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 #289

 

I’m joining LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to share some good stuff..

Miss Emmie had a Spa Day on Monday. She looks pretty cute, don’t you think?

Yesterday morning Mr Busy and I were cleaning- the back yard. Ams he was pulling some weeds, this fledging Robin appeared behind the shed. She/He doesn’t fly well yet. Mr Busy is afraid it won’t survive. My fingers are crossed. We had a large branch come out of one of our trees and made a big mess. So we filled the yard waste dumpster with branches and leaves. Also my birdbath garden has been sorely neglected this summer. I pulled weeds and Mr Busy ran the weed eater around the perimeter. I’m happy!

I  have been dumping the leftover dog water on this pot every morning when I renew her outside water bowl. Guess what, the dirt sprouted leaves and this week small white petunias. It’s a big like for me, because no plants we put in the ground this spring. This was a saved over pot from last summer. 🩷

All good stuff! 

LeeAnna asked:

J snow cone or ice cream cone?  what flavors?

Definitely Ice Cream Cone . Waffle cone please, with coffee bean or mint chocolate chip . 2 scoops!

We have a locally owned and run, award winning Ice Cream Cafe. It’s my favorite place for coffee  and a special place to go for an ice cream treat. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

Scrap Happy Saturday

 

 

Trying to get back in the swing of posting again. The color for July is Purple and luckily I used purple when I tried out my potato chip block way back in January. Granted it needs the outside round but it is started. 

I will try to squeeze in two more oranges from June.  Because I need at least 4 of each color and the small chips are already cut. 

Today I am going on a Garden Walk with my friend who recently lost her husband. She is a great gardener and has a lovely yard. We will visit 4-5 local gardens to admire the designs and the flowers. I'm looking forward to time with her. The Master Gardeners in our town do this Garden Walk as an annual fundraiser. 

these are some of the gardens we will view. 

Hopefully all of you are enjoying the weekend..

Joining the group at ScrapHappy Saturday

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday. 5-29-25

 

Found on the internet. 

Several things to like about this week. The first is that I  am back in my home. A neighbor who had been taking in my mail, left this on our dining room table with our mail. 

Actually, Mr. Busy is not back home yet , but closer now. Monday he was transported to a rehabilitation hospital in Casper WY. Only 2 hours from home, instead of 4.5 hours. 

Wednesday, my grandson-in-law, picked me and our daughter up and drove us to Casper. We had lunch with Mr. Busy. Then he drove our daughter back to Loveland CO, filled his truck with fuel and drove back to Casper, picked me up and we drove back home to Gillette. An 11 hour day of driving for him. I am so grateful. I spent the day with my hubby and helped out with his physical therapy. Here he is smiling for the camera on a short break in his physical therapy routine. The red pillow is a sternal protection reminder. He can’t get out of bed, stand up or sit down into a chair using his arms. So he holds the pillow against his sternum and pushes up with his legs or log rolls out of bed. It’s a lot of work. This will be his way for at least 6 weeks. 

When I returned home on Monday night, this was some of my mail. A Mother’s Day gift from my daughter. 

And my spirea was blooming. Nothing else has been planted around the house, but there is still some time. Pots of annuals can still happen. 

I missed 2 weeks of conversation starters: 5-22-25: What technology could I live without?   I could get by without a television 

5-29-25: What does Memorial Day mean ?  Memorial Day has always been poppies,  handed out at the grocery store or other gathering places to remind us of the men and women who gave their lives in the service of protecting our country and its constitution. Mr Busy’s father died in WWII and received a Purple Heart. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

I LIKE Thursday ~ Ice Cream

Good Morning! Today is a day to share the good things happening! LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color organizes all of us who want to participate. Her Thursday post lists those bloggers who are grateful, thankful and just plain hopeful!

Entertainment: 

We are sad the regular TV shows that we watch are on summer break! But it does give us a chance to catch up on other ones. Since we cut the cable we only see CBS prime time, because we subscribe to Paramount+.  We also have Peacock until August, when our special price expires. Not sure what we will do about that, but we can catch some NBC stuff there.  Mr Busy is watching tons of YouTube channels. If you find a good something, ( not Vice Grip Garage, or Bad Chad, please share!)  🙂

The Bridal Veil spirea at the corner of our house is gorgeous this year. Probably from all the rain. The other foundation planting, not so much! I’ve got weeds to pull and some pots to plant. Now that the chance of frost is gone, I need to get busy!

This week is an important one for us. Tuesday was our youngest granddaughter's birthday. Wednesday was a nephew and niece-in-law's anniversary, today is my brother's birthday and tomorrow is our 59th anniversary. I think Hallmark was glad to see me last week! 

I got happy mail yesterday! Look what Flat Chuck brought! 

2 yard cuts from MSQC. Mostly neutrals and 4 yds of tossed confetti. Good backing for my ZigZag quilt! 

And, I had my first lunch on the deck yesterday! Yea! Summer!

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Prompt June 1, 2023

what is your favorite flavor of ice cream at the moment? who makes it? do you have more than one favorite?

soft serve or dipped? Do you buy it in the huge box or a pint at a time?

Great questions! I'll take them one at a time. 

Favorite flavor ALWAYS is Coffee. Any brand will do. Our locally owned Ice Cream Cafe  has a Coffee Bean flavor available all the time So good, with espresso beans and chocolate chips! In a homemade waffle cone, yes please!

It's made by Dee and Lee and their daughter Andrea.  Side note, I first met Dee and her mom Donna through the quilting community. Donna is 83 and attends our Thursday Stitchers group. 

At home I'll take plain ol' vanilla! I can add anything I want. Chocolate syrup, strawberries, banana slices, chopped nuts,whipped topping............Lately though, regular ice cream is a treat for me. I’m on the WW program. I’ve found that Halo Top Vanilla Bean light is pretty darn good. 1/2 cup is 2 pts. Add bananas ( zero pts) strawberries (0), any fruit(0)! I’m not fond of zero sugar Hershey’s syrup, so I’ll just do fruit! 

Of course, invite me to go to Dairy Queen, I'll accept and have a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard or a Dilly Bar. ( I’ll have to eat salad the rest the day, though! )Oh, and we have an A&W combined with a Long John Silvers here. They have medium sized soft serve cones for 99c all summer. (at least they were 99c last summer!) That's a  date night destination. 

We have ice cream in the freezer at all times. Just the store brand, but hopefully Vanilla Bean. If not, then plain old vanilla. For a treat,  a new favorite of Mr Busy's is Kroger's Triple Treat Brownie.   Do you sense a theme........vanilla and chocolate.  Mr Busy will chose Cherry Nut at a specialty ice cream shop and we have visited a few. 

WE JUST LIKE ICE CREAM!

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Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Starting on the Greens. RSC2022

I finally got to get to some sewing of the green this week.  There are lots of green projects to look at over at Angela's blog and ScrapHappy Saturday.   Click on over there and take a look. Then join the Linky Party!

I sewed 5 Happy Blocks. There is one that is a bit on the olive green side, but it looked so good with the print block that I had to use it. 

And there are a few HST to start the Zig ZaG row. I only want one green row in my quilt, so I'll save these pairs until the month of light and bright green and mingle them together. 

And just for fun, here is the "finally green grass" in the front yard.  Yes indeed!  It needs to be mowed.  Mr Busy will get to that today!  He is putting the battery in the mower as I write this.  Hooray!! 

I made a quick trip to the Hallmark store earlier ( 3 granddaughters have birthdays coming up) and there were several groups planting their adopt-a-planter on several corners. I love that about this town.  We will have color on the corners, the community garden folks were busy in that garden too!  And I am now anxious to get some tomato plants in the dirt!   Come on summer!!!!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

I LIKE Thursday # 52

I Like

 Good Morning! I’m joining LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color and friends, sharing “likes” in my life. 

On Saturday a friend and I attended a local Garden Walk! 

Shades of green  and a pop of color! 

Homemade cage to protect her hostas from the deer,

Did you spy the iridescent peacock garden art. The homeowner had two peacocks in this mostly shady part of her garden .

Cappuccino and a blueberry bagel ! My Positivity blocks. 

All four corners and all four sides are finished! This is the Follow Your Own Path QAL from Sandra and Musings of a Menopausal Melon     I love it so much! I have changed it's name to Go Your Own Way. Like the song from Fleetwood Mac. Although the song is sad, about the breakup between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, this little quilt makes me happy! Everyone should be allowed to Go their Own Way. 

We are having our house painted! In the past, Mr Busy would have tackled it himself. It’s only a ranch with a two car garage, but still requires hours on a ladder in the sun. He has finally acquiesced and admitted it’s dangerous for him at almost 77. I’ll be glad to have it looking fresh. I’d  show pictures, but still in the priming stage…nothing much to see! 

My list is short today, Back to the sewing room! Not stitching with friends today! Most are gone to our State Quilt Guild Convention . I’m not ready to be that intimate yet. Sleeping in college dorms, eating in the cafeteria, sitting in closed classrooms! Most of Wyomingites are not vaccinated! I am, but why tempt it! 

After some sewing, I'll be visiting the other bloggers listed on LeeAnna's blog. Come check it out. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy