Just to apologise to everyone who looks at my blog. I mistakenly posted todays’s Silent Sunday for the second time. I don’t know how I managed to do this but sorry for wasting your time.
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Life in Colour: Orange
Linked to Life in Colour at Jude’s here
I’m going with the very obvious here, orange is for oranges:
Oranges from the Med. Orange Juice stand in Sicily and Oranges in the Market in Valencia Moving on to Thailand and the orange-robed monks from that country. I have many Thai Buddhist friends and, when I’m there, they usually include me in any ceremonies that they are attending so I was highly honoured when I was allowed to serve the monks at one special occasion.
Serving the monks breakfast at an hotel in Hua Hin (being careful not to touch any of them) and later when I gifted them a fan each. An assistant had to carry them on a golden platter, he handed one package at a time to me which I carefully placed in front of the monk. The last picture is of a group of very young monks who were changing their robes in a side-street in Bangkok. I think they may have just come from an ordination or been gifted the robes because it’s most unusual to see them do this in such a public place. -
Six Word Saturday
I have to ask for a bit of leeway here as I’ve overrun the Six words. The song title has Seven, but I heard this old song at around the same time as I was looking for a picture for a friend and song and photo seemed to go together, as well as reminding me of a time I hardly remember – if that makes sense. So here are The Ink Spots and a popular song from the 1940’s.
Linked to Debbie here .
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ayGkA-vxrMc
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
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SIX WORD SATURDAY
I haven’t done this one for a long time but chancing my luck again. Linked to Debbie here .
This time of year I stop with the daily weeding and excessive tidying, allowing the last of the summer plants to spread themselves and have a few weeks of freedom before winter comes.
Free at Last to be Themselves. 
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Pull Up A Seat
It’s a nice seat with a view over some water I seem to remember, but would I want to sit on this icy bench? Maybe not.
Taken in one of the Nordic countries, one of those photographs that escaped the filing system! XingfuMama asks that we create a post with a photo of places one sits or might sit, or art about sitting, and maybe a little background or story about the spot or a picture of the view. Add the tag, “Pull up a seat’ and link to your post in the comment section, either by writing a comment with your URL or by creating a pingback.
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One Word Sunday – Open
Better late than never I hope to add to Debbie’s One Word Sunday, theme OPEN
Newry Canal where it opens into the Irish Sea. Open to the elements – Samoan dwelling. 
Open Air Jazz in New Orleans. Preparing for the Eastbourne Tennis Open 2009 
Open to the elements at Ephesus The Open City – Chicago 
Open Beaches of Valencia, Spain
Link to Debbie Here
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Problems with MS, Edge & Bing
Regular readers of my blog will be aware that I’ve been having problems with signing in and commenting on other blogs, to the extent that I almost gave up on making comments. I tried to keep in touch, however, although it was a time-consuming ritual to ‘like’ and to comment as I had to sign in each time I made any comments or ticked a like box.
Now, I hope, I’ve found the answer. Since I got this new HP desktop which came with MS 365 and Win 10 already installed (perfect in every other way), I’ve been trying to find a way of getting rid of MS’s chosen browser Edge and Bing and re-installing Google Chrome. It doesn’t want me to do this and stops me every time. However, I’ve found that if I install Google manually and stay with it for a period of time, like staying in WP and not moving to another site, my problem disappears.
The Community Forum on HP and on Edge and Google all agree that MS and Edge is keeping out those who want to revert to Google. I can only hope that someone finds a permanent solution to what is an unfair use of Microsoft’s power to inflict it’s chosen browser, Bing, on everyone who has the misfortune to buy a computer with Edge and Bing built in.
Meantime, I’ll continue to install Google manually each time before going into Word Press and this way, life may return to normal in some small way.
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Pull up A Seat Photo Challenge 21
PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR THINK ABOUT SITTING
At Beziers, not far from Narbonne in France, there is an olive press with the best olives in the world and when I visit friends in the area, I buy as many of these, the Rolls-Royce of olives, the Lucques, as I can carry home. Here, among hundreds of olive trees, is a bench made from an olive tree on the farm. I’d love to own this bench – a definite “pull up a seat” situation. It helps that almost next door is the Chateau Roquette sur Mer vineyard, where the delightfully named Vins de la Clape are produced – and an onsite shop. Who would have guessed?
Bench made from an Olive Tree at the farm where the Lucques olives are farmed. XingfuMama posts every Friday morning.
Create a post with a photo of places one sits or might sit with a little background or story about the spot or a picture of the view.
Add a tag “Pull up a Seat”
Add a link to your post in the comment section, either by writing a comment with your URL or by creating a pingback.
