Spooky Season Hodgepodge

A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly link-up called Wednesday Hodgepodge that is a little collection of questions for bloggers to answer just for fun and to get to know each other. I always look forward to chatting with friends over coffee, so pour a cup of your favorite and let's visit for a few minutes!

Here are this week's questions - and my answers - for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.

1.  What most recently gave you goose bumps?

 

Goosebumps in a bad way - my husband had a show on a couple days ago and I was kind of watching. It was about a "lucky to be alive" story where this young lady slipped and fell about three stories off the top of a waterfall and somehow survived. She had a go-pro camera on so you can see her perspective looking down at her feet, and the fall and everything. It was horrifying.

But goosebumps in a good way . . . I'm really excited about our chorus competition this week and how we sound at rehearsals and everything. And sometimes the chords really do give me goosebumps! Also last night, some of us had dinner at the rooftop bar in our hotel and the view kind of gave me goosebumps!

 

2. What does Halloween look like in your home and/or neighborhood these days? Do you participate?

I really don't know! We moved into the neighborhood in the summer and have only briefly met a couple of neighbors. Plus I won't be home this week for Halloween or for Trick or Treat night. If I was home, we would have treats ready to hand out to trick or treaters, and it's possible our granddaughter would come trick or treat our neighborhood. Most years I don't really decorate for Halloween other than a few cute ghost or bat themed things or maybe a planter, and even those I tend to go for things that are more generally fall-theme with a nod to Halloween rather than being specifically Halloween.

I could go for a jack-o-lantern like
this one spotted at Franklin Park - the bottom
cut out and hung on a shepherds hook

 

3.  Pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, poppy, chia . . . your favorite seed on the list? What's something you like to make/eat that calls for one of these seeds in the recipe?

 Sesame seeds. My favorite bread to bake is challah, and I put sesame seeds on it. I don't bake it as often but I absolutely love Za'atar bread, and that za'atar spice mix on top contains sesame seeds. And my favorite Asian dish is crispy sesame beef. I like the other seeds on the list too, but sesame seeds are a staple in my pantry and what I eat most often.

challah

za'atar bread

4.  What's the most (or one of the most) 'fall photos' you've ever taken? Share it here. Just one.

 UGH, how do I choose just one?! I'm sure everyone else is saying the same. I think this one that I took at Rocky Fork Metro Park a couple years ago. I LOVE the way the path is completely covered with leaves, but there are still some on the trees so it's not bare and wintery looking yet. 

5.  Somehow we're rolling in to November next week. If your October were a chapter in a book, what would the title of this chapter be?

 I wish I'd time to look at actual chapter titles in classic books and choose one, but I didn't. So I'm keeping with that idea, I think I'll title my chapter "Not Enough Time".

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I'm at the Sing United International Convention and Competition this week (formerly Sweet Adelines - new name, same women's barbershop music!) so I'll pop in from time to time to see what's happening in blogworld and check in with you all. 

See anyone familiar in our rehearsal room
banner? At least I'm not dead center in the photo!

 

On Thursday evening we went to Franklin Park Conservatory with my sister to see the Pumpkins Aglow exhibit so my random thought will include a couple of random photos from that.

What fun things are happening in your world this week? Leave a comment and let me know!

I'm sharing in this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond.

I host the Wednesday Quotes link-up every other Wednesday. Stop by and share a few thoughts and quotes on the current topic here: WQ - Sweet Dreams. I host the Everyday Images photo link-up every other Thursday. And find the Scripture and a Snapshot link-up here every Sunday.

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