Drifting through life

 Long, long ago, in days of yore...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. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Drop in to Elephant's Child and have a look. Today I have magpies for you, but first, Meg: this is mum's old camera, I can't even lift it, but mum used to carry it around with her for hours at a time. She took it to the beach a lot. I've never been to a beach. Mum says we will go one day when the sun isn't hot enough to burn us to a crisp. She is going to show me how to make a sand castle. this is my kitchen, that's the total width (stretched arms can touch both wall and sink) and on the shelf above is my collection of elephants. And a few other things. The white ceramic bak

  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 Alex J. Cavanaugh and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. guacamole  2. ninja  3. lollygag  4. malarkey  5. skedaddle  6. piffle  and/or:  1. berserk  2. earwig  3. fiasco  4. gazebo  5. huzzah  6. nitwit  7. thingamajig  8. pandemonium As usual I've gotten a bit carried away, so here is Chapter One using only the first six words, while I work on Chapter Two. The children huddled together in the waiting room of the bus station. Grandpa Joe was picking them up, but none of them kne

a repost from: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 welcome to drifting Why Drifting? It's what I do. I drift. Like a slow moving river, I drift along, avoiding obstacles. I'm not the type to rush headlong towards a waterfall, make waves, get noticed. I don't agitate, stirring up pots of trouble. I'm more your laid-back, easy-going, take it as it comes type of person. I'm calm. Serene even. Hey, someone has to do it, the world already has plenty of movers and shakers. I take the easy way. I do the simple things. I'm organised, a place for everything and everything in its place. Because life is simpler when things are where they belong. Life is easy when I don't have to search for my keys; when the book or dvd I want is in its proper place on the shelf. I make few commitments on my time, apart from necessary things like work, or medical appointments. I don't fill my days with a minute by minute schedule. This comes in handy on the odd occasion when someone

Long, long ago, in days of yore...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. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Drop in to Elephant's Child and have a look. Today's selection is quite long, so perhaps get a cup of tea before you begin.  The star of the day is Meg: Hello, do you like my hanky apron? Mum said she will make me a proper one when she gets some material. Today I'm helping mum make dinner, we're having burgers, yum We start with a giant mixing bowl and lots of ingredients first we mash up the mince to soften it a bit then we give a little bit to Lola mum beats up the eggs and I put in a nice big spoonful of minced garlic then a big spoonful of dried parsley, parsley is very important

  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 Alex J Cavanaugh and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. firefly  2. mystery  3. science  4. theatre  5. star  and/or:  1. trek  2. eureka  3. psych  4. jokers  5. gate Here is my story: " Eureka !" she cried, leaping about with glee. "The mystery is solved! I know what E=MC2 stands for." "Big deal," said Marty, "I know what TARDIS stands for."  "Ooh, tell me, tell me," said Jean. "You first," said Marty, I need to pass this