Drifting through life

 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 join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. windswept clouds that greeted me as I left the local supermarket last week downward facing Lola Can you guess what I was making? Brownies, fresh from the oven the all-important fresh-from-the-oven taste test. mmm, deliciously fudgy. I tried a new brand of pasta last week, probably this has been available for a while but I haven't been buying ravioli since last winter, it's very nice. Dare I say better than the Latina brand? Yes I do. It's better. I added an extra garlic clove to...

  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 Charlotte and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. gratitude 2. thistle 3. a pod of dolphins 4. dance 5. pharmacy 6. crumbs  and/or:  1. fog 2. nutcracker 3. belt 4. mushrooms 5. room 6. remember Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: golden yellow Here is my story: (I skipped a few words) “You have my eternal gratitude ,” she said hoarsely as I helped her out of the thistle bed she had become entangled in. “You’re lucky I came this way,” I replied. “my name i...

 a little known song from 1967 by a young Johnny Farnham, who now goes by the more grown up John:  "In My Room" (also sung by "The Cats") I never knew about this one, only hearing it for the first time on Andrew's blog where it played immediately after the "Sadie" clip, and I quite like it. 

 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 join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Does anyone remember the "save the planet, make your own..." craze a couple of decades ago? People all over the internet were knitting their own dishcloths! I thought, "geez, I can do that" so off I went to the local yarn store,  and bought a couple of balls of knitting cotton using both yarns together I knitted myself a dishcloth,  far too pretty to be washing greasy plates and pots with of course,  so now it is a mat on the small (hand painted by me) chest of dra...

  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 Charlotte and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. dates 2. plan 3. a wedge of geese 4. door 5. shovel 6. enemy  and/or:   1. huff and puff 2. clock 3. treasure 4. a knot of toads 5. invention 6. sure also included is Charlotte's colour of the month: golden yellow   Here is my story: A knot of toads squatted in the corner of the field, staring balefully at all who passed. Imprisoned by Aaron, he of the golden yellow eyes, they were to remain there until the last ...

 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. I'll show one more gnome repair, this one didn't go so well: most of you remember the biker gnomes that sit on the TV cabinet? They look sturdy don't they? I accidentally knocked one off a while ago and found out just how thin and fragile their shells are, like bone china. these were some of the larger pieces I managed to save, smaller pieces just fell apart as I tried to pick them up. These are from her boot, the toe cap broke off in two larger pieces so were easy ...