Books, Gardens, Calendars, GLEE!

[kyrielle]

I've been listening to Orson Scott Card's Worthing Saga as my audio book. Why I do this I do not know: I don't like Card. He tells a wonderfully powerful story, he crafts an amazing tale, and he hurts to read. Consistently. This one is no exception, and in audiobook format, you can't SKIM. You can skip, but you can't skim. But I have to hear the end. I'm almost there. It's a very good book, just...very Orson Scott Card.

Meanwhile I just finished Jim Butcher's Academ's Fury, the sequel to Furies of Calderon. Both are very good high-fantasy books. I am placing a hold on the next book post-haste.

I went to the Gardens today. I'd planned to anyway, but got an email before I left - the calendars were in! So I also got a copy of my CD (which I'd asked for since I lost my last one; and now I have it; they rock!) and my copies of the calendar. It's not on sale yet. Apparently there will be a members release first, then a general sale through the gift shop. There are small accent images as well as the main page images throughout; of the four photos of mine used, one is an accent and three are the main month photos. May, June, and July. (This makes sense: it is easier for me to go to the Gardens in the summer months due to the later hours, as well as more tempting, so more of my photos are from that season. That was even truer in the past than it is now.)

The calendar has haiku for some months. And it is GORGEOUS. This calendar is absolutely GORGEOUS. I am so pleased to have my photos in it!

And while I was up there I got some more photos. With luck, when I transfer them over and look, some of them will also be good. *grins*

So yes, I am just a wee bit hyper tonight, I am. :)

Comments

[solcita.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to get one of those calendars somehow. They sound lovely!

[kyrielle]

They are! I'm betting they'll be in the gift store listings online (http://www.japanesegarden.com/shop.shtml) once they're being sold to the public, if I can find out when I'll post that too.

[mandydax.livejournal.com]

That's so wonderful! ^_^ I'm so happy for you.

[kyrielle]

Thankm you!

[kfrye.livejournal.com]

I completely gave up on OSC a couple of years ago. I used to like him, but either my tastes have changed, or his writing has tanked (or maybe both) because I can't stand him any more. (And that's not even counting my objections to his whole anti-gay rants.) So, I got rid of all his books via paperbackswap.com with the sole exception being Ender's Game.

Congrats on your photos being in the calendar!