Monet and Me

 

As soon as Doodling class is over, Monet and me will figure out how to get the Phomemo thermal, portable printer up and running. 

The printer can be used to print stickers from templates, your own photos and drawings to use in journaling or other crafts.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

First leaves of Fall

Still some flowers like Leggy Petunias

The ground couldn't hold up the shepherd's hook and mums from last weekend's rain. Himself bought some weights, but hasn't attached them yet. The swamp maple losing its leaves.

Geraniums add a pop of color.

Giant squash flowers, but no squash

Lots of green tomatoes

Orange Marigolds

Another maple turning red

In the woods, ash tree leaves turning yellow

Cosmos

Cornflower

The pink sedum turned red

Still some little ears of corn

More color on the pumpkin

Faded hydrangea

How does your garden grow?

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Songs You've Heard,But Don't Know The Name

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. I got the flu and Covid vaccines

2. The Eldest subscribed to Paramount+. I'm enjoying the original Star Trek while I work out on the Cubii

I had  mild reactions after Friday's flu and Covid vaccines, I finally felt like myself again late Sunday night.

3. The Eldest started orientation at her new job

4. Himself and I went out to breakfast, got our hair cut, and did a quick run to the grocery store

5. Teague and I are toying with the idea of a trip to Western Connecticut and Western Massachusetts

How was your week?

Farewell, Summer

 

From September 2, 2013

I will miss you. Deep sigh. forlorn look. You barely got started after the month of rain.  I'll miss the hazy, hot, and humid days. I'll miss working in the sun room and taking Popsicle breaks. I'll miss evenings in the sun room and how light it was outside even at 9 PM. I'll miss going outside without a jacket. I'll miss island time and the slower pace of days. Until next year.

Is it July, yet?

Doodling for Stress Reduction

On Mondays via Zoom, I participate in a class where we spend  a half an hour doodling our stress away. I don't remember if the leader said something inspired her.  This was the design that she came up with. She usually demonstrates on camera for us. In her doodle, I kept seeing clouds and couldn't get that image out of my head.

We can follow along with her choice or we're free to do our own thing. I had to get my head out of the clouds.

T Stands for The Old Post Office Tea Room

 

In the package of goodies Tiggy sent me a couple of months ago, was a postcard of the Old Post Office Tea Room, Chapel of Garioch, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. 

The cute, blue Brown Betty style teapot and the table set for tea is my ticket to T Day. Tiggy explained the postcard shows a local tea shop. "Are you coming?" I'll be there in a heartbeat, Tiggy!

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.

Monet and Me

are playing with a new toy. From Black Oak Games a set of Celtic Knot Dice. Last year close to Christmas I saw them advertised, but they were sold out of the blue dies. A few weeks ago, they crossed my path again and this time I jumped. I purchased the basic set with 18 cubes. in Just My Shade of Blue

The set came with a booklet with multi-player games to play, puzzles to solve, or you can make your own patterns or traditional patterns like the 4 cube, 2 x 2 thread knot called King Solomon's Knot.

Scrolling through the store there was also a nine die set with Cats and Salmon. Like a crazy cat lady could resist it. This is a stand alone set or it can be combined with the other sets.

So, procrastination desk toy, study aid, or party game, Knot Dice fills the bill.

First Day of Autumn/Fall

 

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

32 Cute and Easy Towel Folding Ideas

The Friday Five Good Things

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. A fun phone conversation with my young cousin. Talking to hear is like listening to a soap opera.

2. I had a chat with the Young One about a new project she's working on.

3. A beautiful day, we took a trip to the cemetery to visit my parents. On the way home we stopped for a late breakfast at Cracker Barrel.

4. Teague and I went out to breakfast at The Picket Fence Restaurant in Douglas.

5. Teague had extra individual pineapple upside-down cakes in her freezer. She gave 3 to me to take home. Delicious!

How was you week?

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

Doodling For Stress Reduction

 

On Mondays via Zoom, I participate in a class where we spend  a half an hour doodling our stress away. This was the first doodle I did when I joined the group. The group leader was inspired by  neurographic drawing and this was the design that she came up with.

Wavy lines with circles. You could doodle in the circles, add color.

T Stands for the Kitchen and Butler's Pantry at Castle in the Clouds

Especially for Robin, the kitchen and the butler's pantry at Castle in the Clouds, Lucknow Mansion, Moultonborough, New Hampshire

The table in the kitchen was set for tea for members of the staff. Each folder had a "bio" of the duties of people who might have worked in the home.

The oven and stove

Kitchen sink. The tile floor was made of rubber and pieced together like a mosaic. Apparently, the floor material was another state of the art feature and nearly indestructible. The pattern made me dizzy.

Storage closet for kitchen tools. The items in the house did not belong to the Plants, but were items that were used during that time period. 1914 - 1941.

View from the Butler's Pantry

Here's my T Day ticket. Grab a cup for coffee or tea

Sink in the butler's pantry

State of the art appliances and technologies are seen throughout the house. At first we thought this was a dumb waiter and then realized it was a refrigerator and freezer. Not an icebox! The cooling system for the units was ammonia brine refrigeration system. The house was also equipped with a central vacuuming and intercom system.

The intimate and tastefully decorated dining room.

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.

Monet and Me

decided to give the kitchen a much needed facelift. Monet poses at the kitchen sink showing off the valance from the curtain set that had been in the Young One's bedroom. The valance also had a set of swags, but I didn't like the way they looked in the kitchen window.

The real makeover was changing out the old cabinet and drawer pulls. I found these funky, mismatched, ceramic pulls on Amazon. They didn't have any sort of drawer pull to go with them but the knobs work just as easily for a drawer pull.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Fairy Ring

Corn

The Little Great Pumpkin is getting some color

Tomatoes anyone?

Lots of squash flowers, but no squash

The cardinal twittering in the twig

How does your garden grow?

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Spin Art on a Whiteboard

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Pastina in a little chicken broth best cure for an upset stomach

2. Fun visit with The Brother and SIL at the grand-nephew's 4th birthday party

3. A late afternoon doctor's appointment so Himself called in a take-out order to Harry's. Finally got some fried clams

4.  A visit to the chiropractor. He made me taller!

5. Teague Day. We went for ice cream at J.J's in Upton. I had a cup of German Chocolate Cake. Heaven!

How was your week?

A Letter to the Teacher

 

My calligraphy teacher, Gerry, recently celebrated a milestone birthday. (Aren't all birthdays milestones?) Her Young One invited Gerry's family and friends to submit a video for a montage on Tribute.

As a prompt, we were asked to tell our favorite memory of Gerry and make a birthday wish for her. 

There are so many memories of Gerry, it was hard to pick just one. So I wrote her a letter, in calligraphy of course, along with a decorated initial and suitable decoration. I held the letter in front of my face while I read the letter and recorded the video. At the end, I popped out from behind the letter, as if Gerry wouldn't be able to tell who the letter was from.

"August 2024

Dearest Gerry,

Thank you for never telling me to take up knitting [ed: When I was a beginner and taking a workshop Gerry thought I would like, the instructor, frustrated with me being left-handed, told me I should forget about calligraphy and to take up knitting. As if that would have been any easier!, but I digress] Thank you for being the most caring, sharing teacher and friend. 31 years ago, you infected me with the calligraphlu and I'm so glad I never recovered.

Have a healthy and amazing creative year as you make another trip around the sun.

Happy Birthday"

Crescent Lake, Wolfeboro, and Ice Cream

Beautiful scenery

On our way to the town of Wolfeboro, we stopped at Crescent Lake 

We wandered around Wolfeboro. There was a nice park with this charming sculpture of Grandpa and grandson having an ice cream cone.

"The Bench of Friendship, a gift of Russian Craftsmen "from people to people" came to Alton for welcoming ceremony before heading to the Wolfeboro town dock and its summer home.  The Bench will return to Alton in September for its seasonal location in the garden adjacent to the Gilman Library."

Alton Rotary Club

The town dock and Lake Winnipesaukee

Wolfeboro boasts that it is the oldest Summer resort in America. The town was incorporated in 1770 and now has a "population of about 6,416 (54th in New Hampshire) that swells to approximately 25,000 during the summer tourist season"

I liked the heart shaped shadows of the iron railing

Rocktrumpet

The bench outside of Yum, Yum's ice cream shop which was closed!

We puttered around a souvenir shop. Please don't touch the moose. So we headed back to Laconia.

We knew we were in the right area when we saw the cows

Sawyer's ice cream!

I had a small cup of Almond Joy, a vanilla base with bits of coconut and pieces of the almond joy candy bar. I also had a cone on the side. Ice cream shops tend to pile the cone so one lick and the ice cream lands on your shoes. A cup and a cone are the best of both worlds. Sawyer's Dairy Bar in Gilford is one of the ice cream shops listed on the New Hampshire Ice Cream Trail By Region

We sat at picnic tables under some trees and watched some low flying planes. Turns out there's an airport. Laconia Municipal Airport in Gilford, New Hampshire.