Sunday Selections #230

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 
Like River I usually run with a theme.  This week I am returning to one of my long-standing interests obsessions, the sky.

Early last week the sky started to glow one evening and I headed out to revel in it.  It was relatively subtle to begin with, and then it began to blaze...

A few mornings later we had a colder beauty.

 Neither the fog nor the frost lifted until after eleven.

Mad woman with camera dances were involved both days..  Of course.

Words for Wednesday Update.

The jury is in, and the writing prompts will continue, at least until after October.

Most people seem to prefer a weekly prompt.

The who, when and where gets a bit more complicated.

River has agreed to do July on her blog.

Jacquelineand has agreed to do August, also on her blog

Susan F will do September, I assume on her blog.

Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue are going to provide the words for October.  Margaret's blog is largely nature related and she has agreed to send the words to me and I will post them on their behalf here.  Sadly, time constraints mean that Margaret is unable to follow more blogs so she and her friend Sue will only be able to participate when the words appear on a blog she is already following.

On the final week of each month whoever is responsible for the words will include a link to the blogger who is going to take over for the next month.  It isn't perfect, but spreading the meme across multiple blogs means that we will be able to reach more people in the blogosphere - which has to be a plus.

We have also been offered assistance by the following people.  I hope they will let us know when and how they will be able to play.
Alex J Cavanaugh has offered to help with prompts.
Kylie has offered to provide visual prompts.
Dianne Tolley has also stuck her hand up.

Thank you one and all. 

Words for Wednesday

The lovely Delores at Under the Porch Light has been running this meme for a considerable period of time, week after week.   She was having issues with her computer freezing on her (much as my brain does when faced with some of her words).  She asked that someone take over on a temporary basis and I stuck my hand up.

Sadly, Delores has now decided that the time has come for her to 'fade out' of the blogosphere.  She will pop in from time to time, but is reclaiming a life away from the computer.  She will be missed.  Badly missed.

I was happy to provide the prompts on a temporary basis but don't want to do so permanently, not least because when I provide the words I am too close to them and can't find any impetus to play myself.

So I have some questions for you all:

Should the meme continue? ( I hope so.)

Does it need to be weekly or would fortnightly be enough?

Would anyone else like to take over providing the prompts?

Or, would anyone like to share providing them?  Say for a month or so at a time?

Can you give it some thought and respond in the comments.

This week the meme continues here.

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...
Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.

This weeks prompts:

Choke

Respect

Smash

Airplane

Royal

Spring

And/or

Good

Eye

Burly

Alarm

Stick

Rebel

 

Sunday Selections #229

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 
Like River I usually run with a theme. We have been promised rain and promised rain.  And the weather boffins have lied like pigs in mud.  This week it finally arrived.  In three days we got more rain than we have received in the last three months combined.  With apologies to those in the US who have had much more than they want or need, I loved it, the garden loved it, the skinny one liked it and the cats loathed it.

However, by the first sunny day the smaller portion had gone stir crazy.  So we went out, to the nearby Googong Dam to watch it run over the spillway.  As is usual many photos follow.

We had some trouble getting access to a spot where we could see the spillway.  The roads had been flooded and were blocked off.

At the top the water looked serene.

Then we found a friendly ranger who told us where we could find walking trails to a lookout.  The trails were uneven, and heavy going but we are both really pleased we made the effort.  The water coming over the spillway looked great - and sounded incredible.

You don't say...

And watching the water spill into the Queanbeyan River below the dam was lovely too.  

 

 

The further away from the spillway the quieter and calmer the water became.  It was still moving suprisingly fast though.

Words For Wednesday

The lovely Delores at Under the Porch Light has been running this meme for a considerable period of time, week after week - even through the A to Z challenge.  Sadly she is having issues with her computer freezing on her (much as my brain does when faced with some of her words).  She has asked that someone take over on a temporary basis and I have stuck my hand up.
Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...
Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.

This weeks prompts: 

Call

Leg

Loving

Calculator

Hydrant

Want

And/or

Bag

Bruise

Scarf

Resolute

Float

Change

Sunday Selections #228

Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
 
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life.  The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River.  Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
 
Like River I usually run with a theme.  I have been wrestling with sadness this week.  A friend and fellow volunteer with Lifeline was hit by a car three weeks ago.  Her left shoulder is shattered and has been rebuilt.  Her left ankle is broken.  Her pelvis is broken in several places and pushed out of alignment.  She will need a new hip.  When she was taken to hospital she was also bleeding into her brain.  Her right side was completely unresponsive.  The bleeding has been stopped and the medicos hope that she will regain feeling and movement on her right side.  They aren't promising anything though.  She will be in hospital for many weeks and recuperating for many more.  She is also the carer for her elderly mama (whose only language I don't speak).  Her mama has cancer.  My heart aches for her.  And for the fact that I can't do anything, except stop in and say hello for the ten minutes which is all she can cope with.

I almost always turn to nature for solace and comfort when I am down, so we headed down to the lake on a crisp and clear morning last week.  And it did help.  Still sad, still feeling helpless, but smiling too.  I obviously wanted a lot of comfort - and many photos follow.

I am sure that swan was mooning me...

 It really is a lovely spot, and is less than half an hours drive from home.