and tulips in a neighbor's yard,
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| beautifully set in their front yard |
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| almond thumbprint cookies with raspberry, and a pear crumble |
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| nom nom nom.... keep walking people! |
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| drawing with this pen |
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| my happy birthday mixed media piece from last week |
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| a morning doodle painting |
Weather, a short respite from intense heat.... complete with rain. Heavenly to sit and paint by the open slider feeling a slight breeze. Our house seems like an oven holding heat, so when we get a pop up cool day we open the windows we can to change the air.
We did the twice yearly cleaning of the fan blades in the bedroom. To do that we had to move Milo's crate used as a way to prevent his falling off the bed at night.... which started me crying and pining for my special boy again.
We walk despite the heat, but others came out for it this week. We got to catch up with three neighbors we love.... (helping me forget the one that yelled at me from his moving car to take off my mask)
They all asked about Milo.... and grieved with us to lose a dog they also fell in love with and will miss.
what is that old saying, a grief shared is a grief halved? if not at least it felt right to share it with others who understand the loss of that kind of bond is devastating. Mothers day is always hard, but this year was awful.
speaking of birthday weeks.... and memories of youth.... I ran across this lovely rendition
Why are birthdays with a zero so impactful? I'm still me. Still funny on the outside, soft insideon video ....funny!
our prompt this week, following last week's bike question, have you ridden a motorcycle, do you like them? tell us your story or opinions on them
As for me.... I am not a big fan. I've had people ride their motorcycles up on the highway between two lanes of cars, I've had them circle in front at an exit when I was turning, turning right in front of me, and they are noisy when I just want peace.
That said, I was introduced to driving one by my nephew, who happens to be 5 years younger than I, and that was the only time til....
On route to moving to canada, my friend and I went through Yellowstone. (Florida to Edmonton meant seeing a lot along the way!) It was a dark and stormy night.... lodgepole pines were being blown over roads, the lights went out in the town, we all gathered at the only grocery store to gather our wits.
My friend and I were young and cute and open to adventure. Two guys were there who had the biggest bestest motorcyles. One said, come on, I'll give you a ride. My friend and I looked at each other and shrugged, the guys were safe enough, then.... then there I was arms around a stranger, he turned on his sound system, and we took off. I looked back and Kay never got on !
He was nice, we were only gone about 15 minutes, came back safely and I never saw him again!
I think I had good intuition, so did Kay....both of us social workers in child welfare, and it was fun.
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now please visit these folk to see what they liked this week. Let me know if you did a post I should link in.... as as always I love to read your stories too
15 comments:
What a great round up of colour, activity, season, creativity, emotions and memoir. I was one of those motorcyclists riding between the lanes of traffic.🤔
we love the tulips... and we agree with you.. its a strange thing to put the arms around a stranger... :o)
Happy Birthday and quite frankly, black forest trifle sounds perfect to me, LOL!
A baking failure that tastes good is not a failure. :-) Happy birthday! Rob used to ride a motorcycle, but I've never been on one!
Lots of wonderful creativity ~ you are talented ~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Happy Birthday month! Your baking adventures sound good to me. I love green and color, too, so this is a great time of year to wander around the neighborhood!
Happy Birthday!
When even the dog starts to melt LOL! It's fun hanging out with you here. Aloha and thanks for including me
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Happy Birthday! The pink and white tulips are just gorgeous! When I met my future husband, the only transportation he had was a Triumph motorcycle. I love riding with him. Years later, he got a Harley and I didn't ride that often because now I had my daughter and God forbid..........Several years later, he got into the Indian motorcycles. He kept them spotless and they were fun to ride too.
Spring is looking so good at your place and such pretty blooms. Yes, it's tough without your furry love, I sure get it. Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Happy birthday. Your baking fail sounds yummy so I’d not call it a failure. Have a good week.
Hugs,
Annie x
Belated happy birthday! Boy, your food looks really yummy! Especially the pear crumble. I always make apple or peach crumble, but I've never done a pear crumble.
I love the tulips! (of course as I'm Dutch and tulips are my national flower.)
You ask about the colour green. No, not my colour. It's rather fashionable in clothes at the mo (here in Europe at least) but I don't particularly like green. My late husband loved green and we even had a green car for a while.
Motorcycles. I have never driven one but have been a pillion passenger as my late hubby had a Kawasaki custom (sit-up-and-beg-thing). He was a very sensible rider, and I always felt safe.
Have a lovely weekend,
Lisca
Happy Birth Day (albeit now I suppose it's a somewhat belated wish!). I would have loved your black forest cake/trifle, no matter what. After all - chocolate (what more is there to say).
Your pen looks like a wonderful drawing instrument. As for motorcycles, never been on one and will never get on one. They scare me.
Happy Birthday, dear LeeAnna! I am a little late to the party but celebrating you from afar! Your goodies for the week look yummy - and I don't know but sometimes recipes go south just to keep us all humble. Glad you can share your love of Milo with neighbors, we often get asked about another dog, but this winter was hard here and I don't think I can do it (if I am alone and it is icy!). Motorcycles were a no. I may have ridden one once and it it is the only promise I made my husband make to me - no more motorcycles. I knew too many bad outcomes...and wanted him safe!
Such beautiful tulips and lovely front door garden. It seems that spring is nature's way of making up for crummy winter weather. 😁
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