April 2026 Randoms: Books, Bees, Spring, and Other Things

 Here are the book covers I did for the library doors. There are more on the other side.
I enjoy doing this because it's fun to see which new books are coming out and what their covers look like, and then I get to choose which ones we display on the doors.

We saw Project Hail Mary in IMAX at the end of March. I loved it! It's an awesome movie with an interesting and truly heartfelt and touching storyline. I'm glad I read the book the week before seeing it (but you certainly don't have to to understand and enjoy it).

Book of Mormon and Old Testament scripture reading schedule for April

The Correspondent was a very popular book this spring. I liked it, but I didn't love it. 

I saw this book at the library too. I want to own this one.

I guess I liked the way I looked that day. 😄

I ended up getting one of these bee houses on Amazon this summer (but not this exact one) and put it out on our balcony. So far, I've only seen one bee visit it.

David's father passed away in March, and his funeral was during my Scotland trip, unfortunately. I felt bad about missing it and not being there with David, but he was fine with me going on the trip. He sent me these pictures while he was in Montana.

Check out their classic 80's Olan Mills family picture!

David is the cute guy in the back, second from the left. Do you see the baby boy in the front? I was about that age at the time. David was in high school while I was in diapers. 😆
On a more serious note, I'm so thankful I was able to meet David's dad, my then-soon-to-be father-in-law, last summer. He was a really nice man, a renowned scientist, and a former stake president and mission president. And the father of my handsome soon-to-be fiancé and hubby.

I got a beekeeping suit so I could help David with the hives. This was the first and so far only time I've worn it. It looks more like a fat suit, but it kept me safe from stings!

These dreamy owl socks that I got in Scotland are so soft and cozy, and I love the colors.

Spring was arriving; check out the beautiful blazing forsythia that I saw on my walk.

I also saw this lone turkey running at full speed through the woods. 😆

Happiness becomes me 😃

I liked this owl mirror that I saw in a shop. I didn't get it (though I did consider it) and satisfied myself by taking a picture of it instead.

Find me! It's not hard, LOL.

I took more selfies than usual in April. I think I was glowing with happiness from my trip to Scotland and from married life with David.

More spring!

How pretty is this!? (I took a screenshot of this picture, not the picture itself—unfortunately!) 😍

Springtime tulips at the temple

I checked this book out for David and me.

More forsythia and springtime blooms, this time at the church.

I follow Jeanette Rubio, Marco Rubio's wife, on Instagram. She posts interesting pictures from her life as the wife of the Secretary of State (who I hope will run for president in two years because he's pretty awesome!). Check out this beautiful beehive-themed dessert at a White House dinner she attended.😋

Wisdom, Humor, and Inspiration in April 2026

This was cool! I'm glad that space travel is having a resurgence.

Very cu-hoot! I love this.

I'm glad Pam Bondi was fired. I don't think she did a good job of being direct and honest. The Epstein Files release was a fiasco.

This is from a biography of Henry B. Eyring. This is really neat, but he also makes a good point about the pros and cons of physical evidence and how it can't be the basis of faith (or lack thereof).

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I like this fun depiction of the plan of salvation.

Ryan Gosling actually was brought up in the church as a child. He was baptized and went to Primary, and has positive things to say about it. 😄

Moses parting the Red Sea for the Israelites to escape from the Egyptians is my favorite miracle in the scriptures (well, after Christ's resurrection, that is). Sam and I think that Christopher Nolan's next movie should be a re-make of The Ten Commandments and that it should be titled Exodus.  

It was stupid of Trump to post this or even think this. No one can replace the Savior, and no one should joke about it like this. But the meme with Ben Affleck's picture is funny, symbolizing Trump supporters like me who keep defending him and then get faced with buffoonery like this. 🙄😅

Also related, from an Instagrammer I follow...

This is one of the reasons I read physical books rather than listen to them. 

I like this painting of Christ.

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I love taking the sacrament on Sundays.

100% relevant, timely, and timeless from President Oaks. 

Kind of related to the above...

In and Around the Apartment in April

 The apartment gets a post today, too!

Cozy!

There was some snowfall one morning at the beginning of the month:

And then it stopped, and the sun came out:

And then by lunchtime, it was all gone. The vagaries of spring!

I like doing this during the week leading up to Easter, commemorating each day of the Savior's life.

Pretty!

I'd rather be in the townhouse and I still miss it, but apartment living isn't so bad.