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elephant s child elephant s child wet and aggressive corella challenges magpie sunday 14 september 2025 sunday selections 833 sunday selections 832 s unday 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 huge thanks to cie who gave me this wonderful sunday selections image the meme was then continued by river at drifting through life sadly she has now stepped aside though she will join us some weeks and i have accepted the mantle the rules are so simple as to be almost non existent post some photos under the title sunday selections and link back to me sorry i still haven t succeeded in working out how to do a blog hop clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen i usually run with a theme last week was patchy i am very glad i managed the out of the shadows walk but for much of the week i was weaker and wobblier than i liike on thursday my hair started to fall out they have told me that i won t lose it all but it will thin and it has thinned signficantly and continues to fall on that first day i only lost grey hair when i told my brothers all three of them commented that they only have grey hair left to fall there are advantages to being the youngest at the moment i have to clear the shower drain thoroughly after each shower or there would be a flood next week will be busy medical appointments for the first three days culminating with the second chemo on wednesday a break on thursday so far and then another appointment on friday i suspect i will be largely absent from this space in the meantime spring is most definitely here and i continue to revel in it i hope to see anenomes and ranuculas in the coming days same old same old on the photographic front but they make me smile and i hope they do the same for you here s to colour and joy posted by elephant s child at 03 00 117 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels same old sunday selections wednesday 10 september 2025 out of the shadows into the light 2025 today september 10th is world suicide prevention day and the start of world suicide prevention week i spend time in the dark places myself and know both how fast and easy the plummet to the bottom can be and how very hard it is to see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel much less climb out again most of you know i do voluntary work with lifeline australia a telephone crisis line almost everyone who rings those lines with thoughts of suicide has at least a degree of ambivalence i and all the other volunteers will work on that ambivalence to keep the caller safe for the moment the day and to help them see and consider other options lifeline believes that suicide is often preventable and that the start of the journey to safety can be only a phone call away it is often a long and painful journey but should never ever be one that people feel condemned to walk alone here in australia suicide is still the leading cause of death for people aged under 44 more people die from suicide each year than are killed on the roads sadly the numbers of people we lose to suicide are rising again which given that i suspect suicide is under reported is scary not only does suicide take its toll on our young there are other groups who are over represented in its tragic ranks including but not limited to our indigenous population the lgbtqi community people with mental health issues farmers tradesmen the unemployed and the military sadly we lose many more of our military personnel serving and veterans to suicide than we do in the theatre of war while we still lose more men to suicide than women the numbers of women who die by suicide is climbing an equality i don t want our suicide rate isn t the highest in the world but the rate in australia is above the world health organisation s who global average in 2011 lifeline began national suicide prevention walks out of the shadows and into the light t he walks begin before dawn and continue into the growing light it remembers those lost and those bereaved by suicide with an additional focus on raising awareness the symbolism of starting the walk in the dark and progressing into the light of a new day means a lot to me some centres start their walk later ten or eleven to attract more people and publicity i can see why but am glad that our walks start in the dark this cause means a great deal to me and i have attended each walk except the first one this may be my last year so of course i went was it sensible possibly not but sometimes sensible has to take a back seat i don t think that all suicide is wrong however it is such a final decision that i hope it is not the first option considered or tried and as a solution to a temporary problem i do think it is wrong right or wrong it is always a tragedy a tragedy for the person who had or believed they had no other options and a tragedy for those they leave behind and the ripples from that tragedy encompass a lot of people research shows that each time someone suicides there are up to 135 people affected in addition there is strong evidence that if someone close to you dies by suicide your own chances of taking that path are dramatically increased this year the walk started from the national carillon again this morning i headed off again before dawn grateful for the opportunity my diseases slow me down ensure my gait is wobbly and uneven and is painful the issue is much more important than i am so i walked slowly just as i do every year stopping to take photos rain was forecast tears from the sky it held off till after the walk and showing some sense i got a lift some of the way round there were brief speeches some of the names those lost were read out which i find moving sadly the list grows each year as i have done for a number of years i added the name of the father of a friend of mine his family understood why he took that step but continue to mourn and grieve for the opportunity lost to say goodbye this ceremony means that people are no longer nameless but identified and missed the youngest person identified in that list was 13 which hurts my head and my heart this morning we were again given a song a song written by a talented performer and tagged as a favourite by someone later died by suicide in the studio in which it was created tears were shed tears were shared come walk with me through the chilly dawn into the ho peful light of a new day culminating in a cuppa with the other walkers the empty chairs from other years have been replaced with candles to symbolise the light s lost this year we ran out of candles which is sad and bad ru ok day is also celebrated in world suicide prevention week a simple question we should be asking family friends and colleagues every day some services and links which may be useful for australian readers include lifeline 1311 14 beyond blue 1300 224 636 suicide call back service 1300 659 467 posted by elephant s child at 08 20 74 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels suicide awareness suicide prevention world suicide prevention week ruok day sunday 7 september 2025 sunday selections 832 s unday 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 huge thanks to cie who gave me this wonderful sunday selections image the meme was then continued by river at drifting through life sadly she has now stepped aside though she will join us some weeks and i have accepted the mantle the rules are so simple as to be almost non existent post some photos under the title sunday selections and link back to me sorry i still haven t succeeded in working out how to do a blog hop clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen i usually run with a theme last week was difficult i was weak and wobbly and for much of the week i could barely stand however there was still colour and joy and fingers crossed i am improving again i owe several of you emails and will get to them soon this will be another busy ish week i have medical and other appointments including one that i very much hope to complete if i do i will post about it here the week after i will board the chemo train again with a myriad of tests scans and appointments before the infusion itself here s to colour and joy i really like the micro garden that has established itself on the rock in our bird bath and now to vibrant splashes of spring colour with more coming out each day i hope we are all showered with colour this week posted by elephant s child at 03 00 71 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels colour and joy sunday selections older posts home subscribe to posts atom translate followers search this blog blog archive 2025 55 september 3 sunday selections 833 out of the shadows into the light 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this kiss carrie hope fletcher 7 on a farther shore the life and legacy of rachel carson william souder 8 a fortunate grandchild miss read reread 9 the ripening sun patricia atkinson 10 premeditated cat c lee mckenzie 11 we solve murders richard osman 12 the bookseller of kabul asne seierstad 13 women on the case introduced and edited by sara paretsky 14 weird things customers say in bookshops jen camobell 15 the kiss c lee mckenzie 16 the ghoul on the hill d c farmer 17 the library of shadows mikkel birkegaard 18 time walker c lee mckenzie 19 lake wobegon days garrison keillor 20 highland fling nancy mitford 21 no love lost margery allingham 22 kingdom of fear hunter s thompson 23 women in the wild edited by lucy mccauley 24 tales from the folly ben aaronovitch 25 last tales isak dineson karen blixen 26 blame it on the bogey man d c farmer 27 the yellow eyes of crocodiles katherine pancol 28 old possum s book of practical cats t s eliot 29 terry pratchett a life with footnotes rob wilkins 30 curious pursuits occasional writing margaret attwood 31 can t buy me blood d c farmer 32 the rewrite c lee mckenzie 33 winter s gift ben aaronovitch 34 where the past begins a writer s memoirs amy tan 35 the brass verdict michael connelly 36 xyla2l c lee mckenzie 37 a fne of two hundred francs elso triolet 38 cider with rosie laurie lee 39 love stories trent dalton 40 song of the mysteries janny wurts 41 a biased memoir ruth cracknell 42 this could change everything jill mansell 43 elephant dance tammie matson 44 mab the world of mab grinwade thea gardiner 45 the choice c lee mckenzie 46 a message from harpo marilyn duckworth 47 dreamhunter elizabeth iknox 48 chez phillipe c lee mckenzie 49 the slow waltz of turtles katherine pancol 50 miss garnet s angel salley vickers 51 the feast of artemis anne zouroudi 52 goodbye to all that robert graves 53 unfiltered no shame no regrets just me lily collins 54 the saturday night sauvignon sisterhood its time for a w h ine gill sims 55 three sisters heather morris 56 happy returns angela thirkell reread 57 county chronicle angela thirkell reread 58 all fours miranda july dnf 59 summer half angela thirkell reread 60 close quarters angela thirkell reread 61 major pettigrew s last stand helen simonson 62 still life sarah winman 63 heartless c lee mckenzie 64 crimson lake candace fox 65 journey to cubeville scott adams 66 between extremes brian keenan john mccarthy 67 someone is killing the great chefs of europe nan and ivan lyons 68 paperweight stephen fry 69 alone c lee mckenzie 70 criminal elements edited by bill pronzini and martin h greenberg 71 i did it for you amy engel 72 fugue on aisle nine c lee mckenzie 73 farewell to fairacre miss read reread 74 and every morning the way home gets longer and longer fredrik backman 75 christmas at high rising angela thirkell reread 76 love among the ruins angela thirkell reread 77 reaching tin river thea astley 78 reckoning magda szubanski 79 twice on saturdays c l mckenzie 80 letters from a fainthearted feminist jill tweedie reread 81 more from martha further letters from a fainthearted feminist jill tweedie reread 82 alice s adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass lewis carroll reread 83 the last jump c l mckenzie 84 gargoyles and port mary selby reread 85 that awkward age mary selby reread 86 not that sort of a girl mary wesley reread 87 part of the furniture mary wesley reread 88 the vacillations of poppy carew mary wesley reread 89 caged c lee mckenzie 90 gargoyle c lee mckenzie 91 gargoyle 2 c lee mckenzie 92 the dream house c lee mckenzie jazz and jewel a chaos of cats about me elephant s child i am in the process of re inventing myself i have ms and am medically retired but my life is full view my complete profile in the garden multiple obsessions bad cat jazz loves the fridge better cat jewel powered by blogger