Drifting through life

 who remembers the green decor in my bathroom from several  months ago? here it is, I believe I said something about imagining a tropical resort holiday. Anyway; this past weekend I decided it was time for a change. To support from afar, my US friends, I have "gone blue", ignore that horizontal line which is a fault in the downloading Obviously I can't vote because I don't live there, so this is the next best thing, right? And I like blue, it reminds me of oceans and rivers and creeks and ponds, all good things to be near when the heat of summer is upon us. In other news: the * Silky Oak tree across the road is blooming along with hundreds of Jacarandas all over Adelaide (ALL OVER!) so instead of relief I have more pollens to assault my sinuses.  ho hum, life goes on... * Silky Oak is the largest plant in the Grevillea family

 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: Dusty Mauve Got your cup of tea/coffee ready? Here we go: Borrowed this image from pictures of a house for sale, notice there are ten chairs? I'd be wanting a larger table to eliminate elbow bashing. Walking along Wakefield Street in the city recently I saw this beautiful old building, with very lovely tiled steps and verandah, but shamefully I did not notice what the building is for or ev...

 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 Sean Jeating and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.death  2.forward  3.important  4.intend  5.left and/or: 1.pleasure  2.step  3.touch  4.things  5.understand Here is my quite-a-bit-shorter story: The unexpected death of Denise had a sobering effect on all the other residents at the home. Denise had been the youngest of the "Twilighters" having been eighty for only ten days. Still taking pleasure in all the simple things in life, looking forw...

 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 Sean Jeating and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.death  2.forward  3.important  4.intend  5.left and/or: 1.pleasure  2.step  3.touch  4.things  5.understand use either list or both, or mix and match, just have fun. Charlotte's colour of the month is Smoky Rose My own story will hopefully appear on this blog on Friday 30th

 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. I do like construction someone is getting a new place to live (not me 😢) Not the same house, this is brother's new house, when he moved in the washing line had been installed within the garage area, inconvenient for him, so he moved it to the back of the house, constructed a little walking path, and has a little BBQ area too. A few weeks ago, the weather people told us things were fining up and we'd be getting more sunshine,...

 Or do both count as correct? MOSCOW Is it Mosc- oh, as in oh, look out here comes another bomb? Or is it Mosc- ow , as in ow, that hurt, stop dropping bombs on me? Does it really matter if one is not Russian?