Scatterday!

This week's Scatterday is brought to you ( Xtremely late) by the letter X.

Some of you may have thought I was suffering from a Xeransis of ideas. No, I have simply been Xceedingly busy!

However, I do have to warn you, one photo in this collection could be considered X rated!

First up, we have some XS Energy drinks.

Great tasting, and doesn't contain any of those nasty X chemicals.

I have been pulling out a garden bed, and found this log has been eaten at the ends by xylophages. They had moved on by the time I found it, bit the evidence of their attack is definitely there.

This Xiphophyllus plant has been moved from the old garden, to a new spot against the fence. It is also xeromorphous, which means it is ideal for climates requiring xerophytic vegetation.

And what good is an X category without a Xavier Roberts signature on the rear end of an original Xavier Roberts Cabbage Patch Doll!

This is Giselle Nellie, who, at one stage, was carted every where, and had her own seat belt and car seat, came grocery shopping, went to pre-school, had birthday parties, complete with little presents, etc, etc, etc.

It even reached a point where DH and I talked about, and to her as if she was really our grandchild!

Scatterday!

Somebody had to do it, so I figured it might as well be me!

This week, we have the letter N and the categories: little things, human, and mineral.

A human Nipple, surrounded by a ring with a little Nacre pearl. (Nacre contains calcium carbonate, which is a mineral!)

BTW, this is NOT my nipple! It is a male nipple, so is quite OK to show on a family blog.

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Last weeks Scatterday answers:

1. Liquid measuring container

2. Light dimmer switch

3. Label maker (dymo)

4. Light source and light bulb (yes, it was a torch)

5. Lint roller

6. Lens (from a very old film camera)

7. Lipstick dispenser (the twist part)

8. Label applicator for CDs

9. Liquid paper

10. Lead pencil

11. Level (spirit)

12. Ladle with light reflections

13. Loofah

14. Loud speaker, left hand one

15. Loo button (yes the "old fashioned" type, Dy!)

I have posted the responses for the quiz in last weeks Scatterday comments. Worth reading for a chuckle.

It was hard to decide who actually won, as no matter what criteria I used to award points, all 3 came out equal. I decided to pick which one amused me the most, but all 3 were equal there, too!

So the only thing to do, I have decided, is to award all 3 a little something.

However, you do have to let me know your snail mail addy. I am not going to chase you for it, so if you don't read this, you'll never know, will you? LOL

More on my visitor

I promised some more photos of my garden visitor. Well, he/she is no longer a visitor, but has decided to become , much to my delight, a resident!

Yes, Sheila, you were right. It's a Blue Tongue Lizard. (Fooled some of you, didn't I? Couldn't resist! LOL)

This one has had a hard time of it before coming here. It's back has been injured so severely, you can see the obvious line of injury, just above the back legs. From there down, it appears to be paralyzed. It also has a large lump on the front claw pad, so turns the claw over and uses the back to get around. Must be hard work, pulling itself along with one good leg, one problem leg, and the rest of the body dragging behind.

It has gratefully accepted a little minced steak on the odd occasion. Not that it will eat while I am there, yet, but if I drop the meat nearby, and go away, it gets eaten.

Things have also changed with the way I deal with snails! Instead of stomping on them when I see them ( I have never used baits), I now carry them out to the back area where the lizard has been seen, and carefully place them in the sheltered places the lizard goes; a veritable smorgasboard for his/her delectation!

The first time I let Minka, the cat, out when I knew it was there, I sat outside to monitor proceedings. She sniffed the air and knew something was out there, then proceeded to cautiously follow the scent. When she spotted it, she froze and watched to gauge the danger. She was concentrating so hard on it, I was able to creep up behind her, tap her on the back and say firmly, with warning tones, NO! She was so startled, she jumped and ran back to the steps. Now, when she goes out, she sniffs ths air, and if she smells it around, she stays near the steps. I still keep an eye on things, though, just in case. She is, however, getting older, and takes life a little more slowly and cautiously these days, so I don't think she'll bother it. She sits and watches the doves, and never attempts to close in on them, having learned long ago, that they have her measure and know how much distance to keep.

Scatterday!

This week's Scatterday is brought to you by the Loveliest Letter in the Language of Labels!
The categories are: Round; Household items; and Tools.

I had previously decided that when L came around, I would somehow have a Little comp to celebrate, complete with a Lovely Little prize. After all, the nicest names start with L! (as does Laughter, which has a Lovely round sound to it, when applied properly, and should be a constant household item, and is often used as a tool for healing! LOL)

So imagine my delight, once started, in finding so many things that fit all 3 categories!
My criteria for the fit, was based on the definitions in my Chambers dictionary.
We all know 'round', and 'household' , but are you aware that 'tool' has a much broader meaning than what we generally refer to as tools?

A tool is "A working instrument, especially one used by hand".

Now that leaves quite a Large area to explore!
So, for my Little comp:

I have photographed several items, smudged some details, cropped some of them and presented them here for you to analyse. It is up to you to work out what their Labels are! Email me with your guesses, or leave a comment with them (comments have to be approved, so I will hold them for release á la Di J) and the one with the most correct will be the winner!

Comp closes midnight Good Friday, and results released next Saturday! Remember, they all start with L!

N.B. Find the names of them.Labels was just an L word! Warning: some of them are tricky names! Just use your imagination. If it's not what name I've given it, it will still count if it is credible.

Visitor

A recent visitor to our garden. More photos to come.

Scatterday!

This week's Scatterday is brought to you by the letter V, and the categories: Pink, Big, and Signs.

My vitality was void this week, as I was invaded by a virus and was unable to vacate the premises, not even in my valiant little vehicle.

My vision was to head to the Volvo centre via the Volkswagons, but I vascillated too long.

I remembered there was a bike shop near one of these, that sold Vespas. As I couldn't get there, I decided to venture into the vault of Google, and vamoosed out with these.

So here for your viewing pleasure :



Pink Vespas! Aren't they cute? Wouldn't you love one Di J?







Vespa Signs







And look how BIG Vespas are in Italy!

Scatterday

This week's Scatterday is brought to you by the orange letter O, and the categories: Something you would find in a library, Sweet things, and Hawaiian.

[I was very tempted to do the open letter O (C) and photograph a catalogue of Hawaiian cakes, but decided against that. Michelle would probably have banned me!]

So, here are my O things.

In the library, there are lots of O things.

There is an Office, an Out desk, Omnibuses, Oliver Twist,

an Overhead projector, an Onscreen catalogue, authors names starting with O, Obsolete magazines, Overdue notices, Out of Print books, books published by Oxford University Press, and also Oxford Dictionaries.

I didn't want to outrage the staff, or alarm the Old borrowers, so I only took One photo.

This Oxford French Dictionary is published by Oxford U.P.

Sweet things. I was going to bake some sweet Orange and Oatmeal cookies, but hey, who has time?

So instead, we have my sweet smelling Orange coloured, Olive Branch shower gel from Lush. The fragrance is devine.

Now Hawaiian...

The first thing that popped into my head, was Hawaii OOOOO!

Technically, not an O thing, but just to give it an excuse to be here, I have done 5 Hawaiian things.

First, we have Barack Obama, Hawaii-born Illinois Senator.

Next, we have this Odd little gnome from Hawaii.

Then we have the Hawaiian village of Ookala. The Old Mamalahoa Highway runs near it, and the Ookala Rd goes into it. There are also lots of Open country around it.

This is a photograph of my computer screen showing Google earth's map picture.

This is the Ocean around Hawaii.

Hawaiian speech has a glottal stop as a consonant. In writing, it can be indicated with the apostrophe, or with the opening single quote (ʻokina).
In Hawaiian-language newspapers published from 1834–1948, the spelling Hawaii was used. However, in texts written mainly for Hawaiian-language pedagogy, especially since 1950, the modern Hawaiian-language spelling used is Hawaiʻi, with an okina written between the final two vowels.