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Poppies, Dinners, and Baseball

Hello friends and happy T-day!

I usually start my Tuesday posts with a drink and finish with a bit of art, but today I am switching it up. 

First up is some art done for a black/white and red challenge and a challenge involving a picture of poppies.  My black watercolor was running out so I ended up with a lot of gray in my painting, but I still think it came out well.  The sentiment and birds are from Close to My Heart

We had two dinners at work last week.  We had some great appetizers at one.  The shrimp appetizer was so good that I ordered it for dinner too. 

Here is a picture of two of my smiling co-workers and my after dinner coffee. These pictures are my ticket to Elizabeth's T-day party. She has a lovely post about Tea this week.  I went with coffee and water. 

The other dinner was an awards dinner with a lovely buffet, but I forgot to take any pictures. I was part of a group of four managers that came up with an innovative way to motivate and evaluate our teammembers.  We were pretty excited about the process, but even more excited when we won the Internal Disruption award (it is award for breaking out of the norm and finding innovative ways to solve challenges).  Isn't this the prettiest award?

The rest of the week was spent at baseball games watching our 3 Grandsons.  We attended 7 of their 12 baseball games (in 5 different cities) over a 4 day period.  It is tough having 3 of them all on different teams during tournament season.  Super fun though!

Wishing a great week for us all!

Hugz,

Nancy






Comments

  1. Iris FlaviaMay 2, 2023 at 3:49 AM

    Poppies are my absolute fav flowers! I still have an empty sachet of them a friend presented me with right here at my PC - yours is wonderful!
    LOL. I so can imagine you ordered that appetizer twice!
    As well as the dream of teeth falling out - had that often, too!

    Yay to fun with colleagues.
    I still work at home (that is OK!)

    LOL, this word always makes me laugh, "evaluate"! I used it in German for an application and my Brother said, "no one says that or understands this!!"
    He´s an optometrist. And goldsmith.
    I read that word often and always think of him hence!
    To innovation!! And sport and all the action, hugz!

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  2. Mae TravelsMay 2, 2023 at 4:01 AM

    Congratulations on winning an award -- sounds as if you applied your creativity outside of the usual spaces.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  3. kathyinozarksMay 2, 2023 at 6:24 AM

    Good morning , sounds like a nice week. congrats on your award-very pretty too. Loved your painting. Those shrimp look so delicious too Hugs Happy T

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  4. Divers and SundryMay 2, 2023 at 7:22 AM

    Congratulations on winning the award! The ball games sound like they keep you busy. Fun :) Happy T Tuesday

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  5. Empire of the CatMay 2, 2023 at 7:37 AM

    Hi Nancy, congratulations of your award, it is very pretty too. Hope you can find somewhere to display it, it's too nice not to. I love your field of poppies too. I like to mix up my own black watercolour when I don't have any. Ultramarine and burnt umber make a great black. Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx

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  6. Carola BartzMay 2, 2023 at 3:05 PM

    You made such a lovely card, Nancy! It is very very beautiful. Lovely dinner as well - I love shrimp! And congratulations on winning that award, that is a wonderful accomplishment.

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  7. Bleubeard and ElizabethMay 2, 2023 at 5:40 PM

    I love the card. It is beautiful. And the poppies are one of my favorite flowers, even though I can't seem to get them to grow here.

    I love shrimp any way it's fixed. I can understand why you got it as an appetizer and a main dish.

    What an HONOR to win that award. It is lovely and personalized, too. I hope you aren't burnt out on baseball by the time the season is over.

    Nice you had such fun meals this week and the coffee and water really ended the meal nicely. Thanks for sharing your card, your award, your meal, and your coffee with us for T this Tuesday, dear Nancy.



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  8. Christine AlexanderMay 2, 2023 at 8:17 PM

    Beautiful field of poppies, the mix of gray is perfect and wow those shrimp look amazing :)

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  9. AnonymousMay 3, 2023 at 8:08 AM

    Nancy your award is the best I’ve seen, congratulations. Your artwork is beautiful, I love the poppies. I must admit we have two starters when we are over in San Francisco as that’s as much as we can eat nowadays
    Happy belated T Day. Jan S

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  10. LiscaMay 3, 2023 at 2:11 PM

    Your card is beautiful!
    Congratulations for winning that award. Yes, the actual award is very pretty.
    Those shrimp look delicious. (even after looking at Erika's lobster roll, lol.)
    Belated happy T-Day,
    Lisca

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  11. *Vicki*May 3, 2023 at 3:38 PM

    Wow, the poppies painting is just gorgeous Nancy! Love the birds and pretty sentiment with it! The meal and company look fabulous! Congrats on the award!!

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  12. pearshapedcraftingMay 4, 2023 at 3:09 PM

    Wow Nancy your painting is amazing! Congratulations on winning the award! Belated Happy T Day, Chrisx

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