Wednesday Hodgepodge - 28/1/26

Wednesday means Hodgepodge time - thanks as always to Joyce for providing the questions.  We join in HERE.

1. I live in the south so we're pretty much only talking about the weather right now. Give us a weather report from where you live. Does the kind of weather you're having today affect your mood in some way?

Rain, rain and lots of mud where I walk so yes it does affect my mood if I can't get out as much.

2. Avocados, kale, cauliflower and cottage cheese have all had their time to shine. 2026 brings us the year of the cabbage. Is this a vegetable you like? If so, what are some of your favourite dishes that call for cabbage?

I do like cabbage.  I wouldn't say I love it though.  We don't have a specific regular dish that calls for cabbage but we will have it as a side vegetable with lots of things.

3. Was a Cabbage Patch Doll a part of your childhood? Or maybe your children's childhood? What's a toy trend from your childhood you remember wanting for your own?

Well I had to check out the dates for this and they came out several years before our daughter was born so they sort of passed us by a bit.

Toys from my childhood?  That's stretching the memory lol. Barbie and Sindy dolls.

4. Something you've spent a lot of time doing lately?

Blogging!  I've almost completed the Just Jot it January challenge so I've managed to blog every day so far this month.

5. Somehow it's the last week of January...sum up your month in just three sentences.

Rain, more rain.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Of course there was more than rain happening but the month does seem to have flown by.

JJJ - 27/1/26 - Labyrinth

Today’s prompt is courtesy of Cale. Thank you, Cale! You can find her blog HERE to read her posts and say hello. 

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 27th, 2026 is “labyrinth.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

Just a jot tonight as it's getting late.  I sometimes feel that navigating life is like navigating a labyrinth.  So many dead ends and ways to get lost.

Start here

JJJ - 26/1/26 - Eavesdropper

Today’s prompt is brought to us by Angela. Thank you, Angela! You can find her blog HERE.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 26th, 2026 is “eavesdropper.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!  For all the info on the challenge go HERE.

I don't consider myself to be an eavesdropper but I do like to know what's going on and there's often a case of FOMO when I'm out with a group of people trying to keep up with all the various conversations.

I used to be better at that - marrying into a large family meant there was always more than one conversation going on around the dining table for example and I could keep track of the main parts of each one. Now I find it quite hard to listen to multiple conversations and keep track of them. Must be getting old.

Weekly Photos 18th -25th January 2026 (And JJJ - transmission.)

Starting from top left to right:

My purchase at the yarn sale - I spent Sunday checking out tapestry crochet on YouTube.

My current read

My clean kitchen floor - a job that was long overdue!

Bottom left to right:

Some of the games played when we had the grandkids here on Wednesday

Beds finally remade after our Christmas visitors in the spare room

Breakfast in bed on Friday

It's a WIP!  It's hard going because it's done on a 2.5 mm hook and it's taken me a while to get used to the "tapestry" technique.  Nowhere near perfect but I'm sure Ella will love it. 🤞 

Had to be a bit creative with the photos this week - I haven't quite got into the habit of taking one each day!

This transmission is brought to you courtesy of blogger and fulfils the Just Jot it January prompt of the day provided by Dar who blogs HERE