Sunday Selections #623

 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.

Elephant's Child is taking a well-earned break this month so won't be joining us.

some of you may remember this very colourful piano from years ago, several of them were placed around the city during "Arts" week, I think and people were encouraged to sit and 'tickle the ivories'.

I found this old photo when looking for something else, a personal fan, which didn't work for very long, even after replacing the batteries it didn't spin the blades.

this, and the next two, are from my previous home, I brought home a bunch of Singapore Orchids one week because I loved the colour

aren't they gorgeous? The glowing jewel tones are unlike any flower I have seen.

on my table/desk later with just one lamp turned on, they almost glow in the dark.

more recently, just last week, (oh no! I hard boiled the twins!) A double yolked egg from a carton that had several double yolkers. 

this is my sky just two days ago, tiny puffs of clouds moving across the expanse of blue

I bought this Hand Blender Set last year, after I broke the glass jar on my super-duper Sunbeam blender by putting in soup that hadn't cooled enough. The crack was so loud I jumped back from the bench expecting an explosion of soup.

yesterday I made the same sweet potato/pumpkin soup with a slight variation, I added half a zucchini that was lazing around in the crisper. I let the simmered veggies cool much longer (so I could get this post scheduled) then the new hand blender worked just fine.

A fire truck parked in my driveway last week, but there was no sign or smell of any fire, so perhaps he was just learning his way around, the road through the complex has several turnoffs that go nowhere

and the driver spent a fair amount of time studying the layout. The red areas are garages, the blue areas are visitor parking, the green blocks are the flats. 

here is Anastasia loving her sippy cup with a straw, they use these for drinking water

and here is Genevieve with hers.

joining in with Charlotte's colour of the month, both girls like tipping up their toys to examine the plain white undersides.

Gen sleeping soundly in her very own white cot

and Ana, also sleeping soundly on her own. They are too big to share a cot now, and Ana likes to kick which makes it unsafe for Gen.

I hope this little video plays for you, you'll need your sound turned on, it's Gen, so very close to crawling.