Sunday Selections # 618

 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 their blogs and have a look.

Let me begin by saying "sorry, there are no new photos of the twins this week" 😞

this is the Christmas T-shirt I was wearing while visiting the twins. 

I managed to get a photo of three sunflowers before the cockies got to them. 

the "black prince" aeoniums are doing quite well and looking quite red in this shot.

a new magpie family came down for some mealworms, I buy the freeze-dried ones so I don't have to worry about fridge storage or dying worms.

that blob in the birdbath is a block of ice, I put one in there on really hot days towards the evening when the birds will be coming down for seeds, because there is no shade and the water gets too warm for them to drink.

way back in the spring a pair of rainbow lorikeets came down to the seed tray, but I haven't seen them again.

A few of the books I've read in 2022, these five are all by Rick Riordan. These are all fiction and easy to read.

I bought and read The Hobbit, so many people enjoyed this so I thought I'd give it a go. 

It isn't something I'll ever read again. 

This was a very funny biography  set in New South Wales. Part of the blurb on the back: Todd and Jeff have had enough of the city. Sick of the daily grind they throw caution to the wind and buy 100 acres in the renowned Hunter Valley wine region, intent on a golden bucolic life.....Todd will cook, Jeff will renovate....."

This one is a nostalgic trip down memory lane, with toys, clothes, household items and "things we had in the car".

this one, also a funny biography, is set in South Australia, Part of the blurb on the back: "After suffering through another 40C+ degree day in Adelaide, a simple line drawing of an old cottage in the real-estate section of the paper catches my eye...When I arrive, the valley is encircled by dark hills, with a starry blanket over the top.....I am besotted." a laughable romp through pages of things going not quite as expected, including a stubborn cow named Ginger, a feral crop of artichokes and the coldest winter of the decade.

Redheads; "It's bathtime!"

Meg, "I do love a nice bubblebath."

Riley: "We asked Santa for a rubber ducky, and he brought this giant one!"

(found at a roadside dump and thoroughly washed)

While drying off Jordan whispers to Meg, "I know where the Christmas Chocolates are!"

And that's it for this week.  I'm not here to read and reply to comments, I am in Port Pirie with my Brother R and we are visiting our sister J. I'll catch up on Tuesday.