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Sunday Selections #804

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 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. this not-so-perfect-picture-with-unecessary-vertical-lines, is one of several battery operated lights I have scattered around for when the power goes out, this one is on my fridge and this is how much light it pts out when turned on fully, at half light it is still enough to see by and I have another one in the bathroom and a third out in the back porch this one is a portable lamp, see the hook on the handle? This is a "campi...
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 The original Words for EWednesday 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 in comments so we can come over and read it and add a few encouraging words. Charlotte's colour of the month is Steel Blue . This month the words/prompts are supplied by messymimi and can be found on her blog as well as mine . This week's words/prompts are: 1.plastic  2.remain  3.tooth  4.wisecrack  5.distant  6.enjoy and/or: 1. heads-up  2.not all it's cracked up to be  3.playing possum Here is my story: Next morning Claude Jackson took them all on a tour of his home field, including what was left of his burnt out barn. Two of Jeff's boys, Roger and Tyson were very int...
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Words for Wednesday

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  Charlotte's colour of the month is Steel Blue. The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer problems. 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 in comments so that we can come over and read, and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by messymimi and can be found on her blog as well as here on mine .  This weeks words/prompts are: 1.plastic  2.remain  3.tooth  4.wisecrack  5.distant  6.enjoy and/or: 1. heads up 2. not all it's cracked up to be (failing to be as good as other people claimed) 3. playing possum (pretending to be dead) use either list or both, mix and match, just have fun. My own story will hopefully appear on this blog on Friday ...
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Sunday Selections #803

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 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. this is a sunset view from the bedroom window of my brother's new house. this jungly garden is hiding something... a lovely old concrete birdbath grevillea flowers, these ones are quite large at 3-4 inches long, while many other grevilleas have flowers so tiny they are barely seen. The shrubs are prickly, which makes them perfect hiding places for birds as cats avoid them. a metal panel in someone's garden has a nice design e...
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This is for Mary Moon who lives in Florida

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 I hope she finds it. On her blog I mentioned that I recently had my sneakers re-heeled and she wondered how that was possible since only "high end" shoes can be re-heeled where she lives. unless I misunderstood. I took a few photos: these are my newest sneakers, not yet worn, and this is what the soles&heels look like on an older pair, you can see how the outside edge of the heel gets worn down, that's where my foot strikes as I walk, both feet-outside edge and when they get too far worn, my stride is "off" and I start feeling it in hips and lower back pain. So I get them re-heeled. here are my older white sneakers with the new black rubber heel, it doesn't match, but who cares? the shoes are now stable for walking. see the name? Tough "good-year" rubber. These are the people who make car tyres. Look closely and you will see one edge already getting worn, I had these fixed quite some time ago and these are the shoes I wear all day every day.
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 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 and read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words are supplied by messymimi and can be found on her blog as well as here on mine . Charlotte's colour of the month is Steel Blue. This week's words are: 1.well  2.understanding  3.challenge  4.person  5.genuine  6.suffering and/or: 1.faith  2.ambition  3.chance  4.hard  5.design  6.closet Here is my story: Dean sent around a message asking for a meeting at the old wishing well at 10am. Sam was waiting when he arrived and soon after they were joined by Jesse and Ryan. "What...
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Words for Wednesday

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  Three times I have tried to schedule this on the new laptop and it just won't. I haven't managed to get it properly set up, the date and time are wrong and won't change no matter how many times I try, the language is set to UK English instead of Australian English and won't change. And I am unable to add links, pictures or underlining. 😒 So here I am on the old laptop, with all fingers crossed 🤞🤞 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 on her blog as well as here on mine This week's words/pro...
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