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Where is your favorite place to read and why?
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Alyssa
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Apr 12, 2011 10:00PM

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out in the paddock in the sun...or all wrapped up in front of the fire on cold days
with a cup of tea of course
with a cup of tea of course


with a cup of tea of course"
I love reading by the fire as well...With hot cocoa or tea :)

I live in the country, so there are birds around, but it's more farm equipment I hear. I wish I was someplace more woodsy!

There are a few fields by us but not many. And they are a mile or so away. so I do hear some tractors but they aren't that loud. Mostly the stupid frogs drown everything else out. man those suckers are deafening loud!

We don't have any of those too close to us! They are super loud though! Still, it's nice listening to all the sounds of nature!

The noise gets into my head and echos my thoughts right out my ears! lol

But then I wouldn't do well in town either cause I don't like neighbors. so either way I'm complaining. lol if I was forced to choose, I'd have to choose the country. I don't like when people "stop by". Or come over at all for that matter. lol


I told my husband he had a few choices. 1. kill the whippoorwill 2 relocate him. He said he wasn't doing either. So I make SURE he's awake and listening to him every single time he starts making racket! lol The stupid bird hasn't started yet this year...but he will. he always does!
In The Secret Life of Bees. pg 51. she says, "If you think the country is quiet, you've never lived in it. Tree frogs alone make you wish for earplugs." OH BOY! does that hit the nail on the head!
My dad thought i was exhagrating (sp?) about how loud they were. Then he was here one summer night and he goes, man those frogs are loud! How can you stand them?! I said oh after a few years you learn to tune them out. kinda. lol

If inside, lying on the couch, while the kids a sitting next to me reading or watching tv, or at night with soft music and a dog or two cuddled up to me.



I told my husband he had a few choices. 1. kill the whippoorwill 2 reloc..."
When I was little I lived with my grandmother by a lake and the frogs were SO LOUD. It sounded like 100 bullfrogs were right outside my window EVERY NIGHT and it took me forever to fall asleep. I feel your pain! We live next to a highway and I still think it's quieter than the country.
my family is totally opposite rather then be quite they like to yell things to me...lucky my block out system is fantastic


while going to work : in train
while Working : on my workstation
after work hours : on my iPhone
Late at night : on my bed
because it is the way it has been for last 7 months.
and i like it that way.

Suzanne wrote: "Before I had kids I had the luxury of being able to spend hours reading and I used to move the couch in front of the fireplace. I'd stretch out on the couch and get all nice and toasty. Nowadays,..."
now that is cute
now that is cute


It's the same with seagulls here. You do learn to tune them out but they are LOUD! I love to read wrapped up in a blanket in bed. I work evenings but on the occasional one I have off, I read in front
of the fire. If it's a nice day, I read outside while my cat sits under my chair. That's a lovely experience.


Sometimes coffee smells like a skunk to me, but not all the time. Now THAT'S weird! lol


I can't imagine what it's like not to like the smell of coffee. It's been one of my favorite smells for as long as I can remember. Coffee shops are a great place to read, whether you like the coffee or not though. Occasionally you may meet people who are interested in what you are reading and have a really great conversation; I love those days.




Now I usually read in my room, at the desk (because the lamp near my comfy chair broke...guess I just need to buy another one). Or in the car, either waiting or riding. :)


But normally I just read in my bed. :)
I don't really have a favorite spot to read since I'll ready anywhere I have a chance to. The spots I most often read at home are the couch in my living room and when the weather is nice enough out on my balcony where I can watch the birds by the pond behind my apartment building.



Otherwise I tend to like reading in the bath or in bed.
And there is one tree out in a park that I LOVE to be under and also read..It is amazing feeling.





Mostly though, I make do with reading on the bus en-route to work/in the staff room at work and in bed at the end of a hard day.
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