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What I read in July

Posted on August 4, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

I haven’t been doing anything extracurricular except reading lately. It shows. I’ve now read 50 books for 2020 and it’s only July. Up until 2019 fifty was about how many books I read in a year. What was I reading? Here’s a list with a brief summary. Just a quick note. If I read it,…

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September Reads

Posted on October 2, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

I read quite a bit in September. It has been so hot and humid here in Virginia that we’ve all kind of lost any motivation to go outside and get things done – current temperature? 94 at four in the afternoon. The numbers are a bit inflated this month since I focused on reading middle…

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The Five Best Books of My Summer

Posted on September 12, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

A few years ago I started recording the books I read. I’m a completist by nature and it felt wrong to begin keeping track of my books starting in 2015. But, managed to force myself to do it. In 2015 I read 23 books. I’ve slowing increased the number of books that I’ve read each…

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A Blue Heron from our walk on the Danville Riverwa A Blue Heron from our walk on the Danville Riverwalk #blueheron #danvilleva #danvilleriverwalk
I’ve no idea what these are, but they were abund I’ve no idea what these are, but they were abundant on the trail. #spring #nativeplants #plantidentification
I believe this is Red Trillium or Southern Red Tri I believe this is Red Trillium or Southern Red Trillium (same plant, different name) a native species in Virginia. We were near a waterfall and trillium were blooming everywhere. #redtrillium #virginiawildflowers #nativewildflowers
White Trillium a native Virginia wildflower (even White Trillium a native Virginia wildflower (even though it’s pink!) #trillium #whitetrillium #virginiawildflowers #springflowers
Nature is amazing #raindrops Nature is amazing #raindrops
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Ferns emerging in the woods. #ferns #fronds #natur Ferns emerging in the woods. #ferns #fronds #naturephotography #hiking #hikevirginia
See that peak on the right? That’s Tinker Cliffs See that peak on the right? That’s Tinker Cliffs. 1900 ft in elevation gain. It was four miles to the top and it was quite a hike. 10 out of 10 I highly recommend. (Even our 6 year old loves the cliffs, not so much the hiking she said, although she ran up the hundreds of steps in the middle) #tinkercliffs #hikevirginia #familyhikes
I am going to miss these daffodils when we go #daf I am going to miss these daffodils when we go #daffodils #springbulbs
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