Five Senses Friday

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Tasting: Fresh cherries, and blueberries, and strawberries. Thank you summer!
Seeing: A sunny patio, just beckoning me to enjoy some relaxation time.
Hearing: Podcasts on my commute.
Smelling: Tomatoes ripening in the vine.
Feeling: Itchy, thanks to a fun mosquito-bite allergy.

Happy Friday!

Five Senses Friday

Five Senses Friday is a nice way to reflect upon the previous week. Want more? Pay Abby Try Again a visit.
 
Tasting: A tart whiskey sour
Seeing: A sleeping bulldog puppy
Hearing: A sleeping bulldog puppy, snoring
Smelling: Every flower I come across
Feeling: My fingers tingle in anticipation of tomorrow's ukulele class

Happy Friday!

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Lunch

Sun worship

Path edged by flowers

Smile

Cooling off in the grass

Patio view

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Five Senses Friday is a nice way to reflect upon the previous week. Want more? Pay Abby Try Again a visit.
 
Hearing: Willie Nelson singing "Drinking Champagne"
Tasting: Cheese straws
Smelling: Freshly made spicy salsa
Seeing: Ayla smile as she faces into the wind and enjoys the smells around her
Feeling: Fluffy hand-knit blankets on cool nights

Happy Friday!

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My collection of corks from the wine I drink

Mac supervising me making his dinner

Police horse trailer

Wildflower blooms from seeds we found in Chris' dad's shed

My new desk area set-up. I'm nosy, what does your house look like?

Mangos

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Five Senses Friday is a nice way to reflect upon the previous week. Want more? Pay Abby Try Again a visit.
 
Hearing: Jazz on the last jazz radio station available out here, 91.1
Tasting: Peppermint tea
Smelling: Lemongrass ginger lotion from Williams Sonoma
Seeing: Endless Summer II on Netflix
Feeling: Warm, soft kitty fur on my ankles

Happy Friday!

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Candy striped petunia

 

Princess lilies and mint that were neglected all winter

 

My grapevine is going crazy

 

The petunias too, which were also neglected all winter

 

New Char-Broil Quantum Infrared Urban Grill

 

Birthday banana split sundae for me :)

 

A little fun

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Fine Senses Friday is a nice way to reflect upon the previous week. Want more? Pay Abby Try Again a visit.
 
Hearing: Squirrels scolding Chris while he was working the patio
Tasting: Banana split sundaes yesterday for my birthday
Smelling: Fresh, clean laundry that I finally got around to doing
Seeing: A new arrangement of picture frames on my wall that I need to fill, and cut lilies from a friend's yard
Feeling: The cushy comfort of my new memory foam mattress topper... so nice

Happy Friday!

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I can't not throw the ball for this face

 

Dual feeder

 

Playing fetch... more like chewing on balls in the grass

 

This little guy was guarding our mail boxes

 

Pretty pretty

 

Focus

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Fine Senses Friday is a nice way to reflect upon the previous week. Want more? Pay Abby Try Again a visit.
 
Hearing: Ayla panting while chasing after the laser bug, her favorite game
Tasting: Coffee that tastes good again after cleaning my coffee maker
Smelling: A sample of Beyonce's "Heat" perfume in a magazine, I really like it
Seeing: A Woody doll (from Toy Story), with the top of his head missing, and immediately thinking zombies!
Feeling: A bit run down

Happy Friday! 

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Me and my shadow

Gretel likes to sleep on the dog bed

Ayla prefers the comfy couch

Gimme a kiss

Ayla thought she could fly, and leaped off the top of this wall. Luckily she landed on her head, so she walked away unharmed. I had a small heart attack though.

More turkeys - I had to shoo these away from my car so I could get to work the other morning

Ayla looks happiest when she's running

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Fine Senses Friday is a nice way to reflect upon the previous week. Want more? Pay Abby Try Again a visit.

 

Hearing: "Stuff You Should Know" podcasts on my commute

Tasting: Tofu marinated in sriracha, then coated in seasoned pankow and baked

Smelling: Three different kinds of canned dog and cat foods... ick

Seeing: Leaves taking over buds on trees

Feeling: Tired after a long, crazy, stressful week

Happy Friday!

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My dogs are strange. See Mac on his back up there? He sleeps like that sometimes, and it always makes me want to lightly slap his pink belly. Its a good thing he doesn't care, and barely deigns to register my presence at all. On the other hand, Ayla likes to tuck her nose under her foreleg when she sleeps. I imagine that since her muzzle is so long it gets rather cold. Ayla also likes to be covered with a blanket when she sleeps; as soon as I throw it over her when we're all going to bed she lets out a long, satisfied sigh and settles in for the night. Mac, on the other hand, starts snoring before he's even lying down. I told you, they're weird.

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Hearing: Debussy, Chopin, Stravinsky and more (concert band rehearsal last night)

Tasting: PB&J sandwich, in honor of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

Smelling: The air freshener in my car that disturbing reminds me of Raid

Seeing: Wet everywhere because of the rain we've had off and on this week

Feeling: Relief that my daredevil dog didn't hurt herself (more on this later)

Happy Friday!

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Enjoying wine in my souvenir glass from Barrel Tasting

My grape vine is taking off, just look at that tendril

And the under side of one of the leaves in the setting sun

The petunias are going crazy too

These flowers remind me of stars, there's so many of them

Snoozing in front of the TV, such a couch potato

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Hearing: the wind blowing like crazy on the hill yesterday, pictures to come...

Tasting: home made macaroni and cheese, and a whiskey sour

Smelling: the comforting clean earth fragrance of Ayla's fur

Seeing: a big glass jar full of biscuits for my pups

Feeling: happy to have had today off from work

Happy Friday!

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I've been down with the flu this past week, so I only have a few photos to share...

Gretel enjoying the sun, and her self-imposed naked belly (she's done that for years), and the turkeys that have been hanging out at our complex for a couple weeks now and frightening/exciting my dogs:

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A new favorite blog of mine, Abby Try Again, posts every Friday a short reflection of the past week in Five Senses Friday, and I've decided to join her.

Hearing: my lightly snoring bulldog after Chris took the pups up the hill to play

Tasting: Pyramid Apricot Ale on awarm, sunny Friday evening

Smelling: not much, thanks to the lingering remains of the flu

Seeing: green buds and delicate blossoms everywhere I turn

Feeling: grateful to not be feeling sick any longer

Happy Friday!