Happy Birthday Atticus ~ It is the Hodgepodge

This will be what we will be doing in the next week. I hope! The weather here in Wisconsin has been the usual CrAzY!

Wisconsin has been cold!

23 degrees on Sunday morning. My birdbath water froze!

Next week I will miss the Hodgepodge, I will be planting. And in high hopes our Wisconsin temperatures will begin to warm up.

Here we go for today, May 18th, my son Atticus is 14 today!

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

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1. Tell us about a time you found yourself 'in the middle of nowhere'. Was this deliberate?

I had to chuckle, the first thing that came to my mind was, I grew up in the middle of nowhere. 

In all truth, my husband and I both grew up surrounded by Wisconsin State forest and county land. We had to drive two hours to get to Walmart! 

It is funny now, because I live only 6 miles from a Walmart today. My parents still live "in the middle of nowhere" cell phone service is spotty to none! 

 2. What's something you're 'in the middle of' today or this week? 

Staking out my garden plots.

 3. At what age do you think 'middle age' begins? What does it mean to be 'middle aged'? 

I am not really sure. I have never been a person who cares about age. In fact I forget how old I am! I have always been like that. My dear friend Marv will be 87 in July. He still drives to Texas each November and drives back to Wisconsin in March! I hope to be just like Marv. He does not give a hoot about how old he is, he just keeps doing! I love his attitude.

4. Ravioli, stuffed peppers, samosas, deviled eggs, steamed dumplings, pierogis, or a jelly donut...your favorite food (from this list!) with something yummy in the middle. Your favorite not on the list? 

 My favorite on the list.

Ravioli

My favorite not on the list.

Stuffed Cabbage

5. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying ''In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.' Would you agree? Have you found this to be true in your own life? Feel free to elaborate. 

For those of you who follow The River, know that I will be selling my fresh cut flowers at a farmer market for the first time. For the past two years I had a stand in my front yard with my flowers and some produce. I plan to continue with that as well this summer.

I have always wanted to sell at a market, this year I decided would be the year.

Sadly, when I called our local markets, they did not want me. They have flower vendors from another city come and did not want me to waste my time.

I was discouraged. I even lost my enthusiasm to go on.

But another opportunity was waiting to show it self.
I will be selling my flowers at the Bruce Community Farmer's Market.

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6. What's a song you remember loving from your middle school years? Do you love it still?

 Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper

 Oh my, my friends and I would rock out to this song. 

We had so much fun.

Yes, I still love it, it brings back a lot of fun memories.

7. May 18th is National Visit Your Relatives Day. Will you celebrate? Which relative would you visit if time, distance, and expense were not considered. 

  We do not live close to any relatives. So I will not celebrate.

If I could pick one to visit, time, distance and expense was no worry, I would pick my

 Uncle Paul and Aunt Sally who live in Caldwell, Texas.  

 8. Insert your own random thought here.