I Like Thursday #202

I like poodles on porches with silly toys

Welcome to this week's list of likes.

1. I like my M.E. desk calendar's page here... heh heh...covid "15" is catching up with us around here... maybe even 20...

my self portrait

On Line
2. I liked finishing my blueprint class on art quilts and starting one on using a bead loom. I've had an inexpensive one from JoAnn's for years and now I want to try using it.
3. Bluprint said their plan now is to return to a craftsy format in a few months, til then we can continue on, so I plan to watch as many videos as I can concentrate on for now.

On another note, our library offered a zoom lecture by Eliz. Gilbert, (Eat,Pray,Love) that I plan to do tomorrow evening.

beans and lettuce

farming
4. I like that the two beans that made a "stalk" are still growing so far, knock wood, and gaining in leaves. 2/8 beans seem to have taken. The tomato we sliced and planted is trying to sprout too, so we need to make "sophie's choice" and thin them out. There are three clumps.

tomatoes

 knitting
5. I like the bamboo yarn as it's soft and pliable. I finished DH's pair of socks and am using what's left of the yarn to make smaller cuffed ones for me. I like knitting while watching tv at night.

painting
6. I love Sonja in Hawaii... we are sympatico and she has lovely flowers in her yard that she takes lovely pics of, and then I try to paint in watercolor. More tomorrow with that

drawing
7. I want to get a moon face cabochon to bead around, but didn't see a good source online yet, so I drew out a face, I'll show you tomorrow, and plan to make my own kind of cab to try bead embroidery around!

eating
8. nothing spectacular. I made pancakes again with half whole wheat and they behaved better... it takes some time to make them one at a time, but then we have enough for we three to eat for breakfast for three more days. We have had some sweet potato "tots" that bake up nicely and come frozen too.

9. I like to put watermelon in bowls to enjoy for dessert. I use an ice cream scoop to make little melon balls and it feels festive, with less mess as the water stays in the shell when dipping it out!

sewing
10. I made more blocks for the color challenge, and used the cut offs to sew tiny half square triangle blocks to put around a lady I painted a long time ago. She's been in the parts dept. for years, and will be nicely situated in these blocks. I like the way the colors blend with my scraps. It feels good to make something. each pinwheel block is 2" finished size, really small.
I feel like life is out of control, which leads me to a dark place, so anything that I can make and finish helps me feel better

watching/reading
11.
>I am finishing season 5 of Grace and Frankie...
>we watched a show done at the British Museum (on youtube channel) on Vikings. (the link is for Pompeii exhibit I'm watching on the computer)These productions are wonderfully done, they take you through the exhibit and experts tell us about the items.
>I watch the housewives of NY and of Beverly Hills... don't judge.... and by now it's like watching friends do wild things from a distance
> I'm listening to a new book on disc by Danielle Steel, Child's play in the studio... typical D.S. book, but entertaining and doesn't require a lot of concentration to follow while designing.

social
12.I talked to a couple friends this week, and that lifted my spirits.

(Another neighbor got a puppy, so there are two that touch our fenced yard... oy... now we have to build an inner fence to keep Milo from interacting as dogs can get covid and NONE of our neighborhood is being careful with contact so it's a big risk for us. Both the new owners have no idea how to deal with a puppy either. )

13.A good contact happened when we went to two virtual contra dances last weekend. Our old group, the Friday night dancers at Glen Echo in DC held a dance, where we got to hear great music, imagine doing the moves with long lines of people, watch others dancing at home too, and see people we miss. The waltzes were especially nice. After the second dance, out of Toronto, they broke us up into groups of 5 to chat. That was so much fun, to meet and talk to dancers again... life is so changed.

I love the way Milo's freshly washed hair feels

MILO's MOMENTS

look what Mama and I found when we looked out my window in studio 2...

I keep a good watch out this window on what's happening out front, and one day it poured rain, so Mama came in to stand with me and watch the flooding street, and we saw this!

poor little nest of eggs... all alone with no mama

and one night we came in from our last walk, and sat on the front porch and saw these two

trying to sleep on a ledge. Guess it's safer than out in the trees with all our wind and rain. I watched them a long time, and one tried to lie down, spreading it's wing to balance... which made me really watch it. It looked down at me, then looked at mama, and it must have known we wouldn't hurt it, so it closed it's eyes and we went inside so I could close my eyes up in the big bed.

Sit! Stay and visit mama's friend's to see what their list has this week!

Miaismine 
grammajudyb.blogspot.com
 https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/ 
maryinpeoriahandmade.blogspot.com 
http://3poodlesandanana.blogspot.com  
 
craftscaviescontras
  https://whataboutrheema.blogspot.com/
http://littlepenguinquilts 
http://homesewnbyus
https://faithtrustandbreastcancer.blogspot.com 
 
http://www.piecefulthoughts.com
https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/  
http://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com/ 
 http://daybyday12101.blogspot.com/ 

https://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/  
https://knittingquilter.blogspot.com/   
https://quiltschmilt.wordpress.com/ 
https://100sweets.blogspot.com/  

LINKING TO
http://id-rather-b-birdin.blogspot.ca/
 http://backroadstraveller.blogspot.com/
rosie and the boys nature pics    
Thankful Thursdays pet parade

http://newthursday13.blogspot.com/
http://goodrandomfun.blogspot.com
http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/