Drifting through life

On Wednesdays, assorted people have been taking monthly turns at putting up a selection of words which is called “Words for Wednesday”. This month the meme continues here, at Elephant’s Child’s blog, with words supplied by Margaret Adamson and Sue Fulton. Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.    Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or images.    What we do with those prompts is up to us:   a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore... Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.   We would really like it if as many people as possible joined in with this fun meme. If you are posting on your own blog - let us know so that we can come along and read your masterpiece. I’m hopeless at poetry so I always do a story. It’s a fun challenge…why not join in? This week's words are: 1. backpack 2. hundred 3. relatives 4. happy 5. tick

the powerful "Low" which has caused this is heading East...

The storm here in SA continues, with destructive gale force winds and rain increasing overnight, abnormally high tides; bridges over rivers have been closed to traffic.  The mid north has been hit hard with floodings etc, residents of Port Pirie have been advised to evacuate, but I think that may be for people close to the water. My sister lives way out near the edge of town there, out in the dry as dust section, so maybe she won't have to go anywhere. J is a mentally challenged person, with no telephone (they scare her), so I can only hope the social workers there are looking after them the way they did a couple of years ago (or was it just last year) when the gas pipes were broken and no one had hot water or any way to cook foods if they didn't have electric stoves. Word is there have been 80,000 lightning strikes, food supplies are running low as trucks cannot get through, many petrol stations have been closed... Thank goodness the power is back for many of us. For now

Jamie Oliver classic Cumberland Sausages are very delicious. This is from a girl who doesn't often eat sausages, so you know they must be good if I'm tasting one and going YUM! But they do pop and spit a lot while cooking, you might want to wear a hazmat suit to protect yourself. Ingredients include  cracked black pepper, so expect a bit of heat on your tongue, and sage. At Woolworths, $8.50 for a pack of 5 sausages. It's thundering here and lights have flickered several times.

Welcome back to Whimsical Wednesday! The day for your googled giggle that gets you over the hump that is Wednesday and sliding down into the weekend. Sudden thunder showers on Earth are really caused by Angels with Super-Soakers in Heaven.

Musical Monday I was introduced to Musical Monday by Delores who copied the meme from another site. I think it’s a fun way to show off some of the music we like and brighten up our Mondays at the same time.  I’ll be finding my clips on you tube, so will simply credit that site since there are often so many versions of everything and I wouldn’t want to accidentally credit the wrong artist. Today’s clip is: Toby Keith How Do You Like Me Now and the lyrics: why?  for singing along with of course

I'm going away for a few days, well, just two if I add up the hours, from mid Friday to late Sunday afternoon. I'll be keeping an eye on two grandkids while the parents have a weekend to themselves. I can't really call it babysitting, there aren't any babies involved, the kids are 12 and 16.  All that's required is an adult presence in case of emergency and to make sure they eat and brush their teeth.  I'm assured they will probably spend the whole time with their computers, so I don't need to worry about backyard cricket games or footy at the park.  My back will be grateful. I'll take my kindle, but I'll be leaving the laptop at home, so when I don't comment anywhere, don't be worried. I'll catch up when I get home. I agreed to all of this, hung up the phone, THEN remembered Angel. D'Oh! He'll miss me for sure. I've arranged for someone to come in and feed him, but I've never left him alone for more than eight o

Welcome back to Sunday Selections! This once-a- week-meme was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, as a way to showcase some of the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs. The rules are very simple:- 1. post photos of your choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title 2. link back to me, River , somewhere in your post 3. leave me a comment so that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted. 4. hop on over to Elephant’s Child to see more of her wonderful photos.   I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week we have some photos I took while standing on a balcony at Port Adelaide, near where the Fisherman's Wharf Markets are, but across the river. looking down at the old dock pylons looking further across the Port River over the other way, the Birkenhead Bridge even further around, that deep blue is the ocean at Semaphore tightly pac

Remember last Tuesday when I had all the energy and got everything done and even the weather was great? Boy am I paying for it now. I knew this would happen, it always does, but it's no less annoying for the knowing.  I don't have the walking stick, it's hanging up in the corner, but I am bent and shuffling, unable to straighten up properly. I'll be upright again eventually, until that happens, the hot water bottle is a soothing comfort. And I'm very glad the shops are only a few minutes walk (hobble) away and there are places to sit and rest when I get there.

On Wednesdays, assorted people have been taking monthly turns at putting up a selection of words which is called “Words for Wednesday”. This month the meme continues here , at Elephant’s Child’s blog, with words supplied by Margaret Adamson and Sue Fulton. Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.     Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or images.    What we do with those prompts is up to us:   a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore... Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.   We would really like it if as many people as possible joined in with this fun meme. If you are posting on your own blog - let us know so that we can come along and read your masterpiece. I’m hopeless at poetry so I always do a story. It’s a fun challenge…why not join in? This week's words are in fact two pictures which you will see within my story: Dea