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 #274

 

The calendar says it’s Spring, we Sprung Forward on the clocks, my iPad even agrees. 

This was yesterday. But there was a red flag warning until 10:00 pm last night. Too warm, too dry, and two windy. 

I changed some of my small decor. My buffet. The Spring Alphabet Sampler cube doesn’t show up well. 

Two long-legged rabbits sit around my candle warmer. The basket has another cross stitch rabbit from Melissa at Pinker n Punkin, and some heirloom eggs.  This year I added bunny ears, just for fun.

Above is a stitchery from Kathy Schmitz. I love Mr. Bunny with his eggs in a backpack. 

Near our front door is a Patchabilities Easter skinny wall hanging . Perfect for that narrow space. 

This is another regular in the seasonal rotation. All were from a magazine I used to get. I can’t remember if it was Quiltmaker or Quilts and More. But many years ago. 

This is a bad photo, but Mr Busy and I took a short road trip to the nearest neighboring town, Moorcroft,WY. The truck stop there had this sweatshirt hanging up high. Had to get a shot of it. If you need an explanation just ask. I’ll gladly tell you.

Sunday we walked through the home show and looked at all the siding, windows, flooring booths. Our County Museum called for Red, White and Blue blocks for a commemorative quilt for 2026. I didn’t make a block, I just didn’t have the bandwidth last fall to do anything besides just exist. But Mr Busy took my picture anyway. I look sad!  I’ll have to be cognizant of that in the future. 

Mr Busy finished his second puzzle of the year. One piece is missing. I think this one was one we loaned out then reassembled. The missing piece is on the bottom edge. Can you find it? 

 

LeeAnna who hosts I Like Thursday, posed this conversation starter:

what was your favorite breakfast cereal as a kid. Would you eat it now?

My favorite cereal was Wheaties! Breakfast of Champions. I still like it and eat it now and then. I don’t eat much cereal anymore . Coffee, a piece of toast and 1/2 a banana is my usual. Though this week, DH cooked eggs. I used my new cup. Isn’t it pretty?

Ooh, this is a long post. Today I’ll be stitching with friends again. I’ll try to remember to get some photos of any Show n Tell. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

I LIKE Thursday #271

 

Joining LeeAnna  at Not Afraid of Color. Today, the conversation starter is one that brings back memories. 

March 5 2026

What was the worst haircut you ever had?

There have been a few! Luckily I don’t have photos. lol. My mom always cut our bangs. Some were good, some not so much. In fact, I’m never really satisfied with a haircut until it’s about 10 days old. But I had a friend that had a real mishap. Back in the 70’s it was popular to razor cut fringe bangs. Her stylist was happily cutting her bangs when her hand slipped and cut a slice off the top of N’s nose!

But this week no haircut problems, though I’m not happy with this current one either. 

I put away the February Valentine decor. Slowly there is some March themed things appearing.  

A Kathy Schmitz seasonal stitch, a mostly green and shamrock table runner and March Alphabet Shamrocks from  Melisa at Pinker n Punkin Quilts and Stitching and a-made-years-ago, Patchabilities Shamrock skinny wall hanging. If you click on the link to Melisa’s blog and scroll down you will find a plethora a stitch charts for March. 

I received a late birthday gift from my daughter. It’s a journal. 

Yup. I’m 80. Can you see my name as part of the flower stem?  I thinks that’s so cool. 

The color is truer in the photo of the back. A lovely lavender.

It was a sunny warm day on Tuesday. We drove to Spearfish SD for lunch. While there we checked out their animal shelter. Many, many cats, one huge dog, and 4 medium sized. Mr Busy was really interested in one. Wish I’d taken a photo, but she barked and barked and barred her teeth. The attendant said she didn’t like kids, and would take some getting used to. But she just didn’t warm up to Mr. Busy. As soon as he said to her, “well I guess you’re not going home with me” she quit barking and laid down in the shade next to her kennel. 

My holiday cactus thinks it’s an Easter Cactus, by flowering early. Silly thing. 

And my birthday flowers are starting to fade.  Such a pretty pink. 

Off to my stitching group this morning. I’ll probably work on the St Patrick’s Day themed stitch. 

I love the green color, but not sure about the white sheep. Probably should have tea dyed this white fabric first. Hmmmm?

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

I LIKE Thursday # 268

  

Shared from Sweatpants and Coffee. - not recently. 

It feels like Spring. I know I should not be optimistic.  But I even have tulips coming up. I haven’t walked to the backyard to get a photo, but I will. 

At Stitching Group we had the door open all day. It was wonderful. Here are two projects that were shown. 

 

A counted cross stitch project that I finally Fully Finished.  And a wool appliqué project that Donna says is a FO. A found object in the closet. She is doing a wonderful job. There were more, but I didn’t get photos. My bad!

LeeAnna asked about Valentines exchanged in elementary school. I’m pretty sure that yes we did. But I remember more helping my own kids decorate shoeboxes into Valentine Mailboxes. Red and pink with cut out hearts. We did Valentine Parties. As Room Mother, I made sure there were cupcakes, conversation hearts in tiny baskets.  All kinds of fun. ❤️🧁

My youngest granddaughter had a tendon repaired in her right thumb today. She is home and doing well.I LIKE that. 

Here is my February buffet decorated:

It’s confusing, but the small heart topper is on top of two side by side while placemats. Otherwise it looks too small. The candle in the warmer is peppermint, the tall bottle is ChocoVine. A blend of red wine and Dutch chocolate. I haven’t tried it yet. It was a gift from my friend at Christmas. She puts it in her  coffee!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.