Thursday, May 30, 2019

I Like Thursday #66

I guess better late than never, right?  I can't even begin to say I am fashionably late today.  I was just too dang tired to write a post the night before, and got a late start this morning.  Thanks to the beautiful LeeAnna for encouraging us to writ a post weekly about things around our world that we like.  To check out the other I Like posts head over to Not Afraid of Color.

I awoke this morning to a thunderstorm.  I love laying in bed listening to the rain on the old steel roof of my house, it is so soothing. 

I am thankful, and oh so grateful for screens.  I love to have my windows and doors open during the summer.  This morning I was especially thankful!

See all those black spots?  No it isn't that my screen is "just that filthy".  Those are mosquitoes.  Hundreds of mosquitoes! 
Right now I am thankful they are outside, and I am inside. We don't use many chemicals, even though I do spray my fruit trees, but we do fog for mosquitoes otherwise being out of doors is just miserable.

I like that the azalea I planted 3 years ago finally bloomed.

It reminds me of the one near my grandmother's front porch.  She called it a honeysuckle but now I am older I know the difference.  The one near my grandmother's porch the flowers had freckles though.  But still I have loved and nurtured this little plant. 

I like Bobbin's toy, even though it scares the bejeebers out of me occasionally.  Bobbin has been known to fling a toy, and smack people in the face with these toys.  My girlfriend who was over the other day was the latest recipient of a flying squirrel in the face.  LOL


Finally I like these two little ones.  Well they aren't quite so little now.  They love people, and they

love Dolly the pig.  They don't even mind Bobbin being in the yard to play.

Now head over to LeeAnna's to see the other I Like Thursday posts!

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16 comments:

  1. ScrapatchesMay 30, 2019 at 10:36 AM

    Good Morning, Colette ... I am late so you are early. Time is always regional. My mother called every blooming bush in our yard "honeysuckle" except for her lilacs. I finally learned the real names of some of them as an adult. Recently I learned that one of them really is a kind of wild growing weed that is indeed in the "honeysuckle" family. The more I learn the more I learn I did not know. Names of plants and things are regional, too. Thank you for the smiles today. Happy Thursday ... :) Pat

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  2. Jocelyn is Canadian Needle NanaMay 30, 2019 at 11:12 AM

    Great post...flying squirrels and blooming azaleas...worth the wait because they are a gorgeous flower. Hubby hates mosquitoes so much...

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  3. barbara woodsMay 30, 2019 at 1:22 PM

    good likes!

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  4. SuzanneMay 30, 2019 at 1:38 PM

    EWWW...bugs! I love the flower...gorgeous color!

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  5. JulieroseMay 30, 2019 at 2:41 PM

    Yikers--talk about being lousy with mosquitoes!! I thought we had a lot, but you win--but: is that a win? ;000
    I think not...
    Anyway--I am thinking maybe what I have growing in our dingle isn't honeysuckle after all..I've never seen an azalea in that colorway--so pretty...is it scented like honeysuckle is? Evenings when the breezes blow we can smell the scent on our deck--just heavenly...
    hugs, Julierose

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  6. PaintedThreadMay 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM

    You posted before I arrived - so that's not late at all! ;-) Ah, thunderstorms. But I'll pass on all those mosquitoes and the flying squirrel (although that made me laugh!).

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  7. sewyouquilt2May 30, 2019 at 5:21 PM

    Those large mosquitos and flying squirrels....wow i too like the sound of rain on the roof. Soothing
    The honeysuckle/azalea is pretty. A rose is a rose by any other name right?

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  8. LIttle Penguin QuiltsMay 30, 2019 at 6:43 PM

    I love the sound of a thunderstorm and rain on the roof! Around here it's rare to wake up to them, though - they are usually later in the day. All those mosquitos are really something - probably because you guys have had so much rain? Your azalea is so pretty!

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  9. Needled MomMay 30, 2019 at 7:28 PM

    I love a good thunderstorm too. We seldom ever have them here, but when I visit the Midwest I am always hoping to get one.

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  10. Michele McLaughlinMay 31, 2019 at 6:17 AM

    Hello Collette! I love this post, especially Bobbin and the flying squirrel! :D That flower is lovely and it is always wonderful to have things in our garden that remind us of our loved ones. Have a wonderful week!

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  11. LA PaylorMay 31, 2019 at 10:19 PM

    flying squirrel to the face! And Bobbin can't try out for the pro baseball teams? too young probably. LeeAnna

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  12. Mary in Peoria HandmadeJune 1, 2019 at 11:39 AM

    What a delightful post. Flying squirrels even. hee hee Even tho I live in the desert, we have monsoons in the summer and lots of deadly mosquitoes. No, it's not dry heat contrary to tourists. So, the last few -maybe 10 -years I've kept large lavender plants in pots by the front door because I swell up from the bites(Does everyone?). Anyay, that has worked for me and we haven't dad any mosquitos. If you wanted to- you could mix lavender oil with water in a spray bottle and spray the screens- my daughter has a partially enclosed front door so we spray the porch frequently for flies and mosquitoes. We don't want to use chemicals near areas Thomas will be in. The back yard is a different story. Have a great weekend. mary

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  13. Rosemary DickinsonJune 1, 2019 at 4:32 PM

    I think I was later than you this week! I was sitting outside the other day and couldn't believe how many black flies were out.So annoying! Same as your mosquitoes! I like hearing about the flying squirrel! Haha!!

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  14. BarbJune 1, 2019 at 7:01 PM

    I wish I had screens I just love the breeze going through the house....

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  15. Cheryl's Teapots2QuiltingJune 11, 2019 at 7:27 PM

    I'm glad we don't have nearly as many mosquitoes, since my screens were damaged by the hail a week ago.

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    i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
    or
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