If it’s Wednesday, it must be time for the Hodgepodge. Thank you, Joyce.
1.What’s something you find extremely difficult that most people would say is simple?
Exercise for the sake of exercise. I can have good intentions but I find it difficult to be faithful in the endeavor.
I do enjoy getting out in the yard and mowing, etc. I do deep cleaning. I’m great at errands and shopping. We walk a lot on trips we take. I’m not a total couch potato. 🙂
3. Pickles. Love ’em or no thank you?
Love them!
What’s your favorite type of pickle?
Kosher Dill, the kind you find in the refrigerator section.
What’s something you eat that definitely needs a pickle added?
A hamburger tastes better to me with pickles. I also like chopped up pickles in tuna mix and potato salad and call me crazy but I love the combination of a boiled potato with a pickle as a treat.
4. Tis the season…do you know any June brides?
Our Colville kids got married in June so our Jamie is a June Bride.
Are there any weddings on your summer calendar?
No summer weddings on our calendar. We do have a Grand Nephew who is engaged but it sounds like their plans are for a Fall wedding.
What’s your favorite movie wedding?
Pride and Prejudice and other British series weddings (Downton Abby) where the whole town lights up for the special day and the bride arrives after all the guests are in the church and gets dropped off in a special carriage or car and then the couple leave together in style right from the church to wherever the reception is to be held.
5. June 1st is/was National Say Something Nice Day…say something nice here.
Thank you, Joyce and Hodgepodgers, for this weekly get together and for all the nice things you say in your comments each week. You are a fun community and I appreciate each of you.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Speaking of exercise, we started June off with a return to the Rotary Trail here in Colville for a walk. Woohoo! It’s been well over a year that we walked the trail. That was due mostly to my Plantar Fasciitis. I’m happy to report my feet felt fine after our walk, thank you, LORD!
We enjoyed lots of birdsong and seeing our National Bird, too.
A great start to our goals for June and beyond.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
What an awesome trail- to see all those birds including a bald eagle! How wonderful for your foot to not hurt after your walk. The HP community is a good one and how kind/thoughtful/thought provoking are Joyce and her questions? Our answers were similar for pickles- gotta have them in potato salad and they’re good on burgers, too!
I hear you on number 1! I lack self -discipline in this area which is an excuse but also true. I’m always working on it though. I’m glad your foot is feeling better and you’re able to walk more comfortably. That trail looks like a wonderful spot for walking and wildlife viewing. Have a great day!
…I love the barn scene!!!
Yes! I am totally with you on exercise for the sake of exercise. I don’t mind walking or working in the garden but I wouldn’t be happy doing a workout or going to the gym. I said the same the question #5. That is great your feet were feeling good after the walk!
Thank you for another enjoyable hodge podge. Very enjoyable to see your photos and a good read.
I like how you answered #5.
xo
I enjoyed all the photos from your hike. I am glad to hear you can get out and walk without pain. I know how awful PF is.
What a beautiful place for a walk. Nice words today, Ellen.
Loved reading your answers to this week’s Hodgepodge questions, Ellen. Yay for not having any side effects from walking the trail again. The Lord is good!
I usually don’t enjoy “just exercising” either, but for some reason I can motivate myself to do Leslie Sansone videos.
What a beautiful walk, and I also don’t really enjoy exercise although I try to stay active.
Great walking trail. Glad your feet didn’t bother you. I very much enjoy my morning walk, but not so much my Body Electric exercise DVD. That I have to MAKE myself do!!!
Yes, to the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ weddings!
I’m glad you are recovered from Plantar Fasciitis. I hear it’s awfully painful.
You most definitely are not a couch potato. Like you, I’m not that big on exercise for the sake of its benefits. I ride my bike as something pleasant to do with Gary and as an added benefit it does give me exercise, fresh air, and sunshine. Yes to yard work, too, because if we don’t do it, we have to pay somebody and oftentimes when it comes to pulling weeds, we do a better job of it.
Cutting the lawn is good exercise and you seem to keep busy and use energy to clean things. I understand not wanting to get all sweaty. I like the places, besides the hamburger, that you use the pickles. That’s a great pickle. I enjoyed watching the Downton Abby shows. That’s a lovely saying on the towel. So glad you were able to walk the trail..
Agree with your answer to #1. I get bored exercising, even if I’m listening to an audiobook. What a lovely shot of the tree swallow on the blue birdhouse.
Hooray for walking and no complaints from your feet!! Hope you can enjoy that trail often. And, yes, to the Pride and Prejudice weddings:)