I’m an optimist hodgepodge Q&A & WSC artist penned songs
This is week 20 of WSC. Mary’s three prompts this week is to pick songs written by Barry Gibb, Prince, and Ed Sheeran. No need for the mid-week blues, when we can rock it!
SecondHandSongs reports Gibb has solo penned or collaborated with his brothers more than 150 song titles. I don’t know how accurate that it but scrolling through the list my eyes instantly fell on one of my favorite songs released in 1977, the #3 Billboard Hot 100, Emotion by Samantha Sang. The authors of these prompts are well established vocalist so I decided to find songs written by but sung by another artist. I turned to SHS again to look through the 130+ songs Prince had written. I learned that he and Stevie Nicks wrote the 1983 Billboard Hot 100 #5 title Stand Back. Although Ed Sheeran is explosive in the music industry these days, I still am not too familiar with his stuff. Much of his songs he’s recorded but I found it very interesting to see one of his songs home town boy, Kenny Chesney recorded in 2019. Hot 100 #73 Tip of My Tongue. Hit play to listen to my WSC picks!
Here are my responses to Joyce’s Wednesday Hodgepodge questions this week.
1. Realist, idealist, optimist, pessimist…which one are you? Elaborate. I feel I’m more of an optimist than anything. I’d rather to see the good in any situation, even when it’s not realistic.
2. What’s something currently on your wish list? A new-to-me house. This has been on my wish list for more than three decades. After the birth of our second child, we both realized we needed more space but we couldn’t afford to upgrade. We still need more space and now the house is empty we can afford to upgrade. Now to find the ideal place within our budget. This is quite the challenge.
3. Three things on this week’s shopping list? Almond milk, cream cheese, and eggs. All three were on my store list last week but they were out of the almond milk and cream cheese. The eggs they had but the delivery guy didn’t bring them.
4. According to Trip Advisor here’s a list of the top ten things to do in the US this summer- Chicago Architecture River Cruise, Skip the Line Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Tour, New York In A Day guided sightseeing tour, Charleston’s Old South Historic Horse and Carriage tour, Grand Canyon helicopter tour, Full day iconic sights of LA, Beverly Hills, Beaches and more, D.C. at Dusk guided night tour, Beneath the Streets Underground History tour (Seattle), New Orleans Swamp and Bayou Boat tour, Gangsters and Ghosts tour in Chicago…read more about each excursion in the link here. Of the ten attractions listed which do you find most appealing? Have you already experienced anything on this list? I would love to visit Ellis Island to see the Statue of Liberty and to tour Charleston by horse drawn carriage would be super cool!
5. Besides home and work where do you spend the most time? In the car. When we can we will take a long drive, through the mountains or along some back road near home. It’s good to get out. We’re reconsidering vacationing this year and may try to book something for after Labor Day which has me super charged!
6. Insert your own random thought here. Starting today, I am going to use Joyce’s random question spot to highlight what’s going on with my A2Z Road Trip every week or just whenever I want to share but just because I’m not saying anything doesn’t mean I’m not out there traveling the super highway to catch up with you. 😉
To date, I managed to get a few bloggers all caught up before April ended or shortly after. These are the lucky ones so far: RamblinwithAM, Crackerberries, FromThisSideofthePond, Incognitus Scriptor, JingleJangleJungle, Mike’sRamblings, TheSoundofOneHandTyping, and TossingItOut. I’m working on others and you know that I have because I do leave comments. Please continue to be patient with me.
On the sketching front, I used Procreate to draw a Looney Tunes A2Z Road Trip design to use for my post banner. I used Pixelmator later to add a vintage filter which makes me think of not only the good old days but anything that has to do with traveling in days gone by.
On how I’m pacing myself, I created a Numbers (Mac’s equivalent to Microsoft Excel) chart to keep up with all visitors who stopped by, as well as which posts of each blogger I did returns on last month. In the days since the challenge ended, I discovered a few I forgot to make notations, as well I’m finding people I didn’t add. Everyone is is being placed on my chart and regardless if they commented on all 26 of my posts, I will read all of theirs.
Why reflection posts are important or at least to me… some of y’all haven’t written your reflection post. It’s really a nice touch especially if the blogger includes a list of their A2Z posts. That makes hopping from entry to entry quicker. This drives more traffic to your site and it keeps people on your blog longer. It’s just food for thought, folks. I know when I first started the annual event I didn’t understand the importance of Reflections post but it has a valuable purpose. Now to get the Road Trip perfected which has been a weakness of mine in past years but not this time around.
A few weeks ago, I brought Foghorn Leghorn to life using my Procreate app and even created a greeting card for my son’s birthday. I did the same thing for DD2’s birthday last week using my Kiss Me Cat pencil sketch. Here’s the original Procreate illustration and below, you’ll find another greeting card for your use to download.
Tip for printing, the text on the inside is upside down for those who have a printer that can print both sides automatically. If your printer doesn’t have this feature then you can manipulate the paper manually to get the same results. I’d do a test print using black and white draft quality until you figure it out.
You’re invite to join the party where just about anything goes with Wild Wednesday link up. Not to worry, folks. This is all clean fun. It’s just a fun way to promote whatever post you want today, so get wild! Chances are favorable I’ll be back in tomorrow to join Rain’s art date and I hope you’ll stop in with your morning coffee. Have a wonderful day! X💋X💋, Cathy
I’m linking with these Wordless Wednesday Communities… Sandee, Natasha, Marie, & Wordless Wednesday!
25 Comments
Natasha
Cathy darling, I put an Indian song about the mountains. You may like to listen to that. How have you been my darling friend?
Biggest hugs.
I love your art and music always.<3 <3
Have a fun weekend.
Veronica Lee
I enjoyed reading your answers, Cathy. Emotion is a great song!
Kirstin
I’m not sure where you live, but here on the west coast it seems like house are going to for so much, and people are offering way above market value.My daughter and son in law are currently looking at homes. Loved the rest of your answers too.
Cathy Kennedy
Kirstin,
I’m in east Tennessee. We’re getting an influx of newcomers from higher income locales pushing the market value upward. These people will offer more than the list price. I can’t blame the seller for wanting to get premium dollars for their home but the tide will turn and these folks who have their home jacked sky high might come up empty handed. It’s all a matter of timing. I know God will open our eyes to the right place and everything will fall into order as only He can do. Thanks for dropping in for a visit. 😉
messymimi's meanderings
Love the post. If you go to NOLA, tour the swamps, or come up to the Atchafalaya area. It’s an astounding ecosystem.
15andmeowing
Nice song choices. I like the card you made. I hope you get the perfect house soon.XO
Cathy Kennedy
Me, too, Ellen! Thanks for visiting. 😉
Arlee Bird
The main travel destinations for me this summer are to see my kids and grandkids in NJ and then have bit of a family reunion in Townsend TN. If I see any sights along the way then that will be a bonus, but for me at the present time seeing family is foremost on my list.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Cathy Kennedy
Lee,
I totally get you wanting to spend time with your family. I know it’s hard to be so far away from those you love. We hope to take a vacation to New England after Labor Day if all goes well with the pandemic restrictions lifting and if everything else falls into place. Maybe, we’ll get a chance to see our daughter who lives in Maine. That would be awesome! 🙂
Birgit
First-love Porky and Sylvester in the jalopy..they did a few cartoons with them usually Sylvester saw things and Porky was oblivious. I also just adore the card you made for your son. You captured the love and sweetness of the bulldog and the little kitty. I believe I am a Optimistic realist but my hubby is a pessimistic realist…can you imagine my home on occasion :). I would love to have my bathroom done. Thankfully we have another one but I have to climb the stairs in the middle of the night and it is never fun. If I travel to the States, I would like to see Ellis Island since I think my grandfather went through here. I do like ghost walks also. I walk around my neighbourhood and look at the beautiful garden my hubby has created.
Cathy Kennedy
Birgit,
I had forgotten how Sylvester always saw the strange stuff and Porky Pig was like you’re being silly. lol We hope to avoid stairs in our next home. The only ones we have in this place is coming into the house. It’s only three or four but that will feel like a dozen when we’re 80 or 90. Plus, it’s a devil trying to get anything into the house! We want one level living area with the possibility of a basement for storage if possible. That would be wonderful. It’s really difficult finding what we want. I told DH even if had oodles of money it would still be just as difficult because I look at some of these places that well out of our range and I’m like it has stairs or the lot is hilly or something else. It’s just crazy!
Mary B
Excellent song choices! I thought about using Emotion as well, but was trying to stay away from collaborations with my picks. Thanks for playing!
Cathy Kennedy
Mary,
Ahhh, I see we differed in that way then. I didn’t realize that.
Sandee
Yes it’s only Wednesday. Cute.
I’m an optimist too. Why look for the negative in things. It’s such a waste of time.
Love that video. I remember that back in the day. Beautiful.
I. LOVE. YOUR. SKETCHES. Beautiful. You’re so talented.
Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
Cathy Kennedy
Sandee,
Ahhh, thanks! Yeah, I’m with you why look for the negative? I’d rather see the good in everything. 🙂
Kathe W.
Darling road trip drawings! I am an optimist for sure! I look for the pluses not the minuses!
Cathy Kennedy
Kathe,
Good for you on being a sunny kind of gal!
Mary
Emotion: Such a GREAT Song!!!! Ed Sheeran…can’t get enough of him! 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
Mary,
Ed Sheeran is immensely popular these days, isn’t he? Emotion is a great song!
csuhpat1
Loved your answers and a great song. Thanks for sharing both with us,
Cathy Kennedy
Patrick,
So happy you stopped by and I’m glad you enjoyed the Q&A and music. 🙂
Brian
Those were really good answers and we love the road trip art too!
Cathy Kennedy
Brian,
I’m happy you joined me for the road trip and Q&A. Have a good evening, furriend!
jodaley
Hi Cathy…your Hodgepodge link isn’t working correctly. It is taking readers to the A-Z page as opposed to your blog. I tried to edit the link for you, but am not having any luck. Perhaps you can edit from your end?
Cathy Kennedy
Hey Joyce,
Are you talking about my hodgepodge link to your site in my post? If so, I checked it and it works fine. But, if I messed up my URL on your linky then I can’t edit that. I did come over to your place and clicked on me. It takes me to my Home page, not to the direct post link so I included that in comments. If it’s something else let me know. Sorry for the inconvenience!