Our first Tuesday of July, and the day after our Independence Day here in the States. Welcome to T Stands for Tuesday where we share with friends and a drink related photo in our post.
Here where I live now, I have a front row seat looking over the lake to enjoy lots of firework displays. They started Friday evening, and since I enjoy them it's perfect for me. Amazes me still, how I can sit in my own home and watch fireworks over the lake til I get tired of watching haha Sunday right at dusk the fireworks really began for our 4th celebration, I sat out on the deck for over 2 hours watching. The two homes next to me were shooting them off too so felt like I was in the fireworks. Fun
Hope you had a wonderful long holiday weekend-those of you that celebrate. I didn't get any photos, but I did make us baby back ribs, brats, potato salad, a strawberry jello with tropical fruits-canned, topped with star marshmallows, and a new to me recipe for baked beans-that I will share for our Food Wednesdays. I had posted this recipe awhile back when I was sharing recipes using cast iron pieces. .
Not much new happening, I lost most of my flower seeds do to storms, so only a few came up. I water every other day, and weed a bit and that's about it for gardening, do to the very hot days here. We did get a break during the early part of the weekend, but starting Tuesday we will be in the 100's for several days in a row. This is just going to continue to be a very hot summer for us in the Ozarks. This is a cycle that occurs ever so many years after a rough winter.
I have been waiting for a couple stencils to arrive in my mailbox for the sashiko stitched bags One was damaged that came from England so will be waiting for a replacement, but I did receive another set of stencils over the weekend. Here is a photo of this set, I am liking this artist Pippen. I have an ebook by her as well Now to figure out the best way to mark the fabrics.
I am not big on geometric designs (which most of sashiko is) but I did like a few in this collection. I have a dragonfly stencil that came that I really love, and I ordered one with flowers. So I will have a variety of patterns to use for the bags.
For my drink share this week, I have several to share with you. I found this 6 pack of cans at the local supermarket that has a huge liquor department. Looking for gluten free I found the pineapple-fresh pressed apple cider. I could really taste the pineapple more when I drank it warm instead of cold.
I also bought a bag of this coffee for Larry, a dark roast.
Lake Views
Early Sunrise Sunday Morning
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Larry spotted these geese swimming by Sunday morning too. We have been enjoying the cool mornings and quiet lake-early early. Of course by around 11 am the lake was totally bonkers with boats going every which way on the lake, since Friday. It is the 4th after all-smiles. I have enjoyed watching the neighbors grandchildren playing in the lake and fishing.
Another drink share
This is a dark gluten free beer that I asked my Wisconsin friends to look for-as I can't find any brands close by. This one was really good, I opened up a bottle to simmer the brats in and to take a few swallows Tastes like a good European dark beer I also add water to the pot-simmer for a bit and then turn off the heat and put the lid on for 20 minutes or so before grilling in my cast iron grill pan. Plumps up the brats.
Thank you for visiting-Happy T everyone, and Wednesday is Food Wednesdays this week hope to see you there. If you don't care to share a post, I hope you will stop by and visit all the delicious food posts at the link up
...Kathy enjoy your day, we are off to Tupper Lake in the Adirondack mountain tomorrow to enjoy some lake views.
ReplyDeleteOh that sounds wonderful-enjoy and photos please
DeleteEnjoy the fireworks!
ReplyDeleteI will Happy 4th
DeleteMust be great to watch fireworks over your lake - enjoy(ed)!
ReplyDeleteSad about your flower-seeds.
I like the designs. Oh, and the lake pics - thank you :-)
Tea never goes with sugar here (other than Ingo drinks one....) - happy T-day! Hugs, too.
Hello Iris, same here, no sugar added to teas or coffees. yes I am bummed about less flowers-and I planted allot of them-oh well it is what it is. Yes the fireworks are beautiful over the lake-last night was probably the biggest day as many will drive back later today for work tomorrow Happy T
DeleteThe lake view is simply beautiful. I would love to have a house or an apartment looking over a lake or a river. Hope that you had a fun and great celebration!
ReplyDeletethank you Angie, I am really enjoying the lake views very much. and the lake is pretty quiet except for the summer months. over a river would be lovely too, or an ocean-smiles.
Deletewe didn't go anywhere, and Larry has not been feeling well so he is sleeping and eating this weekend- I have been enjoying the lake views and doing allot of reading
Happy Early T Kathy!!! I'm so glad you enjoy being in the middle of the fireworks.. For me they are an annoyance.. If i wanted fireworks i would go to a firework display.. Instead i have to listen to my neighbors 'cannons' going off til all hours of the night.. Even though there is a ban on fireworks in my area because of the drought.. In this housing development the closest fire department is 8 miles away.. there are no fire hydrants... Just whatever the fire truck tanker can carry.. Everything is BONE dry.. now.. does shooting off fireworks sound like an intelligent thing to do? Our town is putting on a dispay inside the city limits.. AND out at the lake i don't know why they insist on doing it at their home.. When i was a kid we had sparklers ( still love those).. and maybe some firecrackers.. nowadays apparently you can buy cannons.. Crazy! ... Wow! You said fireworks and i heard 'go ahead Deb vent'...lol Happy 4th!and Happy T day! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteVent away haha actually where I am at the lake they are all very respectful-and the fireworks go off at the lake's edge. Last night they didn't start til a bit before dark and it went on just over 2 hours. the new neighbor that is next to our neighbor on the right of us facing the lake-Loves fireworks-he was the last one to stop last night-and he has been shooting them off since thursday haha I always think of all the money they are spending too. but here they don't go on all night-perhaps tonight they will go on longer-but I am thinking most of these people that don't have vacation or live here year round will be going home late this afternoon.
DeleteHello my pal...Happy Fourth of July! Thinking of you in the heat-we are in the 70's and a bit higher with NO humidity. It's absolutely lovely. Nice compared with last summer. Sorry you lost your flower seeds....I will have poppy seeds to share-let me know if you are interested. Love you pen pal!
ReplyDeleteGood morning pen pal-hugs. the weekend started out lovely but we are now headed towards the heat. I would love that no humidity. Yes if you collect poppy seeds in the fall I would love some thank you Happy 4th-Love you too
DeleteHappy Independence Day, Kathy! Of course, it is wild there on the lake, just as it should be. Didn't John Adams say we should celebrate with "bonfires and Illuminations all across the continent?" I always remember on this day, a play my 4th graders wrote and performed for a program. I can still hear some of their lines, "Thomas Jefferson will know just the words to write." Of course they made a big deal about the tax on tea and the throwing of it in the harbor. "We'll show that bloody king a thing or two." (No harm intended here for we love our friends from the U.K.) Now that's a perfect memory for your post today. Hugs from the hill!
ReplyDeleteHugs back-I posted about John Adams in my previous post yes he wanted us to celebrate!
DeleteYes, I just read your post about John Adams, so that's why I mentioned him here. I also meant to say how much I would like some of your jello and MARSHMALLOW fruit salad! Marshmallow stars at that! :~)
DeleteHi Mary, I was thinking of you when I added the marshmallows-this was a bag of red white and blue star marshmallows-how cool is that?? haha
DeleteYes I wanted to bring up John Adams for our Independence Day
You made some delicious food for the holiday weekend and I love jello salad. The marshmallows sound perfect, lots of different drinks you’ve shown us as well, delicious! Take care my friend❤️
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie, Friday morning-I cooked up all the sides so we would have them for the long weekend-I love jello too hugs
DeleteWhat a lovely post you have given us with many drink choices, Kathy.
ReplyDeleteI love the sashiko stencil. The stitches are as I remember seeing one woman who demonstrated the procedure on a Quilting Arts show a few months ago. She used old blue jeans and bits of old jeans she then attached to the full jeans. Her swatches were both blue and black and were intended to be different colors from the whole piece. Her stitches were very precise. She said she had been doing it a long time and now didn't need a stencil, but did when she first started out.
Your lake view is lovely. It's been loud here, too. I heard fireworks in my neighborhood until nearly 3 am this morning. I suspect it will not last as long tonight, since I'm sure some of the people are adults who must go to work tomorrow (like you related). I was surprised because the cost of fireworks has nearly tripled this year, which is causing some stands who use the proceeds as fundraisers (like the boy scouts, etc.), to lose money this year.
That ale sounds good, but it isn't quite dark enough for me (grin). I really MUST try to find cold brew tea bags, since you have warned me to not use regular tea bags to make sun tea. Thanks for sharing your lovely lake photos, your sashiko stencil, and your various drinks with us for T this week, Kathy. See you tomorrow for Food Wednesday, too. Happy July 4th!
Hi Elizabeth, I used to watch quilting arts allot, but now since we moved I don't seem to catch it-I would have enjoyed that show about sashiko stitches, mine for sure will not be super accurate.
DeleteSo glad you are sharing for Food Wednesdays. I was thinking too these firecrackers must be expensive-my neighbors shot them off for over 2 hours straight. Here where I live everyone has been curtious and stop shooting the fireworks around 11 pm which is nice. My neighbors all went home this afternoon.
Happy T hugs
ps yes this was a real dark beer like a stout but had that rich taste to it like dark beer-my husband only drinks beers like a guiness-the original one
DeleteHow nice that you could see the fireworks from where you live on the lake. Your cold brew with lemons looks good. Happy T Day.
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon, yes it is a treat to be able to watch them either on the deck or in the house-today it is almost 100 degrees so if many go off tonight will watch them indoors. Happy T
DeleteYou're lucky you can watch so many firework shows right from your deck. That sounds wonderful. It's been booming here every evening this weekend, but I can't see anything. And the sun on the lake is probably just as pretty as any firework can be. I hope you have a great T day Kathy, and see you for Food Wednesday soon. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI am, we are on the point-which is allot of rough water-but great views. there is a professional fireworks person that lives directly across from-he does some fabulous displays of fireworks. see ya wednesday hugs
DeleteSuch a delightful mix of fun beer, coffee, stencils, tea, and lake pictures - all on my favorite things list! Happy T-day and 4th of July, Kathy! Hugz
ReplyDeleteHi thanks so much Happy T
DeleteThe stencil design on the lower right is beautiful. The image of you with fireworks on both sides has the sense of you giggling. What fun that must have been.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, that is a lot of ducks!
Happy 4th!
It was fun with fireworks on both sides of me-raining fireworks haha
Deletethese were geese-we see this many from time to time
Sounds like you had a really lovely 4th of July weekend with front row seats for the fireworks. I like fireworks too but I got really nervous when we had them in Italy where we lived in the mountains. The bangs echo back and forth and it was scary. I didn't like it. But here I don't mind it. In Holland we have them on New Year's Eve and when I am at my mum's house, we spend hours standing at the window watching the beautiful displays.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you lost so many seeds. What a bummer.
The Sashiko is interesting (I had to look it up). Tell us more when you do some.
Your drinks look nice too. They're making me thirsty.
Happy T-Day,
Hugs,
Lisca
I hadn't thought about the fireworks doing that in the mountains-that would be a bit different for sure. I think the sashiko stitches will be fun to try-something different. Happy T
DeleteSo many geese! Your lake views are wonderful, the perfect place to enjoy nature. Happy T Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteIt is thank you Happy T
DeleteThe fireworks must have been spectacular over the lake. The sunrise photo is gorgeous and the geese look like it's a Monday morning commute. Stay cool and Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteI love that about the geese-smiles
DeleteWatching fireworks over the lake must be really nice! Here, fireworks weren't allowed due to our ongoing severe drought. Of course there still were some idiots who knew better and didn't mind endangering their neighborhood. Some people never learn, I guess. I'm sorry about your seeds - I'm not very good with seeds either (except for poppy seeds). So I leave it to the plants to reseed, being fully aware that the new plants might turn up in a different location, but that's fine. Your weather sounds very stressfull, so many days over 100 F are exhausting. Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteyes over the lake is really nice and we are in the main channel so I can see allot. your right these extreme temperatures are stressful-hugs
DeleteHow lovely to have a free fireworks show! I love fireworks at appropriate times - for us it used to be November 5th but now we seem t have two weeks of random fireworks being set off, which I find really annoying . Sorry about the loss of your flowers - I don't blame you for not doing so much gardening in hot weather! Your cider sounds great! Fabulous lake pics- shame abut he noise. Happy T Day, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteHappy T Chris, yes I love fireworks too at the appropriate time-and they are very respectful here on the lake it stopped around 11:30 om so not bad
DeleteThe patterns on that stencil are lovely. Do you trace the pattern and then stitch over it?
ReplyDeleteYour celebration for the 4th sounds lovely. All that food...Yum!
Happy tea Day,
Kate
thank you Kate, yes I need to trace the patterns on to the cloth-which is always hard for me-finding the right pencil for that--we finally finishing up the food today-yeah haha
Deletebeautiful lake you have there :)
Deletethank you, we are in Lake in the Ozarks Missouri
DeleteThat's too bad about the damaged stencil, it can so easily happen with international mail. I have a couple of stencils somewhere... no idea where lol Look forward to seeing your bags once they are done. Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx
ReplyDeleteyes looks like it got caught in a machine of some sort-but they sent out a replacement right away Happy T
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