THOUGHTS of OCTOBER ..... BY INVITATION .....

Our 'By Invitation' subject this month is Thoughts of October.  I'm afraid that no humorous connotations of this particular month sprung to mind so, it's just pretty pictures of a time of year that is particularly close to my heart as our son and daughter-in-law got married in October 2008 and was the most wonderful day and a beautiful time of year to get married. 

..... a time for fairytale seed heads .....

..... for dewy spiders webs .....

via Tania Boureau..Grange de Charme 

..... for dried Hydrangeas ....

..... for browns and beige's .....

..... for brogues ..... 

..... for steaming hot coffee .....

..... for sweeping leaves .....

.... and for morning mists ....

.... and for the new series of Downton Abbey .....

Enjoy the month of October and please pop over to Marsha to read the other participants thoughts.

image 1: via Vogue Australia, image 2 & 6: via night tattoo, image 3: via BBC, image 4: via visualize.Us, image 5: via la bonne vie, image 7 & 11: via tiny white daisies, image 8: via tumblr, image 9: via lost in the moment,  image 10: via sunday in bed

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY ( MEN'S EDITION ) ..........

HE'S ONLY GONE AND DONE IT !!!! ..........

BRILLIANT !!

Olympic gold and now the U S Open title. Andy Murray is the first man to win the Olympic singles title and the U S Open in the same year .... and, what a year to do it in. The Diamond Jubilee, victory in the Tour de France, Olympic glory, Paralympic success, even Murray's Wimbledon final and now, the 76 year old Grand Slam drought is over for Great Britain ..........

.......... now, breathe !!

image via sports news now

CYCLES ..... BY INVITATION .....

By Invitation is back from it's Summer Holidays and our subject is Cycles.....

THE CYCLE OF LIFE .....

I think that the cycle of life is all backwards ..... We should start out dead ..... get it all out of the way first.

You wake up in a nursing home and start feeling better everyday .....

They throw you out of there for being too healthy, you collect your pension then, when you start work, they give you a gold watch on your first day. You work for 40 years until you are young enough to enjoy your retirement.

You drink alcohol, you party hard, you are generally promiscuous and you get ready for Senior school.

After Senior school you go to primary school, you become a child and you play and nap all day. You have no responsibilities. 

You become a baby with no cares whatsoever.

Then, you spend your last 9 months floating peacefully, with luxuries like central heating, spa treatments, room service on tap and larger living quarters everyday ..... and then .....

you finish off as an orgasm !!!!!!

Pop over to Marsha @ Splenderosa  to see what other 'Cycles' people have posted about.

image 1: via tumblr, image 2: via burlaplux, images 3 & 5: via inspiration lane, image 4: via we heart it, image 6: via circlebox, image 7: via stuff I like.

THE PARTY'S OVER ..........

Well, the swimming cossies have been rinsed, dried off and packed away with the goggles. The hockey sticks, track suits, batons and spikes, oars and canoes, bikes and balls, tail-coats and top hats, nose clips and hair gel, boats, wetsuits, racquet's, guns, and bows and arrows have all been put away for another four years, but what a brilliant time we've all had ( well, most of us !!)

After a Closing Ceremony of fun, classic British music, iconic singers, bands, dancers and a ' right good knee's up ', it was time to hand over the Olympic flag and...........

.......... to extinguish the Olympic flame for another four years.

Even John Lennon and Freddy Mercury turned up ..... that's how good it was ..... but the party's over and it's time to hand over to Rio.

Here's to the athletes, the coaches, the games makers, the builders, the gardeners, the BBC coverage, London Transport, the overwhelming support of the spectators for all of the athletes, not just for our own, and for everyone who made these Olympic Games the best EVER !

I'll have to get off of the sofa now and do something a little more active ......... but, I'm not heading for the gym .......... that would just be going a little too far. I might have enjoyed the Games but that's as good as it gets !!

I don't know about you but I've had a ball !!

images 1, 2 & 3: via Reuters, image 4: via mysinchew, image 5: via Matt Dunham ( Associated Press), image 6: via J C. Hong ( Associated Press)

GOLD RUSH ..........

Great Britain is enjoying a rush of gold medals at the moment ( plus many silver and bronze ) ............. it's just getting embarrassing now !!!! haha

That's what lottery funding can do for you.





images 1, 3, 5, 7 & 8 : via night tattoo, images 2, 14, 16 & 17 : via inspiration lane, images 4, 6 & 15 : via holy forest fairy, images 9, 10, 11 & 18 : via persephones box, image 12 : via stuff I like, image 13 : via daily mail, image 19 : via daily mirror

HUGS OF GOLD ..........

Golden celebrations yesterday for team GB in the cycling, shooting and canoeing ......... now it's off to the Olympic Stadium to see if we can get some more !!!!

image 1: via Zimbio, image 2, 3 & 4 : via the Daily Mail