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Welcome to my weekly update for February 27, 2022!
We finally had warm, sunny weather this week. It felt heavenly! On Sunday, we went to the Caw Caw Interpretive Center, a county park that has trails through several different ecosystems. It’s a wildlife refuge but in late winter, we didn’t see many animals. Apparently there’s an exhibit about the Stono River Slave Rebellion in the gift shop but we were in such a hurry to hit the trails, we missed it.
Slideshow:
All images © Jennifer G. at Introverted Reader 2022
- A view through the cypress knees in the swamp
- I don’t know if you can see it, but in the right light, you could see rainbows in the swamp water, created by oils from decaying vegetation
- Live oak and Spanish moss in former rice fields
- Alligators
Posted:
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf: Book Review
North American Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Continent by Matthew Bucklan & Victor Cizek, illustrated by Jack Dunnington: Book Review
Read:
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 🌟🌟🌟🌟½ Stars
Currently Reading:
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Beach Music by Pat Conroy, read by Jonathan Marosz
The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry, edited by Jay Parini
Up Next:
One chunkster down, three to go! They’re the only books on my horizon for a while.
What did your week look like?
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz hosts The Sunday Salon and Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer hosts Sunday Post. Kathryn at Book Date hosts It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
I look forward to hearing what you think of the 1619 Project book. I’ll bet it’s super interesting.
I’m looking forward to being outdoors more as the weather continues to warm. I’ll be interested to see what you think of the 1619 Project.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
Did you like Beach Music? South of Broad was good reading for a vacation week. I love chunksters, and need to pick my next one! I can’t see the alligators in the picture, but that’s OK. I’m good. 😉
Oh, but everyone should have an up-close visit with an alligator at some point in their lives! 😉
I haven’t finished Beach Music yet. I have about 1.5 hours left in the audio but it’s really good so far!
I have 8 chunksters sitting on a shelf in my bookcase. Maybe I should devote an entire year to reading nothing but those big books! 🙂
I think it would take me a year to read 8 chunksters! I like them but I tend to get impatient by the time I finish.
I’m glad you got to take advantage of the nice weather to go explore! My week was pretty good, I managed to get a few blog posts up on time. Fingers crossed I can keep that going in the coming weeks.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
Fingers crossed! I feel accomplished if I get one week of posts scheduled ahead of time, then I quickly lose ground.
Great photos! I don’t blame you for being in a hurry to hit the trails.
Thanks! It was so nice to be outside and really, truly warm.
I enjoyed Beach Music!
Your slideshow is awesome. Enjoy your week, and here are my WEEKLY UPDATES
I love how adventurous you and your partner are, thanks for sharing your trips with us.
Wishing you a great reading week
Great pictures! Good luck with your chunksters. I should be concentrating on review books but keep getting distracted by other books. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
Glad you got to take advantage of the warm weather. Have a great week this week.
Chunksters can eat up a lot of reading time, but if really good, no worries! The photos are interesting. Ah we don’t have alligators, um thank goodness!
Love the photos! I have one of Pat Conroy’s cookbook but haven’t read it yet.
What lovely photos? Where do you live? Florida? Louisiana? I am not familiar wih swamp life. Lovely. My Sunday Salon post
I love your pictures. I should read some Chunksters, but right now I just don’t have it in me. Have a good week.
Your pictures are really neat. Sorry you didn’t see many animals and you missed the other exhibit. I’m looking forward to warmer weather. We got more snow this week, lol. I hope when spring does come, spring weather lasts a while. I live in an area that tends to go straight from winter to summer.
I am still enjoying the lovely summer weather here in SA and I am so not ready for autumn to hit us. I think I’ll just ignore it for a couple more weeks.
Have a good week Jen and happy reading!
Elza Reads
Allilgators would put me off visits to the swamp! It’s sunny here the last few days, but not at all warm. Looking forward to spring too!
Love the pictures! I can’t wait to be able to get outside and not completely bundled up.
I’m looking forward to warm weather. The sun is out today but it’s also been chilly.
I think the map book sounds very interesting!
I love those pics, especially that first one. there’s something wonderful about wetlands.
For us, there’s been nothing as wonderful as getting out into nature during the last two years. The spot you visited looks like it’s beautiful.
I’m glad to see that you really enjoyed the Anne Brontë book. I have it on my list to read later in the year.
I’m reading just the opposite of you…nothing but short books and children’s books!
Great photos! I’m glad you were able to get out of the house and go on an adventure. Have a great week.
Pat Conroy is one of my all time favorite authors. I think I fell in love with the south through his books and words and imagery. And his love for the low country.
Those nature trails look so cool! But alligators!!