Sunday Selections # 725

 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.

**Elephant's Child is taking a break for the month of February**

Beginning with this month's calendar page

"You are so brew-tiful"

When in the Botanic Gardens recently, I went in search of a bottle of water

only to find it now comes in cans, how about that? CANNED water.

Queasy people might want to avoid the next few photos:

this is me soon after arriving in my room, the steri-strips are quite firm and opening the eyes fully was difficult at first, but I could see my eyelashes! I haven't seen those in years!

By Friday morning the bruising was beginning to show, though the blood-stained tears had stopped.

Friday afternoon the bruising was heavier and by Saturday morning, the right eye had an almost colplete circle of purple, but the eyelids felt looser and I could open they eyes wider. 

Ignore the huge honker (nose), that's just a bad camera angle.

I came home with this "relaxing" gel mask, which I put in the fridge to get cold, then wear it for fifteen minutes at a time four times a day, this minimises swelling and bruising.

it has velcro straps to hold it closed and in place.

Of course while I was away, the redheads got into some mischief:

Jordan: "Riley have the witnesses been questioned?"

 "Yes boss, but nobody saw anything" 

"Same old story, they all saw nothing" 

Meg "getting a little uncomfortable down here"

Jordan "I think that went well, now let's discuss the next scene"

This is my latest batch of chips, somewhere in there is my teeny tiny homegrown 3cm potato.

recently when I read about Mary making pancakes for her grand daughter, I suddenly knew I wanted some too, so I took myself to the kitchen and made just enough batter for two cakes which I then drowned in butter and syrup. Don't they look delicious?

A jacaranda leaf blown off a tree landed on the nearby brush fence, it's about 20 inches long

a statue somewhere in Perth or maybe Fremantle, I don't remember where and I don't remember who.

and for Val:

ladybirds on one of the plants in the hospital garden where "no-one" works

Lastly, Happy Birthday today to S, mother of the twins.