It is a Badlands Hodgepodge

 

Badlands, South Dakota

 

Hello Friends,

It is Wednesday and that means it is time for the Hodgepodge.

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

Click here to join the fun! 

 

 1. April 22nd is Earth Day...what's the most 'out of this world' place on earth you've ever visited? Tell us something about it. 

 We visited the Badlands in South Dakota. In my opinion it is 'out of this world' with unique beauty. 

 

 

I found a flower growing.  

 

 

The colors are always changing in the landscape. 

They call it the land of stone and light.

 

 

2. A favorite quote, verse, or song lyric with the word earth in it? 

 

"The earth laughs in flowers." 

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

 3. What's the most trivial thing about which you have a strong opinion? 

 

I do not like when one mixes our coffee roasts. Ha! 

We purchase different roasts of coffee. I like to just have the french roast be the french roast. There is someone else in this house that will mix the french roast with the dark roast and other roasts. He makes up his own roast I guess. 

Ha!

 4. What's your most commonly used kitchen utensil or tool? What's the last thing you made using that tool? 

The strainer. I use a strainer just about everyday.

I strained tuna to make a tuna sandwich for lunch.

 

5. Marilyn (Memphis Bridges) gave me a great book of 3000 questions, and I'm going to try to use one in our Hodgepodge every week. Here is today's - 

What is your greatest extravagance? 

 

Plants!! 

Seeds!!

Gardening gear!!

 

 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks GO!

Christopher Morley

 

Knock - Knock

 

Hello Friends,

Thursday of last week there was a knock at the front door. It was our local police. Hmmm, I wondered what was going on. I opened the door and he asked if I called in a complaint about our backyard neighbor. 

No, I did not. 

He went on to share that someone called in a complaint about all the garbage, vehicles and stuff that is piled everywhere, but did not leave their name. 

 Hmmm, I shared with him, our backyard is fenced in, but I can see through the fence and yes I do see the "collection of items".  But we did not call. 

He shared that they were asked to clean up the yard last summer by the leadership of the village. 

Hmmm, the memo must of gotten lost in the mail, because instead of cleaning up they added to the collection.  

He asked me who might have called in? 

I said most of us have put fence up so we do not need to see the disaster that has taken several years to make.  And that most of our neighbors that do have a relationship with each other have decided it no longer pays to call to complain because nothing gets done about it anyway. And we do not want to get on the bad side of this neighbor, because he already had some words with a different neighbor across the street. 

I think this surprised him, because he said, we are here to help.

I know you are I said. 

He was a young police officer, reminded me of our military son, eager to help.

He told me he hopes the village will enforce the ordinance.  

And he left. 

Hmmm,  I closed the door. Will the village enforce the ordinance?   

To Be Continued...

 

Note: I usually do not share the ugly stuff around my neck of the woods. Our neighborhood is fairly nice, we do have neighbors who help us without even asking.

I usually am an optimistic person, but with this matter I am rather discouraged.  How do you get someone to move piles of trash? Two campers, six cars, washing machines, freezers and refrigerators. This collection has been on going for several years. And earlier complaints go on deaf ears.

Does your community have a way to deal with such things, or do they pretend not to see and hear? 

 

 

 

Where We Left Off

 

Where we left off was episode 11 of the 52ish Day Datn' ... 

so here we go with episode 12.

Episode 12

We attended a choral concert at a local church. It was a beautiful evening enjoying local musical talent.

We captured a photo of one of the beautiful stained glass windows as we left the concert.

Episode 13 

Episode 13 started with a walk along the Red Cedar River. It was a beautiful spring afternoon. 

 

 

We returned home from our walk along the river and started in on the kitchen dance.

We worked together making dinner.

We made a Dubliner

&

Fresh Roasted Pepper Tomato Soup 

Not Wisconsin Cheese ... but oh so good!

 

We finished this day date with our favorite ice cream.

His & Hers

I am the Mint Chocolate Chip and he is the Really Reese's.  

 

 Episode #14

On the road we went for this Day Datn' trip.

We headed to Colfax, Wisconsin to explore another section of the Red Cedar River.

Red Cedar Preserve and Recreation Area

 

We enjoyed a two mile hike along the banks of the Red Cedar River. We saw several ducks, geese and swans. We enjoyed the area and we know we will be coming back to do this hike again in all the seasons.

 

 We decided to drive into the community of Colfax before heading for home. We are glad we did. We found more places we want to explore. I have a feeling Colfax will be another episode of 52ish Day Datn'.

To be continued....