A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

There is a large reservoir around the corner from my apartment.  On nice days it is really wonderful to walk over to the reservoir and then walk the path around it a couple times.  I just have to watch out for the geese.

(Side note: All of these photos were taken on my iPhone.  I am continually amazed at what it can do.)

Book Review

This is the first time I am recommending a book on the blog.  If you do nothing for yourself this week, go read (or listen to) A Discovery of Witches.  This is the most fantastic book I have read in a long time.  Deborah Harkness takes the supernatural vampire/witch genre to an entirely new (more adult) level.  If you enjoyed the fun nature of the Twilight series but wished that the characters were more believable and less, well...swoony, then you will love this book.  Even if you didn't like Twilight, you will love this.  
The writing is exquisite and you will not want it to end.  Discovery is the first of what will be a trilogy.  The second book is due out in 2012 and I am trying to figure out how I can possibly enjoy another book in the meantime.  

(FCC: I have not been compensated by the Author or Publisher for recommending this book.  I purchased the book with my own funds.)