Last Photo-a-day Challenge

Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 31 

and the last one.

Choose Your Own Theme

This picture is hanging above the mantel in my house.

Mantel ? or Mantle ?

Thought you might be interested in the spelling.

Mantel: The architectural shelf, ledge, or decorative frame surrounding and sitting above a fireplace.

Mantle: A loose cloak or cape, a figurative responsibility (like "taking on the mantle"), or the layer of earth beneath the crust. 

It was given to us by Ken's sister when we bought our first

house in 1980.

It has hung in every house we have lived in since then.

I'd love to go walking in that picture.

I've stared at it many, many times.

So peaceful and calming.

This has been a fun theme and I've really enjoyed playing along.

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Another one of those beautiful mornings for walking

55 degrees, sunny, and a few low hanging clouds.

Walked around both cemeteries to start.

Looks like someone had fun mowing the grass and didn't

care about straight mowing lines.  😊

At the other cemetery the rabbit I see often finally

stood still long enough for me to get a picture.

Continued my walk going down the main road towards home

and then on the way back to town took a detour up Barn Sale Road.

Once back to town walked around a couple of blocks and

that gave me enough walk steps.

Sheila was out running and stopped for a little chat.

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Ken's had tried to get his chain saw fixed but couldn't

figure out the problem so last week he put it in the shop.

Keith got it working again and we went to pick it up this morning.

Also stopped in at the library and Ken got another book out.

Doesn't happen very often but I walked out of the library empty handed!!

I made German Red Cabbage this afternoon.

Can't even remember the last time I ate it.

Found the recipe on line and it turned out great just like I remembered it 

from when I was a kid.

It is so good.

Haven't put this one on my blog yet but here is a picture of it.

I've been reading The Museum of Lost Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini

which is the book club selection for August.

I decided not to finish reading it.

Just can't get interested in it.

That's going to be it for this last day of July.

Hope you had a wonderful day.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

HappyK 🙂

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July Photo-a-day Challenge 30

July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 30

SHAPES

Shapes on a quilt that is on my bed.

Wish I could say that I made it but I didn't.

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What a beautiful morning for walking.

Lots of sunshine and 57 degrees with a slight breeze.

Walked around both of the cemeteries first.

Then stopped at the Jeep to pick up a book and a DVD and walked

over to the library to put them down the drop.

Flower pots at the library.

From there I walked all over town up and down all the streets

including around the ball park loop.

I usually talk to the chickens when I pass by but didn't say anything this time.

They all came running over to the fence to see me

as if to say, hey you didn't say hello. 

So I stopped to say hi and took this picture.

Rebecca was out walking Leo and also saw Anna and her dad Mark.

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Haven't had pancakes in a while so made some for breakfast.

Took advantage of this sunny day and did a load of laundry.

Like looking out the window and seeing it blowing in the breeze.

A few house chores got done and then it was back to

my recipes.

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Will try to explain what I'm doing with them.

I have a blog with about 140 recipes on it.

Also have a binder with recipes written on all sorts of paper,

cards, and recipes cut of out magazines.

I have trouble putting them in specific categories 

because of overlapping categories.

Starting with the first recipe I put on my blog,

I'm numbering all of them.

Then putting the recipes in that order in the binder.

I'm printing out the recipes and putting them in clear plastic sleeves.

I'll have an index in the front of all the recipes and numbers.

Then I can search my blog for the recipe get the number and find it in the binder.

It is a big job and who knows how long it will take me.

I kind of want to get it done in a timely manner because I have

recipes scattered all over the floor in the office!!

I don't have all my recipes on my blog so will have left over recipes when

I'm done and I'll add those to my blog or

throw away recipes that I'll never make again.

The recipes I've never tried will go into another place until I try them.

Then they will either get put into the binder and blog or thrown out.

Hope it doesn't sound too confusing.

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I thank you for stopping by.

Hope you enjoyed your day.

HappyK😊

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July Photo-a-day Challenge

 July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 29

FLIP FLOPS

I don't wear flip flops but these are my friend

Laura's Flip Flops.

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A cloudy morning for walking today.

62 degrees and a little windy.

Sunrise 6:14

Quite a few deer running around down the road from my house

going every which way.

Also a couple of rabbits, chipmunks, and a skunk.

Maybe they were all running away from the skunk. 🙂🦨

Walked back down the road I just drove up about a half mile

and then turned around and went back to town.

Continued straight through town,

and walked to the industrial park and walked all around in there.

By the time I got back to the pond I had all my steps in.

Quiet around town this morning and didn't see anyone else.

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Made the trip to Walmart this morning for food shopping

and had a couple other errands to do while in the area.

Home in time for lunch.

I had a baked sweet potato and some left over zucchini fries.

They heat up nice in the broiler.

Did a few things around the house and then it was back

working on my recipe organization.

After enough of that I read.

Thanks for coming by.

Hope you enjoyed your Wednesday.

HappyK🙂

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Ginny and Michelle - The horse and cow are little planters (no hole to pour milk out of) and the deer is just a figurine.  

Day 28 of the July photo challenge

July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 28

BLUE

Cow, Deer, Horse

 

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Thunderstorms were predicted for 7:00 this morning.

I went for my walk a little earlier than usual to get

some walking in before the storm.

Walked around both of the cemeteries and while I was at the

cemetery on the hill I felt the first drops of rain at 6:50.

Walking down here between the corn it was nice to hear the 

rain drops on the corn.

It never rained hard, just light drops and I never heard any thunder.

It was 70 degrees, but with the drops of rain and the wind,

it kept things nice and cool.

Went over to the ball park and walked around there and then

around town.

Rebecca was out walking.

She came up behind me and we walked a couple of blocks together

and then went our separate ways.

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We didn't go food shopping today because tomorrow we

have to go down that way to go to Walgreens so

thought we'd just do both things the same day.

Did some house cleaning this afternoon.

After lunch I worked on my recipe project of

organizing everything.

It's quite a task!!!

That's going to be it for today.

Hope you had a wonderful Tuesday.

HappyK 🙂

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Day 27 of the July Photo Challenge

 July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 27

CLOUDS

Couldn't decide which cloud picture to use so here's all 4 of them.

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63 degrees this morning and calm.

Foggy in places and then cloudy.

Had my usual walk around both of the cemeteries and the ball park.

Then all around town up and down all the streets.

I learned the rooster that lives next to the ball park

is named Richard.

Here's Richard the Rooster

John was out walking Prim. 

I saw a girl out running, this is the second time I've seen her.

Maybe she'll become a regular.

Found a penny.

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Sky didn't look that great but washed the sheets and another load

anyway and took a chance of no rain.

I went out just to hang the clothes up because I had

things to do inside.

I stayed out and watered the plants

and then ended up pulling a bunch of weeds out of the gravel.

Ken saw me outside and came out too.

We ended up being outside almost all morning.

Glad to say it never did rain and the sun came out

so all my clothes were dried.

 After lunch we went to town to do a couple of errands.

When we got back I did a little cleaning.

Hope you had a wonderful Monday.

Thanks for coming by.

HappyK🙂

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Ginny - Yes the clock from yesterday are all mine.

Sunday and Photo-a-day Challenge

July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 26

9:00

We left at 9:00 to go to church this morning.

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A little foggy this morning.

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A Blessed Sunday to you.

HappyK 🙂

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Dianna - Yes, I did put the blanket on my other blog.

July Photo Challenge 25

July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 25

FAR AWAY

The sun is FAR AWAY

93,000,000 miles

 

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A walk under cloudy skies this morning with just a little

peek of the sun for a few minutes.

The temperature was 60 degrees.

Found a dime.

First walked around both of the cemeteries.

Went down the farm road to the long barn.

All the cows are out in the pastures this time of year

and the few left in the long barn are ones that Farmer Marvin

is keeping eye for on various reasons.

Coming back from the barn here on the farm road.

Continued walking to the ball park and around there.

Then back to the pond going through town up and down all the side streets.

Saw Lena and Rebecca out walking together.

(Mother and daughter)

Nono's Pizza in town which has been closed for quite a long time 

is now for sale.

When we first moved here it was a bar, then a cafe type place, 

and then the pizza place.

Details about it you can find HERE.

There are loads of pictures and some good arial shots of the whole town.

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Stitching morning at the library.

7 of us there and as always had a fun time.

The oldest women there was Aunt Lois.

She is Lena's aunt but we all call her Aunt Lois

and she is 93 years old.

She still does beautiful embroidery work and quilts.

The youngest girl there today was Madison who is just 8

and is learning to knit.

She is Jalene's granddaughter and Aunt Lois is her

Great, great aunt.

I knitted while I was there and have finished

the basket weave baby blanket that I've working on

it seems forever.

I love the pattern and color but am glad to be done with it.

Just doing a bit of this and that around the house 

this afternoon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you had a wonderful day.

HappyK 🙂

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July Photo Challenge 24

July Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 24

CLOSE-UP

Black-Eyed Susan

 Pine Cone

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This morning when I walked it was 55 degrees.

Mostly cloudy but the sun did peek out from the clouds every so often.

Sunrise 6:09

Walked around both cemeteries to start.

Then stopped at the Jeep to pick up a couple DVD's and

then put them down the drop at the library.

Next went over to the ball park and walked around there a couple of times.

Continued all around town up and down all the side streets.

John was out walking Prim and I saw them 3 different times.

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When I got back home I noticed

a couple of cows out back helping to keep the weeds down.

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Left right after breakfast for another day

of working at church doing Fingerprints.

Again not a great turnout but we still got

7,697 Romans books all done and packed up.

Looking forward to some home made pizza in just a little while.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you had a wonderful day.

HappyK 🙂

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Ginny - Yes, the flowers are petunias.

July Photo Challenge

Photo-a-day Challenge with ChrissyT

Day 23 

An Ordinary Moment

Sitting on the front porch reading

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A nice 52 degrees this morning when I walked.

A mix of sun and clouds and just a slight breeze.

 Sweat shirt weather and wonderful walking weather.

Went around both of the cemeteries a few times.

Then over to the ball park and walked that loop a couple of times.

Through town and up and down the side streets

and then back to the pond.

Rebecca was out walking and 

Farmer Marvin stopped to say hi as he drove by up to the long barn.

So nice to see a bright blue sky again.

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It was a Fingerprint Ministry work day at church.

Hard to believe that another month has gone by.

Seems like we just had Fingerprints!!

So we spent the day doing that.

Not that great of a turnout.

Busy time of year for everyone.

But those of us working had a good time and got work done too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you had a wonderful Thursday.

HappyK🙂

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