Sunday Selections #661

 

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. Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

I usually run with a theme. This week I am taking you through my garden over the last year.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

 

November

December

That was the year that was.   It is New Year's Eve here.  The new year will come in without any help from me - I am confident that she knows the way and needs no special invitation from me.

I hope your coming year is filled with colour, life, vibrancy, health and happiness.

Words for Wednesday 27/12/2023

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

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...  We can use some or all of the prompts, and mixing and matching is encouraged.

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, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud. 

Huge thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh who challenged us last month.  This month Wisewebwoman is providing the prompts and they will appear here.  Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected fawn brown as the colour of the month.

This week's prompts are:

• Rusk
  
• Spindrift
• Ballistic
• Troubadour
• Killick

and/or

• Mantra
• Tuckamore
• Whirlpool
• Calliope
• Catamaran

As always, have fun.

 

Huge thanks to Wisewebwoman for testing our mettle this month.  She assures me that Google will help with any words that are unfamiliar to you/us.

Next month/year the prompts will be here again but I am providing them.

 

Sunday Selections #660

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. Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image. 

The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.  Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle. 

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

I usually run with a theme. This time of year is packed with celebrations, religious, cultural, spiritual.  On a cultural basis at least (though I am less certain about its religious commitment) Australia celebrates Christmas, but it happy to share the space with other traditions/cultures.

This week I am sharing some of the decorations I have seen out and about.

Starting close to home.

 I particularly like the next house's Christmas gnomes.  I think they are charming and I was very pleased to see them go up again this year.  Their hats are fading but they are still a delight.

The suburb in which I grew up and which we drive through when I want/need a kangaroo fix has a tradition of tying a red bow around the street trees.  It is surprisingly effective and lovely.

This is outside my mother's old home - now bulldozed and McMansioned.

The roadside ducks are back - with a little Christmas bling.

And yes, I did get my roo fix.

Whatever you celebrate or don't I hope that the day, the season, the year(s) to come bring you tidings of comfort and joy.  A wish I particularly hold for those who feel they have little or nothing to celebrate.