Sunday Selections # 577
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 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 them and have a look.
Elephant's Child may still be on a break.
We'll begin today with photos that loaded in the wrong order:
a statue I spotted through a garden gate
and three views of a totem pole
side two
and the top of it, this is standing guard by someone's entrance gate
this is the other side of the top section
look at what I found inside my celery! slime! I threw those bits out, washed the rest and after tasting, threw out the whole bunch.
the base of a bunch of celery looks like a flower, I never noticed that before.
an empty block that once held two houses
piles of rubble
the beginning of the end
puffy fluffy clouds on a hot summer day
and finally, a phone photo from "no-one", at 7.30 am on Friday 18th morning, the Adelaide Hills couldn't be seen through a thick blanket of fog. Autumn is definitely on the way!
So that lot of two houses will become a tall square soulless building housing the poor, I reckon. That is the usual isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI love the bust in the garden and the totem pole is a curious event ! So unlike our PNW Lummi totems.
Linda Sue; the empty lot will become home to thirteen modern townhouses, quite highly priced, I just hope they factor in enough parking. Each home will have a garage, but many families have more than one car.
DeleteFlowers grow inside a bunch of celery - even a yucky one. I did not know. Thanks for showing me. Peoples' garden decor never cease to astonish me.
ReplyDeleteHere it's still Saturday evening and thge Sun is setting. Big, little world.
Charlotte; I'm never buying celery from that shop again! I love seeing what people put on their gardens. Here it is late Sunday afternoon and we have only now got power and internet back after being without all day. No one knows why, but I suspect connections for new builds were being done.
DeleteUrk on the celery slime. I did know about that flower in its construction though.
ReplyDeleteLove the garden decor you captured, and yes, there are signs here that autumn is coming. Some of our trees are starting to change colour.
Elephant's Child; I usually buy my celery precut, so I have never had the slime problem before. I haven't noticed any colour change in our trees, perhaps in the hills there may be golds and reds beginning. We are always later down here on the plain.
DeleteAlways find it interesting. While you await Autumn, we are getting excited about Spring.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about those totems. wasn't aware they had sides.
Arkansas Patti; I don't know much about totems, this one may have been hand made as a way to salvage a dead tree. They don't usually have sides.
DeleteLike seeing old trees cut down, so I think the same when an old house is demolished. The memories and history in house are less obvious than with a tree but it makes me feel sad.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the base of the celery is normal or related to the slime? I must check.
I am glad the hills weren't fogged in when we visited.
Andrew; the old homes being demolished are usually beyond repair or have significant amounts of asbestos, these two did, there were warnings signs during the demolishing. They have become part of a scheme here in Adelaide to put more medium density homes along major corridors with homes most often being bought from elderly people who can no longer manage them I think. I hope.
DeleteThe base of the celery is normal, that's the way they grow.
Any idea what will be built on the two empty lots? I like the garden statuary.
ReplyDeleteJoanne; the lots will be combined and have thirteen modern styled townhouses built on them, some with two bedrooms, most with three bedrooms. I posted a photo of the designs quite some time ago. I like the statuary too.
DeleteWhen celery is good, it can be wrapped to last a long time. Once it goes bad, it goes thoroughly bad.
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful, puffy clouds, and the seasons are changing quickly.
messymimi; I've had celery last quite a while simply by wrapping in a clean teatowel and kept in the fridge. I love puffy white clouds in a blue sky.
DeleteSorry you got slimed by the celery. I've never had the slime problem, but when it goes limp, I cut off the ends and soak the stalks in ice water. Just like new after a half-hour or so! I was aware of the cut-off celery pattern, but never likened it to a flower. I like the fog photo.
ReplyDeleteVal; I never bother with celery once it goes limp. If I'm making soup, in it goes, if not, out it goes! Usually it doesn't get a chance to go limp, I eat it with peanut butter. The fog looks like a cloud forgot to get out of bed.
DeleteNever thought of Australia having totem poles.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
Dora; Australia doesn't have totem poles as a rule, this one may have been made by whoever lives in the house. Our Indigenous nations don't have totem poles at all. I think only your Indigenous peoples have them.
DeleteAnother house gone in readiness for something new, know doubt. Like the totem poles, have seen a few travelling about.
ReplyDeleteCelery, that's not good - I would toss it too.
Margaret D; two houses, side by side, and recently, two more on my side of the side street, all to be replaced with modern townhouses for sale.
DeleteYou had me already with the tasting - I think I would not have been that brave, uhhhhhh ;-)
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I would be as stubborn, LOL!
Oh, it really looks like a flower! Thank you, we should always change the way we look at things.
Ah, can´t wait for hot summer days.
Stunning last pic.
Ow. Autumn. I hope you like it?
Iris Flavia; I do like autumn, the days are still warm and sunny, sometimes hot, and the nights are cool enough for comfortable sleeping. That last pic is great, "no-one" said she wouldn't have noticed it at all if she hadn't crossed the road to the coffee shop.
DeleteNice garden ornaments.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Victor SE Moubarak; thank you. now the weather is cooling I can probably walk more and in different directions for more photos. Depending on how my back is feeling.
DeleteI like those totem poles a lot. The Indigenous peoples of British Columbia (the other side of Canada from me) were superb craftsmen of totem poles.
ReplyDeleteNine times out of ten, celery that comes to live in my fridge ends up in the compost bin. I don't like the taste but I like the crunch in some sandwiches. But I can't eat a whole bunch of it so I should stop buying it. And if I buy the pre-cut stuff it tends to dry out very quickly. Cooking for one person is very different from cooking for two, I am finding.
jenny_o; I like the totem pole where it is, but wouldn't want it in my garden. I don't usually buy a whole bunch of celery, I get a half bunch or a tray of pre-cut sticks, which I eat filled with peanut butter for lunches, or i'll use it up in stirfries or soups. Cooking for one is hard, I always have extra serves of anything in my freezer because I've made too much.
DeleteNot seen a totem pole outside the US. it would be interesting if there are any anyway in the UK.
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Plasman; it isn't a totem pole as made by indigenous Americans, I don't know if there is any cultural significance. It is carved on all sides and that isn't usual for totem poles. I suspect someone just prettied up a dead tree. Perhaps I shouldn't call it a totem pole.
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