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. 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 semi-regular 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 a couple of photos of something I love. motorbikes! in particular, Harley Da...

Zipping along the roads, sun in my face, wind in my hair... This (googled image) is a picture of a Suzuki 50cc motor scooter that is very similar to the one I owned from 1969 to late 1972. It's even the same colour. I don't have actual photos of my bike, or me on my bike. I'm pretty sure Mum took a couple when I first got it, but I have no idea what happened to them. Yes, it's just a little thing, but I was only 16 and weighed less than 100 pounds. About 45kg. A bigger bike might have been to hard for me to handle. (Mum's words, not mine). I'd been having driving lessons from a friend of Mum's who owned a small car, but then he moved away and that was the end of that. So Mum decided I should get a small bike because I could put L plates on it and learn on my own. We went to the dealer and I chose a bike from their catalogue, made a down payment, bought a helmet, and waited for the bike to arrive from Adelaide. When it arrived I was so excited...