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Sunday Selections #782

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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. walking home from a dental appointment recently I noticed this pile of concrete blocks and a badly dented bus stop shelter somebody really rammed that thing The concrete blocks were a low fence,and I recalled hearing several sirens screaming along Fullarton Road a few days prior. For this much damage, I assume the "rammer" was a fairly large truck and hope no one was injured. Next to the bus stop: this is all that remains of ...
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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 to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by River and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.property  2.barrels  3.dingo  4.down  5.silent  6.doubt Charlotte's colour of the month is Ocean Twilight Here is my story: “Get off my property !” the old man yelled in his thin, quavering voice. Brandishing a rusty old shotgun, he threatened to “let both barrels loose on ya!” The younger man opened the door of his jeep and waved a white handkerchief. “Grampy! It’s me! Sammy!” He stepped down slowly and took off ...
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Words for Wednesday

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  Charlotte's colour of the month is Ocean Twilight for March. 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 River (that's me) and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: 1.property  2.barrels  3.dingo  4.down  5.silent  6.doubt My story will appear on this blog on Friday 6th
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Sunday Selections #781

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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 what you do when you can't afford to holiday at a real rainforest resort this is the new(ish) Airport sign at the corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive and Williams Avenue/Airport Road so that people will know to turn left if they want to fly away. The big yellow building in the bottom left corner is Ikea, where I bought the green towels to go with the rainforest shower curtain. It took almost a week for me to not be sho...
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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 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.train  2.loop  3.scream  4.puzzle  5.bowl Here is my story: Simon rushed into the hospital emergency and Dr Roberts ushered him to the curtained area where Jenny lay sedated. She had been brought in by a neighbour who had heard her scream .  Peggy was sitting in the chair by Jenny's side with Simon and Jenny's young son calmly doing a jigsaw puzzle on the floor under the bed.  "I'm sorry to call you away from w...
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The explanation

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  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 ...
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Sorry everyone

 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.
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