Sunday Selections #798

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. 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.This week is a bit same old.  Sorry about that.

Starting with Charlotte (MotherOwl)'s colour of the month which is pebble grey.  As a young thing my father often told me I was a clumsy klutz.  He was right then and he is right now.  FOUR weeks ago (to the day) I tripped over my shoes (which I had taken off and not put away) and fell hard.  The bruise and the swelling are finally starting to go down and I think that some of the bruise qualifies as pebble grey.  

 And then to much prettier things.

The orchids I have shown you before continue to thrive.

However there are other orchids starting to flower as well.  I planted a few of them several years ago and much to my delight they are spreading.  And spreading.

There are multi-coloured iris coming out too.

I am going to finish off with some skyscapes - from the opposite end to the day to the ones I usually show.

I hope your week is fall free and packed with beauty.  Next week I hope to take you to and inside a new sculpture that has recently been installed in my city.

 

Words for Wednesday 23/10/2024

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  River for providing the prompts last month. The prompts will be here again this month and are provided by  Sean Jeating.

This week's prompts are first, the words that should have been posted last week,:

• funeral,
• moon, 
• splendiferously, 
• sun, 
• coffin,

and/or

 

•  afraid, 
• biased, 
• crows, 
• nutrition, 
• worms

 

 

And then this week's words:

 

• art, 
• awe, 
• love, 
• moonlit, 
• sleeping

 

and/or

 

• beauty,
• breathless, 
• dreamscape,  
• face, 
• oxygen

 

 

A plethora of riches this week.

Charlotte (MotherOwl)  has given us Pebble Grey as the colour of the month.  If you can also incorporate it into your stories she (and I) will be grateful.

Have fun.

 

Sunday Selections #797

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. Sorry I still havn'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 mostly a grey week.  We had rain predicted for most days.  Sometimes lots of rain.  Sadly (because we need the rain) the weather boffins were strangers to the truth.  On Thursday we were predicted to get 10 mm of rain.  Not a drop fell.  On Friday the prediction was 20-40mm of rain.  We got six.  Sigh.

However on Wednesday we had a delightful sunrise.  I am going to show you a number of shots showing how different it looked to the east and the west.

Starting with a pebble grey day for Charlotte (MotherOwl) for whom pebble grey is the colour of the month.

Then to the sunrise.

I do love sunrise - it is one of my favourite times of day.  I hope (as I always do) that you find beauty in your week.

Words for Wednesday 16/10/2024

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  River for providing the prompts last month. The prompts will be here again this month and are provided by  Sean Jeating.

This week's prompts are:

• consider, 
• rather,
• superstitious,
• paraskevidekatriaphobia, 
• table
  

and/or

 

• bigots, 
• different, 
• gender, 
• hyperbolise, 
• teeth,

Charlotte (MotherOwl)  has given us Pebble Grey as the colour of the month.  If you can also incorporate it into your stories she (and I) will be grateful.

Have fun.