The Waffle

 

My waffle was about to pop up from the toaster in its dark, nearly blackened perfection. 

Himself walked by the toaster and commented

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. We met the new baby at the annual Family Gathering

2. I Skyped with the Young One at the Gathering so she could be apart of it, too.

3. Over an hour search for Calli, but she was no where to be found. I looked in all the places and called and called. I thought maybe she had gotten by me when I went outside to take a picture of the sunset. I went outside with a flashlight calling and calling. When I went back to the sunroom, she suddenly appeared like a little ghost. We have no idea where her new hidey-hole is

4. Tubi has some great offerings of old movies. I watched "Judgement at Nuremberg" with Spencer Tracy and Richard Widmark 💙and "Taras Bulba" with Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis

5. Tiggy messaged me on Facebook asking if a wee package arrived.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I stopped in at the post office to see if they had a 14 in x 14 in box to send the Young One's hat and other things to her. The flat rate boxes weren't big enough. S went out back and found a box from recycle that might work. The percs of living in a small town.

2.  I found a penny in the Target parking lot

3. I ordered a sun hat for the Eldest. The hat, from the Wallaroo Hat Co. ,arrived so I had a perfect hat box to mail the Young One's hat.

4. I finished watching The Mandalorian. For the most part, I enjoyed the story except for the puppets!

5. Driving home from Teague's there was a mama turkey crossing the road with her poult. It was the cutest, tiniest baby turkey I've seen.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I had a fun chat with the Young One.

2. For 5 minutes, I was caught up in my journal

3. Grandmaster E introduced me to The Resident on Netflix. It's reminds me of the show ER and is very addictive.

4. I made pork spare ribs in the crock pot. Messy eating, but so delicious.

5. Another chat with the Young One about various materials to make a coptic stitch journal.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Three days of the cold and for kicks, Himself took a Covid test and it was positive. I'm so glad I cancelled playing over at Teague's this week.

2. I had groceries delivered and stuff delivered from Target within an hour of ordering. I can get into this without being sick

3. The Young One finally got the package with her happy, little gingerbread man mug. Everything arrived intact.

4. I started watching The Handmaiden's Tale

5.Grandmaster E called to tell me all about her trip to Newport. Lots of laughs.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Another Teaching Assistant luncheon. We tried for Lou Roc's Diner, but it was so crowded, and the wait was too long so we ended up at The 99 Restaurant

2. Quill was bored. The Young One went scouting under furniture and found a squeaky critter. It's like a new toy for Quill. He's not bored any more.

3. I'm working on a piece for the faculty show in January

4. Teague and I had giant Whoopie pies for dessert after our weekly lunch.

5. We subscribed to Disney Plus. We watched one of the old cartoons, The Skeleton Dance. Quill was really interested especially with the black cats. 

How was your week?

Watched/Watching

 

The Chosen

Good Omens 2

Outlander (Season 7)

The Sandman

The Witcher (Season 3)

What are you watching? Any recommendations?

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Happy Birthday to me! Himself gave me some cool drawing tools and a beautiful Lapis Lazuli orb

2. Enjoyed Season 2 of Good Omens

3. Himself  was stung a dozen times by tiny bees when he was weeding behind the trellis. Fortunately, no ill effects for him.

4. Finished Season 3 of The Witcher

5. Andy Tiberius Fish mentioned Dark Shadows was on Prime (with commercials on FreeVee).  Watched it while having lunch. So bad that it's so good, and it holds up after all these years. I had a major crush on the character Quentin Collins

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1.The Eldest and I had lunch at the Farmer and Fork and spent the afternoon wandering around the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

2. The Eldest and I binged watched Card Captor Sakura, a favorite anime when she was little.

3. Had a chat with Teague and we made tentative plans to return to Camp Newport during the first week of August.

4. Had a phone call from my cousin remembering 4th of July celebrations with the aunts and uncles at his house when we were kids. 

5. The Eldest came with us to visit the cemetery. The Fourth of July would have been my parents' 80th wedding anniversary. We stopped for lunch at the Cracker Barrel.

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Thing

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. The Eldest and I spent a lazy day in the sunroom bingeing Good Eats

2. We took Himself to the UxLocale for Father's Day and brunch. Himself and the Eldest had brunch while I enjoyed "high" tea with little sandwiches, scones, and cookies.

3. I was able to renew my driver's license online. 

4. We went out to dinner to La Cantina in Framingham.

5. Another play day with Teague.

How was your week?

Whatcha Doin? - Solstice

 

It's here! It's finally here. Summer! 

The Doctor and I traveled in time to see the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. Okay, the photo is from 2022. I wasn't going to be able to stay awake to watch the Solstice from Stonehenge this year, but I can pretend.

Whatcha doin?

Whatcha Doin?

 

One of the things the Eldest and I loved to do was watch food porn (cooking shows). One of our favorite shows to watch was Worst Cooks in America. We'll hang out in the sunroom and finish bingeing Season 1. I forgot how much fun it was to watch with her and comment on these shows.

Whatcha doin?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I saw the male cardinal at the front feeder. It's been a long time since I've seen the cardinals.

2. I finally made the whoopie pies Himself asked for at Christmas

3. The Big Valley is on Amazon Prime.

4. We talked about plans for an after Valentine's Day dinner and where to go for the Teaching Assistants' Lunch

5. I had a play day with Teague. After being sick for so long, it felt good to get out of the house.

How was your week?

T Stands for Present and Treat

 On this second day of Christmas, or third day depending on your reckoning, a present and a treat.

My Grinch mug ended up with a big chip so it couldn't be used to drink from. Himself gave me a new mug. The Grinch is savoring his coffee/tea and the saying: I  have either the time nor the crayons to explain this to you.

Himself had requested a Whoopie Pie as a treat he wanted at Christmas. I had every intention of making whoopie pies, but just haven't felt well enough to bake so I ordered some from the grocery store and had them delivered. 

The consensus was the cake part was delicious, but the cream filling was really just a glob of canned frosting. Not the best, but the best I could do under the circumstances. 

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

Whatcha Doin?

 

I'm celebrating the Winter Solstice. Halfway out of the dark. 182 days until the Summer Solstice.

Whatcha doin?

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. After tearing the studio apart, I found an envelope hanging on the bulletin board. Where I had put it for safe keeping.  Right under my nose!

2. A lazy day spent watching Kung Fu on DVD

3. Good check-up for the kitties

4.Himself's massage chair was making an awful noise that sounded like someone  was murdering babies. The chair company sent a new part and a technician to fix the chair

5. Awesome happy mail and treats arrived

How was your week?

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. The clerk at the post office was very helpful about the cards I was sending out for a class exchange. The envelopes were too thick to go through regular mail even though I had used 2 stamps.  She hand cancelled the stamps and marked the envelopes non-machinable.  She said they may go through the system so I'm keeping my fingers crossed

2. The cards went through!

3. The Young One and I watched Coraline. Spooky goodness

4. We watched the last episode of Jodie Whitaker's 13th Doctor. What?! I didn't see that regeneration coming

5. Teague and I went out to breakfast.

How was your week?

Inktober 2022

10/20 Challenge prompt:  bluff

Christmas was close at hand in all his bluff and hearty honesty, it was the season of hospitality - Charles Dickens

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Towbow Dual Brush markers, Mircon Pigma pen, Gelly Roll pen

10/21 Challenge prompt: bad dog

Quill makes a bad dog, but he's a good boy

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Micron Pigma pen,  Prismacolor Watercolor pencil

10/22 Challenge prompt: heist

"Poultry heist? Someone stealing chickens?" I asked.

Maya nudged me. "He means poltergeists." Janel Burkwell

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Micron Pigma pen,  Tombow Dual Brush marker

10/23 The challenge prompt "booger" did nothing to inspire me. I chose to use pumpkin.

I would rather sit on a pumpkin alone and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. - Thoreau

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Micron Pigma pen,  Tombow Dual Brush marker.

Inktober 2022

10/13 Challenge prompt: kind

Always try to be nice

But never fail to be kind - The Twelfth Doctor 

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, Gelly Roll pen

10/14 Challenge prompt: empty

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space;

everything else is opinion - Democritus

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers

10/15 Challenge prompt: armadillo

Micron Pigma Pen

10/16 Challenge prompt: fowl

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. - Abraham Lincoln

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, White Gelly Roll pen.

10/17 Challenge prompt: salty

Salty Girl

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, Clear Gelly Roll pen.

10/18 Challenge prompt: scraped

"I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, 

10/19 Challenge prompt: ponytail

Chantilly Lace had a pretty face

And a ponytail hanging down

a wiggle in her walk

a giggle in her talk...J. P. Richardson

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Tombow Dual Brush markers, 

How Does Your Garden Grow?

This tomato

looks like Bert from Sesame Street

Marigolds

Bumblebees loving the Goldenrod

The morning glory vine attached itself to the bungee cord

The Eldest's Sedum 

Sow thistle gone to seed

One potato

White Snakeroot

Jewel weed 

two potato, three potato, more!

How does your garden grow?