High Water and it is the Hodgepodge

 

Hello Friends,

Wisconsin has received rain and lots of it in some areas making our rivers swell.  

It is Wednesday and it is time for the Hodgepodge.

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions

 1. Are you feeling more reset, restart, or full speed ahead as we move into May? Tell us why. 

 It is full speed ahead as we move into the month of May. May is always a busy month here with garden planting, spring projects, birthdays, our wedding anniversary and Mother's Day too.

  2. Painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, cinema, theatre, music...what's your favorite form of art? Elaborate.  

Oh this is a hard question for me to answer, I love, love so many forms of art.

If I have to pick just one to take with me to an island, I can only pick one. I will pick literature. I enjoy reading. I will bring a big chest of books with me to the island. 

  3. What time is dinner at your house? How do you feel about leftovers? 

We try to eat before 7 pm.

High Fives in this house for leftovers!! 

 4.What's the last thing you fell down a rabbit hole investigating? 

I have not watched it yet, but I read a few thoughts from those who did.

 Love Story ~ John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette

 Did you watch it?

I fell down a rabbit hole of looking at the fashion of the Kennedy's.   

 

5. And now for a question from the book Marilyn (Memphis Bridges) gave me...

At what are you 'self-taught?' 

I am 'self -taught' at cutting hair. After we got married my husband asked me to start cutting his hair. I had no idea what I was doing, but I did it. I continue to cut his hair today. I also cut our kiddos hair when they were growing up.

  6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.

Laura Ingalls Wilder 

Mini Flowers

 

 

Hello Friends,

We have spring blooms outside and inside. All of the blooms that I am sharing are mini blooms.  I love the petite bouquets I can create using these mini flowers.

Above I used mini daffodils, squill and tansy greens to create a petite bouquet. 

 

 

This is my second year of owning this orchid and it is the second year that it is blooming for me. My mom was gifted the orchid and asked me if I wanted it after she enjoyed it for awhile.  I killed the last orchid I had, so I was a bit nervous taking over the stewardship of this sweet orchid.

The flowers are small on this variety of orchid.

 I love how long the bloom lasts. 

 

A bit of squill and spring greens.

 

Happy Spring Flowers!!

 ♥

 Carla

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.

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 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