Wednesday, July 16, 2025

I Like Thursday # 460 take a walk with me


welcome to this weeks list of small likes starting with tall lilies seen on our walk. I'm 5'7" so....

yep I'm wearing socks with sandals, because something in the grass caused toe infections for me here 

Hiya! come walk with me!

two roommates enjoying the sun one morning

hi bunny-baby   better move!


that's a BIG truck you're under
uh, what? Guess they like to cozy up to the street
another Donkey-baby visit...love your eye liner baby

what kind of tree is this???
is it about to start raining?? (YEP) 
whew I need some water, it's been quite hot (with only one day of normal summer heat)
gosh but I love the color pink even in my waterglasses (IKEA)
Fine Dining
these are more like fudge candy than cookies

we tried this recipe for no bake fudge oatmeal cookies . All her recipes are small batch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H1Pz14iurk

Oh my, so good that although they made 7 cookies, I break them in half and eat like candy!!

Applesauce cake with cream cheese icing

we may cut the pieces smaller..... or not

Our wildflower seed is finally turning to flowers.... what are these? (Delicate little trumpet shapes)

these flowers are in MY garden.... WHAT are they???

Our conversation starter this week 

do you like shopping at garage sales? Flea markets? what is a really good one? Do you shop at thrift stores? 

 



Oh yes, I like looking at stuff! I especially love an estate sale in the house... so I can see the house too. 

I remember a yard sale in CT in a historic area. We were out walking around, so I stopped and found the sweetest pink serving dish to buy. 

I went to a crafter's sale, and Lordy she had everything one could ever want. I did love going through stuff and buying what I might like to use. That was in DC. I went to another crafter's sale here in Colorado and the whole house had her supplies in it. Yep, virtually a whole house craft room. Aaaaah

we have never made any money on our own yard sales, I feel like telling people, we JUST brought it out of our own house.... One person showed up asking what we would give her for free, at the start of the day. Wow. Our neighbor down the street, also doing a sale told me a woman bought a beloved doll she dithered over putting out, and on the way back to the car, tossed it to her dog that immediately began tearing it up. My neighbor was sad... 

When we were doing a big purge before moving to Colorado, my friend and bee mate said sagely, 

"first you get rid of the junk, and after a while it all looks like junk"  

my fave flea market was in New Orleans French Quarter on Sundays 

Video 

wildlife photographers have the cameras turned on them, love shared

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-6Q8CG4HTc 


now please visit these folk to see what they liked this week, and how would you answer the prompt?

6 comments:

Helen said...

I think we used to call those helicopter trees. If you pull off those little winged seed pods and toss them into the air, they twirl down like a helicopter.

Tigger's Mum said...

Have helped a friend clear a flat with a garage sale but clearing our own stuff we take it to carefully selected charity shops or if in doubt of its recyclability drop it at the Reuse Shop at the refuse station. Never want to be the perdon who sold that doll.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I enjoyed all the photos from your walk! I think that tree must be some kind of maple because those look like maple keys on it. I have found some great stuff at garage sales, estate sales, and thrift stores over the years! But had to paw through a ton of crap to find those treasures, though *LOL*

Kathleen said...

Fun to be out walking with you. I, too, think it must be some kind of maple..due to those funny seed pods we made airplanes with. I like to go to antique stores more than yard sales, but do go on the island sometimes, especially when one of the big houses is turning over.

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

That is one tall lily! We see so many bunnies in our yard and all around the neighborhood. There have recently been a bunch of tiny little ones, too - we saw several in one yard on our walk last night. I used Google Lens to search for what those flowers are and it said "Sweet Pea." They're pretty!

Sara said...

Those cookies do sound yummy! I haven't held a garage sale in decades, but I do take things to put on my daughter's sale every August. I used to shop at garage sales when my kids were young. Kids' clothes and toys were good things to find at them. But now I don't enjoy them at all.