I like Thursday # 388 chocolate or flowers, paintings, videos and a poodle

 

welcome to this week's list of likes. Valentine's day will soon be upon us. There are many forms of love if you stop to think about it, all of them increase our vibration as souls. All of them (note: love, not obsession or need) are a good thing. 

remember conversation heart candy? that powdery taste of sweetness with a message? Remember bringing Valentines to each classmate in your class, putting them in their bags at the front of the room, opening yours? 

a little watercolor mandala I painted

I am happy despite not having a normally cold winter, which I like, at least it cooled off enough at night to cool our bedroom still. (climate change is very real) 

pop-up snow was wet and heavy, mostly melted two days later

 

I liked continuing to organize my art supplies, and seeing UFO beading projects again. Now to figure out what I was making as no patterns were with them. I am about to start a new necklace this week, happy because  I Know right where to look for the needed beads! 

sneak peek at rsc work in red scraps

I like painting (see first pics), beading, and sewing this week and that I made the project quilting challenge early, I made the round robin challenge early and the rsc finished early. (I hope to do several posts the next few days with lots of pics of them. The Project quilting stands for my yearly valentine quilt this year too, so that's done. 

that sneaky library snuck in and stole my audio book (unfinished of course) but I found another by one of my fave authors, Ellery Adams to listen to. It's hard to leave the studio as I'm so into it. 

Nothing exciting about food, all good, all the usual recipes this week. I did see one by my favorite cook, Dimitra, a greek version of almond croissants, just waiting for some pears to put in there to make them as we now have some puff pastry in the fridge. her recipe is here:

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

we're watching recorded shows, nothing exciting much on tv

I WISH I had penned this letter, my birth parents were first gen American

these legs were made for runnin' and kicking out!

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

our prompt this week: 

Would you prefer receiving a box of chocolates or flowers on Valentine’s Day?

if chocolates/candy, what kind would you like to get? do you get them?

if flowers, what kind would you like to receive, does it matter that they are delivered by a floral business or brought in by your mate? What kind of flowers, colors, number of them would you love to see? 

answer,yes please... both! plus diamonds are always nice... lol

Chocolates... I like soft centers, and Sees makes good ones. I used to love to go to our warehouse store in MD and get two dozen mixed color roses, that lasted for weeks. I love unusual flowers though, if a bouquet should be bought for me. 

about candy, I remember once my father coming in with a red heart box of chocolates, lacy and flashy and my 6 -8 year old self went, 

 "ooooooooo" He gave it to me, I didn't have to share it with anyone else. I might have been recovering from a little illness. It felt so special and grown up, and when the lush chocolates were gone, I kept the box for my little girl trinkets. 

See, my father mostly showed love by bringing home a paycheck, and he felt done. He was never one to give gifts. I was mostly terrified of him. But that little red heart felt so special. Turns out, being the only one given ever, it was special in uniqueness. 

wonder what made him do that?

Milo's Moments

Hi Mama!  I got covered in snow out back!

now scratch my other end! heh heh

about your prompt, well I am not allowed to eat chocolates, and mostly I pee on flowers altho sometimes I do sniff them after you do.... 

I do like to eat 

and I prefer to eat all together, which means Daddy often holds my bowl, and I like to eat one little kibble....at....a....time.... oh I eventually will eat all the kibbles in this bag

but slowly... then take a little nap

so I'll see you all later, gators

so, what do you all prefer for a V-day gift, chocolates or flowers

now visit these folk to see what they liked this week

https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/  

grammajudyb.blogspot.com

http://littlepenguinquilts

https://knittingquilter.blogspot.com/ 

princess bubbles creates   

https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/

https://www.mmmquilts.com/2024/01/gratitude-and-glimmers-81.html

 craftscaviescontras   

 http://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com/

https://www.homesewnbyus.com/

the knitty quilter

chasing my stories

https://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/

 

 

   LINKING WITH 

https://brianshomeblog.com/ 

http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/   

http://goodrandomfun.blogspot.com

https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/

               friday smiles