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Christmas Cards

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  Jabblog has featured her collection of Christmas Coffee Mugs recently and has mentioned that Christmas Cards and her mugs frequently feature idyllic images of snowscapes and pretty villages. When I was a child, cards here in Australia also featured idyllic snow covered scenes at Christmas, with robins, holly and berries, or Glittering Christmas Trees with fake snow on them.  Some time ago, Australian themed Christmas Cards began to appear in our stores and I thought my overseas blog friends might like to see a few of them. 'Tis the Sea-Sun! Let it Snow ELSEWHERE! Christmas Wishes from Down Under Merry Christmas Mate! Have a Fair Dinkum Christmas Merry Christmas Christmas Wishes I found a star to hang in my room A Nordic Gnome to stand guard in the laundry My 68 years old Elf still merrily plays his saxophone. Behind him to the right is a Tree ornament, a "snow" encrusted TARDIS with a holly wreath on the door. and I even found my one-and-only Christmas mug. No snowy sc...
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Sunday Selections # 720

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 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 occasionally. a neighbours hydrangea has flowers in four colours coming home from the twins house recently I looked up and saw blue sky, nothing but blue sky, as far as the eys could see. Not a single cloud. this happy little gnome on a swing at my brothers place in WA used to belong to my mother I delivered Christmas gifts from Auntie T and here is Gen studying something from her bag of goodies while Ana got straight into the chocolate. the El...
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  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 Wisewebwoman and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. ravioli 2. serenity 3. marble 4. bridge 5. soccer  and/or:  1. foliage 2. nepotism 3. lectern 4. lantern 5. gorgonzola Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: Light Blue Here is my story, minus one of the words: Serenity Gray smiled to herself as she polished the new lectern with its marble inserts then set to work arranging the foliage for the next day’s service.  Her bridge club bake sale had rai...
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Sunday Selections #718

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 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 occasionally. you might need your magnifying glass or a high powered microscope to read the franking over the stamp: above the stamp it reads "secure your dog" and across the stamp "for safe delivery" - this was on a Christmas card that arrived through the mail from my brother. Excellent advice I think. an "Aussie style" Christmas window display seen in the city by "no-one" David Jones Store has its traditional Chri...
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  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 Wisewebwoman and can be found here Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: Light Blue This week's words/prompts are:   1. arithmetic 2. daffodils 3. bicycle 4. graveyard 5. sympathy  and/or:   1. gravy 2. tugboat 3. flag 4. hospital 5. freedom Here is my story: The evening knock at the door was barely audible but the code was well known. Bill walked back into the dining room and said just three words, “Time to go.” Everyone knew what that meant and set about readying themselve...
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Sunday Selections # 717

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  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 occasionally. the footpath garden belonging to the house on the corner next to "my" flats a triangular bed of lilies and other things to match the one on the other side of the gate, I passed these when I was walking home one day recently these next six photos are all part of one long mural along one side of a building on the corner of August Street and South Road in the suburb of Thebarton, where I used to live (with that fabulous fruit and ve...
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