Everyday Images #54 January/February

 Hello  Again!  I thought I'd better get this done before things get extra busy around here again!  Remember a couple of weeks ago I did this new photo link up here?  Well, apparently it's time for another one, and here's the link up for this week with the new prompts for the photos:

January/February Prompts - Everyday Images #54 from "A Fresh Cup of Coffee"

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blanket

moon

square

logo

at home (monthly)

on my plate (quarterly)

So here I go!  This is kind of like going on a scavenger hunt, looking for the items to meet the criteria for the prompts.  You are welcome to join in the fun by going to that link above for "Everyday Images #54".  

1.  Blanket

You've seen this set up on our sofa since Christmas time.  The blankets each have a story.

This red and black buffalo plaid flannel blanket was made by my mother many many years ago for our youngest son Scott, when he was probably a young teenager and we lived up north where it was cold and "Grandma" thought he could use a nice warm blanket.  Not only is it made of flannel, but on the back side she attached a thick brown fleecy blanket, to make it like a 'bear rug'.  Actually, that was supposed to be the top, I think.  Anyway, Scott loved his blanket and all the love Grandma put into it. However, when we moved to Florida he didn't need it so much anymore, and so I claimed it to put on the couch in the winter time. Our couch is old, with a very dated upholstery (think mauve and blue flowers), so I now keep a beige slipcover over it and then use accent blankets and pillows to change the colors with the seasons.  The couch is too good still to get rid of, and it's too expensive to have it reupholstered, so this works for me!

The other blanket that you saw on the back of the couch is one that "Santa Claus" brought me for Christmas this year.  (Actually, it was Mrs. Santa Claus, because she does the shopping and knew I would love it!)

I make no apologies for the fact that we take a nap most every afternoon after lunch. It's not a long nap, but long enough to recharge our batteries and keep going for the rest of the day. Because it has been so cold here this winter, this blanket has become my nap blanket:

And I place it over this little flannel blanket, which is over the bedspread, so I don't have pull down the bedspread and remake the bed.  The bear/moose/elk blanket has a fleecy sherpa lining, and it is SO soft and warm and cozy, I sometimes find it difficult to wake up after my allotted 30 minute nap! LOL. And yes, that is my teddy bear...a gift from hubby the last time I was in the hospital.

(BTW, Hubby has his own special "nap blankies", but we'll have to hold that for another time. LOL).

2.  Moon

Here's the last shot of the full moon I took earlier this month, early in the morning when it was "descending" into the trees.

3.  Square

These are individual coasters, which are each squares, and put together make another square. I have been picking these up at our local Ace Hardware store (Yes! They have lovely gift items!) and I like to give them to people as a little gift of encouragement. They cost about the same as a card, but so much more permanent!  Oh, the one that says "She is clothed in Strength..." is mine to keep, since "Strength" was my "One Word" for 2024.  I haven't found one that says anything about wisdom yet, but I am watching for it!

4.  Logo

These are my husband's Tervis insulated glasses.  The UCF one is for his Alma Mater. He graduated from UCF before it was named UCF (University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL). It was originally called FTU, "Florida Technological University", and he was in the charter graduating class. (1970)  They later renamed it to UCF, and he had to get his diploma reprinted to show the new name!  

The other one is for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, which he follows. We don't live too terribly far away from them, about 2 hours drive, but he's never yet been to a game. I hope we can go sometime.

5.  At home (monthly)

I just stepped out on the back porch to take a picture for this category, and was surprised to find "Blackie", our neighborhood kitty, making himself "at home",  sitting in a chair taking an afternoon nap in the sunshine.  Of  course I woke him up and he wanted to run away...

But he stopped and didn't go any further.  I went back inside the house and looked out the window, and saw why he froze...the Sand Hill Cranes had come into the yard and I didn't even know it! I took this picture through the window, so it's not very clear, but that's what's "at home" right now!

6.  On my plate (quarterly)

I know this probably means "what's on my plate", as far as FOOD goes! Or it could mean, "what do you have on your plate, like what kind of stuff are you having to deal with right now?"

Well, I didn't have anything interesting to show you "on my plate" in regards to food...I mean, we're having fish sticks for supper tonight because I'm in a hurry to get to choir practice and I'm writing this post when I should be cooking a good meal! LOL.

So I decided to take a picture of a pretty plate instead! "What's on my plate",...I've been getting the rest of the Christmas/winter dishes and cups put away, and am starting to think Valentine's and springtime in the decor.

This plate was a thrift store purchase a few years ago. I have two dinner plates and a couple of saucers and a vegetable bowl in this pattern.  Isn't it pretty? I love vintage dishes. It's fun to set the table with mix-matched vintage type plates and cups and saucers once in a while...just for the fun of it!

Okay, so that's the "Everyday Images #54 for this week. This was fun to do, and gives you something to blog about when you might be running out of things!  So feel free to join in and link up with the others! Oh, and don't forget to mention Kym's "A Fresh Cup of Coffee" in your post.

Some words of wisdom from God's Word for today:

1 Thessalonians 5:11 says:

"11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."

Be blessed my friends!