Sunday Selections #771

December 21, 2025

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.

In memory of Elephant's Child, the meme is now continued by myself and 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 the redheads who are missing a sister:

ponytail Jordan: "She's been gone over two weeks now."

striped top Riley: "She didn't say where, just that we would get a surprise when she came back."

frilly Gillian: "I miss her so much."

There's been a little decorating here,

and there.

and look! A little house. At last I own a house! Ha Ha.

Here's a cheeky elf hanging off my lamp

these are some colourful foil banners that I took to the twins house, where there are decorations in every room but the kitchen.

once upon a time, power poles were just a simple single pole strung with a few wires

now they have added large boxes and so many tangled wires as people get more and more things that need connecting. These ones are outside a row of units where new tenants have added things that were never once seen. Broadband connections for computers, extra phone lines and whatever else all those wires are for.

the fig tree on the verge across from where I live

has more baby figs than I have ever seen on it in years past.

a beautiful purple/pink shade in this pelargonium, also on the verge but further along the street.

Jacarandas are still blooming and the footpaths are strewn with dropped blossoms, thank goodness it isn't raining, they'd be ugly brown slush in no time.

The palm in the local supermarket carpark now has a pretty flowerbed around it, though I'm not a fan of agapanthus, it does look better than the dry brown dirt that was there.

and we're back to roses

in lovely sunset colours

sadly they have no fragrance

but they make up for that

with beauty.

here's a fairy with a lantern

and another with a watering can

my "black" pelargonium lives on though with a little more red/pink than originally, I'm just happy to see it surviving.

It's very "leggy" and I need to cut back the stems and make cuttings for new plants and then remember to trim them to recreate the bushiness they once were.