Category: Real Life
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Success

Debbie’s one-word photo theme for this week is ‘Success’. In order to be successful at something, we need to have succeeded in something. Now, let me put it on record that I’m not very green-fingered, but recently I’ve been getting the urge to create a little flower patch. I have absolutely no idea where these…
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Six Word Saturday Earth Day Special

Nature. Envision. Encourage. Observe. Appreciate. Enjoy. About the image: Colour-popped photos taken in the Grinds using Galaxy Note 4 mobile phone, April 2017. Posted for Six Word Saturday.
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A Brand New Pair of Jeans

A Long Six Word Saturday post. Sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin. This week, I treated myself to a new pair of jeans. I finished work on Thursday, ahead of my week off, had something to eat, and then went out shopping. The journey to the shop was fine. The roads weren’t as busy as…
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The Pinocchio Effect

Decades ago when I was just a wee boy, knee high to a grasshopper, and in total awe of everything that was around me, I made a monumental decision. OK, I wasn’t exactly knee high, getting on for eight, nine or possibly ten years old, and the awesomeness of some things had started to shine…
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Early Night

It was the idea that resonated with me at first. Then the thought. Then the action. Then the settling down and cuddling in. Then the relaxation. Then the drifting gently away. Then the luxury of a deep and replenishing sleep. Aah. Sometimes, the phrase ‘just do it!’ can be used in apparently the totally opposite…