Sunday Selections # 638

 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.

Last Wednesday I set off to visit "no-one" who is home on holidays and on the way to the bus stop,

I noticed this deep red in between the greens

this fiery orange/red

pencil pines that hadn't been this tall last autumn

and the lilies in the front corner garden of the complex which faces the main road (my corner faces a side street)

in the city new planter boxes have been placed around the trees on Currie Street

and at "no-one's" house I saw her miniature Christmas planter with a tiny succulent in it, she has two of these, the one behind has a tiny cactus.

an over-sized coffee mug with another succulent

and her jades are flowering

I planted these four pots myself several years ago and they didn't do very well to begin with but are making good progress now, the hope was they'd grow tall enough to shade that front window which faces west.

these three scarves were my Mother's Day gift, "no-one" taught herself to crochet via you tube and these first slightly wonky scarves were the result. The wonkiness doesn't show at all once they are around my neck and I love the colours she used. She is now working on a couch throw.

after me going out several days in a row, Lola is never more than two feet away from me and often much, much closer, right now as I type she is butted up against the laptop. 

On Thursday I visited at the twins home:

Here is Ana with the front half of the birthday train, the back half is a trailer that hooks onto it and has a seat to be sat on when their legs are long enough to reach the floor and scoot along. They have one each but only one train is unpacked until the weather is nicer so they can go outside with them.

here is Gen really enjoying her turn

and now, get ready to smile even wider:

Ana loves rubbing her face against Daddy's beard

Gen's first steps!! She even stops and waves goodbye as she goes 😀💖💖