Not Afraid of Color: October 2025

Thursday, October 2, 2025

I Like Thursday # 471

Well, here it is time for another list of likes.... starting with my Halloween mug for coffee. I like strong coffee with milk in the mornings, how about you?

I liked seeing my favorite donkeys and horse again thisb week

Hello Beautiful!

all three responded to my cooing and baby talk, and raced to the fence

What?!! no carrots again? (your pawrents said no, honey)

we had a long visit then continued our walk into another neighborhood. It has a sort of town green in the center with these statues, I LOVE

it has a gazebo, playground, picnic tables, and more. Nice!

this is some unusual horse chestnut tree with inedible nuts that look like lychee's

some trees are glowing in golden colors

here is another Halloween yard ornament seen along the walk

one perfect leaf, outstanding in it's field! sometimes just one of something stands out as more beautiful

A yard full of leaves wouldn't showcase this the way I got to see it... is there a lesson for us there? Be brave enough to stand out?

I saw this on youtube...

true that for me. I'd like to feel safe again.

fine dining

I made bean quesadilla's for lunch this week, tortilla, refried beans, green onions, tomatoes, cheese heated in butter on the stove, topped with salsa and sour cream

also in fine dining

the base layer cake waiting for icing and whipped cream

Conversation starter this week: do you have a good gingerbread type recipe to share? or what is your favorite gingerbread style food to eat?

first of all, we tried this gingerbread cake recipe this week

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/gingerbread-cake/

I use fresh ginger (grated) and as always used just egg whites (I'm allergic to the yolks) but stayed to the recipe otherwise

with vanilla sauce plus whipped cream

my favorite gingerbread was found in Historic Williamsburg. We used to go fairly often when we lived on the East coast. Our first stop was the bakery where they made fresh gingerbread cookie/cakes. We'd buy a dozen for the long weekend, sit on the cobblestone patio bench, the three of us, DH, Cole the poodle, and I.

We would savor the first cookie of the weekend, warm from the oven, each of us without own.

It was usually late afternoon by then, time for a tea and cookie, breeze rustling leaves overhead, peaceful, people in period clothes calling to each other, the three of us content and anticipating good times to come. Cole just watched the squirrels coming ever closer for a crumb, people watching Cole.