It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.

Yesterday I wrote on the blog about our “exciting week” which involved the huge maple in front of our house being cut down.

It was quite the event for us boring folk who never do anything exciting. First, the tree was over 100 years old and it was hard (but necessary) to see it go. Second, watching it be cut down was fascinating. I have seen a tree be taken down but not one this large.

Watching the man tie ropes onto the larger branches and trunk to make sure it fell gently to the ground was mesmerizing. I accomplished very little that day.

You can read more about my thoughts on the tree in my post from yesterday, but I will say that I am adjusting to the tree’s absence better than I thought I would. It was nice to sit out on the front steps tonight (I’m writing this part Saturday night) and watch Little Miss and Zooma the Wonder Dog jump up on the stump and look out from it and the cats jump up there as well. It was also nice to look up and see the stars of the sky instead of just tree branches. The street seems so much wider and more open now. It’s an odd change, but it’s not as rough as I thought it would be.

Saturday’s weather was amazing. Seventy degrees, mainly clear skies. Little Miss and I went to the playground and then played outside our house as well. Temps will be warm again today and tomorrow and then storms are set to come in Monday and the temperatures will drop again for a while.

This will be the norm in Pennsylvania for a while – warm weather, then cold, then warm, rain, then sun, then snow, then rain, then finally it will be actually spring. You know, right when summer is set to arrive.

My sinuses are seriously suffering from the up and down and will probably continue to suffer for the next month. Such is life in Pennsylvania.

I also wanted to mention really quick that we did receive an apology from the local library over the incident that has left my daughter and I uncomfortable with going there again. We did not receive an apology from the staff member but we did receive one from the library director. At this time we have found a couple of other libraries to visit for our book-lending needs but the apology was appreciated and we will find other ways to support the local library.

I am reading the same books this week but making progress.

I’ll probably finish Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers this week. Thank you to Cat from Cat’s Wire for recommending this author.

I’ve mentioned before I sometimes read a few books at a time — sort of anyhow.

I will read whichever book I am in the mood for each day but as soon as one captures my attention more than another I will continue reading that book instead. This week my attention has been captured by “Whose Body?” and The Two Towers, book two of The Lord of the Rings trilogy the most.

In between I have been reading The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke and A Boy and His Horse by C.S. Lewis.

I’ll probably focus more on The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder once I finish the Dorothy Sayers book because I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read of it so far.

Little Miss has been listening to The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis at night before bed.

During the day we are reading The Littlest Voyageur by Margi Preuss.

This week I’ve been binge watching a British show called Great Canal Journeys, which follows an elderly couple as they travel on the canal systems of England.

The Husband and I also watched The Barkleys of Broadway with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which I enjoyed more than I thought I would when it first started. It was a lot of fun seeing Ginger’s dresses in color.

Later this week I will be rewatching Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris for the first movie for the Springtime in Paris movie event that Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I are doing through April and the beginning of May.

I wanted to leave a note for anyone who is participating in the event on where you can find the movies streaming:

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris: Amazon, Fandango, GooglePlay, Apple TV (this one was also on Peacock when I originally chose it.)

How to Steal A Million: Amazon, YouTube, GooglePlay, Fandango and Apple.

Paris Blues: YouTube for free (just search for it), Tubi, Amazon, Google Play, PlutoTV, Fandango at Home, YouTubeTV

Hugo: Amazon, Fandango at Home, Pluto TV, AppleTV

The Intouchables (warning this is an R movie and no, I don’t know why, but I’m guessing some language): DisneyPlus, Amazon, Fandango, Plex, YouTubeTV, Google Play, AppleTV, and Hulu

Charade (pretty much everywhere): Crackle, Tubi, Plex, Amazon, AppleTV, GooglePlay, YouTube, YouTubeTV, The Roku Channel, Fubo.

This week on the blog I shared:

• Saturday Afternoon Chat: It was more than just a tree
• Join us for our Springtime in Paris movie event!
• Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! Come link up with us!
• Discussing The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries Show episode, The Mystery of the Haunted House.
• Top Ten Tuesday: Ten books I did not finish (DNF’d)

Now It’s Your Turn

What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to or writing? Let me know in the comments or leave a blog post link if you also write a weekly update like this.

---

This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at  Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, The Sunday Salon with Deb at Readerbuzz, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathyrn at The Book Date.