What? A Monday check-in on a Thursday? Four days of being outside in sunlight really wore me out. I’ve also managed to post two very advanced reviews after thinking both The Butterfly Assassin and This Wicked Fate were early May releases. They’re not but well, at least they are out the way early! 🤣
I only read one book this week but it was a corker! I loved The Stardust Thief, if you’re looking for something to fill the Daevabad hole in your life, this could be it. Review coming soon.
After walking a middle portion of the Avon Valley path last week, we walked the Christchurch to Sopley portion. The signage seems to be a bit more obvious in the other direction, so maybe they intend for you to walk from Salisbury to Christchurch?
All the years I’ve lived down here I never knew you could walk along the river with a footpath directly accessible from Christchurch (it’s just off Bargates and not very obvious). For a while you have to walk past the water works which have some lovely old, stylish buildings.
I took the most flattering photo of Scully ever:
I think there must have been a lot of littering along the path during the pandemic because there were several handmade signs with odd poetry on at one point:
Sign reads:
Is it nice picturing a world as a withering dump, full of lingering rubbish, its so sickening.
I always think if you managed to carry the thing inside the packaging to the beauty spot in the first place, you can manage to carry your rubbish home with you! When I used to work in central Bournemouth, the beach and gardens would be a horrific mess after a nice bank holiday weekend. I don’t really get the mentality of just upping and leaving a pile of rubbish behind.
So, no rubbish left behind but I did inhale lungfuls of oilseed rape pollen. The field was doing a good job of supporting Ukraine:
On another day we went to the beach and you would never be able to tell that Scully was hobbling around a few weeks ago. She flies over the boulders as we scramble to follow her.
And a bonus flowering cherry blossom photo because they are so pretty and floofy right now.
New books acquired:
[gifted] The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (Orbit)
Sofia Khan and the Baby Blues by Ayisha Malik (ebook)
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You’d never know those pictures were taken in April – the blue sky makes it look more like the peak of summer.
I love spring weather when it’s good, beats summer sometimes!
That’s true. Often the peak summer months just mean endlessly grey skies
I love the picture of your dog mid-shake. The expression is great. I also love your cherry blossoms photo. I love cherry blossoms. They always put a smile on my face.
Wonderful photos! In my neighborhood, I do not understand the people that bother putting their dog’s poop in a bag, only to leave the bag on the road!
OMG I know. Like they’ve done the hard bit, why is putting it in a bin such a challenge?