Random Dozen on Tour

Linda from 2nd Cup of Coffee is spending as much time as she can with a friend under Hospice care, so Random Dozen is on tour and being hosted this week by SouthLakesMom. SouthLakesMom says:

I am privileged to have the Random Dozen in my neck of the woods this week. Thank you to Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee for trusting me with her 'baby'. I had twelve brilliant questions ready to post and then my husband asked if he could close my document when he was on the computer and . . . so these are the twelve that I've either remembered, reconstructed, or made up new!

You know the rules -- copy and paste the questions onto your blog. Answer them TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) on your blog. Link back with Mr. Linky to this blog, and then go visit at least one dozen random players and make nice comments about their answers! Simple...if you don't have a blog, you can cut and paste your answers into the comments below.

The theme is Spring . . . and any other random questions that crept in.

1. What is your favorite sign of Spring?


Texas Bluebonnets! Pictures don't even do them justice. There is nothing like driving down a highway and seeing a field absolutely bursting with color.


This is supposed to be a banner year because we had such a cold wet winter, and any day now they should be popping up.

2. Did you remember to spring forward on March 14? If not, how did it impact your day?

Yes, I remembered. It made me sleepy!

3. If soil, time, talent and climate were no problem, what vegetable would you plant in a garden this year?

Tomatoes. (Yeah, I know people say it's theoretically a fruit, but I consider it a vegetable!)

4. If soil, time, talent and climate were no problem, what fruit would you plant?

Peaches (I know they grow on a tree and not in a garden. But the question said time was no problem!)

5. What is your least favorite insect?

This question bugs me. Surely she intended insect to be plural! Crickets. Mosquitos. Fire Ants. Roaches. Spiders. Yellowjackets. Etc., ad infinitum. Just thinking about them makes my skin crawl.

6. March 22 was World Water Day. To celebrate, here are some water questions. Do you drink bottled water? If so, what brand?

Rarely. But my girl takes Nestle with her lunch.

(Now if it were Hershey water, I'd guzzle it down!)

7. Have you ever been somewhere that it was not safe to drink the local water? If so, how did you handle that?

Yes. Guatemala 30 years ago. Boiled it. Hated it.

8. How many glasses of water do you drink per day?

Not enough.

9. March 24 is the birthday of Harry Houdini. Have you ever watched a professional magic show? Share.

No. I don't even have to share - you can have them all. Magicians give me the heebie-jeebies and mess with my mind.

10. Have you ever been a participant in a professional magic show (up on stage!)?

No. See #9.

11. March 24 is also the birthday of Steve McQueen and Clyde Barrow. Do you like Westerns or gangster movies? If so, what is your favorite?

Occasionally. Mostly the old westerns, like with John Wayne. And I loved Silverado.

12. (Really random) What U.S. state that you've never visited would you like to visit someday?

California (the northern part). New York for the whole Broadway/dinner/shopping experience. And Washington D.C., even though it isn't a state.

Join the fun and link up at SouthLakesMom's blog!