A Few of my Favorite Things–#MFRW Blog Challenge Week 1
A Blog Challenge!
A couple of blogs ago, I said I wouldn’t be doing the A to Z blog challenge this year because I’m just too busy! But another opportunity came up, the Marketing For Romance Writers weekly blog challenge. Once a week is definitely less stressful than every day. I think it will be fun!
Some of my Favorite Things
Books! Lots and lots of them. Romance books, history books, mystery books, spy books!
I like them as ebooks, I like them in print,
Don’t care if they’re used, or fresh from the mint.
My Amazon wish list is filled to the top,
I keep cramming more, and my husband says stop!
Do you like books also?
Dogs and Cats! 
Click over to my welcome page and you’ll see a picture of Henry, the stray cat who came to dinner and never left.
This lovely young lady is Gabby, my golden-eyed terrier. Gabby spent her formative years near Gallup, NM. She and her puppies found their way to the Humane Society there, and then were brought to Prescott, Arizona, where they were placed into loving foster homes sponsored by the Animal Friends rescue group. My husband’s niece is a volunteer there–actually, this year she’s the president–and she introduced us to this faithful little companion.
Exploring the Western United States!
I blogged about visiting Joshua Tree a couple of weeks ago, and here are more pictures from our western travels:
Saguaro Cactus with the Four Peaks in the background.
I took this picture while hiking in Arizona. The Four Peaks are pictured on the Arizona license plate.
Kartchner Caverns
Wikimedia
Kartchner Caverns State Park is near Benson, Arizona. My photos from our tour were dreadful, so I’m sharing this one I found on Wikimedia.
Replica of Sutter’s Mill
This replica was built on the site of the original Sutter’s Mill in California Gold Country. I finally got to visit this part of California in 2015, and it is amazing. The micro climate there is very different from Southern California, much more like the midwest, hot and humid in the summer.
Regency England
But of course! I write Regency romance, and I find the history of the period fascinating. Check out my Pinterest pages, including my posts from the April 2016 A to Z Challenge.
What are a few of your favorite things?
All images: the author, or Wikimedia
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Oh! This sounds like a lot of fun. I’m excited to see what the next post shows!
Next on the list is “how my family survives my writing”. What a fun topic!
Hi Alina, I’ve been to Joshua Tree several times. My husband and I enjoy going out to Palm Springs to golf so it is a regular destination for us. Great list by the way.
Isn’t JT an amazing place? The hand of God at work!
Your pictures are beautiful! I completely agree with all your favorites (except the southwest, but only because I still haven’t found my way to that part of the U.S.)
I love books, cats and dogs, regency too, I love caves but haven’t been in years. Must do that again one day.
My sisters-in-law had to get out of that cave. Too claustrophobic, and surprisingly it was hot and stuffy in there!
I used to live near Joshua Tree National Monument and near the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. The desert is a fascinating place, but those areas are a lot more interesting than my neck of the desert “woods.”