Ethereal Spring To Do List| babblings' report #005 latest podcast episode, + what to read, listen, watch, and do to have the best taurus season
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Welcome back the babblings’ report! It’s finally my season, every year it feels like a homecoming when Venus returns into the comforting sign of Taurus. So for May’s report let’s get into how to have a pixie spring and prep for the hottest summer of our lives! It feels like 2016 again 💗
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🌸 Ethereal Spring To Do List 🌸
I’ve curated a list of things for you to watch, listen, read, and do in order to have the most ethereal, fairy, fantasy, spring 2025. Spring is the time for rebirth, but Taurus season is a time for enjoyment, frolicking in the fields, and indulging in our dreamiest fantasies.
WATCH:
You’ll notice most of these are from the 90s. Something about the hazy camera, hand crafted and idyllic sets, the jovial twinkle of the time is like a fever dream perfect to lay around on Sunday and indulge.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108071
Marie Antoinette (2006) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/?ref_=ls_t_14
The Last Unicorn (1982) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084237/?ref_=ls_t_13
A Midsummer Nights Dream (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140379/?ref_=ls_t_2
Hook (1991) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102057/
READ:
So all of these recommendations are long fantasy series. Fantasy just feels like spring to me, and it’s the perfect time to start an 8-13 book series that you can read all summer long. This way you always have a story as you travel, relax at the pool, and hide in the shade at the park. Then finish just in time to pick up something spooky in the fall.
🌺 The Realm of Elderlings Series by Robin Hobb https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/realms-of-the-elderlings/37454/?srsltid=AfmBOoriPLbHfAYuu8oLOfMXanrhZbZV-ZR_u1xCRSnGplepVKnOP8C8
🌺 The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (if you’re looking for a show to binge, I also suggest the wheel of time tv adaptation. you have to force yourself through the first 2 seasons, but season 3 just finished and we’re FINALLY getting some payoff and it’s just getting good!)
https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/wheel-of-time/37114/?srsltid=AfmBOor0tRoGIy_dDVcIezfeNuqPWa9FvAH17bKsth-arPU4ksFyI24E
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EM5MGGmgLKE?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0
🌺 The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/the-stormlight-archive/39176/?srsltid=AfmBOoq0GYHXry9nx0ITJ3clRljmQbyymjfriMkZY-shKoJ4Kz6TGwBr
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QYUGqr29Hgg?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0
🌺 The Roots of Chaos by Samantha Shannon (This is only 3 books, and you can technically read in any order. but they are loooonnnnggggg, so it’ll keep you busy all summer. and book 3 will be out just in time in September)
https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/the-priory-of-the-orange-tree/179490/?srsltid=AfmBOoqD4IgirlUJCrmJLbw7L20MtNiYfpbypdIhBwDP203nhozl2ZLL
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/a9HfbcJkxek?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0
TO DO:
Here’s a list of things for you to actually do in order to have the best spring and get ready for summer. Each quarter I have 3 goals that are more thematic in nature, essentially a goal of how I want to feel. My quarter 2 goals: enjoy, plan, & prepare.
LISTEN:
Spring is always when house music and pop get back on my radar. Mostly we’re looking for music that invokes joy, excitement, and sets the vibe. The music should feel like it’s blooming along with the flowers.
As we prep for Marina’s new album Princess of Power, which will surely usher in a cunt-tastic summer we’re rolling it back to my favorite album: The Family Jewels. And of course the singles from the new album: Cuntissimo, Butterfly, Cupid’s Girl, are on repeat! https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3vcPZf2pYrjqrHNVkPTDVL
Midnight Love is such a fun and eclectic album. It’s sensual, it’s spicy, it’s celebratory, it’s midnight in the streets of an island, you found your summer fling, and are ready for some sexual healing. Favorite track is Joy! https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3gPlX9Zs3tXZZKNCyoOkSm
Like I said spring to me just means funky, fun house music and gogo for my DC hoes! Here’s the playlist from my house party/bday celebration last year that will have you vibing. Meant to be on shuffle <3 https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/7mDB9ApJdNeZEk6nE8qORO
