Hello readers. As February winds down, I thought I would end the month by using up some leftover photos. They sort of fit into an A to Z post and so that is how I will share them. However, first, a reminder about the Bleak House reading Challenge.
Invitation:
If you want to read Bleak House by Charles Dickens and then share a post about it on or around June 9, which is the date of Dickens’ death – please join us. You can also read it and just join in the June posts that we make – Because we are raffling off an Amazon gift card this year and will pull names from all who participate!
- Trent’s 2022 post is here
- Priorhouse 2022 post is here.
- hashtag: #Dickenschallenge
- E-book is here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023
Now, the End-of-February A to Z
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A is for Alligator – the sculpture at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA
B is for Biscotti – We now have an almond/coconut flour and stevia recipe for this old time favorite.
C is for Coffee Mugs
D is for Doggies
E is for Electric – Don’t forget that your body is a large battery and so get outside and touch the earth (without shoes) to help ground the body and balance those meridians
F is for Face in the tree – smiling at me
G is for Gecko
H is for Humor –
I is for Image with layers
J is for January bark peeling
K is for Kombucha
L is for Lights of DC
M is for Meat (real meat)

N is for Nancy’s little flower bouquet
O is for “O m g” delicious – (almond flour and egg pancake with real butter and dash of Lakanto keto-friendly syrup).
P is for Pavement – and I sorta see Rudolph in that shape – can you see it?
Q is for Quick Snapshot of these old and quaint tiles down in FL
R is for Roses (looks like they are whistling)
S is for Surreal with the art and lights
T is for Tea (Thank you little gift tea bags)
U is for Unique glass fish art (This was glass art my FIL bought in Hawaii back in the 1970s- and we passed it on to a 14 year old girl- and she loved it so much – I took this photo to show Janet because she recently featured a lot of Chihuly glass art.
V is for Vitamins (my favorite vitamins called Logos)
W is for Washington DC down view (take 2). I see a rainbow in the haze….
X is for this eXtra afghan (made of wool and our FIL had it as a family heritage item – I guess this was very old and he reassured it but we did not) and so we gave to a store clerk (he liked it and said he might try to use it as a weighted blanket – it felt nice to find someone that would maybe value this).
Y is for Yellow lights
Z is for Zebra-striped marble
Thanks for joining me with this A to Z post – I wanted to possibly do the images one per day but that doesn’t really work for me. I hope this post wasn’t too long and please let me know if an image stood out to you. Hope you have a great week.
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Well done. I couldn’t sorta see Rudolph
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I will outline what I see and update the post in a little bit…. I will link you when I do
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Well done. I have to say, I got stuck on the biscotti – haven’t had that in a while – and the roses are gorgeous.
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Hi VJ
In Denver, in 1995, I got a biscotti recipe from chef Cohen (featured in the newspaper) and found my signature baking item! My cookies always came out like scones and so making a biscotti batch was easy and fail proof –
We would sometimes make frosting for them or drizzle chocolate and slivered almonds on them- anyhow – my step daughter used to love them and I enjoyed sending her home with some!
Got away from the biscotti because sugar and wheat flour make these nothing but a sugar dump and bad for gut health!
The latest keto version is win-win!
Wish I could send you a taste via blog!
Ha
Hope your day is going well
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The mention of almond flour really caught my interest. Haven’t been able to tolerate wheat for quite a few years now. Sun is starting to emerge here, so that’s a plus.
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The photo of the yellow lights is fascinating. Bleak House? That’s some deep spring reading. 🤓
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Hi ally! The reading is actually lighter than I thought it would be and not too far in- but enjoying some of true little extras that dickens gives us with descriptions – and marveling at his writing and feeling his essence
– and the yellow lights are from the guitar hotel and casino in Florida when we went there for lunch last year – they had many cool
Things
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I like the comic. I think the dog might get a lot of tips 🙂
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Hahaha! I’d give the dog a bonus tip for sure 😊
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Nice A-Z post. Have to say, part way through I stopped looking/reading to go read the Walt Whitman poem and then video from the end of Fame (I Sing the Body Electric).
I plan on doing a Bleak House reminder in a couple of weeks. We’ll see (I’m about half done – takign it slow).
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Thanks for joining me with this post. It is my only post until next week Thursday so take your time! And Trent / I originally wanted to schedule a post a day for each letter for the first 26 days of Feb but stopped because it is not my blog style! I don’t like to have scheduled posts go out if I am not around to interact –
But I wish I could do that sometime – hmmmnm
Anyhow – heard some David Bowie and thought of you this week ! I remembered way back when and our shirt chat about his music 🎶🎶🎶
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A lot of people do the A-Z in 26 days, but if this follows your style better, do it 🙂 I don’t listen to Bowie all of the time, but when his music comes on, I stop what I am doing and listen…
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Wow, there are a lot of photos here, Yvette. 🙂 Must have taken some time to put this together. Hope your weekend’s been a good one.
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Hi Janet / actually it did not take much time at all (photo posts are rather easy)
Side note – did you see the letter U one was for you – it had that fish glass art – I meant to link you but I am using the wordless app and it makes it really hard to to visit folks because I can’t click on their sites and blog hop…
But that was the glass art I mentioned when you were sharing the wonderful chihuly glass art
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Yes, I forgot to mention it. It’s lovely!!
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I can see Rudolf.
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Ok / now that made my day!!!
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Well done for photos for the whole alphabet. Have a good week!
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Thanks so much – hope you have a pleasant ending to February !
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I like the shot of the Washington Monument – was it from Arlington Cemetery?
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Hi – it was from a plane window – hope you are having a nice end to the month of Feb, JT
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Saw Rudolph, the face in the tree and grazed through this post. Would have made a wonderful The Changing Seasons post as well 🙂
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Hi BB
It would have fit the seasons theme – are you hosting that this month?
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Of course it does. I just post what I have photographed during the month. Ju-Lyn has already done hers mine will be up later – tonight for you I guess 🙂
https://touringmybackyard.wordpress.com/2022/02/27/the-changing-seasons-february-2022/
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Thanks for the link BB
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Biscotti and java is one of life’s simple (and great) pleasures.
Are those your doggies? They’re beautiful.
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Hi – the brown one is ours and the tan one is my son’s (so is that a grand doggy?)
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Yes it is, LOL. They are beautiful.
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Thanks and as you know – pets can be such gifts
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They truly are.
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Thank you about the reminder about the Bleakhouse Shared Reading. I have it marked in my calendar.
I love your A – Z trip around your photo collection. Awesome!
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Thanks and I am so glad you are doing the challenge – I started reading regularly and then waned – need to get some more chapters covered –
Have a nice week
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Wonderful job! Yes, I saw Rudolph. 🙂 Love the purple flower and I will take some biscotti.
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Some biscotti coming right up – and glad you saw Rudolph – hahaha
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Thank you! 😋
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love your A- Z pictures Yvette!! 💖💖
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Thanks Cindy
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Love your leftovers. Clever A-Z.
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Thank you so much lady sighs 🦋👐
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Well done! I did see the reindeer in the R photo.
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Right on! Glad you saw the reindeer – I am still going to outline it when I get a chance 😉
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Awesome photos and I especially liked D for doggies! My dog Mike has that same ball!
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Cheers to the same Ball and tierney / what a fun name of “mike”
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Well the post wasn’t too long Yvette (says someone whose posts are always long and picture laden). I did a post A – Z years ago about what I saw on a walk at the Park and it was fun to compile too. I enjoyed this post. The sunflower afghan is timely since Ukraine’s flower is the sunflower. My favorites were the funny ones – the cartoon was funny and yes I did see Rudolph on the pavement and of course those roses did look like their lips were pursed just so for whistling. 🙂
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Well thanks for sharing that about Ukraine and the sunflower – 🙏prayer for that situation !!
And woo hoo to seeing the Rudolph and the whistle lips – hahaha
Be over to visit soon my friend
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Yes, it’s very sad Yvette and I have seen so many people wearing sunflower pins or emblems the last few days on social media, especially Twitter where people are posting pics of rallies for Ukraine.
Yes – my eyes honed right in on Rudolph and those whistling fleurs.
I have to share the Dickens challenge in this blog with a fellow blogger who mentioned a collection of Dickens books he had and I mentioned the Gutenberg link. He said: “let’s read ‘A Christmas Carol’ and blog about it in December.”
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Yvette – I shared the Dickens’ “Bleak House” challenge with Dave as he mentioned his Dickens collection in a recent post (see my other comment):
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/34876194/posts/3823316479
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thank you so much for connecting and linking this – I am so excited – will give feedback once I check it out
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Yvette – I had to share and figured it was serendipity.
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What an interesting and varied ABC with too many I liked to mention just one or two.
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Thank you very much
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