Sunday Selections #718

 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 other 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.

Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally.

you might need your magnifying glass or a high powered microscope to read the franking over the stamp: above the stamp it reads "secure your dog" and across the stamp "for safe delivery" - this was on a Christmas card that arrived through the mail from my brother. Excellent advice I think.

an "Aussie style" Christmas window display seen in the city by "no-one"

David Jones Store has its traditional Christmas trees again, I've been seeing these for years now and still love them.

a giant inflatable Santa on a bus

plus lights and tinsel, very festive, but perhaps it is only this one bus, I haven't seen anyhting like this on the buses around my end of the city.  This is the one "no-one" goes home on.

a neighbour here has tinsel threaded through her shrubs

and a giant stocking by her porch

I have a tiny wooden tree which comes apart and packs flat for storage, it's 14 inches tall from base to star

and has mini jingle bells as well as the wooden ornaments

many Jacaranda trees are still flowering and dropping purple carpets on the footpaths

white lilacs against a blue summer sky

and in my own small patch, new leaves are unfurling on the monsteras,

while something has broken the stems

and eaten the leaves on my potato plants

hopefully, any actual potatoes developing under the surface will still be okay and keep growing. I'm not going to dig around and disturb them just in case, I'll dig up the pot late January or mid February, then we'll see if I have spuds.

not the kind of traffic usually seen trundling along the roads and looking brand new, so perhaps a Christmas gift for someone?

it's nice to finally be able to hang things on the line again

Finishing up now,

with Ana, ready to come home after a few hours in hospital with a little asthma attack. I was hoping the girls wouldn't have this but with both sides of the family affected it was probably inevitable, though Gen seems fine. So far.