Drifting through life

  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. fish 2. kettle 3. black 4. human 5. cloister 6. serene  and/or:  1. flagstone 2. quarry 3. bush 4. rowan 5. Finnish 6. mango Also including Charlotte's colour of the month which is Light Ivory for July Here is my story: “There you are Naomi, where have you been all afternoon?” “Didn’t Rebecca tell you? I have been visiting Sister Charlotte in the cloister , we talked so much, she is the most serene human I have ever met.” “She

  Blog friend Mary has spoken about bugs eating her tomatoes as they ripen on her vines. Several commenters offered solutions and I recalled the re-useable produce bags I had bought several years ago which I now use to buy fruit and veg instead of the plastic bags available in stores. I mentioned such things could be used to loosely wrap the trusses of tomatoes to keep off the bugs. This is what I'm talking about: mesh bags drawstring closure the mesh is fine enough that moths and butterflies can't lay eggs on the plants, so hatching grubs can't eat the fruits made from recycled plastic drink bottles (okay plastic, but re-useable for years) and available online I think they come in assorted sizes and are packed into this little drawstring bag with a carabiner clip to hang off your shopping trolley or handbag so you always have them handy. I bought mine quite some time ago, and haven't checked to see if they are still available, I'll leave that up to anyone who is i