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 Alex J. Cavanaugh and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. snow 2. cow 3.jade 4. candy 5. sunglasses  and/or:   1. oak 2. refreshed 3. ornery 4. music 5. shells Also including Charlotte's colour of the month pearl opal green. Here is my story: Dana thought her snowman looked quite jaunty in his pearl opal green top hat and jade scarf and named him Harvey after her ornery old Grandpa who had always told her playing around in the snow was foolishness that would freeze her finge

  NOT a photo taken by me, but I was watching a TV series, Bad Monkey, based on the book by Carl Hiaasen, one of my favourite authors when this beautiful wall popped up in an episode: so I paused the scene and took a photo, joining in with Sami and others who participate in the Monday Mural meme. The show is set in Miami, most (or all?) of Carl Hiaasen's books are based in Florida.

 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. Beginning with more views of the riverbank where the OzAsia Festival and Dragon were: on the city side of the river, this is our Railway Station, the top half used to be posh bathrooms and other things that I can't remember, but is now our Casino. I never go there. entrance to the railway station is a longish walk down this gently sloping ramp, easy on the way down, not so easy for old and tired legs on the way up but I do it anyway, or

  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 Alex J. Cavanaugh and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. parachute 2. reindeer 3. shark 4. clay 5. ruins  and/or:  1. telescope 2. totem-pole 3. black 4. severed 5. surf. Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: pearl opal green (or something close to it) Here is my story: I watched through my telescope as Duncan’s parachute opened and he aimed towards Reindeer Ravine, so called by us for the numbers of reindeer remains laying at the bottom of it. Thousands of them ha

  Taken from an article by Mike O'Connor (I could type out the whole thing but it is quite long): "If you are looking for a place in which to hide from our politics and politicians, a town in Norway called Kirkenes, sme400km north of the Arctic Circle, is as good a place as any in which to do it.  Alas, you can't hide forever and, in any case, it was so cold that I feared I was in danger of losing one or more of my more treasured extremities. So, holidays done, we retreated down the green, serene and incredibly beautiful coast of Norway and headed back to dear old Oz. When the jet lag fog cleared, I discovered that the federal government had been spending our money wisely in our absence with the National Gallery paying $14m for a 13-tonne chunk of fabricated stainless steel that is said to represent a snake eating ts tail. The Australian newspaper's art critic, Christopher Allen, described it as "an example of the incompetent management of our Natinal Gallery&quo

 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. something weird up in a tree near the bus stop sulphur crested cockatoo eating a pine cone, sent by "no-one" spotted this as I neared the Big Green Hardware Shed a closer inspection revealed the white flowers were Pandorea Jasminoides, also known as Bower Vine red bouganvillea and pink bouganvillea this two-tone pelargonium surprised me by surviving and blooming, my younger son loves the colour so I will take a cutting for him to p