Happy Wednesday, friends! Let’s do this!! It’s time for Joyce‘s Wednesday Hodgepodge linkup! Here are this week’s questions with my answers in italics.
1. Many of our earliest presidents created words or expressions widely used today. Teddy Roosevelt is credited with mollycoddle, pack rat, frazzle, and loose cannon…which of those words/phrases currently relates to your life in some way?
HAHA. Pack rat! I will be honest though…this is getting better. I am learning to let things go, and not keep EVERYTHING! It may have taken 40 years, but I guess it is never too late to improve 🙂
2. Have you visited many (or any) of the US Presidents homes, monuments, libraries or related sites? If so what’s been your favorite? Are there any you particularly want to see? Here’s a link to presidential sites listed by state which is kind of fun to read-Presidential Places by State. And since several bloggers who participate in the HP each week live outside the US, here’s a link to Presidential Places Outside the US. Have you seen any of those?
I have been to the Lincoln Memorial, The White House (and seen all presidental paintings, busts, etc.), Washington Monument, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, all in Washington, D.C.; seen the Bush Home at Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport, Maine; and “saw” Barack Obama’s Birthplace – Honolulu, Hawaii. I’m pretty sure I saw all things presidental at the museums while in Washington, D.C. too.
3. February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day…will you celebrate? Given your choice of cherry pie, cherry cobbler, cheesecake with a cherry topping, or black forest cake which would you choose?
No, I will not be celebrating, but if I was, I wouldn’t mind celebrating with a cheesecake with a cherry topping 🙂
4. Last time you worked a puzzle of some kind? Something that had you puzzled recently?
I can’t even remember, but it was probably a crossword or some kind of word puzzle. I haven’t worked on a jigsaw puzzle in a while, and I think it is past time. I need to make that happen. Something that has puzzled me lately? People :/
5. Of the early blooming flowers (January-early March depending on your zone), which one’s your favorite?
snowdrops, lenten roses, pansies, violets, snapdragons, reticulated iris, crocus, winter jasmine
Do you have any of these in your own yard/garden?
My favorite is not listed here: daffodils. I do have some pansies, and I believe crocus, in my yard.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
For those that read last week’s WHP post, and saw that we were narrowing down our “big” trip for this year, well, we have a winner! We’re going to Italy – Venice, Florence, and Rome to be exact! 🙂
