Anna Patrick's Blog, page 5

Dose ✌🏻 thank you science, thank you Dolly Parton, we’re excited...

Dose ✌🏻 thank you science, thank you Dolly Parton, we’re excited to start the next chapter of our lives with brighter days ahead 🖤 and I can’t wait to HUG you all so soon - rejoining society Memorial Day Weekend!
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Beep beep, is that my bestie in a Tessie? 🖤🐗...

Beep beep, is that my bestie in a Tessie? 🖤🐗
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Life doesn’t come with a manual but it comes with a mom 🖤 I said...

Life doesn’t come with a manual but it comes with a mom 🖤 I said it all in the card I gave you earlier but I couldn’t have gotten a better one! Love you @dianepatrick, cheers to a day of flowers and rosé! (at Hope Flower Farm)
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Always a treat to fly Air Easterbrooks 🖤✈️ we may not have an...

Always a treat to fly Air Easterbrooks 🖤✈️ we may not have an in-flight drink service but you can’t beat the view! Our air adventures and date nights in Paul’s plane have been sorely missed this year with the pandemic, but ready to fly into better days ahead!
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Happy Easter from the Easterbrooks and our little bunny who...

Happy Easter from the Easterbrooks and our little bunny who wanted nothing to do with his bunny ears 🐗🐰🖤
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I did something I’m proud of, Tumblrverse! Something I wanted to share here because you guys have...

I did something I’m proud of, Tumblrverse! Something I wanted to share here because you guys have been through the whole journey from book one. And now here we are, 40k words deep into book 2. 500 words a day, every word a little step forward.

Happy #NationalPuppyDay from the gremlin who lives under my...

Happy #NationalPuppyDay from the gremlin who lives under my writing desk! He also makes a stellar secretary during my workday, an enthusiastic barre bestie who lays underneath me during the plank section of every Pure Barre class, and dedicated snacker who never lets me eat a meal alone. Paul and I often reflect on how much Al has been the center of our lives during the pandemic over the last year (… and for the years before that, if we’re being honest) and I don’t think this warthog would have it any other way 🖤🐗
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For March’s @bullybookclub read, Al and I reviewed The Shadow of...

For March’s @bullybookclub read, Al and I reviewed The Shadow of the Wind by @zafonoficial!
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Who doesn’t love a book within a book, or a story within a story? That’s what @zafonoficial gave us with #TheShadowOfTheWind.
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The beautiful prose transported us straight to Barcelona’s Gothic quarter, where you can see Al sampled a local delicacy that many of the characters enjoyed as they discussed the mystery of the disappeared author Julian Carax. The investigation is led by a young man named Daniel, from whose eyes we see the life and love story (stories, really) surrounding Carax unfold, including his own as he attempts to break Julian’s cycle by winning the girl and riding off into the sunset.
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“The Shadow of the Wind” is a perfect name for the book, because it’s evokes a sense of what the reader feels along the journey - each turn and twist of the plot felt like an airy, misty morning in a noir Barcelona, casting the story in a smokey fog like floating through old memories. It’s a mystery story, a romance novel, a “whodunnit,” a coming of age tale, and so much more all bound into one spine. As Zafón wrote: “Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.“ Join Al and I in your own imagined café off of Avenida Del Tibidabo, and see what part of the book speaks to your own heart’s story.
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#bullybookclub @penguinbooks @hachetteuk
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I meannnn 😍😍😍 got to love a good pair of eyebrows on a house....

I meannnn 😍😍😍 got to love a good pair of eyebrows on a house. I’ve been imagining this day since we chose our exterior, and here she is, her own 2.0. Huge thanks to @betterwithfetters, there is nothing this man can’t do! And he got his whole fam involved in the project, which is exactly the energy we appreciate around here. Support local and reach out to Todd for any wood working or crafty projects you have in mind, I couldn’t recommend him more! (at Loudoun County, Virginia)
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Today my forever valentine took me to get flowers from the...

Today my forever valentine took me to get flowers from the florist who did our wedding, the unbelievably talented @hollychapple at @hopeflowerfarm! Feeling all the love 🖤🌷 (at Hope Flower Farm)
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