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29th July 2022

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Dinner with the cat in the sunshine, ricking the F

Dinner with the cat in the sunshine, ricking the Friday evening vibes

Going to have a no alcohol beer and then do a litt

Going to have a no alcohol beer and then do a little bit more in the garden

Start of June and all that lovely grass is gone 😕

Sitting in the shade of a big old tree, enjoying t

Sitting in the shade of a big old tree, enjoying the early evening sun

Monkey Puzzle Tree

Monkey Puzzle Tree

The whole indie bookshop site just crashed and I’m having to build it up from scratch… knew everything was going too well

Sara Pennypacker. HarperCollins. (288p) ISBN 97800

Sara Pennypacker. HarperCollins. (288p) ISBN 9780008158286

Pax

I will make this clear right from the start. Pax had me in tears at several points, the whole of the first chapter was so sad I had to put the book away for a week before I went back to it, but once I went back to it I couldn’t put it down.
A story of a boy and his rescued, but then abandoned fox (beautifully illustrated by Jon Klassen). We follow the trials of Peter and Pax through alternating chapters.

We watch them develop and grow and become independent. This story touches on a lot of difficult subjects, such as; truth, love, anger, and guilt, all against the backdrop of an escalating war.

Though we are unsure of which war and which country, there is a feeling that this could be in small, town America but also European. This ambiguity serves to highlight the universality of the emotions that are being explored.

I had an unsettling feeling throughout that the end was going to be extremely sad, but though there was a sadness it was triumphed by the independence that both Peter and Pax had achieved and was the correct ending.

Loved the book throughout even though I had to put it down, made all the more special by Klassen’s wonderful illustrations.

Saw it and had to have it, perils of working in a

Saw it and had to have it, perils of working in a book shop #gardening #wilding #rewilding

Little garden catch up

Little garden catch up

More Whitley Bay, this time we walked to St Mary’s Lighthouse

Can you sea(l) it?

Can you sea(l) it?

Love station roofs

Love station roofs

Only place she can sit that has sun right now… #

Only place she can sit that has sun right now… #cat #catsofinstagram #catinthesun #thingscatsdo

Its mainly about the Iris, but there is a cat in t

Its mainly about the Iris, but there is a cat in there

Another #blackandwhite #dandelion seed head

Another #blackandwhite #dandelion seed head

Iris are finally blossoming

Iris are finally blossoming

Just about to set off into this massive tome, anot

Just about to set off into this massive tome, another beauty in the @taschen #libraryofesoterica #amreading

It’s nice but not enough, going to cover that ba

It’s nice but not enough, going to cover that back fence with solar lights

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