The lovely Delores at Under the Porch Light
had
been running this meme for a considerable period of time, week
after week. Computer issues led her to bow out for a while and I took
over. When Delores' absence looked like being more permanent I begged
and cajoled for other volunteers to share providing the prompts, and
Words for
Wednesday became a moveable feast. Sadly Delores has (temporarily I
hope) discontinued her blog, though we have been told that she will be
back in the fullness of time.
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.
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 month the prompts will be published here - but are provided by Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue Fulton.
They are again challenging us with photographs.
First this one:
And then this:
Next month the prompts will be supplied by Riot Kitty who you can find here.
Mark Koopmans has offered to provide the prompts for May.
And I am again looking for other volunteers. Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue have provided me with another month's prompts but after that the field is wide open. If you would like to participate please let me know in comments, specifiying which month would suit you.
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 month is festival month in my city. We started the month with Enlighten (and there is still another post to come on it) and then moved into the Balloon Spectacular.
To see dozens of them in the air, as we do with the Balloon Spectacular, makes me smile until my face hurts My youngest brother shares this passion and we headed off last weekend before dawn to watch them inflate and take to the skies.
The skinny one stayed in bed. HIs loss. He and I have tried twice this week to see them (and the festival finishes this morning) but erratic weather prevented them flying both days. Essentially I got him up somewhere between five and seven hours before his normal rising time - to no purpose. Not a happy chappy. Better luck next year is his cry.
Of course I took a kazillion photos. I will share some today, and some in a later post.
Each year there are feature balloons, and this year (the 30th anniversary of the Balloon Spectacular) there were several.
Here are some of them.
Just in case anyone is feeling too sorry for the smaller portion: After we were told the balloons wouldn't be flying yesterday we took a detour down to the lake on the way home. The kangaroo and the glorious dawn were at least some consolation (for us both).
The Enlighten festival (held in early March each year) has become a must see experience for us. We are still taking the cheap option and only going to the free events - but don't feel short-changed at all. The Parliamentary Triangle explodes with light, with colour, with music and with quirky fun.
Over the last two Sunday Selections I have shared some of the magic, but there was sooooo much more.
Please come with me - and settle in for a looooong ride with a lot of photos. As always photos will embiggen when clicked upon.
This year we arrived a bit before dark, and wandered down to see what was happening. Lots.
At one of our first stops we came across Gastropodia by the Kinetic Theatre. Described as a giant hairy snail from a realm far away I thought it was a snail crossed with a llama. Ridden by something not unhobbitlike.
Don't ask me how, but they left a snail like trail behind them too.
Walking on.
The Night Noodle Markets. Better set up than last year, with more stalls and even some seating but we didn't partake. Which was perhaps just as well since there have been reports of food poisoning. Given the viley hot temperatures and limited facilities I am not surprised.
The National Portrail Gallery. The illuminations to all the buildings changed every minute or so.
Walking on, the trees were bathed in colour - which also changed..
Which brings us to Unuscornu by Airena. A scupture and a secret cubby.
I am not certain I would like a cubby in a unicorn's skull - but it was very, very popular. That v-shaped shadow was the door and adults and children alike crowded inside.
And these last two were from the National Art Gallery.
We are now about half way through - with more illuminated buildings and more colourful acts to share. Even by my standards this looks like being a photo heavy post and I will stop here. Would you like me to infict share the rest in a later post? Sunday Selections this week will be devoted to the Balloon Spectacular - and there are lots and lots of photos of it too.
The lovely Delores at Under the Porch Light
had
been running this meme for a considerable period of time, week
after week. Computer issues led her to bow out for a while and I took
over. When Delores' absence looked like being more permanent I begged
and cajoled for other volunteers to share providing the prompts, and
Words for
Wednesday became a moveable feast. Sadly Delores has (temporarily I
hope) discontinued her blog, though we have been told that she will be
back in the fullness of time.
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.
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 month the prompts will be published here - but are provided by Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue Fulton.
This week Margaret and Sue have challenged us with two phrases.
They are:
Any
port in a storm
And/or
Keep
it under your hat
Have fun...
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 am taking you back to Enlighten this week (and there will probably be another post still to come). We went back to see performances that only took place in the second week.
I also took the opportunity to talk to people in the information centres about the rabbit sub-theme I had noticed. The young woman at the first information booth told me that there wasn't a rabbit theme and not every building featured them. Wrong.
And at the second I was told that yes, there were rabbits on every building, but it was just an amazing co-incidence. Which I doubt. So it will remain a mystery.
When we arrived we noticed that Amanda Parer's inflatable rabbits had done what rabbits do - and bred. There were three last week, and five this.
I was amazed at how expressive their faces were.
This first one is a very, very sad rabbit.
And then we kept wandering, to track down Meduses from the Black Hole Theatre, which was described as:
'Giant illuminated jellyfish to transport us to the deep blue and the life aquatic'.
Do you wonder that Enlighten has become an annual treat and that we try and get there at least twice?
Next week. BALLOONS!!!!
