Not Afraid of Color: I Like Thursday # 513 summer heat, flowers, potato salad and a poodle

Thursday, July 9, 2026

I Like Thursday # 513 summer heat, flowers, potato salad and a poodle

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with neighbors who have day lilies !

walks with my friend Alfie

come ON mama!! It's not getting any cooler out there!

shadows from the intense sun, high temps, and altitude

I like wearing dresses in the summer (with shorts under them

flowers sneaking out a fence

hey why'd you stop alfie?

oh, a tasty tiny appetizer sized bunny!! they are all over right now

oh my gosh skies are so beautiful here

I'd stop for my chocolate chip/ pecan/oatmeal cookies (from Gasparilla cookbook from Tampa)

we used to drop them from spoons, now a cookie scoop is faster!

I'd stop for flamingos...

yet another gorgeous sky

the temps are already 100 in the sun here. I moved here to avoid hot weather.

love this series, reading this one now on audio

what kind of potato salad is your favorite to make?

I LOVE potato salad. I've been making a sort of Greek version for years,

boiled cubed potatoes

Mayo + yogurt

lemon juice + grated lemon rind

oregano, salt pepper,

bit of minced onion and bell peppers

spoon of cider vinegar

chill

I am allergic to eggs so none of those, and I like the kind of salad the Greek restaurant used to put in a big greek salad so we either have this as a lunch side,

or when I make a BIG lettuce salad I include potato salad, Kalamata olives, tomatoes, cukes, and a pepper!

I tend to boil a lot of potatoes at once, and turn some into twice baked potatoes, some into salad, some into cubes to fry crispy at breakfast, etc.

I made scones again, this time with fresh cherries (I had to cut out the stone) and they are so good

I'm sewing on:

pattern source goody goody gumdrops by villa rosa

It's already twice this size and so much fun

We survived

Survived a week of fireworks done by our stupid neighbors.... with tranquilizers for Alfie. He has survived enough leaving him shell shocked, so the horrible boom boom boom is traumatic for him. We got some CBD/hemp chews to try for lesser issues in the future.

He hides, and then gets diarrhea and vomiting when stressed.

Aflie says

okay, my turn! I'm Alfie, I'm just turned 2, and I've been here with my pawrents for 5 months almost. I love them, and eating regularly, and going for walks to see people and dogs and especially, bunnies!

One time this week there were 4 in one yard! One time we saw a fox!

Mama doesn't seem to know a walk is for sniffing.

she nearly never sniffs, and fusses if I stop to sniff for too long, how about your mamas?

we walked up to ask neighbors about their nervous dog, and for the first time Alfie waked up between us, not cowering behind us! SO HAPPY!

Video

still laughing