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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like I accidently created a mutant #calendula flower! I'm definitely going to save seeds from this plant... 🌱 #gardening #flowers

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Spring at the countryside plot... The wisteria is starting to fill out nicely! 🌱 #gardening

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My current read hanging out with the arugula, cilantro and pink poppies (no flowers yet)... It truly feels like Spring today! 📚💙🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Latest countryside plot update: we now officially have all doors and windows installed! 🥳 Also, our plum tree is currently full of flowers... Will this be the year we finally get to try some? 🤞🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are lucky to get the cutest surprise visitors at our countryside plot! 😍 Both the #cats and the #horses are owned by some of our neighbors. There are a couple of dachshunds as well, but I've forgotten to take a picture... #animals #nature 🐈🐎🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our plum tree seems to think it's time for Spring already, and it's bursting with flower buds... With a little luck we might actually taste our first plums this year. 🤞🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A new month means it's time for my July #StoryGraph stats... I don't think I've ever listened to this many audiobooks before! And I found two new 5 star reads as well. 💙📚

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's been a while since I last shared anything countryside plot related... How about a #flashback to May 2026 when our red oak showed its true #Fall colors for the first time? 🧡🍁🍂🌱 #gardening #autumn #trees

Photo of our red oak in the front and garden in the background.

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Holy guacamole, I just saw that I made it to 1000! #netgalley ARCs reviewed since I signed up in 2016!! 😱🤯 I honestly still can't wrap my mind around this number... I can confirm there is no shiny new badge for the milestone though. 😏 📚💙

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I still can't believe I was actually approved for an ARC of the new Tilly and Poe! Of course I dropped everything to read it straight away... And of course it was another fantastic sequel! I guess I will be having two M.W. Craven books on my 2026 favorites list now. 💙📚 #favoriteseries

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I just realized that my social media break ended up being quite a bit longer than intended... Whoops? 🙈 I'll try to do better! For now, a little dose of something #bookish with my June #StoryGraph stats. 📚💙

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Our butterfly bush has the first flower buds of the year... With a bonus ladybug on top. 🌱🦋🐞 #gardening #flowerreport #springvibes

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

It's the end of the blue era at the countryside plot! I've been painting everything chocolate brown so that it will look better with the medium emerald green we plan to paint our tiny house in the future. The garden is also looking pretty good this spring! 🏠🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

It's still pink poppy season at the countryside plot... And the climbing jasmine will be flowering soon as well. 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This is my first year growing larkspur from seed, and the first flowers have just opened! 😍 Such a lovely purple color, and I can't wait to see what other colors will pop up... Not counting the white one next to this plant probably opening tomorrow. 🌱 #gardening #flowerreport #spring

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The weather has been very mild this week, and I decided to try and burn away my stubborn pneumonia by soaking up some winter sun in the garden. The Stranger by Harlan Coben is keeping me company, which I'm really enjoying so far. 💙📚 #currentlyreading

Close-up of kindle opened at chapter 9 with pink poppy plants (no flowers yet) and bright red ranunculus in the background.

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This bright red ranunculus is on fire this year! 😍🔥 So many flowers opened at the same time, and there are a lot of flower buds still waiting their turn as well. 🌱 #FlowerReport #bloomscrolling #gardening

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is my first year growing poppies, and I'm so excited to discover that the first flower buds are starting to appear! For reference: on the right are the two varieties of pink poppies I was gifted seeds of. 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Happy Saturday! Let's celebrate the weekend with this bright red ranunculus flower... The first to bloom this winter! 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Winter at the countryside plot... The daffodils always flower early down here. 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Another year of severe frost damaged a lot of our plants, but a quick trip to the nursery brought back some color to the winter garden. Pictured below: verbena, erysimum and snapdragon. 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It's been a while since I did a countryside plot building update... The first phase of our #tinyhouse and bbq area has been finished for a month or so, and we are waiting for our builder to free up time to start on the roof. 🏠 #inprogress

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Gotta soak up that autumn sun even if it's chilly outside! 😉 I'm currently hanging out with my newest physical book and some of my seedlings... 💙📚🌱 Left to right: a young kale plant with flax seedlings (orange), pink poppies (green and blue) and mixed delphiniums (yellow).

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Happy Hump Day! Delilah Bard always makes the funniest facial expressions... 🤭😼

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

It's been a while since I did a countryside plot building update... The walls of our #tinyhouse are just about done and just the chimney of the parrilla (bbq area) is missing. 🏠 #inprogress

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

It's chrysanthemum season again! Fun fact: somehow this plant changed its color from the warm yellow from the last two years to this gorgeous blend of purple and orange! 😍🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Autumn vibes at the countryside plot. 🍂🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Whoops it's been longer than I thought since I last posted something... 🙈 Happy Easter everyone!! This is our Easter egg this year: a chocolate shell with oreo cheesecake filling and topped with oreo and a cookies&cream chocolate bar. These 'open' eggs are very popular down here! 🥚🍫🍪

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Jasmine here loves to use my mondo grass border as a pillow. 🙈🐱🌱

A close-up of a white cat resting her head on mondo grass.

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We had a very unusual visitor at our countryside plot yesterday: two Rothschild's silk moths (you can just see a wing of the second). As far as I'm aware they aren't supposed to be quite this far down south in Argentina, but they sure are beautiful! 🦋🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I don't think my audiobook percentage has ever been this high before... I already know it won't stay this way though. 🙈 💙📚

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

First countryside plot building update of 2025: the walls of our #tinyhouse are about halfway done now... 🏠 #inprogress

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I decided to start my first physical copy of the year today... It ended up being Rage Against The Dying by Becky Masterman, because I wasn't in the mood for the YA fantasy I had originally planned. Jasmine says hi! 🐱 💙📚

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I just saw that I made it to 2500 ratings on Goodreads! 🤯🥳 💙📚

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

It's time to show my StoryGraph monthly graphics again... December wasn't my best month with too many lower ratings, so fingers crossed 2025 will be better on that front! 💙📚

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Last countryside plot building update of 2024: the foundations of our #tinyhouse are now done and the first wall is going up! 🏠 #inprogress

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I baked these vanilla and chocolate cookies with the Argentinian version of smarties yesterday... Not a bad way to finish leftover Christmas candy. 😉🎄🍪

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Our seven-year-old dwarf oleander isn't so tiny anymore! 🙈 I didn't realize this variety would get this tall (about 2 metres at the moment and still growing)... 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

The first squash of the season is growing well so far! It's supposed to be a red kuri squash, although I'm not sure with this two-toned look while it's growing... It's my first year trying to grow this variety though. 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Taking this moment of quiet in between the Christmas festivities to wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!! Here's to 2025 treating us well. 🎅🎄🎆🥂

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I always love this time of the year when the agapanthus is showing its color... Without doubt one of my favorite flowers, but then again I do love the color blue. 🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Countryside plot building update: the foundations of our #tinyhouse are currently being poured! 🏠 #inprogress

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It's time to show my StoryGraph monthly graphics again... November wasn't my best month with too many lower ratings, so fingers crossed December will be better on that front! 💙📚

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Exciting times at our countryside plot! Foundation work is in progress for our future 'quincho', which is basically a vacation home/tiny house hybrid. 🏠

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It's not even December yet and the first cherry tomato has already started changing color! Looks like I will be harvesting my first tomatoes well before Christmas this year... 🍅🌱

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Yvonne @ It's All About Books @yvoaboutbooks.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

It's a chocolate/bananabread kind of Monday.

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