Hello November and It is the Hodgepodge

 

Goodbye Autumn leaves... the wind and rain took the last of our leaves.

Hello Friends, it is Wednesday and that means it is time for the Hodgepodge.

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

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1. What is one good thing you often take for granted? 

The freedom of going where I want when I want. I can just hop in our car and go.

2. What's the boldest piece of clothing in your wardrobe? 

 My winter bathrobe, it is grey with bright polka dots.  Hee Hee. 

3. Do you think common interests or common values are the key to people getting along? Elaborate. 

In my life it has been both. I have relationships with people who have different values, yet we have common interests. Those who I am closest with in life, we share interests and values.

4. November 6 is National Nacho Day...do you like nachos? How do you like yours? Do you make them at home or only order out? 

I love nachos! 

We make a chicken nacho board... it is so good. 

Chips

Cheese

Chicken

Black beans and white beans.

Peppers, olives, onions, tomatoes,  and more cheese.

Place in the oven to let it all melt together... yum!

A dash of lime. A dollop of guacamole. A wee bit of sour cream.

 

 5. Have you spent any time in Washington D.C.?  If so what did you think? If not, is that a place you'd like to visit? What do you think about politics as a career choice? 

I have not visited Washington D.C.

I would like to visit.. but at this time it is not high on my places to visit list.

Local leadership is where my husband and I have been dedicating our time. This year we have attended our local monthly Village board meetings.   

I am currently serving on two committees, zoning and the community building. My husband is serving on the library board.

I am not a fan of leaders becoming 'career' politics.

 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

 

 

"The United State of America is a true miracle."

 

 

Trick or Treat

 

Trick or Treat 

We saw this house on our travels through Central Wisconsin.. I took a quick drive by photo. I would have loved to have seen it at night. And a tour inside.

Happy Halloween!

 

Raised Beds, Collecting Seeds and Buttoning Up

 

 

Hello Friends, we started a big project last week. We built a raised bed garden. I am so excited and happy about this, I cannot wait for spring. The photos of the project will be dirt, you will have to use your imagination to see vegetables and flowers.

My husband did most of the work. I helped when he asked me to move something or fetch something. I helped haul some dirt.

In the meantime I collected seeds and started to put our other gardens to bed.

 

French Marigold seed pods. Ready for harvest. 

 

 

The dirt pile! We had dirt hauled in and dumped in our driveway. We used wheelbarrows to move the dirt to the backyard to fill the raised beds.

I helped fill the wheelbarrows. I could not drive them around to the backyard,  that was all Jeremy.

 

 

I put away our birdbaths, planted spring bulbs and cleaned our other gardens. 

Jeremy also built me a tower or obelisk for my climbing rose. And another for a spring planting project I will be doing.

We put a layer of cardboard down, home compost and our brought in dirt into our raised beds. We are still thinking about what we will do for the paths along the raised beds. Pea gravel, straw, wood mulch? That will be a project for 2025. 

And I harvested a few strawberries to add to our fresh salads.