Sunday Selections #818

 

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.  River may not join us this week, depending on how her eye is adapting to the cataract surgery she had on Thursday.  If she doesn't she will be missed.

 

The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent.  Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Sorry I still haven't succeeded in working out how to do a blog hop. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.

 

 I usually run with a theme. Last week was another busy week culminating with a ritual boob squashing (mammogram) on Friday.  So on Friday afternoon I demanded a roo fix.

And came away feeling much better.  Nature (and water) is my happy place.

 

 There were virtually no other people around, and the only  noise was bird song.  And yes, I did get my roo fix.

 

 They were relaxed in mostly dappled light under oak trees and we left them be.

I hope you can go to your happy places this week.

 

 

Sunday Selections #778

 

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. Last week was a grey week.  We had intermittent rain, lots of cloud and it was too wet to be in the garden where I wanted and needed to be.  In addition my body is behaving badly and my mental and emotional health are suffering.

I am a beauty addict and in dark periods I turn to beauty for relief.  So towards the end of the week on yet another grey day I demanded a roo fix.

It was raining intermittently, grey (but beautiful) down at the lake too.

And then we saw a rainbow, which lifted my spirits immediately.

Shortly afterwards we found twenty or more kangaroos sheltering in a small oak forest.  Bliss.  The kangaroos with collars are females who have been given contraceptives.

I was feeling MUCH better and we headed home - following a rainbow much of the way.

Not only was it wet it was windy last week.  Many of our remaining tree dahlias have been blown to the ground where the possum scarfed the blossoms that remained.  But when we got home in our more sheltered back yard I found this valiant survivor.

I hope you find things to make you smile this week.