i like thursdays

I Like Thursday # 494 best/worst haircuts... and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with we got a bit of rain, and the mountains got a bit of snow, nearly the first all winter. Check out that golf course grass... brown and fragile

so in keeping with the non winter we had, the winter that never was, it's hot walking...

pant, pant, pant and that's both of us!

Dewi/Arlo/Theo (We can't settle on a name) is settling in just fine, played with a toy this week, finally slept like he was safe, on his back with 4 poodle legs in ...

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I Like Thursday # 493 Week two of the adjustment.... life is so daily! from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes, starting with walking with my dog again. Dewi is up for any length of walk with me too! It's all new to him, so we stop and he sniffs often.

I want to keep going at a high speed, so now when he stops, I stop and pull my abdomen in and practice good posture til he's done. Since it's been just over a week now, I am seeing him walk longer between sniffs

He is conquering fears too... plastic bags or leaves blowing in the wind, people walking ...

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I Like Thursday # 492 and there's a new dog in town from Not Afraid of Color

O. M. POODLE!! We picked up Dewey on Sunday wayyyyy out in the middle of Colorado and he's now our new son!!! Hooray,

It's been a long time coming as the song says. Milo passed over a year ago. We think we've found the sweetest boy to join our family and help us love again. He is 20 months old, a standard poodle, very skinny at 50 lbs and such a gentleman.

His first mom said he may be too scared to walk, but he wants to be with us. Each day he's gotten more curious ...

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I Like Thursday # 491 romantic date from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes and photos starting with the big blue traveling ball I see daily, always in someone else's yard! this is a real close up

Our friend's doodle (and town crier) Oliver

(c)LAPaylor twig impression in concrete

artsy photo of the creek (c)LAPaylor

(c)LAPaylor working on my dragonfly piece, and my dragonfly design wall guard

(c)LAPaylor I made a tote with one of my photos for PQ

conversation starter this week: Tell us about your most romantic date

welllll it was with my fiance (at the time) Michael ...

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I Like Thursday #490 children's valentine cards from Not Afraid of Color

Ahhhh February

winter gave us a pass this year. Pretty much temps mid 60's plus intense sun at high altitudes make it warmer during the days.... I start with a photo of my front porch (alas no snow on it)

I love photography and have continued to try art photos this week along my walks

many are brought to you by the color gray

insects are coming out already, hello miss Ladybug

the road is winding

dropped bandaids won't help this road crack, sad to say

beloved donkeys taking advantage of another warm day

these two rode by ...

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I Like Thursday # 489 life is a puzzle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes... we had a cold snap! yea!

with snow that melted in two days. Three days later the temps are in the 60;s in the sun headed to sustained heat. We might have had random warm days in the past winters but now

too warm all the time but for one or two days of cold. We looked forward to cold winters when we decided to move here.

On my walks this week

circle the circle that doesn't belong here... no not a giant egg, a rubber ball

a child dropped ...

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I Like Thursday # 488 calendars and photos from Not Afraid of Color

I've been playing with my camera's art option button, on walks and that's dried grasses

a lot of the camera's options don't suit me but... the ones that do are going to be fun to use in new ways

along the way this week...

I got to visit with this beauty and her mom... she is VEWY OLD and so engaging... she and her mom are both charming and fun to chat with. The mom said, we're supposed to get snow tonight... probably will turn into a dusting. (disgusted like most of us that ...

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I Like Thursday # 487 from Not Afraid of Color

Welcome to our list of likes, Thursday, and sunny hot Colorado. (January and temps + sun= hot)

I saw this aptly named truck along my walk this week....

dogs and cats seen on walks

this mini godendoodle was so charming...

then a cat came out of nowhere to chirp at us walking by

It did not linger, but might have if I'd asked it to... It went a few paces ahead, sat down and turned back to give me such a look!!! I rarely see cats... have allergic symptoms if I pet them but love them....

then later on the ...

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I Like Thursday # 486 do you sing? from Not Afraid of Color

I am writing this post on Tuesday in case I can get into Chiro.... but it's been hot here, but luckily it might still be snowing in the high mountains. Going for a morning walk in CO shouldn't mean pulling off your jacket, then your sweater...

I took the above pic because of the pretty reflection that morning

Dogs i met along the way

Burito... He was so dapper in his forest green sweater and pretty harness

His dad chatted a long time with us, rare for young 30 year olds here. He got Burito in the marriage ...

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I Like Thursday # 485 and a new year from Not Afraid of Color

ahhhhh new year, new week, new list of likes! Starting with some beautiful dried grasses and blue sky

I have a few likes & a few images to share so let's get going!

I do have a short list of things I want to do this year, but let's start with a comic

morning coffee in my fave Mary Engelbreit mug. Plus as my friend Cindy said, hydrate before you caffeinate so my pretty glass of water

high chairs

how fast must they have been running to throw an insole!!!LOL

no need for a fire, the hot temps ...

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I Like (Christmas) things to love #484 from Not Afraid of Color

I'm dreaming of having another poodle ...Merry Christmas to you all, Happy Hanukah too

https://youtube.com/shorts/6st6csIAnm4?si=XdUXxvm5mIJDp_ub

Our conversation starter this week:

do you decorate with traditional things year after year? what are they and can you show us? has there been a year when you didn't feel like dragging out the decorations and how did you handle that?

Like most people I have traditional things, certain Quilts I always display, and if the year is like this one, very few come out....because anything that comes out will have to be put away ...

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I Like Thursday # 483 from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with snow covered mountains and a lovely visit with this horse

snow's melted now, we are having sunny days in the mid 70's instead of cold and snow. I HATE this.

Reports say it's now the trend, due to climate change, luckily I met a nice couple on a walk this week and they moved here for cold too, he said they'll be moving out because this is due to climate change and and they like cold too. It was a blessing that they weren't science ...

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i like Thursday # 482 snow, stress, holidays from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes.... I like cold temps and snow, therefore we moved to Colorado... not it's about to be in the 70's in the sun for over a week here.

In December. 5 years ago it was consistently cold and snowy from October on.

We did have a bit of snow...

footprints in the thin layer over the golf course. That became snow lace

and annoying icy snow

and is gone less than a week later now. We MAY have to get out the AC again too.

You know the adhesive stick figures ...

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I Like Thursday #481 games, cookies, etc from Not Afraid of Color

well, here we are again, another week of likes to share! starting with lawns seen on my walks

Hi Santa!

santa you're early....

awe.... I like this short video series.... frog finds a friend

fun short video... I feel somehow like I worked with this creature as a human (What she did at work)

this yard has a LOT of stuff plus two very cute doggies that come to visit with me

I Luv you

No pic but two more white doggies barked at us this week, and their person came out for a chat

Really nice woman, visiting ...

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I Like Thursday # 480 Gobble Gobble! from Not Afraid of Color

happy Thanksgiving and welcome to this week's list of likes

I've been less than well, too much to go into here, but a lot is from the gas pipe work here

so on with the short show of mostly photos

some neighbors have gone big to decorate this year

uh oh! Turkey down! (and a bit flashing too)

Christmas plans by zodiac sign.... short but funny!!!

https://youtube.com/shorts/_gK4m14ua-c?si=bR4xwd8ZUW6upRzc

I loved the color of these tree berries this week

I LOVE animals first up a sweet dog and a wonderful owner

Chewy... small but ...

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I Like Thursday # 479 making turkeys in elementary school, dogs in dresses, and funnies from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes.... interrupted by some dislikes... ahem...

my computer, with no warning, failed. Completely. Totally. now I'm sort of using dh's computer and updated operating system which I find unintelligible. I. Hate. most. Technology and I'll go ahead and throw my Iphone in there with that.

I will do my best to list some things, but can't promise pictures, (grrrrrrrr)

For fun watch this

Fine Dining

I had egg whites to use up, so I mixed them with cream, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon cardamom, soaked the stale sour dough slices ...

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I Like Thursday # 478 Fall Decorations, fun videos, pretty colors from Not Afraid of Color

the calendar says Autumn the temperatures are summery 80's in Aurora! At least the trees are very pretty!

I think I'm sick, seeing double, and headachy because the neighborhood is replacing all gas tubes here. For 7 weeks now. But I just took yet another ibuprofen so on with this week's show

Let's start with two funnies

I had to pull all the teeeeeny tomatoes off the bush because of one overnight cold temp... so I tried to make fried green tomatoes like I grew up with. Slice, then salt, coat in flour saute in oil ...

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I Like Thursday # 477 pumkins, podcasts, poodle love, etc from Not Afraid of Color

bye bye leaves

welcome to this week's list of likes. I have been very out of commission from pain and jumping vision so this might be quite short. Please visit others and on with my offerings

loved how this house looked in late afternoon sun... like a monopoly house!

My friend Monika sent a rescue dog's photo this week, I want him but I'm nearly 1000 miles away when they will allow 350. I contacted the woman who agreed to rehome her Valerie to me after she got pregnant one more time, had the babies and fed ...

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I Like Thursday # 474 leaves, skellies, paintings, and a plate of cookies from Not Afraid of Color

Dying to see you again!! LOL welcome to this week's list of likes

starting with some more neighborhood Halloween displays

how about this purple to blue sparkly BIG spider... a la Harry Potter!

the "web" goes over the whole front yard!

there is a decoration contest in another nearby neighborhood, and I have a lot of pics but I'll save some for next week. Meanwhile I saw some interesting things on our walks

ahem, a bench eaten by the earth, or for really short people? for dogs? for tired spiders?