Drifting through life

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. Kim spends more time writing at The Shake these days. 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 photos of the gardens surrounding thes...

Welcome back to Whimsical Wednesday! The day for your googled giggle that gets you over the hump that is Wednesday and sliding down into the weekend. even baubles need therapy it seems.

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. I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week I'm continuing the Christmas theme that is spreading throughout the blogosphere.  The following are photos of this year's tree, which I had to take twice because the first lot showed images of my kids in the photo board behind the tree.  I had to hang up a towel to cover it. Here it is..... My Tree 2012. The tree, the whole tree, nothing but the tree :) the bottom, the middle, the top. N...

I really wasn't in the mood. In spite of Christmas decorations being up all over town,  I just wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit. I always put off putting up the tree until at least the first of December, it's kind of a tradition in our family to not put up the tree until the November birthdays are over. Fair enough too. But this year December 1st came and went and the tree stayed in its box up in the wardrobe. The tinsel and baubles stayed in their boxes too, up in the wardrobe. I felt I just couldn't be bothered. Until yesterday.  I was outside looking at the shadecloth on my back porch, checking for rips or holes after the big winds we've been having, but from the outside, not inside the porch, so I was right next to the front porch of my new back neighbour. (The young man who lived there was moved out some time ago, to a more supervised facility as he was unable to properly care for himself.) Anyway, she popped out of her door and made her wa...