Jo has worked on some more questions for us to answer for Hodgepodge Wednesday. Want to join in the fun?
1. What’s your earliest memory?
With this old brain this is a tough one for me. I seem to remember being in front of a wonderful bakery with cookies displayed, a Jewish Bakery, in East Los Angeles. Bakeries always draw me in and that brings me to my biggest first world problem!!
We moved from East Los Angeles to Montebello Gardens soon afterwards and most of my ‘early’ memories are connected with that property. I remember things like an incinerator in the back yard. A cement slab where our new family room would be built where we played jacks for hours. Our first black and white TV, watching Engineer Bill, Chucko the Birthday Clown, Ed Sullivan, The Mickey Mouse Club, and other Disney shows that included the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew? The only books we owned were Bibles and Encyclopedia Britannica. I remember having to sit for what seemed to me hours in front of a bowl of borsch, not wanting to eat it, after everyone else had left the table. Stopping by the seed man after ‘Big Church’ to buy packets of ‘plain’ sunflower seeds that came in brown paper packets and pumpkin seeds that came in clearer paper packets.
I better stop there, you really got my old brain going.
2. What’s something about you today that the old you would find surprising?
The old me would be surprised that I moved away from the Southern California Beaches to Washington State and now I’ve left the city girl life for the country far far away from the coastal beaches!
3. Do you like to fish? Are you a fish eater? Favorite fish (to eat)? Favorite way to prepare fish?
You know, I’m not a fan of fish unless it’s Fish and Chips or fish tacos!
4. What’s your biggest first world problem?
Keeping that bakery weight off is my biggest first world problem!
5. What one word would you use to describe your year thus far?
Sanctifying. Growing in the Word of God, the work of the Holy Spirit and fellowship of Believers. This is a life long process that got sharpened this year after Greg’s stroke last November and the state of our world.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
We got rain on Tuesday and what a wonderful sound that was to wake up to. We’ve had such oppressive smoke filled skies because of fires and the rain should help. Hopefully the rain will fall on all the fires in the region and help the Fire Fighters with their seemingly endless task!
Another good day to stay in and make a dent in the sky of this puzzle!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…sweet treats and so is the rain.
Thanks for sharing a hodgepodge of delightful things!
The caked goods look yummy. I like your castle puzzle.
I am so glad you had some rain, to help clear up the wildfire smoke.
Take care, have a great day!
You know, I too enjoy fish tacos but I feel like I don’t get them often enough.
Hope you got enough rain to clear up the smoke. Love your puzzle.
Have a great day!
Beautiful puzzle. We are currently working on a Fred Swan design titled “Pie Apples” — a gorgeous autumn scene.
Glad to hear you’ve had some rain. The air quality with the smoke is so bad. It’s even affected us here on the other side of the country, but we have had lots of rain this summer. It feels like too much, but God knows …
Those bakery goods look amazing. Some of my childhood memories (but not the earliest ones) involve bakery cookies too.
Those bakery goods look yummy. I am intrigued by the one on the bottom left in the second picture. It looks like a big sausage with dough around. It looks like a giant pig in a blanket! What is it?
Good morning. You are right, it is a sausage roll. Part of an Afternoon English Tea. Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!
That does look like a hard puzzle.
Oh my all those treats sure look good!
The smoke has been so horrible, and the rain so very welcome! I enjoyed all your memories! It is amazing when we start to wander down memory lane what comes back to mind! I agree, your “first world problem” is indeed ours also, hard to say no to all the sugar and salty things! Your puzzle looks wonderful, and so thankful today that we have clear blue skies, praising the Lord for it!
We live on the East Coast and get a lot of great fresh seafood here. We’re going to be up in the high 90’s all week. I have a hard time resisting sweets too. I try not to keep them in the house and that helps. Have a great day!
Oh yes, weight concerns are quite a first world problem. I love the view from your porch, even with the rain. Beautiful! Hope you have a great week!
You have some great memories. Enjoyed reading your answers and how wonderful about your growing in the word of God. That puzzle is beautiful.
You’ve got my mouth watering!
Yes, to the Jacks; I used to be addicted. Your early memories are reigniting my own. Fun!
I enjoyed your answers. I love fish tacos. Also all those pastries look amazing. That puzzle is really pretty