Drifting through life

  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Hilary Melton-Butcher and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1.tennis  2.turkish  3.delight  4.melon  5.brook   and/or:  1. officers  2.steps  3.conclusion  4.earliest  5.pan  6. asparagus Also including Charlotte's colour of the month surviving yellow iris. Here is my story: continuing on from last week:   I arranged the armchairs in a semi-circle around the big old fireplace after first putting a mesh guard in pla...

  and suddenly hear that awful, awful sound. That childish voice.  That monotone whine that could only belong to one person. I grabbed the remote and muted him.

 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us more often. Beginning with this month's Calendar page: Moving on to some autumn colour: some are random street trees others are within the grounds here, love the lime green car 😃 multiple shades of autumn this one looked much nicer through the sunglasses, a deeper shade of red walking to an eye appointment recently I walked on the opposite side of the road, just for a change, and saw this aeonium still wearing its Christmas tinsel scarf and a coup...

  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Hilary Melton-Butcher and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1.almanac  2.vegetables  3.smoke  4.rocky  5.pursuit  and/or:  1.tides  2.data  3.pearly  4.block  5.hedge Here is my story: Two years ago, the advertisement in the window of the realtor’s office had read “Rocky Farm: as-is, everything included” so I had walked inside and asked about it. What exactly was meant by as-is, everything included? I hadn’t planned on buying a ho...

 I'll never do that again, fate hates to be tempted. I was at the twins house, playing with them, eating lunch etc, they were sneezing, a visiting toddler had a runny nose.... And now I'm sick. coughing, coughing, coughing...you get the idea.  Now I'm stuck at home so I don't infect anyone else, though I do have to go to the chemist tomorrow for cough syrup.  I'll wear a mask.

 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us more often. A shorter selection this week: irrefutable proof that I have not yet lost my marbles A faint rainbow on my way home from the shops looking through my front window at the downpour a few minutes later, I often get home just in the nick of time many trees are showing auumn colour now I've been cooking for the freezer, this is the meat, carrot, onion and garlic portion of the cottage pie ready for the crushed tomatoes to be added sweet pota...