Landon started summer band yesterday (for 3 weeks) which means I have an hour to fill while he's there. It turns out there is a lovely park with lots of mature trees right next to the junior high, so I get to have an hour of glorious, outdoor reading time! I finished re-reading Gift From The Sea yesterday, and spent my time reading Northanger Abbey today.
Being surrounded by trees is good for the soul!
I thought Whitney was going to join me so we could read alone together, but she opted to sit in the sun and play in the sand. Whatever floats her boat eh? I don't understand it, but I'm okay with it.
**Do you read outside very often?
What would you do with this hour?
What are you currently reading?**
What would you do with this hour?
What are you currently reading?**
Comment Window Tidbit: Lori is back from a 2 week cruise and is coming over to watch Friday Night Lights. I love it that she loves that show as much as I do.
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I love to read outside and would spend a spare hour the same way. I read every week when Luci has her violin lesson, although it's in my car.
I would do the exact same thing!
I'd love to read outside more but there's such a small window of non-life threatening heat, humidity and mosquitoes here, so I don't get to enjoy it much. Unless I'm poolside or surfside.
Glad you took advantage of the opportunity though!
I'm reading The Cranford Chronnicles by Elizabeth Gaskill--perfectly delightful. I started The Little Friend and gave up in frustration after two chapters. I recently finished the two sequels to Here be Dragons--highly recommend them if you're so inclined. So glad I live in this century though.
That sounds so glorious. I agree that mature trees are glorious. I am not reading anything right now--trying to use my spare time to get the house ready for the baby, but not really being productive.
I love to read outside. One of the selling points of the house we live in now is the large balcony off of the master bedroom, and we love to read out there. Since we homeschool, the kids love to do their schoolwork out there, too. It is definitely good for the soul!
I just finished the 3rd Fablehaven book and am awaiting the 4th to arrive in the mail tomorrow. Have to get them all finished before the movie comes out. My son and I (Landon's age) have a thing where we've been reading several of these kind of series, racing each other.
a two week cruise sounds delightful. i would love to be a on cruise ASAP.
i love mature trees and that is one thing i miss about the east coast the most. our newer neighborhood has puny trees.
Reading outside in the shade on a summer day - that sounds magical...
I don't read outside very often. I think I'll have to try it. I think it's great that you're using the hour to read. How relaxing!
I would take a 2 week cruise in a heart beat. I want to go on one of those bad.
I enjoy reading outside, but if I had an hour I would finish out the clean out in my room. It is a mess and is driving me crazy.
That sounds like a perfect way to spend an hour. Not in my world though, I'd lose the 2 yr old!
I love knowing you get to do this every day for three weeks. I'm anxious to hear Landon's trumpet skills after that time too. So cute that Whitney can choose to play in the sand and enjoy her great imagination.
I never thought to pull out a chair and read in the shade- I'm at the Jr. High for band camp too, but I read in my car.
Are we at the same school, at the same time?! I know they moved Kate's class from AFJH to MRJH, but I don't recognize that park. That would be funny though if we were reading 200 yards away from each other and didn't know it!
i DREAM about this!!! oh man. i so long to read things.
right now i'm reading random crap about interventions for chronic pain and insomnia...and waiting for some "fun" psych books. ? what is wrong with me?!?!?
Just imagining myself superimposed into that picture of you reading amidst mature trees in a park makes me giddy....(holy run on sentence!)
If I had an hour to kill, I'd definitely do exactly what you're doing!
Did Whitney take that picture?
I don't read outdoors often, but I read poolside while the kids swam at Snowbird and it was thoroughly delightful. You're onto something there.
If I don't run a quick errand during Max's cello lesson, I read in my car. And sometimes fall asleep!
A two week cruise?! What do you do and where do you go on a two week cruise?! I think that might be too long of a vacation to come back from. Reentry must have been brutal.
I agree that trees are good for the soul. I would seriously struggle in an area without trees!
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