I Like Thursday #206

THREE

Welcome to this week's list of likes.... there is always something to smile about... let's start with:

1)  Birds who sleep at our "Ledge Hotel"  First it was just the one bird, and we tried not to disturb it by coming out of the door at night, and started going out the garage. 

Then he had a friend... and now three.... that pic was the first night for three, this was Tues. night

O.M.G.   How sweet are they? Of course we let them sleep undisturbed... it's so hard for any of God's creatures to find peace at the moment, I want to do everything I can to help.

Sewing

Post is HERE

2)I finished and wrote a post on this quilt, and believe me, blogger did it's best to keep me from getting it done... grrr....but it's there if you want to see the detail shots. I finished the next one in series too, which will get a post next week.

3) I also started sewing these little tumbling blocks instead of knitting at night...

There is a lot to show you on Sewing Saturday post!

 Farming

4)Lookie! A bush bean....baby....from dried beans from last year's plant!

and

tiny white flowers from the seed packet

Painting

5) I like painting...there is one painting on paper so share tomorrow, and painting on fabric too...

Listening

6) The library held a zoom concert, and we "attended"  

There is another concert tomorrow night(music of Louis Armstrong) , and a contra dance... both on zoom... yes we miss contra dance enough to try to do it online... at least we get to hear wonderful music, go through the moves and remember the good times at Glen Echo in DC

Reading/audio books

7) I finished Leaving time by J. Piccoult... oh my... I didn't figure out the mystery til the last bit! So good... and such a reminder that humans are killing off elephants by the hundreds for their tusks... projections are there will be none left in Africa in 20 years because of humans. Highly recommend the book.

Tried to listen to another one by her but sent it back early, it was on a subject I did not want to hear. I forget I don't have to finish books or movies.... I like that it's my choice to drop a book!

Next up was this audio book

The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams.... shaping up to be excellent! A group of women who have been damaged by life, find each other and friendship in a book seller's shop, then solve mysteries.

8) My reading like, is that I was only 10 pages from finishing A Forgotten Murder by Jude Devereaux when the library took it back! Wah! But! it was available so I can finish it tonight! Another one good to the last sentence in the book! (Third in the Medlar series)

Watching

9) We watched a movie on Netflix, "The Hundred foot journey"  that was surprisingly wonderful!! I took a chance on it, the last movie we watched on Netflix was awful but this one was so good! At the end, we found out it was produced by Oprah and Steven Spielberg.

10) Big Brother is back... I was just saying of all the shows one could film in a pandemic it would be that one! We tried the show Time Team America... but sadly it isn't nearly as good as the BBC version... we have so little history. World of Dance, 90 day fiance, Housewives of NYC, and some BBC shows are on the tv. I love tv.... and it's about to get sparse. We only have one more show in "The crown" which is EXCELLENT this season, and one more Midwives to watch on dvr.. any suggestions?

events 

11) the Mancuso brothers are doing an online quilt show... I LOVE going to quilt shows, hearing lectures, shopping, meeting people! Well, hard times led to this year's show being online... find it here

https://www.onlinequiltfestival.com/specialexhibits

Fine Dining

12) I made chicken and yellow rice (arroyo con pollo) this week. It's been a long time...we gobbled it down so quickly I didn't get a pic, that's the next day's lunch, with a little sausage on the side there. 

It's easy to make... purchase yellow rice with seasoning at the grocers

saute minced onion and bell peppers in some butter and olive oil

saute the chicken breasts next, and I add in cooking sherry and cover so they'll be tender

pour in the required amount of water bring to a boil, then pour in rice and seasoning and cook as directed. The butter and olive oil make it so moist and lovely. We used to put leSeur peas on top, but the cuban restaurants in Tampa included black beans or plantains. 

(butter.... yum....)

13) Remember... Play with your food...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEJyMG9cYgo

 

 MILO's MOMENTS

 for barking out loud! is it Thursday already... well... let's think... yes, I love my ring toy... it was my reward like a Purple heart medal 'cause I survived torture this weekend!!

Mama: um, Milo?

Milo: what Mama?

Mama: it was just your monthly bath and shave...not torture

Milo: like I said, torture

Please visit these fine people who have lists of likes, and if you write a post, let me know to add you in!

new this week:

http://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2020/08/i-like-thursday.html 

https://quiltschmilt.wordpress.com/blog-posts/ 

the knitty quilter

https://www.su-sieeemac.com/

grammajudyb.blogspot.com
https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/ 
maryinpeoriahandmade.blogspot.com 
http://3poodlesandanana.blogspot.com  

craftscaviescontras
  https://whataboutrheema.blogspot.com/
http://littlepenguinquilts 
http://homesewnbyus

http://www.piecefulthoughts.com
http://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com/ 
https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/ 
https://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/  
https://knittingquilter.blogspot.com/   
https://faithtrustandbreastcancer.blogspot.com

 

LINKING TO

pet parade 

rosie and the boys nature pics  

Thankful Thursdays pet parade

http://newthursday13.blogspot.com/

https://www.myslicesoflife.com/ 
http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/

I Like Thursdays #97 flamingos, art, shadows and a poodle

Welcome to this week's list of likes! I like flamingos (surprised? ) I am happily finding some flamingo treasures that have been packed away for 6 months plus. The lovely ceramic planter used to live on the back porch table in MD, now on my kitchen desk.
The tall one footed fluffy haired flamingo was a gift long ago from my sister Patty. She asked if it was too tacky... (can a flamingo item BE tacky??? I don't think so...) (It's a writing pen!!)

seriously the unpacking takes much longer than one might suspect, I wrote a story about that in this post (click here  )
I Like getting the kitchen boxes down to one level instead of teetering on the verge of avalanche.
I also have this crazy idea of finally organizing my stuff, hence piling it in categories on the table til it's all unpacked and I can see what I want to keep and what I no longer need.

It was a mess like this when I did the studio reorg back in MD, it's always darkest before the dawn.

Then there is the issue of trying to find a place in the kitchen for things, at arms reach. I feel like a hobbit the cabinets are so tall here. I didn't even try to take a pic. I love finding my flamingo hand towels, and finding new ones at Kohls

and finding this ceramic hot plate again...

I liked finding my plaster angel and pink quartz rock for the porch

along with the cow planter I think I got when DH and I met. It's a tiny bit rusty but so am I.

I love getting rid of the paper from a box, and finding out my neighbor will be moving so he wanted our boxes! Yea! We didn't want to recycle them, and selling them is just a nightmare. I love that the papers look like a bouquet by the door!!

Kale salad with chicken, and poodle

I liked eating outside at panera last Sunday. It was hot, Colorado is like a convection oven, but I did not like all the smoke from wildfires in neighboring states

It can be choking to me. I get sinus headaches. Poor people losing property from them. And still on the fourth of July, with a ban on fireworks, some eejit set off enormous ones in our neighborhood!

Stupid stupid.

We went to the Cherry Creek art festival in Denver on Friday. You know me, you know I love going to an event especially an art festival. It was hotter than you can imagine, (Milo stayed in the AC at home) but wonderful and deserves it's own post later.
I wanted many items but only got lunch, a really terrific Thai dish made in the worlds biggest wok

And I really wanted this etched glass bowl... more pics later

One artist did not allow me to take photos of his lovely sculptural baskets, but I looked up and saw this shadow of trees through his tent, so here is my artistic shot for shadow Sunday

I liked this post by Ann at     ( https://fretnotyourself)

It was an artistic discussion that really got my creative thoughts flowing. I can't find supplies at the moment but it was so interesting I wanted to go find them! I also loved this quilt, the way the two outside borders blended but also contrasted creating depth.

Milo's Moments 
Hi Y'all. I'm trying to get adjusted to the new cave, I even peed in the back yard. Finally one large enough to handle a poodle's pee. (I wouldn't go at the rental too small yard) This week I've been meeting dogs like 
Floyd the pug (hi Aunt Nancy) 

and Mooch

And the neighbor's son came over, and we played chase me and we played fetch the ball and I heard Mama laughing from the porch as I dragged him across the yard by a big stick! He was so funny running along while I tugged the stick! 

Please visit these friends also keeping track of likes this week, and consider joining us, just let me know in comments if you do an I Like post. One anything that made you happy this week. 
.maryinpeoriahandmade.blogspot.com
.http://littlepenguinquilts
.https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/  
  .http://homesewnbyus

http://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com/
https://grammasquiltingroom.blogspot.com/
craftscaviescontras
  http://whataboutrheema.blogspot.com/

http://www.daybyday
Minou's Minute 
https://quiltingreadersgarden.blogspot.com/
http://3poodlesandanana.blogspot.com/

Linking to:
Our World Tuesday
Travel_Tuesday 
https://comedy-plus.com/
sundays in the city
shadow shot sunday 
Pink Saturday!
saturdays-critters-
http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/
Thankful Thursdays pet parade
http://goodrandomfun.blogspot.com
http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/