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Sunday Selections # 155

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Welcome back to Sunday Selections! This once-a- week-meme was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock , as a way to showcase some of the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs. The rules are very simple:- 1. post photos of your choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title 2. link back to me, River , somewhere in your post 3. leave me a comment so that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted. 4. hop on over to TheElephant’s Child to see more of her wonderful photos. Kath and Andrew often join in as well, although Kath has been quite busy lately and unable to join us. There are several other participants now though: Jackie K at WorkingThrough It Gillie at RandomThoughts From Abroad I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week I'm continuing with some of the photos I took while in Port Pirie. On my long walk past the old high school, along W...

day one of the shortest holiday ever

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I arrived in Port Pirie a little before lunchtime, we'd made good time. I collected my luggage and decided to walk to my hotel. It wasn't far, about ten minutes walking. I'd booked a room a few days earlier, but was surprised to find it was a motel room located in a string of them down the side of the hotel. The website had described it as a hotel/motel, but I'd assumed there were rooms in the actual hotel part. Didn't matter, a room is a room is a room, as long as the bed is comfortable and there is television and airconditioning, I'm okay with it. The television was a decent size, bigger than mine at home. I wasn't planning on watching much, or anything, unless I wasn't able to sleep. I had my camera and my kindle. This is the art work above the beds, too large to fit in my luggage, dammit!  The colours are a perfect match for my curtains here at home, except for that white patch, but I could live with that. It isn't as bright as i...