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. And we don't mind at all if overseas bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to Elephant's Child and have a look. here is Lola, so deeply asleep nothing woke her for several hours the house next door to the flats has industrial temporary fencing across the yard it's been empty and neglected for quite some time and I'm wondering if it will be demolished and something else built in its place or if it will be renovated and perhaps sold.  the next day I noticed the torn awning had been pulled off, some of the front fencing was gone, shrubs had been ...

  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 here . Next month is MY turn to provide the prompts, right here on this blog. This week's words/prompts are:  1. love  2. ocean. 3. savor  4. detail  5. charge  6. childlike  and/or:  1. last  2. broadcast  3. lick  4. system  5. crash  6. shocking  Here is my story: "I do so love the ocean ," I declared as I charged across the sand as fast as my walker allowed and with childlike glee splashed into the sha...

 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. And we don't mind at all if overseas bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to Elephant's Child and have a look. Continuing on from last week, where the girls were headed into the jungle: Gillian: I like these wide ferns Riley: I'm sitting with a kookaburra Meg: I'm balancing on one foot, ha ha. Do we need to get higher? Riley: as high as you can, so the breezes in the trees can carry our thoughts. Gillian: I'm right up by the monkey now, these ferns aren't so wide but they seem strong enough. Meg: I'm by another monkey, I like being up...

  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 here This week's words/prompts are: 1. biscuit  2. reign  3. selection  4. vigorous  5. treatment  6. seal  and/or:  1. beef-witted  2. fudgel  3. groak  4. titty-nope Here is my very short story, with only the first six words: The toddler in the child seat of the shopping trolley reigned supreme as her mother wheeled the cart around the aisles, choosing this and that, wondering what new thing she might try cooking for dinne...

  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. And we don't mind at all if overseas bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Andrew is one, messymimi is another. Drop in to Elephant's Child and have a look. NEVER use a large meat cleaver to trim your nails! Just kidding, I was trimming the fat off a chunk of bolar roast and my finger got in the way. I felt the slice, but it didn't hurt and didn't bleed, so I got lucky there.  here is the meat simmering away, I took off the tight fitting lid so you can see the yumminess, the liquid was covering the meat a couple of hours ago. these big meat forks will be used to turn the meat over when the c...