I am sitting here listening to the peaceful sound of the rain falling. No mind boggling thoughts going through my mind at the moment. Just one of those moments where you sit back and go. “AHH!”
Don’t we all need moments like this!
So while I am relaxing, I have a question for you. What would you like to see a post about? Is there a quote you would like me to write a post around, or perhaps a question? A thought provoking one or an entertaining one. You name it, just about anything goes!
If it wasn’t for you, my valuable readers, I wouldn’t have near the fun I do at writing posts, so I figured i would give all of you a chance to make a suggestion. Since after all you are the ones reading my posts, so what would you like to see?
I do realize I could be asking for quite the challenge, but I think I am up to it. Throw out whatever comes to your mind. If nothing comes to your mind now, you can come back to comment later, there is no expiration date.
So put on your thinking caps and start thinking while I make myself a cup of tea and go “Ahh!” 🙂
I, too, have rain, though I am not enjoying mine as much as you are yours, but I LOVE the picture of the froggie!!!
What would I like to see a post about? Hmmmm … 🤔 … bumblebees? I adore bumblebees, and when we have sunflowers in the summer, and I am out watering them in the mornings, a bumblebee will come right up to my face and we chat for a few minutes. Once last summer he even landed on my nose! 🐝
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I like bees too, and found one very tired bumble bee in the store room. I ‘saved’ it by feeding it sugar water and it was soon in its way.
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How kind of you. ❤
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I was really pleased it revived.
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I must give you a two thumbs up for such a wonderful act!!! Thank you, for the planet needs every bee it can get!
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If we see a tired bee we try to get it to a flower to feed in the hope it will be revived. We’re trying to get them to come into our garden and had a fair few when the beans were growing, so we’re hopeful!
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That’s wonderful! We need more people doing just that!
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We’ve been asked what we were doing and when we explained, several people promised to do the same. I hope they did. We’ve got to look after the bees.
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Yes we do!
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Now that is something I wasn’t expecting but hey a good idea. 🙂 I have learned to appreciate bees more. Ahh! Bees must know you like them, the little bee that landed on your nose wanted to say Hi 🙂
Yes, I have used the froggie picture before for I love it so much too!
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Bees are essential to the continuance of human life on this planet, but … even before I knew that, I loved them. As a kid, I always wanted to pet them, for they looked soft & furry. I really DO talk to them … about whatever is on my mind at the moment, and they are GREAT listeners … all they ever say back is “bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”. 😀
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Haha! Love it!!
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I appreciate how much we need bees for plant propagation and such, but I HAVE to avoid them at all costs due to being allergic. However, I won’t kill one; I’ll just duck and dodge (which got me some strange looks one day at a bus stop) or shoo it away with a paper or something.
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I do understand for I am allergic too!! And yes I do the same as you!
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I certainly understand why you don’t wish to get up close and personal with the bees! You have good reason, and at least you aren’t spraying them with Raid! 😉
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Subject for a post eh? How about embarassing moments or cooking disasters?
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Hmmm…..cooking disaters, LOL! Yeah, I have had a few of them!
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I cried the first time I did roast potatoes as they didn’t go crunchy like my Mum’s!
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Aww!
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😀
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I was making a lasagna (which I’d done with my mom many times) for the first time on my own after I moved into my first apartment with my husband and I forgot the pasta sauce and didn’t realize it until I’d already baked it. However, it still was surprisingly tasty as the homemade vegan “cheese” filling I made turned itself into a white sauce of sorts. LOL 😉
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A friend invited (ex) partner and I for a meal and when we arrived, she was in tears as her pasta had gone wrong. I took over and discovered it was the non-cook variety, so together we got it all sorted and in the oven. It ended up being a good night after all.
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Awww yay! Disaster averted! 😉
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Not the first time………… amazing what you can do with the basics!
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Very true! 🙂
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Mishaps in the kitchen …especially doing something on our own for the first time is a worthy badge of on honor as a learning curve (though it definitely doesn’t feel like it at the time).
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I’ve had some fun in the kitchen with cakes. Those that didn’t rise were called frisbee cakes, and those that were a little lopsided were covered in custard as a Di surprise!
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Hehe….mine is usually me experimenting with bread recipes (not following the recipe wanting to do my own thing) 🙂
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I do that with cakes and crumbles, though for my sponges, I do weigh everything using the weight of my eggs as a guide.
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That’s a good idea 🙂
I always look through a ton of recipes mix like 2 or 3 similar ones together creating my own unique blend. Sometimes it turnes out quite well …and sometimes it’s a little too dense in the middle.
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Yep………… bring out the custard, scoop out the dense bit and fill with fruit. Voila: a fruit ring!
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hehe That’s a wonderful idea…or I’ve turned it into a bread pudding…pretty yummy! 😉
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Aaahhhhhh………… bread pudding. Haven’t made one for years!
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That’s what I did last time a banana bread didn’t quite turn out…it was delicious! 🙂
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Sounds nice.
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My husband says I should just follow the recipe…I’m stubborn and want to “experiment” in the kitchen and make it into my own. LOL
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The idea is the recipe, the creation is your own. 🙂
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Exactly, you get it! I love my hubby, but he’s very by the book with following directions …me most of the time I just wing it. I get too excited to try to put something together or create something new.
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The first meal Hubby cooked for me was liver, bacon, mash and cabbage. Lovely!
The first I did for him was a makeshift pizza using a couple of tins out of the cupboard and a pastry base. It actually worked!
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Memories! 🙂 The first ones are definitely the best memories! My hubby usually helps me in the kitchen (when I’m not on experiment mode). lol
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Mine too, but our kitchen isn’t that big. He’s good at washing up, and as we both like to cook, the rule is whoever cooks, doesn’t wash up.
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Hehe…good rule…we also have a pretty small kitchen and are constantly trying not to run into each other as we are preparing and cleaning up…lol
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I like that rule! 🙂
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works for us
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We both like the big lego kits and sometimes putting one together as a team is a unique challenge for our different personalities, but it’s fun because we compliment each other in the end. 😉
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If my kitchen walls could talk….I might be in trouble! 😉
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sounds really peaceful, and I can feel your relaxation and content, rain is so soothing. If I could request a post, I’d like to see what spring looks and feels like where you are. the colours, what’s growing in the fields, what people are doing, just a simple spring day. I always love your detailed descriptions. Maybe take me on a walk with you down your street? Blessings to you always dear friend
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A great idea sweet friend! Hope you have a great day!
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and to you too dear!!
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❤
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What a delightful idea Gina! 🙂
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First, I want to know if that’s a real frog, or something photoshopped. If it’s real, then if I ever get reincarnated, I want to come back as a frog like that.
Now, what happened to the idea I gave you yesterday? You know, the nice lady in the train. The train gets derailed. And there’s a mysterious murder. And of course, don’t forget the terrorists. C’mon Caroline. You can write it. I know you have it in you.
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LOL! Okay first I think it was probably photoshopped BUT perhaps not, maybe there really is a chilling frog out there! 🙂
Oooh gosh, yes, how couldn’t you forget that idea! I mean how could I forget that idea! I did say challenging, didn’t I and since you corrected my name I will give it a try. 🙂
I almost typed no deal, for Caroline is NOT my name, but dang you were too quick. LOL!.
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Great. I’m looking forward to your magnum opus postus.
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Haha! Shaking my head!
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Here I thought you would want me to write a post about the wonderful qualities of coffee and tea! 😉
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Oh, no. Leave posts like that to me.
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LOL! Yes of course, you extol their positive qualities so well!
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Tea on a rainy day sounds like bliss to me! 😉 ❤
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Totally! Poor Tippy misses out on the bliss that tea and coffee can cause! 🙂
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Hehe, right…lol! 😉
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Whoops, I mean Carolyn.
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The photo reminds me of these brilliant words from Kermit the Frog : “Times fun when you’re having flies!” Which brings me to the equally brilliant question from you, to which I long ago gave you an equally brilliant answer. I have long awaited the tale of how Jinx and Jangle discover they are identical twins. Reminder…the need for this revelation has been previously discussed by us. I might suggest having Dinosauris, nicknamed Dino for the spelling challenged among us, being involved to delight Benjamin. Perhaps Dino could come flying in bringing their long lost Grandmother, a real Gem of an elf, whose retirement from Santa’s toy factory has been ended due to a shortage of talented elves. I leave it to you to pull it altogether, you are after all the author of this blog. The gauntlet has been thrown down…will YOU accept the challenge? Thank-you!
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Haha on Kermit’s quote!
LOL, oh yes the Jinx and Jangle story! Can’t stop laughing , the “spelling challenged” who could you mean. 🙂
Oh how can I resist that challenge, you are good!!
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There is a very fine line between the act of persuasion and dissuasion, it would appear that I have not crossed it. I am not given to boasting, but in this case it is true…I am good! Spelling challenged, indeed!?! I hope that I am not keeping your creative juices from flowing as you are writing the aforementioned tale. Should you need a wee break, do visit today’s post on Exploring Colour. Ms. Liz has one of Jodi’s paintings amidst other fascinating artists. Thank-you!
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No worries! Sometimes I just need a little push to get the creative juices flowing! 🙂
I will check out her new post, I do like Liz’s blog.
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Well now, let’s see! Motorcycles? Nah!
How about a quilt show, where the money is used to help the poor?
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It’s good you passes on motorcycles, don’t know too much about them! But hmm…quilts, I do know something about them. 😉
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Wonderful! 🙂
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🙂
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Some good suggestions here. I like the idea of cooking disasters. 🙂
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Yes, I knew I would get clever suggestions! Well embarrassing moments I could do a book about , cooking disasters at least isn’t quite as long! LOL! Though embarrassment may be mixed in with them. At least it will be easier than Tippy’s!
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I also love the photo of the frog! Cute! I love reading your short stories so that’s what I want to suggest. Continue writing them.
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He is a popular frog I believe! 🙂
Awh! Thanks. They are fun to write so they will continue. 🙂
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Nothing like a rain shower to make life slow done and serious contemplation take root.
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🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you!
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Always my pleasure!!
xoxoxo
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