Wintry day hodgepodge

This gorgeous winter collage is the work of Abby at Little Birdie Blessings

As I'm putting together this post on Tuesday, we're in the middle of a "winter storm" which has turned out to be mostly sleet and freezing rain.  The national weather service has just extended the advisory to 10 pm, so we will see.  A good day to stay indoors, it seems to me.  The mailman had a package for me and brought the mail to the door, so I didn't even have to wend my way out to the mailbox!

Here are this week's Hodgepodge questions from Joyce at From This Side of the Pond:

1. "The cure for anything is salt water-tears, sweat, or the sea." (Isak Dinesen) Would you agree? Of the three, which has 'cured' you most recently?

Hmmm .... I've never heard that before, and don't think that I agree.   But it is a very interesting thought.   I always find it healing to spend time by the sea.  Watching the waves is such a powerful reminder to me that the great Creator is also holding all things together, including everything in my life.

"For by  Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by Him, and for Him;
"And He is before all things; and by Him all things consist."  (Colossians 1:16-17)

Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

Of course tears can be healing, and so can hard work.  I am really not sure which one 'cured' me most recently.  I guess perhaps tears, at the thought of a dear friend moving away, though knowing she is making the right decision.

Mile Beach, Reid State Park, Georgetown, Maine

2. What's something you can't eat without salt? Do you normally salt your food a lot, a little, or not at all?

I don't think I could eat an egg without salt.  I often salt my food a little, but not without tasting it first.  I only add salt if it seems to need it.  We don't keep salt on the table.

No salt needed for these!

3. Sands of time, bury your head in the sand, built on sand, or draw a line in the sand...which sandy phrase could best be applied to something in your life right now? 

Sands of time, I would guess.  I'm immersed in decluttering two houses and am finding so many vintage items that I have no idea what to do with.  Kid gloves, anyone?

4. A favorite book, movie, or song with an island setting or theme?

The Anne of Green Gables series, both the books and the earlier movies from the 1990s.

5. Yesterday-did you run your day or did it run you? How so?

Understand, I'm writing this on Tuesday, so the yesterday I'm describing is Monday.  It ran me.  We had tentative plans for friends to join us for supper, but bad weather finally called a halt to that.  I spent a lot of the day looking at weather.com to see what was happening.  This has been one of those storms where no one really seemed to know how it would go.  So between preparing a meal that would work for company, spiffing up the house just in case, and checking the weather, I didn't accomplish much else other than laundry.

6. You're on an island holiday. Will I most likely find you parked in a beach chair, shopping in town, on the back of a jet ski, or snorkeling off the back of a catamaran?

No contest at all.  You will find me parked in a beach chair with either a counted cross stitch or embroidery project in hand.  None of the other three choices would be anything I'd find relaxing.

7. What do you think we humans most take for granted?

The fact that we are breathing.  

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I snapped this photo of icicles with my Kindle one December day when leaving my dad's home.  The sun was sparkling so brightly on them! The Kindle photo does not do them justice , but was a lot better than getting no picture.  That sparkle just lifted my spirits!

And just for fun, here is a picture one of my grandkids took,  of an icicle at their home.

Happy Wednesday to all!