Tag: Reading

Canada

Hopeful for the Spring

Post author By J. Andress
Post date February 17, 2021

Submitted by: J. Andress

Materials: Laptop, mug, plate, seed packets, LED light, calligraphy kit, gardening books

Garden planning for 2021 has kept me feeling hopeful during the long, gray months of winter.

Tags Reading

Canada

Springtime Change

Post author By John Arthur Strugnell
Post date May 17, 2020

Submitted by: John Arthur Strugnell

Materials: Poetry

A stanza written as things started to shut down for us here in Jasper, Alberta.

Tags Creative, Reading

Canada

World Book Encyclopedia

Post author By Thereza Dos Santos
Post date May 15, 2020

Submitted by: Thereza Dos Santos

Materials: iPhone, World Book Encyclopedia, my 11 year old

I’ve devised some of my own homeschooling for my 11 year old. This is the World Book Encyclopedia Exercise. When my parents downsized, I got the complete set. For this exercise, I pick a topic, like Portugal, and type out 8 questions. She has to locate the topic and and find the answers. And she likes it! There’s a connection to little me, who used these books for research, and her grandfather, who was ALWAYS pulling down a volume for reference and is no longer with us.

Tags Reading, Work and School

Canada

Sultan

Post author By Susan McCulloch
Post date May 15, 2020

Submitted by: Susan McCulloch

Materials: Sultan the Cat, outdoors, books

This is Sultan, my male polydactyl (6 toes each foot) Turkish Angora. He is helping me put hearts in the windows to say hello to my neighbours

Oh look! It is Sultan again. Wanna play? He loves having me home all to himself.

Sultan does not look too happy in this next photo. I decided that we both needed some fresh air and took him to the lake. Don’t worry. He was not on a leash the entire time. He has his own pet stroller for easy transport.

Home again, with Sultan in the stroller.

These are books my friend in Nova Scotia sent me. Each week of isolation, I have posted a gift to one of my friends. I should own shares in Canada Post.

Sultan likes the smell of this box. All the way from the Maritimes.

Sultan again! This time at Crescent Beach. I carry him in his own cat knapsack. A pretty trick item.

Tags Friends and Family, Plants and Animals, Reading

Canada

Books for Isolation

Post author By Julie McLeod
Post date May 10, 2020

Submitted by: Julie McLeod

Materials: Books

The books in the stack haven’t been read as I don’t seem able to focus long these days. The one on the right is a book about art so it’s mostly pictures and more manageable – I leaf through and leave it open to paintings I particularly like so that I can pause for a brief respite as I walk through the room during the day.

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Canada

Reading to Chickens

Post author By Kate W.
Post date May 10, 2020

Submitted by: Kate W.

Materials: Chickens, book

My chickens have become my focus since the library I work at shut down. I took this funny picture to cheer up my storytime kids, until we can meet again in person. They really cheer me up.

Tags Plants and Animals, Reading

Canada

Backyard Oasis

Post author By jnsspikey
Post date May 5, 2020

Submitted by: jnsspikey

Materials: Elephant shirt, The Atlantic, cat

Me, my elephant shirt, a good article, Harlem, and my backyard.

Tags Plants and Animals, Reading

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Manga (Tokyo Ghoul)

Post author By Nicolas Callisto
Post date April 29, 2020

Submitted by: Nicolas Callisto

Materials: Paper

I find that reading manga really helps durring a time like this. It’s so interesting to blaze through the whole story for one of the most popular manga series, Tokyo Ghoul. I really recomend you read it, it’s so interesting!