Drifting through life

 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. In memory of Elephant's Child, the meme is now continued by myself and 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 this month's calendar page and we are back to my favourite theme, Sugar Skulls, Day of the Dead decor A liitle bit about the calendar and oops, my feet, down below the table there. (Socks with Sandals! ooh-la-la!) "Calaveras,or sugar skulls, molded from sugar paste and decorated with elaborate patterns and bold colours are a vital part of Day of the Dead Celebrations. Their bright designs and sweet flavours a...

 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.larch  2.trifle  3.multiple  4.poteen and/or: 1.surprise  2.quiche  3.flag  4.crossword Here is my story: I’ve put this off until the last minute so here goes: Christmas Day at the twins house was as hectic as expected, with the girls high on excitement and I arrived earlier than “no-one” who was coming on a later bus. Multiple hugs and kisses were given and received and a surprise for me was a...

  Welcome to 2026! I hope this is a good year for everyone, hopefully even better than last year. Try not to fall over folks, it's not fun.  🌞🎈🎉 Coming to you from sunny Australia, that big lump of land under the equator.  Sunday Selections will be continuing, hosted by me , participation is optional, if you can't manage every week for any reason, that's okay. Words for Wednesday will also be continuing, hosted by me , and again, participation is optional, play when you can, take a break when you need to.  Charlotte will be providing a colour for each month as she did last year, we try to use the colour somewhere in our posts, either photographing something with that colour or using it in another way. This month's colour is Carmine: Isn't that just gorgeous? And why is my text in two different sizes?

 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.larch  2.trifle  3.multiple  4.poteen (Irish Moonshine I think) and/or: 1.surprise  2.quiche  3.flag  4.crossword use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun. My own story will appear on this blog on Friday 2nd January

 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. In memory of Elephant's Child, the meme is now continued by myself and 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 week after the Sydney Bondi Beach tragedy this beautiful Mandala was drawn on our Brighton beach here in Adelaide. on the same day "no-one" saw this very bright mini rainbow and I saw jet streams across the clouds. a bee busily harvesting from this rose a very stark tree shadow... and these pole shadows both made me think of Steve Reed , currently holidaying in Florida I was boiling water for something and saw all the tiny b...

 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 Charlotte's colour of the month is "Thrash pink" This week's words/prompts are:  1.daffodils  2.bluebirds  3.trench  4. dentist and/or: 1.creek  2.window  3.ballroom  4.mask use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun. Here is my story with only half the words used: After discussing a trip to the cave, William asked Jim if he would like to accompany him to town the next day. “I could use some help navigating roads and ...