A Green Hodgepodge

 

Hi all here I am taking part in 2026 hodgepodge Q & A the questions can be found here:

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/02/hodgepodge-questions-volume-645.html

St. Patrick's Day lands on March 17th. Do you believe in luck? Are there things you do thinking they’ll bring good luck or things you avoid because they're considered bad luck? 

I do believe luck plays a role in our lives; however, I do not do things to bring on good luck, nor do I avoid things because some thing it may be bad luck.

Forest-lime-sage-mint-olive-emerald...what's your favorite shade of green? 

I do like the shade that these answers are written in, I don’t have any idea what the different shades are all called.

In Ireland the meal on this day is often a hearty beef or lamb stew served with colcannon (mashed potato mixed with cabbage and leeks). In the US corned beef and cabbage is the more  with one of these dishes? Baked-fried-roasted-mashed...what's your favorite way to eat a potato?

I don’t celebrate the day, but I do like mashed potato as well as baked or roasted spuds.

What colour of the rainbow best represents your personality/mood today? Tell us why. 

I read this question and couldn’t remember the colours of the rainbow, had to Google it, anyway my colour for today is yellow because it is bright and cheery and that is how I have been feeling lately.

Which 'lucky' quote resonates with you. Elaborate. 

 'Luck is not something you can mention in the presence opoself-made men.' E.B. White 

'Diligence is the mother of good luck." Benjamin Franklin 

'Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.' Seneca 

'Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.' Ralph Waldo Emerson 

I read than I stopped and thought about these quotes and decided on Ben Franklin, why buggered if I know it just feels right.

Insert your own random thought here. 

What is luck? Is it something someone is born with allowing them to glide through life with effortless ease. Does it hide in the cracks where choices are made, showing itself at random times. Often it waits where effort has been waiting for the right time to walk through an unlocked door allowing persistence to win.

I do not think Luck is magic, though it feels that way it’s the meeting of readiness and timing.

A little bit wild, a little bit you.

Share Your World

 

Hi everyone I am taking part in sharing my world again here are this week’s questions and answers, which I found here: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/share-your-world-16th-march/

 

Here are this week’s questions:

Do you wear glasses, and if so, can you remember your first pair?

 

Only for reading since I was around 55yrs old

2. If you were a precious stone, what would best describe you?

 

An opal, it’s Australian looks rough but polishes up nicely

3. At home, do you wear slippers, slipper socks or walk around in bare feet?

 

Bare feet, unless it’s cold then I wear socks

4. How many pillows do you sleep with at night?

 

One is all I need

 

 

 

Getting to know you or me

 

So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here:

https://booomcha.com/2026/01/get-to-know-you-81/

If you could start a business, what would it be?

One that doesn’t involve working as I am lazy

What was your favorite vacation?

Don’t have a favourite vacation, there have been many that I enjoyed

Do you have a hobby? What is it?

Pen-Pals, I have been writing to pen pals   since I was 14, no I don’t still write to the same person but have had many pen-pals over the years, there is one woman I have been writing to for around 38 years.

 

Share my world

 

Hi everyone I am taking part in sharing my world again here are this week’s questions and answers, which I found here:] https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/share-your-world-9th-march/

 

Here are this week’s questions:

What is the worst place you have ever lived in (house, town, caravan, other)?

 

I have only lived in five places and none of them were bad in any way.

Would you like to live in a large property with a big garden or a small cottage in the middle of nowhere?

 

A small cottage in the middle of nowhere with my family nearby.

Do you feel comfortable in a crowd/group of people?

 

Nope don’t like crowds

Do you enjoy your own company?

 

Yes, I prefer my own company and the company of others limited

 

Gratitude:
This one is from Helen.

Sh

 

 

Spring Hodgepodge in Autumn

 

Hi all here I am taking part in 2026 hodgepodge Q & A the questions can be found here:

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/02/hodgepodge-questions-volume-644.html

Are you a naturally trusting person? Is trust built on logic or 'gut instinct'? Does everyone deserve a second chance? Elaborate. 

Yes, over all I do trust people, I go on my gut instinct, and most people deserve a second chance but not everyone.

'Beware the Ides of March'...March 15th on the ancient Roman calendar, these words were made famous by William Shakespeare in his play Julius Caesar.  Caesar was assassinated on March 15th 44 B.C. Have you read any Shakespeare? If so, do you have a favorite? Have you ever been to Rome? 

Nope never read anything by Shakespeare and I have never been to Rome.

Do you like a Caesar salad? If given the choice between a garden/house salad or Caesar which, do you order? Anchovies or no? What's your favorite salad dressing? 

I’m not a salad person

Where do you typically work (or blog if that's easier) at home? Do you have a dedicated home office space? Are you happy with that space?

Yes, I blog at home and yes, I have my computer desk in the lounge room so I can watch TV at the same time if I want to. 

Snow drops, daffodils, lenten roses, crocus, hyacinth, or early tulips...what's your favorite early Spring flower? 

I think I would go with daffodils, but my favourite is carnations

Insert your own random thought here. 

This week’s random thought is this quote I came across, no idea who said it but I like it.

“Relying on external validation to understand your worth is not sustainable. If you depend on people to build you up, you also give them the same power to break you down. You are worthy regardless of their opinion.”

 

 

Getting to know you/me

 

So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here:

https://booomcha.com/2026/01/get-to-know-you-80/

If you woke up tomorrow as a kitchen appliance, which one would you be and why?

A fridge as I like people looking in me

What’s your favorite type of sandwich?

Honey ham and Colby cheese

What do you think your last words will be?

Goodnight, I love you, as I would like to die in my sleep at home

 

Share your world

 

Hi everyone I am taking part in sharing my world again here are this week’s questions and answers, which I found here: https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/share-your-world-2nd-march/

Here are this week’s questions:

Do you forgive and forget or forgive but remember.

I forgive sometimes I forget, sometimes I don’t

If someone has hurt you deeply, do you avoid them, cut them out of your life, or carry on as usual?

 

Distance myself for a while then carry on as usual.

 

If you could be a wild animal, what would that be?

 

An owl, because they are wise and look good

 

What colour are your eyes?

 

Brown