Drifting through life

On Wednesday’s, Delores, from Under The Porch Light, has a meme which she calls “Words for Wednesday”. She puts up a selection of six words which we then use in a short story, or a poem. I’m hopeless at poetry so I always do a story. It’s a fun challenge…why not join in? This week's words are: 1. print 2. mayhem 3. indigenous 4. plastic 5. jeep 6. triangle we also have: destroyed in a blaze of white hot heat Here is my story:   The immediate area surrounding the indigenous plants centre was mayhem . Crowds of onlookers, held back by a triangle of police rope, jostled for space to watch as the firefighters continued to hose down the smoking remains.   The trucks had arrived too late to save anything inside the building, the fire had been fierce and fast, the interior had been completely destroyed in a blaze of white hot heat.   Beyond the rope, the nursery owner, Willie Hagan, sat in his jeep staring at th...

We've been having some fabulous weather here for about a week now, warm sunshine, cool breezes, blue skies with puffs and streaks of clouds. So of course I've been out and about instead of loitering by the screen here. It's very tiring standing around at bus stops just to get somewhere, but when that somewhere is a nursery and I'm buying seedlings, it's worth it. I got home from the expedition, watered the seedlings in their little tray, then fell asleep on the couch. I've just finished planting them out.... see those little mounds of green? Here's a closer look... nice and leafy. A couple of them already have tiny flower buds... that blurry green bit near the top left of the plant is a flower head forming. It swayed in the breeze just as I had it in focus. and what did I plant? one dozen of these, Erigerons, spaced out along the edge of the path. Tiny little seaside daises. These do very well in Adelaide, I see them everywher...