About The River

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Summer Days and it is the Hodgepodge

 

Our favorite Northern Wisconsin lake to paddle and fish.

 

Hello Friends, Happy August and let us soak in the last days of summer.

It is Wednesday and it is time for the Hodgepodge.

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

Click here to join the fun! 

 

 1. The midpoint of summer (believe it or not) is August 7th. Describe a perfect summer day. Have you had one this year? 

Yes, I have a few perfect summer days. 

In June, I went to a baseball game with my family. It was a beautiful summer afternoon for a baseball game.

The first weekend of August I spent with my family.

We fished on our favorite Northern Wisconsin lake. It was a bottle up summer day.

My dad commented, "it was perfect out on the lake." 

And it was. 


2. What's one thing you wish you knew before starting high school? 

When I was a freshman in high school, the senior class had some MEAN girls. I was lucky that my neighbor girl and friend,  was a junior and she was a tough cookie. As long as I had Paulette as my friend, those senior girls left me along. Not so for my friend Tracy. Those girls got her one day after class. 

I wish I would have known how mean some girls could be... this group was down right nasty, pull your hair, dump your books out of your arms and more. 


Me with my fishing gear. The only nasty thing while fishing was the mean old flies. Do you spy the big one on my pant leg. 

3. What's something that bothers you if it's not done perfectly? 

The way I make our bed. I like it just so. 

4. What's the most overrated food you're convinced people are just pretending to enjoy? What's a trendy food you actually do enjoy and would say is definitely not overrated? 

I do not know what food is overrated right now. All my blog friends will have to fill me in on this question. If we are talking about cottage cheese, I do enjoy cottage cheese. My husband and I love a bowl of cottage cheese with fruit, peaches are one of our favorites to mix in our cottage cheese. 

 

5. Wrapping it up this week with five fun this or thats...

personal stylist or personal chef? personal stylist
dance like nobody's watching or sing like nobody's listening? sing like nobody's listening
unlimited tacos or free pizza? pizza
bookshelf organization-by size or by genre? genre
ten minutes late or ten minutes early? ten minutes early

 6. Insert your own random thought here. 

A few more photos of a perfect summer's day... 






Monday, August 4, 2025

Joy List Monday

 

Joy List Monday

♥ a weekly ritual 

a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day

 ♥ sun-tea ... and a flower petal landing on the lid of the jar

 ♥ late summer bug song

 ♥ fresh tomatoes from the garden

 ♥ sunsets

 ♥ watching the moon rise

Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile.

 ♥

Carla