Another Poem and Weekend Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop - Make My Saturday Sweet #228! Today's weekend blog hop will stay open over two weekends (June 30 - 10 July). We'll be away on a family holiday and I won't have access to internet. The photo above was taken in Spring of the field flowers a few minutes away from our neighborhood. We live in South Africa in the beautiful Western Cape. The picture below was colored in by Amanda last year. I also have another poem to share that I wrote a few years ago. This blog is best viewed in Google Chrome. Click...

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Bellyache: A Delicious Tale

Bellyache: A Delicious Tale by Crystal Marcos About the Book: Title: Bellyache: A Delicious Tale | Author: Crystal Marcos | Publisher: Cat Marcs Publishing | Pages: 155 | Genre: Children's Chapter Book | Age Group: Young Adult Book Description: BELLYACHE: A Delicious Tale  Awards & Honors: ~2013 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree ~2012 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS Award-Winning Finalist in both categories of Children's Fiction & Children's Book Series ~2011 READERS' FAVORITE International Book Awards, Silver Medal in...

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Blue Gum Trees and a Linky

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #249! I won't be hosting a linky party next week, so this one will remain open until the 7th of July. The blue gum trees in South Africa are an invasive species. We often spot them growing as windbreakers on farms like in the photo above between the vineyards. When I did a little research on the internet, I discovered that they are important to South Africa, especially regarding forestry and bee-keeping. I don't have a photo to show you, but often where there are blue gums, I see...

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Configured - Book 1

ConfiguredThe Configured Trilogy Book 1 About the Book: Title: Configured (Configured Trilogy Book 1) | Author: Jenetta Penner | Pages: 434 | Genre: Science-Fiction Dystopian | Recommended Age: Young Adult Book Description: There will come a day... when love will mark you as a traitor. In a society where emotions are nothing and function is everything, Avlyn Lark is just trying to blend in. She's lucky to be alive, unlike her twin brother Ben who died when they were four. And she's lucky to have been taken from her...

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The Winter Rain and a Weekend Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop - Make My Saturday Sweet #227! We've been having drought and now the winter rain has finally come! Our winter kicked off with a massive storm. I took these photos of the wild guineafowl and peacock wandering through our front garden one rainy day soon after the storm. I'm amazed at how well the birds coped. We even had hail! You can see in the first two photos how our garden fared after months of water restrictions. Most of the grass is gone and some plants didn't survive. The other photos were...

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Candidate - The Black Mage Book 3

Candidate The Black Mage Book 3 About the Book: Title: Candidate (The Black Mage Book 3) | Author: Rachel E. Carter | Pages: 382 | Genre: Dark Fantasy - Sword and Sorcery | Recommended Age: Young Adult Book Description: Welcome to the Candidacy. Where dreams go to die. Twenty-year-old Ryiah is a black mage of Combat, but she's not the Black Mage. Yet. She's had her eyes on the legendary robe for as long as she can remember, and in just one year, she will have a chance at her country's prestigious--and only--tourney for...

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Living in Wine Country and a Linky

Welcome to my Picture Perfect Party Linky #248! We live in wine country and I enjoy sharing about our outings on my travel blog, 1camera1mom. The three photos that I chose for this post are ones that I never shared before. The photo above is of the mountains and vineyards in our area. The two photos below are of South African wines from uniWines, a local wine company. This blog is best viewed in Google Chrome. Click on the photos to see them at their best! uniWines - Ankerman (White Wine) uniWines - African Whisper...

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Magelica's Voyage to the Land of the Fairies

Magelica's Voyage to the Land of the Fairiesby Louise Courey NadeauBlog Tour with Giveaway! About the Book: Magelica's Voyage to The Land of the Fairies           Title: Magelica's Voyage to the Land of the Fairies | Author: Louise Courey Nadeau | Illustrator: Nathan Heinze | Publication Date: April 2017 | Publisher: Magelica Inc. | Number of Pages: 35 | Recommended Ages: 5 to 10 Summary: Five Star Readers Favourite and Story Monster approved! ...

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