Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Summer officially rolls in with the Hodgepodge this week, for those of us in the Northern hemisphere anyway. What song says summer 2012 to you?

I love this song from back in the day! I have it on CD so I can get in my car and turn up the volume and sing!

2. What’s your favorite quintessential summer food?

Corn on the cob! Strawberries. Eggplant from my garden.

3. I’ve spent a lot of time traipsing up and down the NJ Turnpike in recent weeks. Did you know the rest areas on the turnpike are named after people who lived or worked in NJ? Clara Barton, Walt Whitman, James Fenimore Cooper, Molly Pitcher, Joyce Kilmer, Thomas Edison, and Gover Clevland just to name a few. Of those I listed, who would you most like to have known and why?

Walt Whitman. I love his poetry and would love to hear how he got his inspiration

I Hear America Singing

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics–each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the mother–or of the young wife at work–or of the girl sewing or washing, each singing what belongs to her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the day–at night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.. .

4. At what age did you move out of your parent’s house and what prompted the move?

Seventeen. I got married and we moved into a small studio apartment.

5. What’s more satisfying to you-saving time or saving money?

Both.

6. Name something you think brings out the good in people.

Babies!

7. This last question comes to you courtesy of Kathy over at Reflections…will you be taking a vacation or a staycation this summer? If so where will you go? If a staycation is on the calendar have you made any special plans to fill the time?

Staycation. And we will be making day trips down to see Mandy and Savannah.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I am learning to use my new camera. I love the camera. It is light weight, holds nicely in my hand and with 16 MP gives me the ability to really pull an image closer. I love Canon. Since I bought my first Canon camera some years back, I have never regretted it.