The Wednesday Hodgepodge is a Beauty!

Many thanks to our Hodgepodge hostess, Joyce, for this week's fun!!  Click on her 'button' below and join in the fun!

Wednesday Hodgepodge-Volume 302

The Wednesday Hodgepodge is rolling around again, and you'll find this week's questions below. Answer on your own blog then hop back here tomorrow to add your link to the party. See you there!

1. 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' What's something you've seen recently that you thought was beautiful? At the risk of sounding smug, I just wake up every morning to another beautiful day.  No matter what it may bring, it is God-given and beautiful.  I am so blessed.

2. Our culture and beauty...your thoughts?  Much too much emphasis is put on beauty in the media (especially). I read somewhere recently that was meaningful on this subject:  Society's standard of beauty will get old, but being comfortable with yourself never will.  Beauty is molded by society.... (and we let it happen).

3. Age before beauty, beauty queen, beauty mark, beauty sleep...which beauty-ful phrase resonates with you today?  Sleep.   Why?  Sleep is always beautiful!  LOL  I also appreciate more and more the 'age before beauty' thing!

4. I read here a list of the top ten beasts/animals that scare us the most-

alligators, coyotes, black bears, birds (but pigeons in particular), sharks, bats, bed bugs, rats, rattlesnakes, and the black widow spider.

Which 'beast' on the list scares you the most?  Those only scare me if one of them takes me by surprise.  What is the likelihood of you having an actual encounter with that particular beast?  Here in Florida, any of those could jump out at you!  Did a movie contribute to your fear of this creature?  No.  Have you ever had a real life encounter with any of the animals listed?  Alligators only at a comfortable distance; coyotes were running in packs killing cats in Lakeland, but I never encountered them; black bears are around, but I've only been close to the taxidermy kind; sharks at the beach, yes, but not close enough to have to swim for it; bats - in my childhood bedroom and Dad shot it with birdshot!; bed bugs thankfully no, but I always check in hotels; rattlesnakes - yes, I killed a pigmy rattlesnake once; and black widow spiders - yes, several, and squashed by me.

5. Where were you when you last heard a bell ring?  The doorbell rang on Sunday, at home.  My phone rings several times a day.  Was it alarming or musical?  Our new-to-us doorbell is not pretty sounding so it is always a little alarming.  My phone, on the other hand, is more musical because I chose more musical tones.

6. What's your favorite carb? I have to name one?!  Pasta, in many and any form!   How's that for random?  Good one! :)

7. Let's wrap up another month of Hodgepodging and life with an acrostic. Recap your month using the word MARCH.

March
Arrived before I was
Ready for the 
Changes it brought, but I am
Hanging in there, with the Grace of God!!

8. Insert your own random thought here.  That little acrostic makes life/change and moving into our new home sound almost hopeless, but instead of being about me, I hope anyone facing change will find some strength in God's abiding love.  A friend of mine is facing a terrible change in her life. The second loss of love in five years.  I'm so sad for her.  Sometimes life can be so darn hard.

Thanks again to Joyce for this week's questions!  Thanks for peeking in today!  Peace & hugs!