Drifting through life

  We won our game ! Woo-Hoo!! onward and upward! the Badge the team. We all know I am not a sports fan, but this cannot be ignored.  World Cup Soccer is a big deal, no matter how much we despise FIFA politics.

 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.  see this mess of cigarette butts and stinky ashes? guess where it was dumped? In the recycle bin!! it really is useless trying to educate some people, to them a bin is a bin and they will dump what they like in whichever bin is handy. the beehive in a tree a couple of blocks away from my home used to be functioning, crammed with bees all happily doing what bees do best and one day I saw someone had stapled flyscreen wir...

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 right here on this blog . This week's words/prompts are: 1.baker  2.canoe  3.gable  4.training  5.rot and/or: 1.lily-livered  2.provisions  3.barley  4.arrow  5.border Here is my story: Erin Baker sat by the gable window on the South side of the attic and watched through binoculars as Russell guided the two-seater canoe along the twisted creek towards the border .  This was the sort of trip needed for survival, not to be ...

  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 right here on this blog. This week's words/prompts are: 1.baker  2.canoe  3.gable  4.training  5.rot and/or: 1.lily-livered  2.provisions  3.barley  4.arrow  5.border use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun. Charlotte's colour of the month is as seen above the text here My own story will hopefully appear on this blog on Friday 12th

 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. Charlotte's colour of the month is: starting today with this month's calendar page with a dancing skeleton in a pink dress. almost razzamatazz, a camellia with a bee autumn orange lichen on a fallen tree I had been walking home a different way to avoid traffic noise, I don't usually go down this street but I am glad I did, I rarely see lichen otherwise. more autumn orange, this is a pot of soup full of nutritious yumminess,...