Sunday Selections # 785
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.
Nothing very exciting this week, I have to get busy and sort all the latest photos...
Did you know: In 1814 eight Londoners were drowned when almost 1.5 million litres of beer flooded out from the Horse Shoe Brewery.
looking not so good anymore
destined to soon join its brothers in the rag bag for cleaning paint brushes and spills.
I very rarely use it
But I do love the mix of colours
and it is designed to be hung so it won't get lost in the drawer.
there it is hanging in the corner
while their "renovation" was happening, "Look what I found" said Riley
"a baby capybara! in the rhubarb pot"
spirited debate on what to feed a baby capybara
hurry and decide please, I'm getting hungry
the pale pink oleanders are flowering profusely
I like the darker pink striping in the center petals
my erigeron (seaside daisies) was going gangbusters too until the "gardeners" came around and slashed things, but it will bounce back, it always does, it's hardy.
I'd say that you have definitely got your money's worth out of that flannelette shirt! Love the fancy carved spoon and the cute capybara!
ReplyDeleteDebra She Who Seeks; that shirt is the last of six that I have worn for almost a dozen years. I found the capybara in my mailbox, have no idea who put it there.
DeleteGostei de ver a capivarinha, as flores lindas e tua camisa que foi bem usada e aproveitada! beijos, tudo de bom,chica
ReplyDeleteChica; thank you. I need to buy new shirts now.
Delete"Stories later arose of hundreds of people collecting the beer, mass drunkenness and a death from alcohol poisoning a few days later."
ReplyDeleteMike; I imagine that would have happened, but didn't look any further into history.
DeleteI didn't know about the water and beer. That's sad. The shirt is nice. Will you cut it up and make it into something else? I just a bunch of jeans up. And I have my eye on some discount cotton shirts. Didn't pick them up yet.
ReplyDeleteThe Happy Whisk; it is sad about the beer, but it was over 200 years ago. The shirt will get ripped apart and become cleaning rags for paint brushes etc. I'll have to shop for new ones soon, winter is coming.
DeleteDo you have a lot of pretty trees turning for autumn? I love fall. In my spring now though. Love that too. Actually, River. I think I like them all. The seasons.
DeleteHow's your weekend going?
Very interesting post. I didn't know about the water and beer.
ReplyDeleteDVArtist; thank you. The beer quote was one of many in the pages of a crossword puzzles book.
DeleteDrowned by beer. What a way to go. I love that carved spoon. How exciting, the redheads have a pet! Your shirt reminds me of Old Baby Blue, my raggedy sweatshirt, to whom I finally had to say goodbye.
ReplyDeleteVal; they probably died happily drunk. The redheads have several pets, some bigger than they are, some minuscule. I remember your baby blue.
DeleteWe have those daisies on our patio. You can't kill 'em.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up the London beer flood. It was indeed a thing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood
Steve Reed; can't kill 'em/hardy is why I bought them, but didn't realise they would spread so widely out in the garden. One patch is easily two metres. I' will check that link later.
DeleteDrowned by beer?! Hallelujah. Different place, but I sure miss Perth´s Horseshoe Bridge...
ReplyDeleteOh, poor flannelette shirt - and Autumn is there! We now change to Summer time.
I LOVE that spoon! To be able to create something like that!
A capybara, how cute.
Beautiful oleanders and daisies. Here still nothing, 1C in the mornings is not funny. 4C now (evening). Spring???
Iris; I think many men would think that's a great way to die. I didn't know Perth has a Horseshoe Bridge.Don't be sorry for the shirt, it had a good long life. The spoon is a work of art for sure. 1C and 4C doesn't sound like Spring to me, maybe soon it will get much warmer for you.
DeleteYes, the "famous" (I thought) Horseshoe Bridge in Perth leads to Northbridge where you also find the Brass Monkey :-)
DeleteOh, I hope my skirt will not follow your shirt... Bought it in 2013 in Joondalup at K-Mart. 4 C right now.
Iris; denim is a lot tougher than cheap flannette. I have jeans older than your skirt that are still in wearable condition.
DeleteWell, then we might meet in that again in two years!
DeleteI would ask the so-called gardeners to never ever slash the daisies.
ReplyDeletehels; they are following orders, "keep the paths clear in case emergency services need access". Anything further back in that garden remains untouched until spring when they return with chainsaws and cut rose bushes to hip level and ignore anything else that really needs cutting back.
DeletePretty flowers
ReplyDeleteDora; thank you.
DeleteThe spoon is very quirky, and nice.
ReplyDeleteI should have a proper look at oleander flowers.
I wonder if some drowned because they did not evacuate quickly to get themselves a good drink.
It's lovely to have a resident capybara.
Andrew; the spoon is a work of art and I shall keep it forever. Have a closer look at many flowers to see details not usually noticed. I'm sure that was the case with the drownings.
DeleteThe capybara is a soft squishy toy and would probably bounce if I dropped it.
Beautiful flowers 💐 I think you did well with the flannel shirt. 👏
ReplyDeleteLinda's Relaxing Lair; thank you, most of my clothes do last a long time, I buy things that fit loosely so they don't get stretched which weakens fabrics and seams.
DeleteYou found many beautiful things to post even if it wasn't the most exciting week ever. As to what to feed a capybara, they are probably vegetarians so you might start in the produce aisle.
ReplyDeletemessymimi; vegetarians of course! I have a tiny trolley filled with tiny plastic vegetables so I will find that and the redheads can feed their little squishy rubber friend.
DeleteSomething similar happened in Boston when molasses tanks failed and flooded the city with molasses
ReplyDeleteRuby Rose and the Big Little Angels 3; oh no! That would be a far stickier mess than beer.
DeleteLove that spoon and the shirt of yours is well worn, we get our favourites and don't like parting with them.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D; the spoon is lovely isn't it? The shirt wasn't my favourite but now I have to buy new ones and I don't think I'll go with brown. I'll look for brighter colours.
DeleteLove the spoon and the dolls!
ReplyDeleteDawn Treader; me too! Thank you.
DeleteI love the spoon - it's a work of art and worthy to be displayed. The oleanders are gorgeous and the daisies, too. Three cheers for hardiness! It looks as though Samba has hitched a lift to Australia!
ReplyDeletejabblog; Samba hitched a lift? No No, the girls capybara is a tiny squishy rubber version. The spoon is worthy of display and I even dust it off now and again. Hardy plants are always my choice, I don't want things that need pampering.
DeleteThat shirt is well worn! And the redheads have a new pet. I hope they reached a decision beffore the poor thing starved. Oleanders are pretty too.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte; that shirt is the thing I grab when it is a bit cool outside or even inside, it's worn almost daily in autumn and early spring too. I haven't checked but I am sure the redheads fed him something.
DeleteLove the carved spoon.
ReplyDeleteThe capybara made me smile.
And that beer flood story… what a way to go!
You definitely got every bit of wear out of that flannel shirt.
Veronica Lee; thank you, I think I can get a few months out of that shirt still, at least until I have bought some new ones.
DeleteOh dear - drowning in beer. Never heard that before.
ReplyDelete:o)
Cheers
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Plasman; commenters above have assured me the story is real, but I'd never heard it either.
DeleteGoodness! I didn't know that in 1814 eight Londoners were drowned when almost 1.5 million litres of beer flooded out from the Horse Shoe Brewery!
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers you've shared.
Enjoy the coming week - not long until Easter.
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member; I didn't know either until I read it in my puzzles book and commenters here have confirmed it is a true happening.
DeleteThat shirt has really done a good work ! It could be exposed in a museum ! I love the flower photos and the little dolls, I don't know them. You wondered in your comment that alcohol is allowed, of course it's not a prison here, and you can live like at home, if you don't disturb the community. Fortunately they are an exception !
ReplyDeleteIngrid; that shirt is now in pieces in the rag-bag. About the alcohol, I was thinking of our Nursing Homes here where residents are elderly and some are bedridden and alcohol is not allowed. Your place sounds more like a retirement home/village where residents have "assisted living". The little dolls are based on the French "Madeline" movies and books, where Madeline was the youngest and smallest girl in a boarding school.
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