are in the cover. Black tentacles show up on one side of the building and a raven on top of the building. The illustration of the buildings are simple line drawings reminiscent of illustrations from the mid 20th century.

Book cover with a green cover. Large red words—Fair Play; smaller white words—Louise Hegarty; smallest words in light blue—A Novel. A two story manor house with a long black shadow is on the middle of the cover.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 30

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

White orchids with purple veins on two of the petals. Purple in the center of the flowers.

Orchid flowers with yellow petals and light purple centers

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 27

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

More than a dozen bright pink double peonies blooming at the same time.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 20

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

The book’s cover shows text: Opal Fields Book 1; Fiona Tarr; Her Buried Bones; An Australian Outback Crime Mystery. The illustration behind the print shows a girl with long blonde hair with her back to the viewer. She’s looking at a vividly colored sunrise or sunset and standing in an area covered with grasses and bushes.

The cover shows a cream colored background. On the right side of the background are the words “Read by Emilia Fox.” In the middle of the cover is the red back of what could be an ornate antique hand mirror. The following words are in the red space: The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder; C. L. Miller. Underneath the author’s name is print too small for me to read. Also in the red colored area next to the word “to” in the title is a key and the words “A Novel.” In the word “to” a bird is inside the O.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 18

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

My cat Olaf with a gray face, blue eyes and white chin and chest. Outside the window a full birdbath.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 16

Clematis started blooming #garden #springflowers #climbingvine #spring

Pink clematis flower with green leaves behind the flower.

Two clematis flowers starting to open on vine. One is red and the other is a double pink blossom. Green leaves of the vine behind the flowers.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 12

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

Text on the cover of this book: A Locust Point Mystery; A Grave Situation; Libby Howard. The background of the book is a soft focus outside scene. The foreground shows a black upright gravestone with (barely visible)
RIP, a gray tabby cat sits in front of the gravestone, dark pink and light pink roses with (perhaps) a purple ribbon holding the flowers together are beside the cat. Green grass stretches into the blurry background.

Print on the cover of this audiobook: New York Times bestselling author; Shadow of the Solstice; A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel. In a circle in the middle right of the cover are the words Dark Winds with more tiny print that I can’t read! The background of this cover looks like a watercolor to me. The sky is showing pinks, lavenders, oranges, yellows and turquoise. A yellow spiral sun is partially behind purple mountains. The foreground is quite dark, but some desert vegetation shows up. On the far right is a tall sagauro cactus.

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 11

Columbine blooming this spring in my daughter’s yard.

Columbine blooming with red outer petals and white, pink and red center. Bright lime green leaves. Brown mulch in the background.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 11

Your photo snippets are beautiful. I love all your imaginary worlds.

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 6

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

Photo of the cover of the book I’m reading: in large red print—Indian Country. Directly underneath: a piece of paper on a bulletin board which looks like a Missing Person Poster. The word Missing and under that the words—Anya Fast Runner. Smaller print is underneath the name and a photo of a smiling young woman is on the right side. A large red palm print covers most of the poster. A portion of what looks like another “Missing” poster is next to the described poster. At the bottom of the book cover is the author’s name in white print: Michael Max Darrow.

The black print on the cream colored cover of this book:
Turning to Birds
The Power and Beauty of Noticing
Lili Taylor
The illustration on the cover shows light gray head and belly of a bird with dark gray wings, back and tail feathers. There’s a hint of red on its back bottom. The bird is sitting on a branch with red leaves and small black berries. The bird’s mouth is open as though he is chirping or singing.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 4

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

Red leaves shown against side of house with tan bricks on the lower side. The upper side of the house has darker blue siding.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · May 2

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

Black & white photo of book cover from my ebook. Large text on the cover: Cath Staincliffe, Blue Murder; small text on cover: A gripping crime thriller filled with twists. The illustrations on the cover: the front right of the cover—the back of a person with long hair. The left side of cover shows a stone bridge, a tall urban building and other items which are hard to discern. Clouds fill the sky.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 29

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

A pair of ducks on grass with trees in the background.

Green grass with trees and cloudy skies. A pair of ducks sitting on the grass are barely visible.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 28

Lots of Bradford pear trees have also invaded woodland areas in the Midwest.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 28

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

Pink flowers along limbs of redbud tree with a few small red leaves also appearing.

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 26

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

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Steve Valley @stevevalley.bsky.social · Apr 22

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

A female River Jewelwing damselfly, Calopteryx aequabilis ovipositing on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon. She is completely submerged except for he wingtips she stayed underwater for 28 minutes. Nikon D700 with a 200mm Micro-Nikkor.

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 25

That’s amazing she stayed underwater for that long!

Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 25

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

Both my cats: Olaf with his gray ears and dark gray, light gray and white fur; Blaze with black ears and dark brown fur. My open ereader shown on Chapter 9 of my book.

Olaf looking at me. His face is gray. He has blue eyes and the fur you see is white under his chin turning to light gray. In the foreground the red cover of my ereader can be seen on the left side of the picture. On the right side a little blurry text shows.

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Steve Valley @stevevalley.bsky.social · Apr 21

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

An immature male River Jewelwing damselfly, Calopteryx aequabilis on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon. The eyes will darken quickly as he matures until they are almost entirely deep black, much darker than the female's mature eye color. The metallic structural colors on the face will mostly darken until they look mostly black, while the metallic green on the body will darken but still be a spectacular metallic dark blue/green. Males engage in complex aerial lekking displays for watching females.

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 21

Beautiful colors!

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Jan @janl05.bsky.social · Apr 21

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

A young redbud tree showing the pink flowers which bloom before the leaves start appearing. Green grass and fir trees, along with a narrow road, brown grasses, bushes and blue gray skies compete the background.