I Like Thursday # 453 flowers, baked goods, topiary and donkeys

 

we walked in another section of the 'hood this week and I saw these large metal sculptures in one yard

they also had some kind of faux topiary... hee hee

of bunnies, LOL... look at the real one staring at it!!

saw this haircut online, I like it...

( going to chiro for nerve pinches  kept me from doing much tofday)

fine dining

a cool day, led to baking and soup making. Rain and hail all week. The soup is cabbage soup recipe from the 70's in an attempt to have lo-cal option before meals

I tried a new recipe for applesauce cake.... the author neglected to tell us if we used organic unsweetened sauce to add sugar. 

https://sugarapron.com/wprm_print/applesauce-cake-with-cinnamon-cream-cheese-frosting

cinnamon bread out of the oven, the scent was lovely

We made cinnamon bread again, yum 

 https://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/cinnamon-swirl-raisin-bread/

chewy coconut cookies, always delish

We are partial to how home made tastes that lacks so many chemicals that hurt me so we bake when we can, freeze some of it, (birthday cake in freezer)   I feel better  when we have a slice of our bread, or, ahem cake for breakfast. 

I liked seeing these chives in a flower bed, the blossoms pretty although if they were mine I'd eat them

the neck of my shirt was too large and bothering me so I put an elastic around it to gather and it worked

Donkeys and a horse

we walked over to the donkey farmette again, and the lovely owner came out to chat. 

The donkeys, are only 5 months old, male (Dusty) and female (Bunny) and came from a local breeder who seems to have questionable practice as both had LONG hooves, and there were hundreds of donkeys there all babies) 

They are miniature donkeys,  both considered long haired 

the horse is 23 and named Ben. They moved here from CA by way of Loveland CO and live on 3 1/2 acres. His wife used to be a dog groomer for 30 years, and they have a big lab. He was happy we were trying to rescue since they drove to Sante Fe to rescue their last dog from a kill shelter. 

I loved talking to him, and hope to meet his wife and son next time

I Like sewing on an improv piece in green, watching it grow on my design wall

I like adding paint to an existing painting and I like my new inktense pan set of ink...

see how the brownish leaf ink blended?

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