Wednesday, 27 August 2025

C'mon, Perk Up!








25 comments:

Bob said...

That last one is me, definitely.
I do loves me some goth water!!!

sirkkis said...

👍 yes, I drink a cappuccino every morning and just in afternoon a cup of black coffee☕

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Hahahaha
OMG yes. Coffee is just Goth water.

XOXO

Marie Smith said...

Got you on the decaf signal!

Parnassus said...

Hi Debra, Coffee lovers would be disappointed in me. I have had some very fancy types, but actually prefer the cheap instant kind that comes in individual packets. And what ever became of coffee percolators, which used to be the standard for good coffee?
--Jim

Tom said...

...something that I've NEVER been fond of.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Parnassus (Jim) -- Yes, percolators have gone the way of the dodo bird, haven't they!

Yorkshire Pudding said...

Love the surface of that coffee mug and the fact that someone was alert enough to capture a photo of The Coffee Monster's face!

Kathy G said...

I wonder what it says about me that I read this post just after finishing my morning cup.

Boud said...

My niece used to love the smell of coffee and complain it tasted nothing like it!

Richard said...

I miss you. We are occupied and we can't go to see you. A few years ago you sent me some moccasins from Canada. I still have them. I call them Ojibwe style, but for all I know, I don't know. We are really suffering down here. It really sucks to be doing this. I hope you are well. My friend is from Belfast. So she has both UK and Ireland citizenship. We were so happy when her oldest son got Canadian citizenship. But now we are so afraid. The young man will be okay, but what if we can't go to help him? What if she gets detained at the border? She has lived here for 30 years and more but still she only has a green card. It is hard to for us.

whkattk said...

Love these. Especially the squirrel...that one fits today's mood.

Richard said...

I am so scared for them. What if they don't let her back in ? She has lived with us for decades. She's from Belfast and she is a good Irish grandmother. "Just a wee little slip of an old lady" as you could say. She will probably be okay, but it is so scary. We shouldn't have to feel this way. They are going to drive up there to Alberta. That will be no problem. I am worried about her coming back here because she is old, like me. She only has a green card. Because you figure it out. I don't understand. What if I never see my friend again?

Cleora Borealis said...

🫥 Sigh! My procrastination is so severe, I could no longer trust myself to brew some coffee or open a packet or heat up water in time to come alive! I became a pill popper...2 caffeine tablets with my V-8 juice and my liquid yogurt (I can't even bother to pick up a spoon!! 🤪)
My last great cuppajoe was at an expensive hotel that had a Starbucks in the lobby. Each morning: order a mocha latte, open the door when it was delivered to my room, take Starbucks to the bathroom with the TV in it already on to the news, drink coffee in the shower! 😳🥳 I have never been so awake!! 🤩

Travel said...

Iced coffee is the breakfast of aging penguins.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Hi Richard -- So nice to hear from you again, and I'm glad the moccasins are still with you. Yes, these are dark times indeed. I hope your friend has no trouble returning to the USA after traveling. Hopefully her age will persuade the border agents to let her through without a second glance. Good luck to her!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Cleora Borealis -- I had a bad experience with caffeine pills while pulling an all-nighter at law school. Too many of them are not good news! I've never taken another one since.

Leanna said...

Oy! The decaf signal is for real.

Frank said...

We are on the road for some R&R and I can use a good cup of coffee and something sweet to go with it.

DVArtist said...

I had to stop drinking coffee for the last year or so. However, the last 2 weeks I have started drinking it again. Like missing an old friend, coffee. LOL

Soma @ InkTorrents.com said...

The day does not start until I have had my first sip of coffee. Sound advice from Spock.

-Soma

Mary Kirkland said...

I like coffee but drink tea most days.

Frank said...

Been a couple of hours but we finally got a coffee at The Gallup Coffee Company in Gallup, New Mexico. And a huge chunk of cinnamon coffee cake! All because of this post!!!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Frank -- Then this post has served its purpose and my work here is done.

Bill said...

Nothing beats a good cup of coffee in the morning. I love it.