A surf beach at my doorstep can never be taken for granted I tell myself. Go on, put on your shoes and step through the garden gate. Keep walking, never stop I whisper to my inner self. Stroll, walk, run

The world is indeed an amazing diverse place full of stark contrasts; winter in the other part of the world, the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere. @shasta's Shadow Hunter's Contest

It's my favourite day of the week! #ZapFic50Friday day! Week 22. Write me a story in precisely 50 words! Well @coquicoin, I thought about your invitation to post my very first effort at a 50 word story

Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. - Susan Sontag Learning friendship lessons is hard slog. We get it right and we get it wrong. So of course a mixture

Children and youthful adults greet birthdays with buoyancy, enthusiasm and excitement. The presents are bought, the parties are organised and the birthday cake is made and decorated. Who cannot feel special,

Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.- Rumi Are you full of optimism, energy and commitment eager to start a new day exercising finishing with a salutation to the sun. Perhaps you like to wake

Here I am lovely @nelinoeva, highly motivated to share some photos of the resident butcher bird who likes to hang out at my place. @corivdae's suggestion for this round brought a smile to my face as birds

First of all, I wish to say that I consider my self a sensible cautious down to earth been around the block a number of times silvery haired oldie. One cannot get to the retirement stage after a long working

Thank you Silver Blonde Lizzie, your invite post in 2021 is the reason why I am a silver blogger. You see as I read your words a year ago I was filled with an instant this is fabulous I got to be part

Walking along the surf beach across the road from my place, in the late afternoon is very much a hit and miss when it comes to seeing a kaleidoscope of beautiful pre-sunset colours, shadows and reflections.

The business called Cuba St Coffee Roasters has been slowly growing bigger and better since starting a few years ago. It has been terrific to watch how the creative clever advertising in the form of eye

Are you a person who wishes for something unobtainable, out of reach, a little impossible and perhaps too ideal? Or perhaps you are more practical in your wishing. Do they become your dreams filling you

At long last @tobetada I am happy to be participating in your Love The Clouds Contest. Actually I am not sure if I am eligible to join in, if not I am just happy to share My one and only photo is my entry

'Realize deeply is that the present moment is all you have.' - Eckhart Tolle How long a period of time is the present moment? Is it right now, this very minute or is it the duration of a day? Or is it

I present my entry photo in Show Me A Photo ~Round 209 snapped by me in the very wet puddly and sunny carpark at the local supermarket. The torrential rainfall had left its mark! The pools of water sitting

This very large close up photo of one over friendly baby magpie is my entry photo in Round 57. I recall my surprise at seeing her perched on top of the very old and precious biscuit jar. However I was

A sunny pause from a week of heavy unrelenting rain was the perfect excuse for a much needed walk yesterday to the surf beach across the road. To mark the occasion it just happen to be Wednesday Walk day,

There was a noticeable absence of all kinds of birds when we moved here to our beach retirement home 7 years ago. Our goal to attract honey birds and seed eating birds worked a treat once we planted shrubs

So much is put into making our retirement work, it would be naive not to do so. Of course, being in the Silver Bloggers age group we would hope we are clever enough to think of all points, both positive

For every plant, flower and tree in the garden, rain water would have to be next best thing to sliced bread. When it started to rain at the beginning of last week I was thrilled with the idea of nature's