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By the lovely Grace Farris.
P.S. Fall bingo and other fall traditions.
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Perfection! Just missing a candle! :-)
Yes! A year and a half ago I relocated from the West Coast of Norway to the East, which is considerably less rainy. Most days, this is beneficial, but whenever I get into the Autumn season I cross my fingers and do a little dance for a super rainy weekend (ideally torrential downpour on Sunday). It’s the perfect excuse to curl up on the couch with a book, and to do all those home items tickling the back of my brain (i.e. paying bills, online courses).
This captures my idea of a perfect day!
I feel attacked, lol!
A thousand yesses. Just missing a cat (or three) and a sliced apple.
wait…is there a camera in my house?! 😉
This is delightful!
Adding: Dog at feet. Otherwise perfect :)
100% yes, as always! Grace is the best.
haha love this and also… is that the cup of jo cardigan??
oh my gosh, it really does look like it!!!
https://cupofjocom.bigscoots-staging.com/2020/09/reading-sweater-cupofjo-alex-mill/
Oh my gosh, LIz, I thought the same thing!!!!!
yes. it is seared into my memory of reading the 7th Harry Potter book in the family room in my dad’s green recliner and it was raining. The best feeling of having no responsibility except to read. and the best part was that the memory was spontaneously created–these days i lament that because of how easy it is to take and share photos, we’re all too aware what a memory looks like from a birds eye view even as it is happening.
Ooooh! I love the details of the mismatched socks and that the reader is wearing CoJ’s reading sweater. You are too clever Grace.
On fall weekends, making the bed is “transitioning to day sleeping.” My two cats bookend my sides, and I read until the sunlight stretches like taffy (or I nod off; those cats are lethal). Perfection.
Hopefully, my Sunday! We are forecasted for rain, so I’m doing my housework and laundry this evening in preparation for a “do nothing” day on Sunday! YAY!
This is a good summary of how I like to curl up with a book (most of the year)! Inspired by a comment I read on here, I think, in the last months, I’ve been reading in the morning with my coffee instead of getting on my computer. The person who made the comment talked about how it felt luxurious to start the day with a few minutes of reading, and, after having started doing it, I totally agree! It’s so nice to let myself wake up with coffee and a few pages of a good story instead of diving right into emails and a computer screen. I’ve also gotten much better at ending my “productive” tasks a little earlier in the evenings so I have some time to read before bed too. And, unsurprisingly, these changes mean I’ve been reading more books than I used to!
I love this idea. I work 6 a.m. – 3 p.m. (thanks to living on the west coast and working for an east coast employer), but wake up with plenty of time to read for 20-30 minutes before starting my day. I don’t currently, but I’m going to institute this before diving into hours of staring at a screen.
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