Ciara
You know that wee ‘We’re in the library! The library is nice!’ nod and a smile that strangers exchange when they wander past each other in the library? That’s the atmosphere I feel every time I wander into Mastodon. Here’s a bouquet of flowers to say tak and thank you for making this space this nice.
Apr 23, 2023 at 9:07amWeb
Show threadMKSinSAApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi
Kinda cool you posted flowers to illustrate a library memory. My abiding memory of the library at a very young age was sitting on the floor between the kid's books stacks and the smell of the books.
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@MKSinSA Ah yes, an incomparably lovely feeling! The strength of it shown by the fact that we still recall it and can still ‘feel’ it for the rest of our lives.
Show threadPepijnApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi Lovely! I wouldn't mind picking some seeds there a late summer day.. Where abouts in Aarhus is this?
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@Pepijn I took this particular photo in passing on one of the streets in the Øgadekvarteret last summer. Stokroserne are all over mid-city though. I don’t know if it was my faulty memory, but last summer there seemed to be far more than in previous years. They are glorious.
Show threadPepijnApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi Tak! Somehow the color of these flowers appears different than what I normally see. I don't remember previous years but do remember talking on how abundant they were last year!
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@Pepijn Ah maybe I wasn’t just imagining the abundance last year then!
Show threadKate WatsonApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi That’s a gorgeous photo (but they’re hollyhocks not roses!)
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@antinomy Ah thank you! Stokroser in Danish - I didn’t use my brain, I used Danglish, I see now. Hollyhocks, thanks!
Show threadKate WatsonApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi I like ‘stokroser’ :)
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@antinomy I love seeing them triumph over concrete, brightening up the whole city every Summer
Show threadDr. Tineke D'HaeseleerApr 23, 2023

@CiaraNi lovely idea, gesture, and picture- thank you!

*adds Denmark to the list of places to visit*

Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@tinebeest That was really kind of you to say - thank you. And you would be so velkommen in Denmark!
Show threadDr. Tineke D'HaeseleerApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi I’d love to! Never been to the Scandinavian/Nordic countries and it’s time I remedy that!
Show threadKelly Wheaton 🦫💧🐸 🌻🌹Apr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi love the door and hollyhocks and libraries and books!
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@kwheaton Thank you, and me too! I love these things that randomly brighten up our everyday lives.
Show threadSarah MatthewsApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi Lovely! When I was a kid I lived in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere and we had a library van come to the top of our lane once a week. It had a particular smell of old books I still remember. We used to get so excited that it was coming
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@sarahmatthews Oh yes! Me too. The mobile library parked conveniently literally around the corner from our home. The excitement when the library bus came, the excitement clambering up the steps!
Show threadVicki ZieglerApr 23, 2023
@CiaraNi We're hanging out and sharing lovely and thoughtful things on Mastodon! Mastodon is soooo nice!
Show threadCiaraApr 23, 2023
@bookgaga It really is!
Show threadRachel A. RosenJan 28, 2024
@CiaraNi this place has extremely good vibes.
Show threadCiaraJan 29, 2024
@youseeatortoise It does!
Show threadBat Master FreshJan 29, 2024
@CiaraNi thanks for this post! the alt text especially
Show threadCiaraJan 29, 2024
@lilbatscholar That is really kind of you to say. Thanks!