I Like Thursdays: June 19, 2025

 

Happy Juneteenth!

Greetings and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursday!"  Hosted by LeeAnna, bloggers try to share positive things in their lives.

I like Summer.

Summer is about to begin and we can't wait after a very soggy spring!  I would have liked to get more gardening done but it was just too wet and muddy.  There is always early mornings to work but I sure wish I had more completed!  

I'm preparing for summer hibernation.  Lucky and I will walk at the crack of dawn, get as much done outside as we can and then hibernate during the sweltering parts of the day.  More walks at dusk and then early to bed.  It's a good time to sew and this year I think I will return to an old sewing habit:  Christmas in July.  We'll see if I accomplish anything.  At least I have a plan 😁

My husband went on a fishing vacation without me.

So I bought fabric.

Marshall's Dry Goods has Riley Blake fabric at $6.99/yard.  It's not the current line but I don't care.  I had been eyeing up some of the fabrics and went ahead and purchased.  I'll share my haul next week.

This week, Lana's prompt is:

Did you ever go to sleep away camp? Where and what was it like? Did you enjoy it or miss home too much?

My husband and I were both involved for Scouts well into our teens.   We both camped a lot as scouts.  I guess it was alright but what I can tell you is that neither hubby or I are interested in doing that anymore.  Give us a nice hotel with all the amenities.

Wishing you a safe and happy day!

I Like Thursdays: June 12, 2025

Hello and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays" sponsored by LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color.  You can visit her blog to find more bloggers who are sharing positive things this week!

I like walking and seeing petal strewn paths!

It's been raining a lot (still) but Lucky and I walk anyway.  He is an all-weather dog!   The only time we are deterred is if it there is lightning!

Lana's prompt this week is:

Did you learn to swim, and how old were you? Who taught you? Were you on

a swim team and what was that like? Did you go to a neighborhood pool

and what was that like?

do you still enjoy swimming?

I had swim lessons at the community pool.  My brother and I would go there often.  It was fine.  I guess I would still enjoy swimming but I don't really have the time and I haven't had a swimsuit quite a few years.  These days, I enjoy watching Lucky in his pool.  This photo is from last year because with all the rain, there hasn't been much opportunity to set up the pool.

Have a safe and happy weekend!

I Like Thursdays: June 5, 2025

 

Welcome to another "I Like Thursdays" post!  For more positive posts, you can visit our hostess, LeeAnna, for a whole list of participants.  

It's always exciting to see the first fireflies of the summer and last night we did! 

I watched the movie, "One Life" last month and really loved it.  It was a movie about the real life of Nicholas Winton.  Winton was a British man who managed to save 669 Jewish children from the Nazis during World War 2.   I had known about Winton for some time and there were many youtube videos that featured his story from a British show that honored him.  This is a wonderful movie to watch.  The cast is wonderful and I encourage you to watch it as well!

  

Lana's prompt this week is about the Monopoly game.  Unfortunately I don't remember playing this game at all when I was a child.  My brother and I tended to play chess when stuck inside but mostly we were outside playing with other kids.

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

I Like Thursdays: May 15, 2025

 

Greetings and welcome to "I like Thursdays!"  LeeAnna is our hostess with the most-ess and we celebrate all the good in our life on our blogs.  You can find more happy posts by visiting here and all the other bloggers she has shared.

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I like remembering to post on Thursday!😐

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I like the new pope, Leo  XIV.

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We have continued to with the rain this month.  I think about 8 inches fell in May so far.  Our area of the valley has gone from drought to "abnormally dry"...we'll take it!  Now I'm just hoping to get out in the garden and get some work done!

The rain meant Lucky and I were often wet and I went though shoes and socks like crazy.  Still, I worked on my sewing and that was fun.

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I am hoping you have a wonderful and happy day!

I Like Thursdays: May 8, 2025

 

It's "I like Thursday" and if you need more positive thoughts visit the other participants by going to LeeAnna's blog at Not Afraid of Color!

I like rain!  

We are experiencing drought here in Pennsylvania so it's been wonderful to have a few days in a row with some rain!  The plants in my garden have grown about a foot since it started!

 So I've been mostly sewing for the last few days and cleaning up the sewing room.  I found this quote which I love.  I have a lot of projects at any time, do you?

The older we get, the more our energy levels become important!

LeeAnna asked us to share about our experiences on bicycles.  Yes I had one as a kid and we rode it a lot.  I had baskets on my bike...not for me but for me to go grocery shopping for my mother.  I've never been on a tandem bike (2 person bike) and never was intrigued with that idea.  There were a ton of kids in our neighborhood but I don't remember us doing anything but going from here to there with our bikes.

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

I like Thursay: May 1, 2025

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursday" hosted by LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color!

It's May--my favorite month of the year!  Even if it is cool overnight or in the morning, I don't have to worry about snow or ice.  The flowers are beginning to slowly bloom and Lucky is happy to see all his dog friends out on walks.

After Lucky's latest haircut, he decided to donate his bee scarf for a project for Molly.  Molly lives down the street and is a beekeeper.  When he sees her or her husband, he doesn't even care about other dogs in the vicinity, he just wants their attention.  So we made this table topper for Molly for Easter with the bee fabric in the center:

I like making these quilt as you go hexies.  Okay, I may be a bit obsessed with making them.  I'm using up a lot of fabrics from my scrap drawer and I enjoy sewing them while we watch the Phillies.  This project also allows me to practice three different stitches and I'm seeing some slight improvement in my hand sewing as I finish projects.

Lana's prompt for today is SALADS!  It is salad time here!  I love any kind of chicken salad and this Asian Ramen Chicken is my favorite.  One change is that our recipe has water chestnuts and grapes.  My husband doesn't like fruit in main courses so I always hold off on the fruit.  Also, after many years of trying different types of lettuce we decided we simply like iceberg lettuce.  It may seem a bit boring but it is rarely recalled and ultimately we like the crunch it has.  Do you have a favorite lettuce?

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

I Like Thursdays: April 10, 2025

 

Well I'm back to do another "I like Thursdays" post!  The posts are sponsored by Leeanna at Not Afraid of Color.  You might need some positive thoughts so visit her and the other bloggers.

It's been a rainy April so far and that has been great.  Our whole valley is in a severe drought and we need all the help we can get!  

I really need to get into the garden and do the clean-up.  I'm hoping I can start this week.  This is not just important for the garden but we are having a new concrete path laid and I need to move plants before the workmen come.  Still I'm so excited about getting the new path!  It's taken years to convince my husband.

Lana's prompt for this week was about Easter eggs but I don't have many memories of that except for the special egg(s)? that Barb and Frank used to bring for us.  They were my grandparents best friends and for a few years, brought these amazing eggs.  This is not me below but I remember there being a whole scene in the egg.  Do you remember these?

I love Easter NOW and for the first time since Covid began, I actually did a little holiday decorating.  When Lucky went to the groomer's, I went to the local antique mall.  I have a ton of Easter decorations but I still found something I love.  

I think this little basket was homemade and I just adore it.  I could even see making this without the rabbit ears and with yellow fabric and an orange beak to make a chick basket.  But rabbits are my favorite so I bought the basket in the hopes that someday (when other things on the to-do list are done) I will make one.  Have you ever seen this kind of basket before?

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

  

I Like Thursdays: March 20, 2025

 

Greetings and welcome to another "I like Thursday" sponsored by LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color.

What's not to like about the first day of spring?  It's been a long hard and often icy winter here and we are just absolutely smitten with the warmer weather and small flowers popping up here and there!

This week, the other thing I like love are Canadians.

When my child was young, we spent every summer vacationing in Canada and I really love the people, their sense of humor, and most of all, their kindness.  It's been tough watching all the horrible things that have been happening politically these days.  But I have to say...the Canadians have made me admire them even more.  I watch the CBC on Youtube as much as I can.

This week's "I love Canada" moment was learning about Moosehead Beer selling a pack of 1,461 beers.  That pack provides one beer a day until Trump's term is up.  If I drank, I'd be out scouring for some of that beer.  Unfortunately, alcohol gives me migraines.  Still I love the way the Canadians are coping.  Most of us in this country REALLY LOVE YOU CANADA!  

To watch the article on Moosehead Beer, go here.

Have a day full of love and kindness!

I Like Thursdays: February 27, 2025

 

Hello!

It's Thursday and this week I actually remembered to post for "I like Thursdays" hosted by LeeAnna.

All hail!  Lucky, King of the Couch!

I like Lucky.  I'm the person who loves him the most and he knows it.  As a stray that we rescued, he has his challenges.  He isn't very interested in pleasing us and it makes training more difficult.  I've learned to avoid other dogs, have him on a short leash, and generally avoid most people.  Many of my neighbors love and accept that he will probably always jump and mouth their hands.  

I tell most folks to stay away from him but many don't want to believe me because he is cute.  Some actually have said to me, "why do you have a dog like that?"

I always tell these folks the same thing:  everyone--especially dogs and children--deserved to be loved and cherished.  This response seems to make some folks uncomfortable but that's my philosophy.

I like that it's gotten warmer.  

The snow is almost all melted and I am praying we don't get anymore ice or snow this season.

Lucky and I are taking more frequent and longer walks.  It's doing us both good!

Other than that, I'm just hanging in the sewing room and getting things done.  Hope you are having fun sewing as well!

Have a safe and happy day!