Last August Hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/08/hodgepodge-questions-volume-668.html

 

1. How do you feel about the transition from lazy summer days to a busier fall routine? 

Well, I am going from a coldish winter to a warm spring going from slow and lazy days to quicker and more busy days and I like that

2. Your favorite cookie? 

Macadamian and white choc chips

3. What's something you've learned from a culture different than your own? 

I don’t think I have ever learnt anything from a different culture

4. Food critic, film critic, book critic, art critic...which hat would you most like to wear? Tell us why. 

I think I would choose book critic as I love to read

5. What's a small, random thing from your childhood that you still remember clearly? 

The first thing that came to mind was sitting on dad’s shoulders while walking home from somewhere

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

Many say that mastering self-validation is the key in freedom from people pleasing. When you’ve learned to accept and affirm your own worth, no comments or perception of others can break you. They may say their opinions about you, but you can stand on your truth unbothered and blooming. I think this may be right.

Friendly Fill-Ins

 

Each week Ellen of 15andmeowing and Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs, provide Friendly Fill-in questions.

───── ⋆⋅Here are this week’s phrases⋅⋆ ─────

1. All sorts of random stuff sparks my creativity.
2. Doing anything can zap my energy.
3. My dream life would have always been the one I have.
4. Chocking on nothing causing me to cough so much I bend over and hit my head is the silliest way I’ve injured myself.

 

Getting too know you

 

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So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here: https://booomcha.com/2026/07/get-to-know-you-102/

 

1. What’s a small comfort you rely on more than you admit?

Non-slip socks

2. What’s the most random thing you’ve learned lately?

I don’t know but there would be something

3. What’s a small thing you wish people appreciated more?

The quiet of the start of the day

A Flying Hodgepodge

 

Hi everyone, here is the latest hodgepodge

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2026/08/hodgepodge-questions-volume-667.html

1. August 19th is National Aviation Day...do you like to fly? Last time you were on an airplane? The date is chosen in honour of the history and development of aviation and celebrated on the birthday of Orville Wright. Have you ever been to the Kitty Hawk area of North Carolina? The city of Dayton in Ohio (their birthplace)

Yes I love to fly but it has been a long time since I have, since I am in Australia no chance of me going to the Kitty Hawk area

2. In what area of your life do you tend to 'wing it'? Is this an area you should be winging? 

Pretty much everything, winging it is just how I live

3. A favorite book, song, or movie that relates to flight in some way?   

Can’t think of anything

4. Soft serve, gelato, sherbet, frozen yogurt, or good old fashioned ice cream...what's your pleasure? Your favorite flavour? How often do you indulge? 

I like soft serve with chocolate coating

Ice cream I have at home I like chocolate best and I prefer the Bulla brand.

5. I never get tired of living and feeling loved and appreciated

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Life is better when you don’t feel the need to people please and can feel comfortable saying NO to a request if you don’t have the time or you don’t really want to. Saying NO isn’t something I find easier to do.

Sharing 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/2026/08/17/share-your-world-10th-august-2026/

 

 

Here are this week’s questions:

1.  What was your favourite TV show as a kid?

Little House on the Prairie

 

2.  Do you have a favourite ‘tipple’? (alcoholic drink, or something when you are out for a meal etc)

Nope

 

3.  Is there a movie you can watch again and again and still enjoy?

Any of the Clint Eastwood’s westerns

 

4.  Did you have a favourite toy as a child? Or perhaps one you wanted and never got?

 

I had a soft blue doll with a porcelain face I often broke, I also had a small blue koloa that I loved.

 

Gratitude:

 

 

 

Friendly Fill-Ins

 

Each week Ellen of 15andmeowing and Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs, provide Friendly Fill-in questions.

───── ⋆⋅Here are this week’s phrases⋅⋆ ─────

The older I get, the less bothered I get.

I frequent forget what day it is.

Back in my day, we didn’t have lockers at school.

I am cold during these last few weeks of summer, because it is winter here

 

 

 

Getting to know me

So here I am answering more getting to know you/me, these questions come from Kymber found here: https://booomcha.com/2026/07/get-to-know-you-101’/

1. What everyday thing feels like a tiny luxury to you?

Each day I put my feet up and close my eyes and it always feels like a luxury

2. What’s the most random thing you’ve kept for sentimental reasons?

An empty wooden box a bit smaller than a shoe box just because it was dads.

3. What’s a hobby you’d try if someone handed you everything you needed?

I can’t think of a damn thing, I guess some kind of craft