Todays prompt is:Today is National Inane Answering Message Day. What would you really like to say on your answering machine?
I thought about this as we were discussing at the office some of the messages you can leave on your answering machine.I would like to say something like "if you are selling, telling me I have won, want my opinion, want me to do a survey - - - get lost but if you are a friend please leave a message" .
In Australia we have a "DO NOT CALL REGISTER" where I have registered our phone number. But it doesn't cover political parties fund raising, political surveys, my telco asking me to upgrade my "plan", my bank trying to sell me more credit. I find I have become quite rude when I get this sort of call, usually because they ring while we are eating.
There is proably a Google Street View vehicle outside the house emailing someone to let them know we have started eating.

My photo was taken in the Swan Valley which is one of Western Australias premier grape growing regions. We drove here to buy grapes from the growers and rockmelons straight off the bush. They actually taste like the real thing, unlike what we buy in the supermarket.

Today is Fruitcake Toss Day. Have you ever eaten fruitcake?

To me this is a strange question. I have been eating fruitcake ever since I can remember. When at boarding school, food was very boring. Mum used to make pumpkin fruitcake and send to me at school. My roommate & I often ate it while studying.

It was considered good nourishing food for morning tea for shearers. And all the mystery about the Christmas fruit cake - - sherry in it to keep it moist - check every week to see how it was coming on- and then on Christmas day we finally got to eat it.

New years resolutions: try to laugh each day.

Try to take better photos.

This photo was taken of one of my roses - i used the tripod to try to get a sharper photo.