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 jabblog and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.inane  2.trees  3.wind  4.effervescent  5.landmark  6.method and/or: 1.zero  2.simple  3.clockwork  4.brain  5.study  6.size use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun. my story will appear on this blog on Friday 8th 

 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. Starting this week with a "wish" who remembers cupping one of these in the palm of your hand, making a wish and then blowing it away? If it flew up and away your wish was supposed to come true. I dug around in the pot where I had planted pieces of a sprouting potato and came up with these tiny morsels, the coffee mug is for size reference. Did I already show this recently?  I bought a couple of "Heirloom" tomatoes fo...

 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 messymimi and can be found here *** Next month's words (May) will be supplied by Janice and can be found here on this blog *** This week's words/prompts are: 1.artist  2.kitchen  3.alive  4.manage  5.case and/or: 1.bamboozled  2.persnickety  3.kerfuffle Here is my story: When the raised voices got too loud, Gramps came out of his den and ambled towards the kitchen . “What’s all this kerfuffle then?” he asked with arms crossed over his chest. “Grammy’s being all persnic...

 In a previous Sunday Selections I showed some fish that had been caught by my brother's friend, stating that I couldn't remember what type they were.  Here's a reminder picture: I texted R last night and got an answer this morning. The smaller fish are Nanagi and the larger ones are Red Emperor. So now we know.

 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. It's quiet out in the porch and empty too the girls have abandoned their chilly porch home in favour of some inside warmth Hello, I am Riley. My sisters are Jordan with the ponytail, Meg with the little black bow and Gillian who always wears pink. Of course Ruffy the dog wants to join in the fun He's very cute, we love him. A recent downpour saw gutters become ponds big enough for splashing in.  here's a short video show...

 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 messymimi and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.sign  2.omission  3.fall  4.conviction  5.accompany  6.commerce and/or: "courage and stupidity were all we had" Here is my story: Courage and stupidity were all we had , but we thought we knew enough. True, we hadn’t paid much attention at lessons, but how hard could it be? We had grown up in the city, learning from the street kids to ignore any and all sign age, easy enough since we could barely read, having ski...