Quoting Nora

 

Time for... "Night Moves" 📚

 I don't know about you but I have "just the right time" with some (re) readings of Nora Roberts' Books.

At this time of the year - I find myself tired of people (hence wanting to move to the country; to that almost off-the-grid country), wishful of Summer days (while enjoying these first hints of Spring), craving gardening like crazy (but in that creator-like role) - I see myself pulled for "Night Moves". And Dream...

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If she stood very still, if she closed her eyes and didn’t move, she could hear the music all around her. Not birdsong but the ruffle of air through branches and tiny leaves. If she concentrated, she could hear the faint trickle of the narrow creek that ran along the other side of the lane. The quality of silence was rich, flowing over her like a symphony.

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There was just enough breeze to carry a hint of spring to her. Far back in the woods a bird she couldn’t see sang out as though it would never stop.

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Louella ran a hand over the front of her purse as if she were wiping something away. “I used to have a rock garden. Sweet William and azure Adams. There was wisteria beneath my bedroom window, and roses, red roses, climbing on a trellis.”

Night Moves

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Garden Overhaul: Which Plants Should Stay, Which Should Go?

Photo by Richard Clayton Barrett - Search landscaping pictures

HOUZZ

A Gift that keeps on giving

 My Best Friend Ola gifted me this book for Christmas:

She says that The Louvre Heist inspired her purchase:

And inspired me to re-read Three Fates:

Couldn't wait for everyone to go to bed so I could spend time with Nora Roberts' most amazing characters ever created.

I hope you had a Glorious Christmas filled with Joy and Love!

Yours,

Teresa

Wishing you all: "Merry Christmas" 🎄... 🦌... 🌟... 🎁... 🕯️... 💝

 I wish you a Lovely Time Celebrating!

It's ok if you don't... you can always count on Nora to "have you"!

Yours,

Teresa

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The house was lovely. In the big bay window that faced the street was a

Christmas tree, cluttered and green in the daylight. 

At night it would glitter like magic.

Home for Christmas

Wonderlane, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

“Do you have a tree in your room?”

“No.”

She gave him a wide-eyed look. “Well, where do you put your presents? It’s not Christmas without a tree, is it, Mom?”

Faith thought of the years Jason had grown up without one. She remembered how hard he’d tried to pretend it didn’t matter. “A tree’s only so that we can show other people it’s Christmas.”

Home for Christmas

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Ho Ho Holidays

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In memoriam

what to expect when your pet is getting spayed or neutered 🐱🐶

 

“YOU’LL still be a guy,” Gabe assured the cocker-terrier mix as he prepared for surgery. “Balls don’t make the man.”

He imagined if his current patient could talk, the response would be: Yeah? Hand me that scalpel, doc, and let’s try that theory out on you.

“Might seem a little barbaric from your standpoint, but believe me, it’s all for the best.”

 

 Wolf Moon

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric C. Tretter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It can be scary to think about your pet undergoing surgery, but spay and neuter procedures are common and generally low risk. A veterinarian with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine demystifies the process and lays out what to expect.

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"Me? Of course not. I just finished neutering a dachshund. Another day in paradise."

"Oh. What exactly do you—no, never mind, I don't think I want to know. How's my baby?"

 

 

Carolina Moon

"They" don't make it easy 😉

 Here I was reading a Carrie Ann Ryan's novel and what do I read?!:

And Kindle tells me it's a popular emphasis among people that are reading, or read, this book.