Thursday, October 1, 2026

I Like Thursday #525 how do you know it's Fall?

tinges of orange on leaves

 

not many likes, having to do a lot of things that hurt my back, but I ordered two small sauce pans from Khols in a lovely shade of blue... and the eggs did not stick to them 

alfie had his in a bowl, I put mine in a quesadilla

I like these frozen appetizers and often have them as a dinner side



another golden tree... with shadows  and that blue sky!

Survivor is back, and tonight amazng race starts a new season... hope I can pay attention! 

I'm taking an online workshop "Making Zen" and loving the teachers and projects.... one painting from it. 

and I copied the instructions to make a bowl... later... 

I needed this reminder....



keep sniffing mama! We'll survive this time together


the conversation starter today is:

What is your favorite thing about the shift from summer to fall?

for me it's the slightly cooler nights and mornings... I HATE heat 
I notice the leaves turning just a bit, not looking forward to raking but willing to do it
It is darker earlier, and longer into the mornings 
Now I can't sleep, and often wake either in the middle of the night, or at 5 AM usually in a panic, I see the sunrise. 
I wish I could sleep peacefully for 8 hours

In the shift from summer to fall, I look forward to wearing capris or jeans, sweaters or at least 3'/4 length sleeves, and maybe, just maybe being able to stop wearing shorts to sleep in

I love being able to walk without sweltering 

I also like being able to get out fall kitchen towels... simple things... I opened a bottle of cherry wine and it's the best stuff! Plus with just me here now, it lasts a long time. 

In fact poor alfie had a traveling vet visit, and when I had to go thru walgreens drive thru for the meds, the attendant smiled and said make sure Alfie doesn't have any alcohol with these... 

Alfie was standing in the back seat area looking at the guy behind the drawer that came out, and I could tell he was thinking....
"buster! I had my anal glands expressed today, I'm having a beer!!!" 




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Thursday, September 24, 2026

I Like Thursday # 524 books movies TV and a poodle story

 

and life goes on and on and Alfie and I are still walking around the hood seeing signs of fall



"who's that following me?"
we are in the daily monsoon season and got drenched in a pop up storm yesterday
One morning Alfie was out back by himself, and I heard quiet warning barks... looked out and he was staring off while barking

"mama! come see! it's some animal in the yard!" 

things blew around during last night's storm honey come with mama to investigate

er, what is it?


careful steps one at a time, pause, step, pause, til I conquered the thing and showed it to him
"Well okay if you say so!"

"but what's that!?"


old cow yard flag! found in the garage

Mama: well, best leave it be darling, want something for breakfast? 
Alfie:   " you bet, then a walk! " all that thunder last night gave me an appetite !"


this week's conversation starter


4. Prioritize your favorites here, one two three:

TV, books, movies


1. TV right now

2. Books really #1 as well, equal to TV for escape, only I have trouble staying with the book as my mind wanders now, or I fall asleep

3. movies would be nice but are too long to focus on to the end


life is incredibly difficult right now.... my husband found out he was autistic, 10 months ago, and he's angry, resentful, demanding, and erratic. He left us at lunch out of the blue less than two months ago. Just announced at lunch, I'm leaving you forever

He is working hard to find me at fault for his feelings. 

this is opposite to his personality for the previous 30 + years

he is secretive and uncommunicative, blaming, then sometimes kind to me and informative

so life has flipped me over like a turtle and I can't find my feet. 

I am a person who seeks security so they can relax and create art from their heart

if you can, please pray for me to have direction, make good decisions, and withstands the loneliness and despair

for now, noticing the good things 



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Thursday, September 17, 2026

I Like Thursday # 523 what would you do if you won the lottery

 


conversation starter

affectionate Alfie


3.imagine you won the lottery, what are your first three purchases?

I would buy a fine house somewhere with space, open views. It would need to be large enough for two studios and a BR for alfie and I to share. Windows, arched doorways, flowers in the yard, peaceful with a nook for my writing (I still want to write a novel/book

I would buy a functional car 

I would put aside money for trips 

what about you? 

shadow shot

sky shot


oh wow! 


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Saturday, September 12, 2026

creative daily life fabrics for the new hexi spiral

 

doing what's necessary here these days, but... 

it's Saturday and I chose and cut out fabrics for the purple hexi spiral this month. Color of the month is purple!


and tried to start setting up my new machine. 

had a momentary scare when it wouldn't come on, but it was the new surge protector not working. I need to figure out a go around, but it works when I plugged it into my power cord so.... 

it's so pretty and roomier! Now if I could sleep, I might have the brain power to figure out how to use it!


look at this beaded turkey at Eureka beads tutorials




hmmm....

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

I Like Thursday # 522 highlight of your week, and a poodle

 


welcome to this week's list of likes! Starting with shade. It got hot again so walking is harder

Shadow shot 


conversation starter this week

what has been your highlight of the past week

my husband came and helped me move my newish sewing machine up to the studio, and now all that's left is to learn to thread it, wind a bobbin, what the knobs, buttons and sliders do... lol

the new footpedal is as large as my old Gem! 
the machine is fancier too... gonna take some learning to use


tried to check a book out... look at the place I got in line for holds

ending this with a fun shadow of we two

I had the hardest time loading pics this time, so if you see a post with the same shots, I'll erase them when I get up! 

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Saturday, September 5, 2026

a bit of creativity using yellow and purple scraps

 

I am having to re do the post, thanks blogger

I took last months yellow, sewed thin purple strips around and a face showed up! d


like they say, get out of the way and art makes itself


this photo of our evening sunset looks purple, along with the mountains, right? 

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Thursday, September 3, 2026

I Like Thursday # 521 Fall is coming

 

welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with my little companion, Alfie the good

We had some more normal temps for Colorado summer this week, mid to high 80's and we both loved being able to walk early morning and not spontaneously combust! 

loved this little vignette on the side of someone's house
some neighbors I always enjoy chatting with, Walter and Heidi, decided to dig up the grass on their tree lawn and put these lovely flowers in place, to save on water which is like GOLD here

this sight was interesting on our walk

Loved the sky one early evening, it has rained (10 drops approx) almost daily for two weeks, might have evaporated before hitting the waiting grass and trees but created fun skies. 

Alfie enjoys a little amuse bouche in the early mornings, in bed... I will gladly spoil him to stop vomit of stomach bile.... he loves yogurt, this time with a spoon of leftover mashed sweet potatoes


he either closed his eyes in bliss, or fell asleep in his treat! 


conversation starter this week

You know it's almost the end of summer when..... 

the nights are a bit cooler, tree leaves start to take on a golden cast, you see mums showing up by front doors, I change the kitchen towels to fall colors and dream of cooler temps. 

what about you? 

Fall is my favorite season

I started reading a book by Anne Lamott


things are wretched at Chez LeeAnna right now, lonely and despondent so  hope for wisdom here
I gratefully accept all prayers 

I'll explain eventually I promise, and I'm grateful for every one of you reading this now 
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