I Like Thursdays: July 24, 2025

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays" sponsored by Leeanna at Not Afraid of Color.

This week my husband and I are enjoying corn on the cob and tomatoes.  There's something about local or homegrown food that just can't be beat.  This brings us to LeeAnna's prompt this week:

"do you like particular foods for summer dinners? do you use a recipe or combine whatever ingredients you have on hand?"

I like anything that is easy these days...especially after a hectic day (in the garden or caring for people).  This is the time of year that I use up all the good food I froze in the late winter and early spring.   I'm always grateful for the leftover meatloaf, chicken, and other meals we froze.  Today I making Taco Salads with chili I froze earlier in the year.

I like that the weather was wonderful at the beginning of the week.  I did a lot of gardening and it felt so good for both Lucky and I to be in the garden each morning.

The heat is back now and I'll be going back to sewing.  Wishing you all a happy and safe weekend!

I like Thursdays: July 10, 2025

 

How's the weather where you are? 

Seems like everyone is sweltering these days.

It's "I Like Thursdays" and time to celebrate positive things.  For more positive posts, visit LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color.

It's pretty hot and we get most of our work and walks done in the morning.  I had one good gardening day in the last two weeks and filled 6 garbage cans with weeds and cuttings.  But I can't work in the humidity or bright sun so the weeds will be winning the war.

I love hand sewing on these hot days.

I'm still working on my quilt as you go hexagons and making table toppers for Christmas presents and other things.

Part of my joy in this is that my my idea is actually working!  I thought if I worked on a bunch of these, I could get some of my muscle memory back as far as handsewing.  The first step of the hexies is doing an applique stitch around the center.  Then I hand quilt a little bit in the center of the hexie.  To join them together to form a table topper, I use the ladder stitch.  The stitches are getting better as I go and that makes me very happy.  It's also relaxing.

There were a lot of fireworks this past week and Lucky didn't do so well.  Thankfully, I had Benadryl to give him and it took the edge off for him.  The night before the Fourth, he was really in distress and I was glad I had the Benadryl and knew the dosage to give him.  It did help a lot.

I like this season of Granchester.  Episode 3 this season was particularly hilarious.  It's a great show.  

I did NOT get my hearing aids last week but they are ordered. The exciting part was getting a sample to try and I couldn't believe all that I could hear.  Anyway, my aids come in on July 25 and I can't wait.

Lana's prompt this week is this:

"Spending time outdoors: would you rather:  resting in a hammock or digging in a garden?"

I would rather dig in the garden but not in this heat.   I also prefer my swing to laying in a hammock.  But that's just me.

Wishing you a happy weekend!

I Like Thursdays: July 3, 2025

 

Greetings and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays" hosted by Leeanna at Not Afraid of Color.

Here are some happy thoughts for today:

We had a bad storm yesterday.  My neighbor Janet took this photo afterwards of a rainbow landing at our house or backyard!

Isn't this cool?

The corn on the cob is finally ready and our local farmer had some great ears.  My husband could eat corn every day in the summer so he's happy...plus he makes it himself (in the microwave) so it's a win-win for me!

Today is a big day for me.  I'm finally getting hearing aids today.  I've had problems hearing for a while (I have tinnitus) and it's really gotten worse the last five years.  Anyway, I've avoided a lot of activities because I often just can't tell what folks are saying.  Sometimes they even think I don't recognize them because I look confused as they are speaking to me.  Hopefully the hearing aids will work.  None of the doctors I spoke with could guarantee the hearing aids will work but it's worth a shot.

This week's prompt is about picnics:

"Do you like picnics? Are you a sit on a blanket on the ground person, or a table outside? Tell us about some picnic that stands out in your memory ( who was there, foods, time and place, etc)."

I'm no longer a picnic person.  I just don't like to eat outside because of bees, flies, and heat.  But as a child we had two main picnics each year.  My father's family had a reunion around July 4 (my Pop pop's birthday) and my mother's family had one in August.

Although the families had the picnics in pavilions, I don't remember much about the food at all.  The reunions were held at two magical amusement parks and as kids, we just ate so we could go the park.  

One of those parks is still open--Knoebel's Grove.  My husband had never been there but when we finally took the grandkids, he declared that it was the best park he had ever visited.

Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!