i like thursdays

I Like Thursday # 516 vacations, flowers, recipes and a poodle! from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with the blue skies of colorado

but less a like but something to discuss are our brown dry brittle lands. We are under strict watering rules and neighbors now ask, does your yard look as bad as ours?

(the only acceptable answer is "YEP" )

we spent weeks around 100F but the last few days have been merely in the 90's F.

Alfie always wants to go for another walk but the sidewalks and street are so hot. We ordered him some doggie crocs so we'll let you know how ...

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I Like Thursday # 515 diaries and summer crushes, muffins, shadows and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

Fine Dining likes

pumpkin banana muffins

recipe centercutcook and they are fragrant, moist, and just the right sweetness

Also made Thumbprint cookies again, made with almond flour, and seedless raspberry jelly (no pic)

my fave Peanut butter cookie recipe.... just right...

my potted cucumber set blossom, so the vege will hopefully soon

love the way tendrils sprout to hold on for safety in our winds

we managed a bit of porch time despite the near 100F temps this week

mama, it's hot but I like being out

shadow shot on a walk this week

I took a photo through ...

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I Like Thursday# 514 books, clouds, picnic food and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with our puppy Alfie wanting to go up to another dog

These three belong to a neighbor we see out walking, 3 rescues, this short one on the side is always happy and wagging.... so Alfie thought it would be good as a calm meeting

but

turns out she likes us from a distance only....

Alfie had apparently decided the 5 month adoption anniversary is for meeting dogs so he went up politely to a little doodle, touched gently, she was age 4 and with her dad and brother in a ...

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I Like Thursday # 513 summer heat, flowers, potato salad and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with neighbors who have day lilies !

walks with my friend Alfie

come ON mama!! It's not getting any cooler out there!

shadows from the intense sun, high temps, and altitude

I like wearing dresses in the summer (with shorts under them

flowers sneaking out a fence

hey why'd you stop alfie?

oh, a tasty tiny appetizer sized bunny!! they are all over right now

oh my gosh skies are so beautiful here

I'd stop for my chocolate chip/ pecan/oatmeal cookies (from Gasparilla cookbook from Tampa)

we used ...

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I Like Thursday # 512 Summer, flowers, fireworks from Not Afraid of Color

alfie, July 1 2026, laughing!

Welcome to this week's list of likes, starting with my puppy Alfie, 2 years old, and is developing a real sense of humor! He is greeting human friends now without prompting, and today greeted a schnauzer while out on a walk.

Speaking of walks, a few pictures

the weather is hot, so when I see gathering clouds, it's a cause for celebration! I love the rays of turquoise and the white tinged clouds in this photo

usually it's blazing hot intense sun of high altitudes here, creating mighty shadows

alfie spotted this ...

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I LIke Thursday # 511 beach stories, skies, pink flowers, and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes.... starting with Pink roses and a poodle!

we walked a lot this week, which I like very much despite the temps being 99 F. at 8 AM

this was the sky on our evening walk this week

flowers in community garden like some I used to grow in Maryland

such a cute pink tricycle being used as a lawn ornament in a neighbor's yard

what is this flower? a ball of flowers seen in another neighbor's yard this week

another sky shot mid day... we live in the high prairie ...

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I Like Thursday # 509 birthdays, hanging flower baskets, fun videos from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this weeks list of likes.... how about the blue of our skies in Colorado?

I'll start with our beautiful pup Alfie... who... turned age 2 years old on Wednesday. Here he is in

"lazy puppy sit"

Oh my heart is so full of love for him!

we had a tummy upset the day after he had a "sprinkler spree"

we had to give him yogurt and rice for a day and now he is better

here he is chewing on a dental toy in the shade of his toy box.

yep every time we throw a toy ...

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i Like Thursday #508 skies, summer flowers, gardening or hammocks, and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes....starting with our magnificent skies! We had about 25 drops of rain this week!

and

little white wild flowers all over the hood.

tiny egg shells also all over, means baby birds will be joining the world

5 fresh lemons, juiced (and in the fridge) zested and in the freezer, lead to wonderful

Lemon Blondies...

we sowed colorado wildflower seeds in big patio pots again this year, they are just peeping over the brown soil, while we give them a bit of water daily... I love watching things grow.

I read growing ...

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I Like Thursday # 507 clouds, insects, pecans and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with some magnificent sky photos ! We have had impending rain, not really rainy, the most has been maybe 10 drops after the clouds ramping up for a deluge.

Still 10 drops is something....

the clouds have been mighty! this is looking toward Buckley AFB and this is a shot of some of their observatories from our 'hood

Look how my puppy sits on the stairs to watch me...

Hi Mama, I can watch you from this perch!

this morning I looked down at his day bed to see he'd been ...

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I Like Thursday # 506 hair disasters, skies, art and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to my weekly list of likes starting with the clouds lately!

then we had a few drops of rain.... back East if it started to rain you ran for home. Here you keep walking and likely it stops in the next block.... we need rain even if we just groomed our beloved poodle

rain makes my hair kink up!

I love water from the fridge with a slice of lemon

I order to increase my water intake, I now keep the brita filter container in the fridge and keep a lemon slice in my glass all day

from youtube ...

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I Like thursday # 505 rain, little girls sandals and a poodle is almost 2 yo from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with a sky shot...

I just love clouds and this week, we had blessed rain. No not a torrent, a gentle 10 drops, then stop, then a bit of drizzle, then stop, repeat.

love the clouds when they announce rain is a'comin'

It was enough to make the ground damp. Our across the street neighbor bought 40 bags of soil, spread it across the front of his property, and we stopped on our walk to chat about it. The husband was holding Alfie's leash so when the neighbor said ...

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I Like Thursday # 504 halter tops art random stuff and a poodle from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes, always something to discover isn't there ?

Alfie loves our walks around the hood, even though it's unbearably hot already in May

still enjoying the free art lessons, finished the Zen stitch and want to continue with mixed media so may have to purchase them this time

this was done on my own to test some Windsor-Newton watercolor markers... more on Sat post

I like seeing my sketchbook fill up! I love these markers so much

reading the last museum mystery on ebook and will move on to Connolly's other ...

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I Like Thursday # 503 go go boots? earth shoes? snow and a white poodle from Not Afraid of Color

life goes round n round

welcome to this week's short list of likes...

I like that it cooled off, snowed a bit, even if it was less than predicted. A heavy wet snow that should help with our extreme drought

within an hour of snow stopping, melted... we got about 7" of wet snow

Alfie: I tole you mama, you should let me go out and play more

Alfie loved it, even if he came in sopping wet! He dug at the hole a ball made when it landed, he ran, he ate it as it fell from the ...

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I Like Thursday # 502 mother's day requests plus spring cleaning? from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes.... tulips in a yummy shade of peachy/pink

this video to play in the background as you do chores, or rest, or stitch

birds singing, only birds, no talk.... very soothing to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNB8iwiQb9k

what would you like for Mother;s day

link here

or these

https://youtube.com/shorts/h_LD2jPDhhc?si=tItCjHf9dT4PukvT

another conversation starter, do you do Spring Cleaning?

I do an amended clean, but it's not Spring yet here, it seems to bank from HOT to cool last week

I sporadically do ...

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I Like Thursday # 501 phones, love 'em or not from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to a very short post of likes this week... starting with tulips!

I LOVE tulips and these neighbors' are pretty in purple to pinks

It's been nearly too hot to walk this week, but I have a couple photos...

(Alfie: well, it is hot and one might think the mama would appreciate her poodle reminding her to stop and smell the roses! Of course while we stop I'll be smelling the trees and grass to check my pee-mail)

the higher peaks got a bit of snow which you can't see well in this photo.... but we ...

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I Like Thursday # 500 fave song to sing from Not Afraid of Color

bird watching, rockin' robins!!!

welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with bird watching

The robins are back and pretty cheeky! They do not fear Alfie or me. Both of us like to watch them too

Alfie has discovered the ability to watch wild life from out back slider to the patio... bird watching has become one of his favorite hobbies, after eating, being petted, keeping watch on the Mama, playing keep away with his Kong ball in the back yard, and going for long walks.

We had a few firsts, since we've now been together 2 ...

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Like Thursdays # 499 Do you like Spring? from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with a beautiful nature scene in Colorado

let's go for a walk shall we?

Alfie: might as well, my toy is taking up all the bed

I spy with my little eye the first tulips! early this year of course

a poodle puppy with his Daddy

shadow's capture the trees in bud already

looks like a leftover "egg skin" from easter

sun's out and it's already hot in Colorado

alfie took us to see some more housing development...

Better stay in the shade the mama!

50 shades ...

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I Like Thursday # 498 Easter chocolate from Not Afraid of Color

Welcome to this week's list of likes starting with this inflatable Easter bunny who frightened my puppy

OMDog Mama is it alive?? (Mama: no honey, want to sniff it?)

Alfie: Uh no, let's just quietly keep walking....

while keeping an eye on it to see if it's following us!

Critter noticing

this week Alfie noted a yard squirrel chowing down on the honeydew shells we put under the tree

His first time racing toward a critter, and the squirrel went up the tree, looked down and chittered at Alfie for quite a while. Alfie stood like a ...

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I Like Thursday # 497 do you still eat kid's cereal for breakfast? from Not Afraid of Color

welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with a black and white photo I took of my porch

I liked sitting on the porch after work, drinking cherry juice with a splash of amaretto...

and having a sweet puppy again to join us

We set up a small sprinkler because it's dry and hot (90's in the sun) in Colorado in March... and I took a video of Alfie (previously known as Dewi) who had never in all his 21 months see a sprinkler

I haven't figured out how to put it on the blog ...

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I Like Thursday # 496 food you don't like, new name, and a walk from Not Afraid of Color

Welcome to this week's list of likes, starting with my camera's artsy program. When it snowed 4 more inches this week, I took out my camera and played. We haven't had much of any snow this whole winter so 4" that melted in two days, was a big like!

now we're back to brown everywhere... here is a portrait of the three of us... shadows look like we all have long legs but it's just....

now that's a smile.... I love him

our puppy who has such long legs!

We have made it past ...

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welcome to this week's list of likes... starting with the blue skies of colorado