Sunday Selections # 733
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 one reason for the holes in saucepan handles:
followed by my two newest coffee mugs:
Meg and Jordan
Riley
and Gillian, all standing up supporting Ukraine
Fly Free,
flutter, flap,
Stay Free. Please, please be free forever.
this is a faded old "fire truck" that usually sits on my front porch with plants in it
I decided it needed refreshing, only to find the metal badly rusted
almost to the point of disintegration, I can't fix that,
so I slapped on a coat of paint, followed the next day by a second coat, now it just needs the black trim touched up and the wheels where I got sloppy with the red paint.
at Port Welshpool in Victoria is a Long Jetty
a long, long jetty
probably long enough to get your daily 5km if you walked the length and back a couple of times?
Certainly looks long from this angle
Not sure what that yellow and white thing is, looks like a dive bubble (I made that up)
Not sure what this is but I think the next picture explains it
and there it is, the slipway and winch shed.
one of the caravan parks R and V stayed at
the table and chairs set up for breakfast.
"no-one's" sky last Friday evening after a very hot week, she says it began sprinkling rain soon after, but sprinkle was all they got,
this is my sky the same evening, same time
looking further west the setting sun is colouring the clouds
which are still promising rain but not yet delivering, which is both good and bad.
Bad because we really need the rain, Good because rain would flood the upstairs balcony again, since the blocked downpipe is not yet replaced.
A "work order" has been "actioned" so we just have to wait until that process makes it way through the system and we get ourselves a new downpipe. I'm giving them a week, then I'm emailing again.
Lovely to see Gillian and the girls showing their support for Ukraine. The fire truck looks very smart now. The camping sites look spacious and well-kept.
ReplyDeleteI hope your downpipe is replaced very soon - some people need a kick in the pants!
jabblog; thank you, I like seeing people and even little redheaded dolls, supporting Ukraine. The camping sites are somewhere in Victoria. Some people need more than a kick in the pants, I am often surprised by how many times we have to put in a complaint before anything gets done.
DeleteWe had some rain last night here! And the night before. Not Townsville levels, but enough to say that if Hughie would like to go elsewhere we would pack his suitcase.
ReplyDeletejeanie; hooray for rain, and even better that you didn't get too much. We'd love to have Hughie comes down South.
DeleteLove those mugs for Ukraine. Who needs the world's support.
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed a long jetty. A very long jetty.
I really like your plant truck too. And hope it survives a while longer.
Elephant's Child; I think most of the world is in support of Ukraine, with just a few on Russia's side. Australia does have a few long jetties, but I think that one is the best maintained one I have ever seen. Most are old wood and often storm damaged and much shorter when repaired, like our Glenelg Jetty which has lost about a third of its length.
DeleteI think the truck will survive a couple more years now, but I can't put real plants back in it, the watering would hasten its demise. I'll get some fake ones.
The mugs are great. Wash with care, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI lived for a couple of years near Port Welshpool. The pier is so long because the water is very shallow. My father used to catch flounder there and he could walk out for a very long way before the water became too deep.
The are great cloud photos.
Andrew; nope, wash as usual in the sink with hot sudsy water. You lived near Port Welshpool? Do you have pictures and can you tell stories?
DeleteThe clouds were great to see, but sadly delivered only a sprinkle across town and nothing here. At least the upstairs balcony stayed dry.
The mugs for Ukraine are wonderful. Most mugs are for their independence.
ReplyDeleteJoanne; thank you, I haven't seen any other mugs for Ukraine so I had these made locally at the photo booth in the shopping centre.
DeleteI like the mug and your use for the hole in the saucepan handle. May the downspout come the day before a good, soaking rain.
ReplyDeletemessymimi; thank you, I'm happy with the mugs too. I also hope the downpipe is replaced before a big rain comes.
DeleteI do like your mugs R. Beautiful sky towards the end.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D; thank you, I like the skies too, it was a nice change from the blue, blue, blue.
DeleteFinally today no rain has fallen around these parts. I reckon everyone was beginning to believe the rain would never cease! I feel for the poor folk out in the western areas of Queensland, where cattle and sheep properties, and the small towns servicing the communities have been swamped with the deluges. So very sad...heartbreaking...the loss of livestock is beyond one's imagination. Let's hope they all receive the help they so desperately need.
ReplyDeleteTake good care, River...enjoy your week ahead. My cuddles to Lovely Lady Lola. :)
Lee; I'm glad your rain has finally stopped and hope some makes its way down south, but not before we get a new downpipe. We have our own loss of livestock here with the drought, so as well as no water there is no feed. Lady Lola is currently sound asleep in the bed, tucked in under the covers.
DeleteWe used to avoid holiday expenses at school and uni by renting caravans. As long as the caravan park had toilets and showers within walking distance, it would still be a lovely way to spend summer breaks.
ReplyDeleteHels; that sounds lovely.
DeleteI've got a lot of cups I could send you if you need more. 😁
ReplyDeleteMike; thank you, but no. I already have too many and nowhere to put them. There's a whole boxful stored in my garage.
DeleteI like your mugs! How long can it take to replace a downspout? Honestly.
ReplyDeleteSteve Reed; thank you, I like them too. I'm in public housing so any maintenance work needs a lot of paperwork to go through various channels before it gets approved then they propbably search for the lowest price available which all takes time. Ideally this should have been done the first time the upstairs balcony flooded and the water went right through her flat, ankle deep. The plumbers who attended back then told us the downpipe was blocked and we reported it, but nothing was done.
DeleteI like the Ukraine mugs. A mate of mine housed a Ukrainian refugee and her daughter for a while when war broke out. Also I like the sky photos.
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Plasman; thank you. I have several mugs with images I've chosen, had them made up at the local photo booth in the shopping centre. I'm happy you have mates who do such good things. The sky photos are great aren't they? Promising rain after all the heat we've had.
DeleteWow! You really made that little fire engine look nice! I had a pedal version of a little fire engine as a kid, with the ladders on the side. My sister and I spent many an afternoon riding it downhill, turning it over by veering into the neighbor's yard just before we got to the broken section of sidewalk and a drop-off into a creek. We took turns who got to ride inside, and who gave the running push and jumped on the back. The redheads are cute on your mugs!
ReplyDeleteVal; I remember the fire engine pedal powered vehicles, many kids back in my day had similar ones, race cars, police cars, regular cars and fire trucks. This one is a mini, about 15 inches lomg and 10 inches high. The redheads are cute anywhere.
DeleteWhat great mugs.
ReplyDeleteDora; thank you.
DeleteOh. Did blogger mess up again?
ReplyDeleteMaybe because I messed up your very first point!
I knew about the spoon-thingy but immediately thought: Oh no!!! Asparagus-season soon!
The content looks like asparagut, which Ingo loves. And I hate from the depths of my hear... nose!
Big yay to your coffee mugs, go girls! You do good, it is good "the world" does all it can! We do! Have to...
Oh, and. , as you know... I lived in a fire-truck! Funny how this comes up all my life!
You did a great job and thank you for the memory again.
Oh, and that jetty... that SO reminds me of my Mum! So, so much! Thank you!
I used blogger-search with "jetty" and got not my Mum but your country, "LOL". With so many content, too.
Your Brother+Wife live THE life, really. sooooo good! Thank you for the BIG smile! "s", smiles, plural!
Ack! Hope you did NOT get flooded!!! I sure do know how that stinks....
Iris; I hate asparagus too. In the saucepan was two-minute-noodles. I was too tired to cook proper food, so did the quick and easy noodles with extra frozen vegetables added.
DeleteI've forgotten you lived in a fire truck, my little repainted one is finished now and waiting for some fake plants before I put it back on the front porch. I like that really long jetty and would like to see it myself one day and walk along it. Brother and his wife are home again now, probably planning their next trip to somewhere.
I am glad we had no rain so didn't get flooded, any flooding in the upstairs balcony is only rainwater a few inches deep, so there is no smell from it, not like the huge Queensland floods where whole suburbs are underwater with damage to houses and furniture. That kind of flood stinks when the water begins to recede and the cleanup begins. Mud and slush and rotten food, ruined carpets too. I would never live in Queensland again.
Well... I´ll have my nose "closed" as Ingo will make asparagus. Healthy, but ... yuck! Firetrucks are always welcomed. ... as long as not required! Needed, whatever.
DeleteOw, your Brother + wife just do it right! Hope they share and you will, too! No travels here this year. You? A bit? Oh, I lied. Plan: visit my Brother. Plan... rent a car. Drive. Maybe. Maaybe...
Iris; no travels for me this year, none really at all until Lola passes away, unless I win lotto.
DeleteWhat a delicious mix of diverse pictures. I liked them all, but I had to look up a slipway winch ... ours looked much different.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte; thank you. I guess many things are made differently in other countries.
Deletei love your little fire truck..... and what an eclectic mix of pics (again)
ReplyDeleteArcticFox; thank you. I do try to mix things up to keep people interested.
DeleteGreat mugs supporting Ukraine :) Cute fire truck, hope you can fix it.
ReplyDeleteSami; thank you, The fire truck is ornamental and from Cheap as Chips, so not well made, it's too rusted now to do more than slap on a coat of paint.
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