I LIKE Thursday

 

Sharing some likes with others at Not Afraid of Color. Thanks LeeAnna for keeping this going.

LeeAnna suggested this conversation starter. What is a food you love to cook or back ad the days get cooler.  My favorite thing for cooler weather is SOUP. I’m sure I’m not alone.  Any kind of soup. Chili, Chicken Tortilla soup, WW Vegetable soup, Ham and Bean, Potato Cheese soup. Any kind. I don’t bake much, but pumpkin anything is a hit with Mr. Busy. 

It’s rainy and much cooler this week. Today is my stitchers gathering, and I have a dentist appt.. Last week we had a great abundance of show and tell.

If you want more details on any of these photos, comment and I’ll try to find the answer if I don’t already know. 

Edited:  I thought I scheduled this to post. But I am now home after Thursday Stitchers and a teeth cleaning. Not posted, so I’ll share a few pictures of a fall afternoon downtown. Our Main Street, called Gillette Ave. The Downtown Committee does a great job of keeping our town looking festive. 

Now I’ll publish!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

October is Rushing By…

 Another “right on” selection from Nanea at Sweatpants and Coffee

Sharing some likes with others. Thank you LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color for this place to reflect and share.

Last weekend was the N.E.W. QUILT SHOW. it’s a big deal here in Northeastern Wyoming. I took some photos, but not nearly enough. If you are interested in seeing some of the ribbon winners in the various categories, you can check out their Facebook page. NE WYOMING QUILT SHOW. 371 quilts were on display. It’s a People’s Choice voting system, for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. There are sponsors and vendors who sponsor a category and award a ribbon to the quilt that they think fits that category. 

A quilt of Cowboy boots, made from just border fabric. The quilter is a young woman who teaches Consumer Sciences ie Home Ec. 

The Chairman's Block this year was Flag.  This quilter did a great job with flags as hearts. 

 

This one was made by my friend Connie for her brother-in-law . To commemorate his retirement from law enforcement. 

This quilter did won the Chairman’s Block award. Isn’t it fantastic? ⤴️ 

 I really liked this one too.More traditional but stunning. 

This is Mary’s Sue Spargo design. She is an amazing stitcher. Did you see the octopus?

Another stitching/quilting friend , Eileen created this gem. It’s colored with crayons, stitched, given a border and quilted beautifully. 

The Best in Show quilt. Gorgeous!. 

The featured quilter is someone who has supported the quilting community, and has been instrumental in keeping quilting alive, This year the featured quilter was DeeDee Peterson. Some of her quilts were hung around the arena. She had 150 quilts on display. 

LeeAnna’s conversation starter for his week. “Do you prefer fun and festive Halloween decorations or truly terrifying decor? ‘

I’m not a horror girl on any level. My decorations include ghosts, pumpkins, maybe a witch’s caldron. Not skeletons and very few spiders or bats.  I need to get mine out. Now that our bathrooms ate nearly done, I can start putting things back in place. 

Here’s a peek!

Speaking of bathrooms, our daughter lives in a rented apartment. Sometimes the bathroom can be a pretty scary place. She found a cleaning hack that transformed her toilet bowl. 1:1 white vinegar and blue Dawn. She says it’s “magic”. She also replaced the toilet seat.  All by herself! 

Fall is showing up in our neighborhood. 

Across the street from our house. 

And Christmas is just around the corner. I ordered tissues in my last grocery order. 

The way my fall allergies are kicking up they won’t last til Christmas!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKe Thursday #296

 

I found this on Facebook this week. And today is the 1st of October so I thought it would be fun to share. I’m sharing with LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color. 

LeeAnna suggested this Conversation Starter. 

What’s your favorite thing about the shift from summer to fall?  

For me that’s easy. Fall is my favorite time of year. The colors gold, red, green,orange are some of my favorites. The air is cooler in the morning, you may need a jacket or sweater, then later in the day you don’t need a cover-up cause it warmed up and the sun shone all afternoon. And then there is this:

Shared bounty from the garden of your BFF!!

Last week at Thursday Stitchers we had marvelous Show & Tell. 

Cross-stitch

Crochet

Kinusaiga

Counted cross stitch ⤴️⤵️

In progress Cross stitch

And a 3 yard quilt , binding done! ⤵️

Another PooChon photo. Emmie had a spa day and got a haircut. 

And she learned to jump up on the couch.  “Katie, bar the door!”

I’m hoping to have finish photos of our home improvement project soon. We are nearly finished. Then some new towels and some decor. 

This month our book club is reading  Theo of Golden. So many varied reviews and comments. Have you read it?

Did you clean your threshold and invite abundance into your home this morning. It’s an intention I’m going to try in the coming months, on the 1st. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

I LIKE Thursday #295

 

A friend sent me this last week. I had to share. What’s not to like about 2 birds, a squirrel and a hedgehog in the forest!

I missed posting last week. No reason, just plain forgetful. Last Thursday was Mr. Busy’s 82nd birthday. We did not have a party, but he got calls from our daughter, our son, and one sister. Lots of greetings on FB too. 

He wanted a pumpkin pie. Now pumpkin pie is easy, but I caved a purchased one plus a pumpkin cake roll with buttercream filling. I’d show a photo but alas, they have both been eaten. LOL

We took a drive on Friday and I found this old cottonwood, who is clinging to her green dress but it’s just starting to turn. We haven’t seen much color yet in our small city, but it will happen.  The Autumnal Equinox was yesterday, the 23rd. I saw on the Denver CBS station, that the aspen in the Rockies have begun to be very showy. 

Last Saturday we stopped to fuel up my Equinox at a local Shell station, and we saw this dog. Patiently waiting for his owner to came back to the truck. We laughed and laughed at him. 

 

Have you ever tried a lemon cucumber. These were given to us by my Bff, along with a zucchini,  regular cucumber and some strawberries. She was harvesting her garden, we had some cold rainy nights last week. So it was time, I think. 

Nothing else to share. I was hoping I could share some of my bathroom remodel, in complete stage. But not yet. We are closer though! Finger crossed the countertop #2 gets installed on Friday!

Leanna question was about #1,#2, #3- books TV or Movies. 

#1 is probably Movies. We like to go to the movies, but lately not many interest us. So we stream movies at home. 

#2 TV   We watch Reacher, Lioness, NCIS, Chicago Wednesday. We are really into Series. Mr Busy watches the news .

#3 Books  We don’t read the same books at all.

This year on my reading list is:

Circle of Days

Crow Talk

Theo of Golden

Twice

Birth Keeper6 of  Bethlehem 

My Friends

The Correspondent

Mr. Busy reads Clive Custer, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, C.J Box

Pop in at Not Afraid of Color  and see how others rate movies, books, and TV

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

I LIKE Thursday #294

 

Hard advice, this saying.     But necessary for me to hear, this week. 

LeeAnna suggests this as the conversation starter this week

. what has been the highlight of your week?

I guess the highlight this week was our great grandson’s birthday. Our daughter was here for 3 days and 3 nights. We love it when we have an extra day or two. I didn’t get pictures of the party. It was very low-key. New teenagers are not really interested in pleasing adults. 🥰

I tried to download just a still from the Happy Birthday song video. Sorry it failed. The cake was a tall ( 4 layers) chocolate with chocolate frosting and a design of a video game character. I don’t know which one?

 My Busy’s birthday is in one week, so daughter brought his gift. It was the game of Kollide. Our family likes board games. 

There is a string and 20 very strong magnets. Divide the magnets between the players. Place your magnets within the circle , one at a time , one turn at a time. If your magnet attracts another magnet or 2 or 3, you must add them to your pile. First one to get rid of his/her magnets, wins. We laughed and giggled, complained and booed. It was GREAT!

Last Thursday, we learned about Kinusaiga. Our teacher had this sample:

We all did sewing machines. This is mine.  I’m a slow learner and an over-thinker. 

I’ll show it again when finished. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful,

I LIKE Thursday #293

 

Sharing with others at Not Afraid of Color.  Thanks LeeAnna for continuing to offer this space. 

I don’t have many photos to share, but maybe there will be more next Thursday. This weekend my youngest great grandson is having his 13th birthday party. His grandma, our daughter, is coming from Loveland to help celebrate. 

Last week at our Thursday Stitchers gathering, a newbie stitcher, showed her Chicken Quilt  She bought this as a panel and used it to learn to do basic stem stitch, back stitch, satin stitch and some french knots. She is finally finishing it. It was a labor of love. The striped binding is a perfect choice. 

I ‘m diving into my purple scrap bucket, to get started on September RSC color. 

I’m still reading 

And listening to The Music of Bees on my way to and from my arm therapy. Today is last day of that , so I’ll have to find another time to listen.  I’m in the market for new earbuds. Any suggestions?

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.