Sunday Selections #782

 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.

walking home from a dental appointment recently I noticed this pile of concrete blocks

and a badly dented bus stop shelter

somebody really rammed that thing The concrete blocks were a low fence,and I recalled hearing several sirens screaming along Fullarton Road a few days prior. For this much damage, I assume the "rammer" was a fairly large truck and hope no one was injured.

Next to the bus stop:

this is all that remains of a very large tree which I posted about a few months ago, you might remember I showed the break where a large limb had broken during a very windy storm.

Apparently someone had now deemed the entire tree unsafe and it was cut down 😢

a mural I spotted in the city while waiting at the lights to cross the road, I don't know who the dark-haired men are, but the blond in the middle is Shane Warne, an Australian cricketer, now sadly deceased.

Back on home ground, the bees which I recently happily posted about as returning to their tree hive, have once again been smoked out. I stood there and cried as a couple of bees flew around close to the entrance but would not go inside. I had been planning to plant some lavender for them in my small patch, but not at all sure I will do that now. Maybe in the spring. For other bees. Maybe a bee keeper came and collected the hive?

After a year of neglect (no watering for about 11 months) this monstera showed its appreciation of a drink by sending up a new leaf, here it is half unfurled

and a bird's eye view, had to stand on tippytoes for this.

too late for February's colour of the month, this crepe myrtle on the way to Woolies has burst into such a froth of blooms I could barely see branches. The bees there were having a grand time.

visiting a friend recently I noticed these Christmas Cookie themed spatulas

and a spoon as well. 

this "stinking-to-high-heaven" mess was dropped, I'm guessing when that strap broke off a carry bag, on the footpath beside my garden patch. It hadn't been there when I checked my mail box the previous afternoon, so must have been dropped after that and I didn't see it until I went out to water afer breakfast the next day. 

The tiny black specks you see are shiny flies, there were dozens of them and hundreds of ants too. I have no idea what the items are in the container but they might have been doughnuts. Such kind and considerate neighours I have eh? 

I got a bucket and garbage bag and a pair of rubber gloves and scooped the whole mess into the bag, tied it off, flies and ants included and dropped it into the nearest bin, then sloshed a couple of buckets worth of water over the slimy footpath area.

a tree in "no-one's" yard has burst into bloom, I don't remember what it is but it is pretty

she is also growing small hot (HOT) chillies

and this evening primrose was covered in bees though I photographed only one

Closer to home,

I like this driveway where the bricks are laid herringbone style with a straight edge. Eye candy.