Drifting through life

Another book quote,  from "Summer Knight" one of the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher (A long one this time). "Sometimes the most remarkable things seem commonplace.     When you think about it, jet travel is pretty freaking remarkable. You get in a plane, it defies the gravity of an entire planet by exploiting a loophole with air pressure, and it flies across distances that would take months or years to cross by any means of travel that has been significant for more than a century or three. You hurtle above the earth at enough speed to kill you instantly should you bump into something, and you can only breathe because someone built you a really good tin can that has seams tight enough to hold a decent amount of air. Hundreds of millions of man-hours of work and struggle and research, blood, sweat, tears and lives have gone into the history of air travel and it has totally revolutionized the face of our planet and societies. But get on any flight ...

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. I feel like this a lot. Don't wake me yet. I need sleeeeeep.

Musical Monday     I was introduced to Musical Monday by Delores who copied the meme from another site. I think it’s a fun way to show off some of the music we like and brighten up our Mondays at the same time.  I’ll be finding my clips on you tube , so will simply credit that site since there are often so many versions of everything and I wouldn’t want to accidentally credit the wrong artist. Today’s clip is: Uriah Heep Free Me and the lyrics : ( I hope , I didn't check this before uploading it) one of my favourites, I like his voice.

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 here 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.   Andrew often joins in. And Jackie K too, at WorkingThrough It sometimes joins us. I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week I have some photos I took at the corner of Grenfell Street and Pulteney Street here in Adelaide . first, this unusual tree trunk almost hidden under the leafy canopy and behind a bed of these>>> bright orange flowers, that I do...