Kelly

Should be illegal.

Your day needs this, I promise.

I have talked about or recommended HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS nearly every day since finally watching it last month. It’s Buster Keaton + Looney Tunes + Super Mario perfection. Have you seen it? Want to? Let’s discuss. #filmsky

Being laid up with a knee injury has led to revisiting forgotten photos in my camera roll. Throwback to sun-catcher selfie fun. #photography

Found so much peace next to so much fury. #photography

I tripped immediately after taking this photo. Seems karmic. #photography

Finally back to being outside and staring at the sky. #photography

This was one of my picks, too!

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

God, I love this book. It was almost my Christie pick for my own list for this exact scene. What a perfect introduction. “I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound.”

Any book Josie would read must be worth checking out.

And he did uncredited, for free!

I had a dream last night I was wandering the rows of the Neon Museum in Las Vegas again. Easily one of the most visually stimulating places I’ve ever visited. #photography

This is excellent.

God, this book. “Sometimes I ask for too much just to feel my mouth overflow.”

YouTube video by Carlos Henrique Gomes Siqueira Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Double Exposure Concert (Full Length Performance)

I was listening to Roberta Flack the moment I found out she died today. Almost instantly I thought that if the afterlife is real, I hope she and Donny are singing together again.

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YouTube video by tim Dead Flowers Rolling Stones

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I am deathly allergic to flowers—like will stop breathing if I get too close to them. That said, I still wanted my first attempt at painting something that exists to be floral because they sure are pretty to look at… from a safe distance. #painting #floral #flowers

Scene from a snowy three-day weekend. #BookSky

I can’t post it for fear of getting banned, but I think about his “Naked Portrait with Reflection” any time I don’t feel beautiful. Deeply candid and intimate.

This was one of my twenty!

Lately, I’ve been really missing my sweet boy Baker, who passed last August. He was so loving, goofy, and photogenic. #dog #photography

Finally hanging my framed photos again after moving a few months ago. Considering re-printing this favorite in a larger size. #photography

This looks delicious, both as a meal and a photo.

I can't wait to see how my appreciation changes in the future.

Recently, it is now a reminder of how all empires fall, the value of community over self, and the importance of equal justice and opportunity.
Always, it will be a book shared by a father who wanted to open the universe for his child to explore.

Early, it was an epic romp—à la LAWRENCE OF ARABIA—full of grand heroes, wicked villains, powerful women, and unworldly creatures.
Later, it became a book of defiance, political intrigue, and a lesson to, as Frank Herbert himself said, “beware of heroes.”

I must break the rules for my 20th pick. This layered book has been my favorite since I was 9. My evolving comprehension of this story is a time capsule for my development into adulthood. It is appropriate for a tale ruminating on how humans change over time and circumstance.

“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge