The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week.

1. Enjoyed a nice thank you lunch at Point Breeze with Himself's teaching assistants

2. Himself's college roommate and his wife ran a half marathon over the weekend in Rhinebeck, NY. We met them for lunch at The 51 Park Restaurant in Lee, Massachusetts. Good food, lots of laughs

3. While driving through the Berkshires and admiring the foliage, we saw a bald eagle

4. I had a funny dream about my Ma. I was in a crowded place when I heard my name to "come over here". I saw her in her Persian lamb fur coat, but she was only 2 feet tall like a little doll. So very cute.

5. The operating system wouldn't update so had to do a reinstall and lost some accounting files. Tech support helped me get back on track.

Inktober 2022

10/06 Challenge prompt: bouquet

I would rather have two or three lilies of the valley

gathered for me by a person I like than the most

expensive bouquet. - Elizabeth Gaskell

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

10/07 Challenge prompt: trip

Have a nice trip

See you next Fall

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10/08 Challenge prompt: nest

All little birds fly the nest

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Prismacolor Pencils

10/09 Challenge prompt: match

May the bridges I burn with matches light the way

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Prismacolor Pencils

10/10, Challenge Prompt: crabby

My name is Crabby Appleton, I'm rotten to the core

I do a bad deed every day and sometimes three or four

I can't stand fun for anyone. I think good deeds are sappy

Crabby Appleton was a 1950s/1960s TerryToons cartoon character. He was the arch nemesis of Tom Terrific and his Mighty Dog, Manfred

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

10/11 Challenge prompt: eagle

The day is done and the

darkness fall from the wings o' night,

As a feather is wafted downward

from an eagle in his flight - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Winsor Newton Ivory Black gouache, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pen, Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils

10/12 Challenge prompt: forget

Fuggedaboutit

Moon Palace Sumi ink, Nikko G nib

Whatcha Doin?

 

Today's a busy day. Point and click shopping for Amazon Prime Day, working on Inktober challenge prompt: forget, idea for Halloween card, working on title design for recipe final project. But first a cup of tea. 

Whatcha doin?

T Stands For Blueberry Breakfast

Before starting the trip home after all the fun days at Camp Ogunquit, we stopped to have breakfast at a little hole in the wall spot

Horizons in Wells, Maine

I started with a cup of tea. Isn't the Brown Betty teapot cute?

I ordered Maine blueberry French toast with a side of extra crispy bacon. I had my choice of blueberry syrup or fresh Maine blueberries. Maine blueberries grow wild and are small compared to cultivated blueberries. The taste is also more blueberrier.

While visiting the ladies before hitting the road, I spied this doorstop in the corner. Now, it could be a little black dog, but I'm sure it's supposed to be a fluffy, black cat.

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.

Happy Mail

I received some Happy Mail all the way from Texas from Deb at Learning to Just Breathe The envelope is very pretty, but all I really saw was the black cat sticker 😻

On the back, a creepy spider and skull sticker. EEEEK!

Inside, a beautiful hand-made postcard, a sheet of Fall stationary and sunflower seeds from Deb's garden all packed in a sweetly decorated envelope. I look forward to planting the seeds in the Spring. Thank you, Deb for brightening up my mailbox.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Skeletons and pumpkins. There's another on the opposite rail

At the mailbox

Sunrise

Last week, the trees were green and

just like that the leaves changed, and it was Fall

The New Guinea Impatiens didn't like the chilly night temperatures

Another Audrey growing in the greenhouse

A tomato the looks like a little pumpkin

Weeding under the Japanese maple

A couple of warm days and the impatiens perked up

Early in the Summer, Anne from Anne's Creative Cornucopia sent me some Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart seeds. She said they are a perennial and would do well in the shade. Hence, all the weeding underneath the Japanese maple.

The seeds are very tiny. Anne said to just sprinkle them on the soil

I hope I planted the seeds correctly. I'll find out next Spring

Some rain and blustery days and the weathergram is still hanging in.

How does your garden grow?

Fun Facts About the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

In 1991 turkey became the state game bird. The state bird is the black-capped chickadee which was designated in 1941.