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!