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 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 ...

  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.tennis  2.turkish  3.delight  4.melon  5.brook   and/or:  1. officers  2.steps  3.conclusion  4.earliest  5.pan  6. asparagus Also including Charlotte's colour of the month surviving yellow iris. Here is my story: continuing on from last week:   I arranged the armchairs in a semi-circle around the big old fireplace after first putting a mesh guard in pla...

  and suddenly hear that awful, awful sound. That childish voice.  That monotone whine that could only belong to one person. I grabbed the remote and muted him.

 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 more often. Beginning with this month's Calendar page: Moving on to some autumn colour: some are random street trees others are within the grounds here, love the lime green car 😃 multiple shades of autumn this one looked much nicer through the sunglasses, a deeper shade of red walking to an eye appointment recently I walked on the opposite side of the road, just for a change, and saw this aeonium still wearing its Christmas tinsel scarf and a coup...

  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.almanac  2.vegetables  3.smoke  4.rocky  5.pursuit  and/or:  1.tides  2.data  3.pearly  4.block  5.hedge Here is my story: Two years ago, the advertisement in the window of the realtor’s office had read “Rocky Farm: as-is, everything included” so I had walked inside and asked about it. What exactly was meant by as-is, everything included? I hadn’t planned on buying a ho...

 I'll never do that again, fate hates to be tempted. I was at the twins house, playing with them, eating lunch etc, they were sneezing, a visiting toddler had a runny nose.... And now I'm sick. coughing, coughing, coughing...you get the idea.  Now I'm stuck at home so I don't infect anyone else, though I do have to go to the chemist tomorrow for cough syrup.  I'll wear a mask.

 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 more often. A shorter selection this week: irrefutable proof that I have not yet lost my marbles A faint rainbow on my way home from the shops looking through my front window at the downpour a few minutes later, I often get home just in the nick of time many trees are showing auumn colour now I've been cooking for the freezer, this is the meat, carrot, onion and garlic portion of the cottage pie ready for the crushed tomatoes to be added sweet pota...

 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 David M. Gascoigne and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1.villain  2. visit  3.bone  4.stork  5.memory  and/or:  1.imprinted  2.human  3.kink  4.spring  5.faithful Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: pretty flower pink Here is my story: Incurable disease is a villain most foul, taking from us life and limb, even bone in some cases. Though hope springs eternal and I am faithful to hope, still some tragedy or other ...

  Andrew has recently shown a few older Australian television advertisements which were fun to watch, so I thought I would add one of my old favourites: Bananana-na na na, make those bodies sing and a later version showing the kids now grown I love both versions and I love bananas too, as long as they are the in season variety not the awful cold storage ones with no flavour. I hope both videos play.

 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 more often. beginning today with the crossing of Grange Road/Manton Street, over the underpass of South Road at Hindmarsh and West Hindmarsh. I had  reason to go out there recently and stared again at the design: taken from the Manton Street side looking at the section of fence protecting people from jumping or falling into the South side of the underpass and the same design on the North side, so ugly, so uninspired, yes? Every time I see ...