Welcome Kittens & Dawgs! Last month, we went to Blowing Rock North Carolina one Saturday. You may recall I shared a photo of a swan taken on a little city park pond. During our walk around town I came upon this statue of Elliott Daingerfield. I learned from Wikipedia that he was born in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia in the eastern panhandle of my home state but actually raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In the above photo, stands his cottage and studio
I’m joining the Wednesday Hodgepodge community this morning to answer the following six questions posed by our host, Joyce. This is an excellent way to get to know your fellow blogger and you’re invited to play along.
- Describe your 30’s in one sentence. If you’re not yet 30 tell us one thing you hope to accomplish once you hit that particular decade. The decade I found my confidence.
- Is it harder for you to exercise or eat healthy? It’s difficult to stay away from junk food. I love ice cream! Otherwise, I’m fairly good about exercising and eating decently healthy foods.
- June 7th is National VCR Day. Huh? Anyway this reminded me of something I saw on Facebook listing household items we no longer have and the VCR was on it. I couldn’t put my hands on that list, but found another list here of 21 items we all had ten years ago, but which are now obsolete – bookshelves (WHAT!!???), drip coffee makers, alarm clocks, file cabinets, desktop computers, printers, printed phone books, answering machines, fax machines, paper shredders, a Rolodex, CD racks, CD burners, china cabinets, home phones, entertainment consoles, DVD players, calculators, takeout menus, incandescent light bulbs, and cable TV. Your thoughts? How many on the list do you still have? Still use? Hmmm, we actually still have many of these things. I don’t see these things as obsolete. Who on earth determines such things. I get some technologies fall behind and not as reliable as newer whiz-bang stuff but sometimes the old stuff can save your bacon.
- What’s something you see disappearing in the next ten years? Seeing how we aren’t quick to get rid of the so-called obsolete things I’m not sure. I thought sure as the world VCR would completely disappear off the planet but many home still have them and you can get them. Grant it, it’s hard to find them now but they are out there.
- How did you celebrate your birthday this past year? Is that typical? I keep things low-keyed for my birthday. Usually, DH gets me take-out from my favorite Mexican restaurant. I’m not sure if that’s what we did now but I’m certain he did buy dinner for me. I always opt for ice cream over cake. I began doing that years ago after having so many birthdays back to back when the children were home and now it’s just simpler thing to do. Plus, we have a lot of goodies in the house when my birthday hits since I’m a December baby. I don’t like a lot of fuss for the occasion. I prefer quiet celebrations.
- Insert your own random thought here. I’m going to keep my this purrty simple. I thought it would be great fun to share a short playlist of songs based on painters. Songs one and two clearly mentioned the painters in the titles. Tracks three and four inspired by Frida Kahola’s work. Number five Nat King Cole sings about da Vinci’s subject, Mona Lisa. Track six is about Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting and the last selection is from the 1988 mewsical, Goya: A Life in Song. The only song I’ve heard before is the first, the others are introductions. Listen and tell me if you know any of them.
Have a good day and please join me tomorrow for more fun!
X💋X💋, Cathy