Five on Friday #18

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Happy Friday!  Can you believe it’s JUNE????  I’m back with another FIVE THINGs that I liked this week.

On the Net

Here are 4 garden design ideas from the houses of William Shakespeare.  If anything, go check out the article just to see the cute old houses!

Spotted

The track suit trend is coming back. This time, it doesn’t involve velour track suits from Juicy Couture, but instead Adidas Originals.  I recently purchased these pants – perfect for lounging, traveling, and you look sporty chic! They are also in grey or black with pink stripes!

The Kitten Tales

So for the past month or so we have noticed an orange cat hanging out on our back porch. Our own cat and this cat would have stare downs.  I would chase the cat away and it kept coming back.  Then this last week we were rearranging pots on the porch and looked down into the empty one and saw this:

THREE kittens staring up at us! GAH! Scared us at first, at least it wasn’t full of snakes or something. Anyway, since the discovery, we’ve stopped scaring mama cat off.  Well, then later we saw her take one of the kittens out and they were playing.  Then for TWO DAYS we didn’t see the little kitten or the mama cat. We thought maybe the mama cat had died.  It was 105 degrees for two days in a row. We got worried the kittens would die.

We put water and some food in the pot but they left the food alone. They drank some of the water.  Then we did some internet research – oh, kittens these age still drink milk. We took the remaining two cats out of the pot and put them in a box because it was bigger. One of the cats ran out of the box and hid in the rose bushes.  So, off we went, to the store, to get some kitten milk replacement.

We came back… oh no! The cat had abandoned the box.  Thought something ate them already… we had spied a coyote hanging out in the field some 150 yards away.  Well, we looked around and found them! They were sitting against the wall in literally the worst hiding spot ever.  We put them back into the original pot we found them and gave them some kitten milk.  They drank it up in just a few seconds. Poor things! They were starving.  Well, we thought, we didn’t want kittens but I guess we have kittens now.

Then later that night Mama cat returned.  Oh good!  Still haven’t seen the other kitten, but at least mama cat is back.  This morning we saw her go into the pot.  Good to know she is back and taking care of her kittens!

On the Blog

  I was thinking… hmm, what did I write about a year ago? Oh, a review of Pierre Herme, one of the best pastry shops in Paris! If you are a French pastry lover, you need to check out my review here!

Pierre Herme Macaron Review

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If you love pretty gardens, then you need to follow @debbytenquist.  She posts the prettiest pictures of gardens.  I had trouble picking out just a few!


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Thursday Favorite Things Link Party #240

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Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things again! It’s such a delight to have you all join us for our link party every week. I love going through your links… this week I think I must have been HUNGRY when I picked my favorites out as they are all food!

 This copycat Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream recipe from All She Cooks sounds so delicious! I picked this one as it is my Dad’s favorite B&J flavor and maybe he’ll make some for me himself.

This Lemon Blueberry scone shared by Be Fed Again sounds so yummy, I would love this for breakfast tomorrow! Except, I don’t have lemons. or blueberries. 

This patriotic brownie with a pretzel crust from one of our cohostesses, Marilyn’s Treats, sounds so delicious! Don’t you just want to have a few bites?

Ok, life can’t be full of only sweets (or can it?).  This black bean avocado salad shared from Nancy Creative sounds super delicious and it’s super healthy!

AND I thought this DIY metallic polka dot flower pot looked super cute. Visit As The Bunny Hops to see how you can make one of your own too! Wouldn’t this make the perfect little gift, like a hostess gift?

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