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Sunday Snippets 3.31.24

In Sunday Snippets 3.31.2024, spring is emerging everywhere. But I don’t dare buy bedding plants yet, for it could always freeze again.

We have an early Easter this year. It’s not even in April!

Easter falls on the first Sunday following the Full Moon after the spring equinox, which in 2024 is on March 31.

I’m more interested in planting in containers closer to the patio this year, due to the water hose challenge.

It would be far easier to use the battery operated sprayer I purchased last May if I don’t have to carry it far.

In Sunday Snippets 3.31.24, this is a rechargeable water sprayer I ordered from Amazon
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Last year I carried it oftentimes out to the light pole where I had an arrangement of plants in galvanized bucket containers. But it was pretty heavy to carry all the way out there filled with water.

So I may just opt to fill it up at the kitchen sink and carry it to the patio and thereabouts. I can keep it charged with a USB port on the patio.

This year I’m trying to make things easier on myself. For the time will come when it’s so hot I’m having to water multiple times a day. And I don’t know that I can do that all summer into fall in the heat.

Ivy:

Ivy staring at the camera from her spot on the living room floor

This is a photo of Ivy behind my chair.

I reached over the side of the chair and got as much of her as I could in the frame. This is how she spends much of the day, sleeping behind my chair.

What I’m Watching:

In Sunday Snippets 3.31.24, these are photos from Maid, a miniseries based on a memoir by Stephanie Land
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I’m watching “Maid” on Netflix. It is a miniseries and based on the true memoir of Stephanie Land, a young mother trying to make ends meet. Alex frees an abusive relationship to make a better life for the two of them.

But she encounters problem after problem trying to find a place to live and food to feed her child.

I certainly recall trying to make ends meet from age 17 to 20 when Kendra was a baby. Then I got married at age 20 and life became much easier.

Single mother Alex turns to housecleaning to make ends meet as she overcomes homelessness with her daughter, Maddy.

Maddy is an adorable child actor who keeps you smiling through every scene she is in.

What I’m Reading:

I’m sure I’ve read this book by Karin Slaughter before. But I can’t remember much about it, so I’m reading it again. It is a thriller that will keep you on the tips of your toes throughout.

The novel Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
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More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teen-aged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different.

Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that’s cruelly ripped open when Claire’s husband is killed.

The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them?

Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.

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I'm Brenda, creator of Cozy Little House. I live with my cat, Ivy, who keeps me laughing. I graduated from journalism school with a degree in professional writing and won awards for feature writing. I practice gratitude and enjoy my solitude. The glass is always half-full.

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  30. I love your Easter vignette in the first photo. Those carrots in the cup are too cute.

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  31. That’s such a cute picture of Ivy. It really seems to show her personality in her expressive face. I think planting things closer on your patio is a great idea, and I can’t wait to see how creative and beautiful it will be. Your vignette is pretty. Did you decorate anything else besides your mantle? I hope you had a nice Easter! The mini series sounds good.

  32. Ivy is, as always, adorable. And I know she is such good company for you.
    I am so glad to hear you may just plant things closer to the patio. Hate to think of you hauling water all summer out in that horrible heat.

  33. Happy Easter Brenda!
    Love your Easter/Spring vignette! And Ivy, she is such a character.
    I feel the same way about gardening, and making it more simple and easier. I think pots closer to the house is better for you, especially in the heat.
    HAve a wonderful week!

  34. Wishing everyone a good day and week. Can’t wait to plant. I am making things simple outside this year.

  35. Happy Easter to you and Ivy. I hope you are having a good day.

  37. Happy Easter. I also like the cup with the carrots in it and the egg in the holder!

  38. Love that cute cup with the carrots and the egg holder…adorable🐰🐣🐇💕

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