"I Like" thursdays #44 and a giveaway !

Welcome to this week's list of Likes! 
First off... I Like My little studio puppy! 

 Now that he's stopped peeing in there! He still shops around for fabric scraps on the floor but spits them out when he realizes they are colorful but with little flavor. See him holding my foot down??? "mama stay!" 


*I Like cheese toast for breakfast...

I take out a non stick pan, put a pat of butter, long slice of Trader Joe's dense bread, slice of havarti and let it slowly heat toasting the bottom and melting the cheese. I slide it onto a plate, scoop out half a small avocado and mash it with fork tines. Cut into sticks to enjoy!


*I Like gifts from friends, especially a big box of stamps!!!

Thank you to Ellen S. for the creative fun in a box! Look at the adorable cow card!!!! I must say, I have already had lots of fun with the daisy punch and my paints. I'll just do a whole post on that Friday!

http://kevinthequilter

I'm going to do this mystery. I NEVER do mysteries as there are too many actual art quilts I want to make but this looks like fun and it uses blue scraps and I have an ABUNDANCE of blue scraps. Also have many 2" squares already cut in my watercolor box so... it's called Sapphire Star




 
 *I Like going through our book shelves, and letting go about half the books.

Ones I'll never need, or read. We are donating them to our library to share, or sell for funds.
I thought it would be too sad to let go, but it's amazing to see open space and so rewarding. Amazing. I'm the one who keeps, not the one who lets go... but it felt right to let go this time. I'm not finished but here are some shots of the shelves now... wouldn't you just love to look at your friend's book shelves?

 I like to mix special items amid books. The A and L are covered in rhinestones! The blue thing is a candle. There is a picture of the first time I flew up to Boston to visit the man who would become my mate. I've dragged Figment the dragon around since getting him in Disney... Figment of imagination... if you imagine it you can make it! The 365 bedtime stories were my favorite childhood stories.

We took Italian lessons, and I still want to learn to speak it! I arrange books by category, and this is a how to shelf and we got rid of most of them. Google is good for this kind of thing.
 With a poodle and charades prompts. We love party games!

Scientist husbands books, pic of us at Longwood Gardens one Christmas. This is where we also keep our lab, Chelsea...

She was my first dog, my labradaughter, my beloved girl... Cole's memento's are still on the sofa he loved and Milo doesn't even look up there. I am sentimental.


Among the books I've already read and enjoyed were these

A series by Moning, mystery, time travel, a bit of fantasy, a bit of romance, set in Scotland.... are you in???

Tell me you want them, and if there is more than one person, I'll get Milo to choose a name and send them to you! It's the summer... Ready...Set....READ! 

Milo's Likes:

I liked meeting this artist at 1st Sunday art festival. I like being with my peeps too! This artist had poodles too... she almost took me home with her! 

Mama would miss me too much heh heh!

I liked meeting this 6 month old pup too!

 We were both so very good!

We know how to act! Isn't she adorable??? She doesn't live near Annapolis though... too bad.

I also liked snuggling with Mama on the big bed during some of the fireworks yesterday. I Do NOT like the fireworks, how do people like to be scared to celebrate I'll never understand!




After you leave a comment to win the books, making sure I know how to find you, please visit these fine folks also doing an I Like post this week... keeping it positive!  Enjoy other I Like posts under that label at the right.

1.http://littlepenguinquilts
2http://imworkingonaproject
3.http://3poodlesandanana
4.maryinpeoriahandmade.blogspot.com
5.https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/
6, craftscaviescontras
7. http://hillsidequilter12.blogspot.com/
8.https://gwynedtrefethen (Posts on Fridays)
9.https://faithtrustandbreastcancer.blogspot.com/2017/07/philippians-41-part-22-i-like-studio.html
 

linking to some parties including
http://asoutherndaydreamer
Thankful Thursdays pet parade
http://goodrandomfun.blogspot.com
http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/
http://shabbyartboutique.com