Drifting through life

  Some time ago, not very long, maybe a week, "no-one" noticed the tiles around her bath/shower combo were bowing out away from the wall.  She notified the landlord, who conveniently lives right next door and he hustled around to have a look. Right away he phoned one of his old friends who does this kind of repair work and the friend arrived the next day and together he and the landlord began removing the tiles. It was a weekend, so "no-one" was home. Behind the tiles they discovered a very wet wall and eventually a broken pipe was revealed as the cause of the leakage which had apparently been going on for some time. This was repaired and a large sheet of plastic hung so that "no-one" could still shower. Once the wall dried out, the two men got to work and the dried wall was painted with a waterproof layer, which had to be left overnight to dry. the next day being Monday, of course "no-one" had to be at work. This is where I stepped in, catching ...

 I have been away from home ALL day, (9am to 6pm) and have to do the same again tomorrow. I am much too tired to explain, but I will eventually. Nothing earth shattering or bad, I promise.

 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. Walking home from the city (5 miles) one day when I had just missed the bus, I noticed many intersections were blocked off due to road works these giant concrete blocks are hollow and will become the new storm water drainage along Glen Osmond Road Heavy machinery was everywhere this is a section of the old storm water drain lined with slabs of concrete  and another section lined with stacked horizontal slabs, not very st...

 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 lissa and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.kerplunk  2.erase  3.meek  4.plead  5.tenacious Here is my story : During a rainy spell a few days later, Josef, William and David were sitting by a warm fire at the retirement village and reminiscing of days long gone. Each held a mug of hot chocolate to warm their hands as they sipped, with their musings occasionally interrupted by the kerplunk of fat raindrops hitting the base of the drainage pipe. Josef took a deep...

 But, I'll be truthful and say the expected road trip didn't happen. I stayed offline anyway and got things done around here instead. Brother made most of the bookings for this trip late last year and discovered at the airport on Monday that his travel agent had made mistakes with tickets, times, flights, whatever so he couldn't make it to Adelaide in time to check in, pick up the hire car etc This meant a lot of non-refundable deposits were now lost to him, hire car, hotel rooms and so on. He did get a credit from the airline to be used next time he flies so that's something at least. NO COMMENTS PLEASE.

 And I almost forgot to say this: I will be offline for Tuesday and Wednesday, but will be back on Thursday. My brother and I are going to Port Pirie (yes again) to visit with our sister and make sure everything is okay with her.  She is the eldest sibling at 77and the only elder with both parents also long gone.  I don't think Port Pirie has changed much in the six months since we were there last, so maybe I won't take many photos.