Hello everyone,
Those of you in the States that celebrate Memorial Day-How was your weekend? We do not over celebrate this holiday, but remember the fallen. My husband fought in the Viet Nam war and lost comrades, so it is a weekend to reflect-I think many that fought in wars would feel the same. Although here in the States this the weekend to open up summer for many especially homes on water.
I didn't make anything special this weekend although I did bake us up peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies. I mostly had to be careful as my lower back is still giving me pain-If I was back in Illinois before retirement in '03 I would know who to visit for help-here not so much.
Many of you here on T enjoy gardening and/or visiting gardens. Are you familiar with the online site Dave's Garden? I have visited them on and off over the years and this year decided to sign up for their newsletter. I wanted to share a couple interesting articles.
This first one Legends and Lore Concerning the butterfly is a very interesting read so wanted to share it with you. The article talks about cave paintings with butterflies, Native American lore and more. Also attracting the butterflies to your gardens
Photos from this article
The Hummingbirds Journey If you enjoy the hummingbird or want to learn more I enjoyed this article too
This coming Wednesday will be the first Wednesday of June for Food Wednesdays. We would love it if you joined in or visited the link ups for great food posts. Over the summer we will be posting once a month on the first Wednesday of each month. Hoping you drop by for a visit.
Happy T
Sorry you can't get help for your back nearby, that's not good. The food I make lately is not worth showing, nostly bread and cheese or peanut butter! Have a great T Day, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeletethanks I am hoping my back will straighten itself out eventually. You are welcome to join with photos of your favorite restaurants too-hugs
DeleteThanks for the links to Dave's Garden. I always enjoy learning more about the hummingbirds' journey. There were several little hummers here in my gardens yesterday, so here we go... Take care of that back! I know that is not easy for you!
ReplyDeleteYour welcome I am glad you enjoyed the links the hummers are so sweet-I think we have around 6 or 8 this year
DeleteMemorial Day holds mixed emotions for me. It's the unofficial start of Summer (and thus barbecues, etc.) but it is also a day of sadness. - Anne (Cornucopia)
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, same for us we reflect over the loss of our soldiers this weekend, we rarely had many people over in the past for bbq on Memorial weekend-does feel like a celebration to me at all
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DeleteHi Kathy, baking cookies sounds like amazing comfort food to me. My hubs is allergic to peanut butter so I haven't baked pb cookies in years, and now I'm craving some lol! I won't have any foodie stuff on my blog post this week and I don't know how long the free Mr Linky is open, but I hope I can join in with my June 9th post! ♥
ReplyDeletethanks Rain-wrote you a comment on your post
DeleteBeautiful butterflies! Hope you get well soon, Kathy.
ReplyDeletethank you Angie
DeleteIm sorry to hear your back is troubling you, it’s a miserable thing a sore back. Your photos are lovely, I hope you and your husband have a good day, how ever you choose to celebrate it. We can see the fire works for Memorial Day across the water, we live in a border town, America is just two minutes away. We will think of the sacrifice of these brave men including your husband on this day.
ReplyDeleteThat's fun I always enjoyed fireworks-there is a professional that does it at his lake home right across the lake from me so I have a front row seat when he does it.
Deletethank you Laurie Larry is for veteran's day so I thank you very much. today is honoring our fallen
hugs
See you at Food Wednesdays soon!
ReplyDeleteawesome see you then-hugs
DeleteHappy T day Kathy. Thanks for the link ups. I haven't heard of Dave's Garden and the butterfly article was very interesting. The beauty of gardening is that there is always so much to learn. And try too. That Dave's Garden site seems like it has a lot to offer. I hope you have a fantastic T day . Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteYes Dave's Garden has allot of information on all sorts of topics-they have interactive topics as well Happy T
DeleteHope you find someone to take care of you and yout back! Same here, I had a great doctor, he now only takes private patients and that´s... out of the question.
ReplyDeleteNice butterflies. I planted, but, weee. Tiny balcony only. And the weather... 5C / 41F!!!! At the end of May. Crazy.
So, like you, tea is it!
Happy T-Day and hugs.
Good morning Iris, I think my back is out of alignment but not wanting to drive a long way to find someone. ugh about your cold weather-we had that too most of May Happy T
DeleteI’m sorry to hear that you still have a bad back. I hope it gets better soon. Just take it easy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interesting info from Dave’s Garden.
Peanut butter cookies sound nice. I have never had them. I’ve seen recipes but it’s not easy to find peanut butter here. Sometimes our local supermarket does an American week and then I buy a pot. But that is about once a year. My mum had peanut butter soup the other day. Here cleaner made it for her and she loved it.
Happy T-Day,
Hugs,
Lisca
wow a peanut butter soup sounds interesting, and here in the states we take peanut butter for granted as it's been a staple for years. Many different brands here-I always buy an all natural peanut butter with no additives just peanuts.
DeleteThanks for the garden links. I'm having a cup of black tea, too, not decaf. 😊My dad used to swear by a salve called Tiger Balm. You can find it at CVS and I think at Walmart. Hope you're back feels better. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteYour welcome that site has loads of information. we do keep a tin of tiger balm around mostly for Larry, I forgot about that thank you Happy T
DeleteHi Kathy, I am sorry about your back. It took me 3 years to finally find a doctor to help me with my back. Hope you find someone. Nice info on the butterfly and I really like your mug. Have the best day.
ReplyDeleteThank you we had the best team that helped both of us when we lived in Northern Illinois before retirement. the wife was a medical doctor turned chiropractor and her husband was a massage therapist. she also learned accupuncture too.
DeleteDaves is a great site for garden information.
I enjoyed reading about the butterflies. I plant extra dill every year so the swallowtail caterpillars can chow down on them. I ordered 50 preying mantises one year and most of them died before they could do much good. I saw a lady bug the other day and was overjoyed.
ReplyDeleteYour mug is beautiful. I will have a mug of black tea, but I need all the caffeine, my drug of choice, I can get. Thanks for sharing these links with us and your tea for T this Tuesday, dear Kathy.
Sorry I can't join you fr Food Wednesday this month. I have to introduce a new host at AJJ. Erika, Valerie, and Chris will be doing so, too.
thanks for reminding me-I bought fennel and dill for the caterpillars so need to get that planted. I love preying mantisses so fun to watch them we had them at woods house, bummer you lost yours. I have not had a mug of black tea in a long time so this was good. I discovered on my own that caffeine raises my blood pressure very high and fast so I have to watch that. My husband is like you drinks a whole pot of caffeine in the morning.
Deletewill see you next month for food wednesdays-hugs
Hi Kathy!!! Happy T day!! I plan on coming back and ready some of your articles... I like info on butterflies, garden bugs etc... I like black tea too but mine is usually Lipton decaff black tea.. Great on a cold night.. Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, Dave's is a really good website for all sorts of gardening information. I forgot about Lipton-I do like allot of their teas too
DeleteSorry to hear about your back, I hope your feeling better soon! I enjoyed all your articles especially reading about the hummingbirds as we don't have them over here in the UK and I always love seeing them when we visit America 😀. Wishing you a very Happy T Day! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteThank youm the little hummers are so special to watch. I was washing the dinner dishes and looking out the window a little hummingbird was on the bee balm flowers-Happy T
DeletePeanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies sound so good. You are inspiring me to bake! LOL The photos you shared are beautiful. Happy T Day.
ReplyDeletethank you Sharon, I do love a home baked cookie these both turned out really good Happy T
DeleteSorry to hear of your back problems Kathy, as I have them too, strangely put my back out at the weekend but found something that helped it enormously. Will try and remember to post the details next time. Sorry for my lateness, Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx
ReplyDeleteHi Elle, I would be very interested in knowing what you did to help your back. this has been going on over 2 weeks not-I am out of alignment for sure from my neck down. I do stretch exercises but so far not going back in place.
Deletethank you for dropping by-hugs