Drifting through life

 and is now 84 cat years old, 17 in people years Lola. I thought of buying her (me) a cake to celebrate, but I really don't need the extra calories.  I gave her half a can of tuna instead and the other half got mashed with mayonnaise and spread on my sandwich.

 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. "no-one" sent me this on a recent afternoon: "the moon is up already!" So I went outside to see for myself: and there she was in a clear blue sky. the repaired storm water drain had concrete poured to cover it, do you think this looks like a good job was done? this is LESS than one year old !! someone has been in my garden playing with Roscoe the dog, I can tell because his ears are sticking out (the cat is Rosie) I bent...

  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.ferry  2.determined  3.box  4.convey  5.paste  6.first   and/or:  1.family  2.astonish  3.obtain  4.avoid  5.magnificent also including Charlotte's colour of the month: writing passion purple. Here is my story: I stared at the neat row of coloured inks lined up across the back of her desk, “One of these won’t do?” I asked. Dramatically she answered,” Purple is the colour...

 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. Beginning today with my floor: sheet vinyl, (I checked on where to buy this and this one is the very cheapest of the cheap options) brown speckled cream in colour, the squiggly black lines are cracks, this floor was already old when I moved in not quite 14 years ago there are more and bigger cracks now, this is the doorway between kitchen on the left and living room on the right, the kitchen floor is sinking....I rolled a marble t...

  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 Hilary Melton-Butcher and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1.purposeful  2.solar  3.hog  4.trail  5.discouraging  and/or:  1.chute  2.punt  3.oval  4.records  5.patient  and just for a surprise, extra words:  1.hinders  2.origin  3. camping  4.wrinkle  5.sprout.  Here is my story: Red gunned his hog through the carpark, then slowed and eased into his usual spot. His purposeful stride as he wal...

 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. starting this week with some heavy cloud cover over the hills: looking east along Glen Osmond Road towards the hills areas brother R sent me this photo of two chairs, he thinks from the 60s but the colour suggests 70s to me and I think they are awful.  last Tuesday was sausage day at Casa de River I cooked a couple of dozen, kept out two for dinner and froze the rest. I dislike having to clean up all the spatter from sausages...

  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 Hilary Melton-Butcher and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:   1.tracts  2.lego  3.satirical  4.covered  5.breakup   and/or:  1.violin  2.wheels  3.informer  4.bee  5.mountains Here is my story: Simon * Caffrey put the last of the cleaned frames back into hive number six and gently closed the lid. Turning on the dripper system as he walked through the wildflower field, he noticed many more new flower buds and felt happy that hi...

 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. Starting today with a little drainage problem, yes, another one but not the bathroom this time, but the kitchen sink would randomly spit up water from its drain, other times filling itself with soapy water also coming up through the drain. It would reach the top, then slowly drain away over about twenty minutes. On a Thursday I eventually called a plumber who said he'd be there Tuesday.  Meanwhile: the problem got worse with ...