imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 17h“It is a pity that doing one’s best doesn’t always answer.” #brontefest Jane Eyre Chapter XI “Leah, make a little hot negus and cut a sandwich or two.” Negus- A beverage of wine, hot water, lemon juice, sugar, and nutmeg 120
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 18h#Geese is today’s theme for #birdoftheday and #green is the alt theme. This fulfills both! 0100
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 18hI would love to see this. Because, well, all of those things you mentioned. How can I watch it? 110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Argiope aurantia Gardenia, the Garden spider. Also called a Writing spider. She has trapped her prey (insect?) and wrapped it in silk. She bites it and inject a venom which liquifies the prey. She can then suck up the contents. #argiopeaurantia #gardenspider 000
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#birdoftheday #crooners A friend painted this from a photo of a Painted Bunting. I was on a team studying/banding Painted Buntings in south FL. A few years later, this bird was spotted in SC and ID’d as one of ours! 140
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#blueskies is today’s theme for #birdoftheday a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Arkansas… we have so many here in summer and I never tire of seeing them 190
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#brontefest The story of Eutychus in Acts 20. “A frequent interlude of these performances was the enactment of the part of Eutychus by some half-dozen of little girls, who, overpowered with sleep, would fall down, if not out of the third loft, yet off the fourth form, and be taken up half dead.” 141
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#BronteFest “our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.” 040
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thank you for leading us again. I ofttimes need a little push. 🙂 I enjoy so much reading with this group. 📖 And, spoiler alert, my first name is Jane- perhaps that is what drew me to this book?? 150
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Quick summary of Acts 21-24: Paul was arrested in Jerisalem and charged w/ sedition. He stated he was Roman citizen. Then jailed, sent before Sanhedrin. A plot to kill Paul was discovered. He was sent to Caeserea for safety. Then appeared before Felix there. Felix put off his decision. 110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#black&white #birdoftheday A Trumpeter Swan in Heber Springs, Arkansas 1110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think that (12)was the perfect age for a first read,and calling it a YA classic as the Guardian article does is appropriate. Now, several reads later and more than several years older, I am reading it differently. Differently, but not better. 130
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#brontefest At my (proud volunteer🙂), it is shelved in classics with a call number of 823 BRO. Goodreads does not list YA as one of the tags. Although, I do understand it fitting in with a YA description. Not in a bad way. I read if first on 7th grade b 240
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thank you. I had thought to look one up. But hadn’t yet. 001
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They only share feeders in September. During migration. In the summer I only see one or two and don’t keep a feeder out. They have plenty of flowers 🌺 110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In summer, we have so many Mississippi Kites here in AR where I live now. And when I was in South FL, so many Swallow-tailed Kites. Both are so beautiful! 120
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great! My hummingbird population is down to 4 or 5. Last week there were 4 or 5 dozen! 110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bewick is pronounced like the car, Buick. I had a Bewick’s Wren in backyard once. It was uncommon as they are more of a western US species. 150
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Histo...en.wikipedia.orgA History of British Birds - Wikipedia 150
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026British Birds has been compared to works of poetry and literature. It plays a recurring role in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre. William Wordsworth praised Bewick in the first lines of his poem "The Two Thieves": "Oh now that the genius of Bewick were mine” #Brontefest 150
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#birdoftheday #bokehballs (had to look that up!) A bird with a fuzzy background…extra credit for bokeh balls….no extra credit here! A Tufted Titmouse in winter 1101
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I solved the Monday 9/28/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 9:35! www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...nytimes.comPlay The New York Times CrosswordKeep your mind sharp by making The Crossword part of your daily routine. 010
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.browneyedbaker.com/slow-cooker-... We replace the half and half and the whole milk with 2%milk.browneyedbaker.comCrock Pot Mac and CheeseCrock Pot Mac and Cheese - An easy, super cheesy macaroni and cheese recipe made right in the slow cooker. Perfect for holidays and feeding a crowd! 010
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I have a very good slow cooker Mac and cheese recipe. We make it every few weeks for our family Sunday lunch. 110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Keep safe everyone! It’s hot and dry in Arkansas. We desperately need rain. 120
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Our family doesn’t drink or really do punch. But some like hot spiced cider. 110
imnjupiter @imnjupiter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#brontefest I guess we will go have to go here: 😊 www.bronte.org.uk/visitbronte.org.ukVisit | The Brontë Parsonage MuseumWalk in the footsteps of the Brontë sisters.Explore the rooms in which Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were written. We bring 180
