Sunday Selections # 759
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.
new construction
plenty of scaffolding and supports
these will be townhouses
seven or eight in a row I think
this is the brand of food I feed to Lola, along with Grain Free dry kibble
12 pouches and 3 flavours per box
she rarely eats the solid pieces, preferring just the sauce or gravy
before moving on to her kibble. I buy all the flavours available and mix them in a large tupperware container so she gets a variety of flavours.
this empty icecream tub lined with a plastic bag is where I scrape all the uneaten food into and keep it in the freezer so my rubbish bins don't get stinky, over a fortnight this tub will get filled.
here is Lola resting after a hard day of eating and sleeping.
look closely and see something on the path to my porch. If you are at all squeamish skip over the next picture.
a headless pigeon, not the sort of thing you expect to see when opening the curtains in the morning. I scooped it up and tossed it under the huge Oleander.The ants and worms will take care of it.
this is a scarf I knitted several winters ago, before the arthritis in my thumbs got worse
I got a little carried away as you can see here, it is more than twice as long as my table
including tassels
and this bit hanging over the other end of the table, the whole thing is probably about 250cm long, (about 8 feet and a bit?) but only three inches wide (7 1/2 cm), this picture is more true to the actual colour.
I notice several of my potted succulents now have red edges,
this one is almost completely reddish, this is from lack of watering as I have been very lazy this year.
the aeoniums, also in pots are red/brown edged
while the big jades planted in the ground are almost completely green still, probably from the bits of rain water.
this jade is in a pot and the newest growth is quite red, when I eventually water it there will be plenty of air bubbles coming up through the soil
most of the jade flowers have browned off now
with just one pink and white star remaining.
Beautiful photos. ❤️ Lola is precious. Poor pigeon.
ReplyDeleteLinda's Relaxing Lair; thank you. Lola isn't often as precious as she looks, she's beginning to get cranky with aging and sometimes seems to be confused.
DeleteThere´s a lot of building going on. Here around the corner they erected a school so ugly I feel already sad for the kids.
DeleteBut those structures you show look promising?
felix is in the ads here, too. With the same cat (of course) - sweet.
Oh, Lola has such hard days, really!!!! Who can eat and sleep all the time, that sounds exhausting!
In my next life I´ll be a cat. With a Mommy like you!
Wee, why was that poor thing headless?! Was Stephen King around?
Wow on that scarf and so sorry about your thumb - any help on the way? My scarf (knitted by Ingo´s late Grandma) will be out soon again, too, Gurri (winter-coat) is already...
I am sorry to read this about Lola.
This is why I have no cat after all. I wish you strength to go through this. I witnessed Max´s last months - it was bitter, but sometimes also sweet - I wish many sweet moments for the two of you!!
Iris; hopefully the school will not be ugly on the inside, maybe the children will make pictures and hang them? These structures will be townhouses, two storeys, all packed together in a row to save space. My brother may buy one, he has decided to stay in WA, he has so many friends there after 30 years.
DeleteMy thumbs both have arthritis so knitting more than a little bit makes them hurt. I can probably do tiny scarves for the tiny redheads, with fine yarn usually used for baby clothes.
Lola is fine, she has years left, I think she gets cranky because I get cranky. But the occasional confusion is new, sometimes her meow sounds like she doesn't know where she is, so I pat her and tell her she's okay and then she settles and goes to sleep on my pillow.
So sorry about your thumbs - nothing to help, did you see more than one doc? Acupuncture, might that be an option? Sorry about Lola...
DeleteThe succulents are turning red because you did the perfect amount of watering.
ReplyDeleteThat scarf would be perfect for a 10 foot tall Dr. Who.
That tall thin wall of bricks in the first picture looks a little scary to me. I'm curious as to how they end up like pic 3 if they are the same walls.
Mike; the perfect amount of watering? And I so rarely get things perfect, or even just right. Mostly around here it's "good enough". It's possible I was watching Dr. Who when doing that knitting.
DeleteThat thinness is due to camera angle, they are regular Aussie bricks and will have cladding on both sides with insulation between, to become the interior walls of the houses, which are built above their respective garages.
A lot of work went into your scarf. The decapitated pigeon was an odd find. You have a good solution to disposing of Lola's leftovers. It's odd that she doesn't like the solid parts, yet eats the gravy, and has no issues with the kibble. So it must not be an issue with her teeth.
ReplyDeleteVal; I wasn't happy about the decapitated pigeon, there are cats around here that roam day and night, but usually they take more than the head I thought. I remember way back in 2000, "no-one's" tiny cat caught and ate a bird on her front porch, left nothing but the beak and feet. The scarf is a very easy, no attention needed, pattern, knit two, purl two all the way. I think purl is what you northeners call stocking stitch?
DeleteNo issue at all with Lola's teeth, and very occasionally I will find both her bowls completely empty.
Looks like some construction is going on.
ReplyDeleteDora; yes, much construction, people need houses.
DeleteWhere are the town houses being built?
ReplyDeletehels; these are being built in one of the suburbs around Perth, not sure exactly which one. My brother sent the photos, he thinks he might buy one.
DeleteI lived in Perth for a couple of years, and loved every moment. Especially the beach suburbs
DeleteYour Brother sure is very lucky, River!
DeleteMy grandmother taught me to knit and I made a scarf. I didn't know how to cast off so the scarf just got longer and longer until I ran out of wool. It was never finished and I don't know what happened to it.
ReplyDeleteEnlarging the succulents shows all the red growth and they look amazing.
Andrew; not knowing how to cast off is a problem, here's how: knit two stitches, take the first and pull it off over the second, knit another, take the second and pull it off over the third, continue until you have only one stitch, cut the wool at a decent length, pull the final stitch until it is a bit larger, remove the knitting needle and thread the cut enf of the wool/yarn though it and pull tight. Use a darning needle to sew/weave that tail end of wool into the knitted piece.
DeleteThe plants do look amazing with the red don't they? Nicer than the plain green.
Your succulents are pretty with the red edging, are you sure they aren't supposed to be that way this time of year?
ReplyDeleteMost cats like what they like when it comes to their food, I'm glad Lola has things she likes you can get easily.
Loose house cats kill so many birds, even when they aren't hungry, it's sad.
messymimi; we are going into spring and if I had watered through the dry winter they would all be still green. I would expect red edges in autumn, but I watered through last summer until the end of January when it rained a bit and haven't watered since then.
DeleteI know house cats kill birds, but I wonder about this one, since it appeared in the morning and most birds sleep until dawn. I suspect human intervention here, since I also found dog poop on my porch steps a few days before the bird.
My jade plants always die, I don't over water them, they just don't like me even though
ReplyDeleteI would care for one...well one day maybe.
I do like that scarf even though it's a bit long, can be wrapped around the neck many times in the cold windy weather.
Your cat, sweet thing and he is well looked after, and don't they sit close to the heaters. One of my past cats did that and his hair started to burn, he did move fast.
Margaret D; it might be too cold where you are, they are hot/dry area plants. If you could put one on the sunniest side of your home that might help.
DeleteThe scarf is handy on cold evenings when I wind it around and around. Lola is well looked after, it's cheaper to take care than to be constantly taking a sick cat to the vet.
Poor headless pigeon!
ReplyDeletejabblog; I hope there will be no more.
DeleteYour succulents are gorgeous! You must have the right touch AND the right light.
ReplyDeleteMs. Moon; thank you for dropping in. We certainly have plenty of light, my tiny garden and porch face north and west, so there is always sun unless it is cloudy and raining.
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