Sunday Selections #645

 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 enough to glue back on.

This is what I used, a "contact" glue which is applied to both surfaces, allowed to dry to "tacky", almost dry, then the pieces are pressed together and this is also where some of them shattered.

I squeezed small amounts of the glue onto a saucer and used a toothpick to spread it on the broken edges.

there is the boot with the toecap back in place and the heel sections

I placed her upside down in a plastic jug while I worked and left her to dry overnight.

I'm very glad it was just her boot and not the whole gnome in a million pieces.

this is what she has now, a broken boot, thankfully on the side that can't be seen, you can see a couple of the glue lines

I should go over them with a black texta but I don't think I will.

I might colour over the front repair though.

Maybe.

Meanwhile, out on the porch,

my volunteer sunflowers are showing signs of flower buds

down in the garden the "black" aeoniums have opened to dinner plate size again, (they are much darker when they are small)

and the green ones have also opened right up, again, dinner plate size,

and one has a flower spike, I showed it a couple of weeks ago, but now the flowers are opening.

here is Lola lying in front of the bar heater to get warm but shielding her face.

and the twins: "Look at us, we have little pigtails now!"

They're growing up so fast...