“Either you sink or you swim”

“I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.”
― Langston Hughes

~ You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there ~

[Graeme Stevens]

Super fab and groovy, love it.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens thank you kind sir

[Maggiemae]

Something made a big splash but then it might have been the camera!

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied No worries mate

[Sam]

@graemestevens @annied Mate? Mate?

[Graeme Stevens]

@gigiflower It's better than "bro"...

[Annie D]

@gigiflower @graemestevens hahaha I have no issue with mate - use love honey or babe and you will get slapped LOL

[Graeme Stevens]

@graemestevens @gigiflower Love Honey? I dread to think where you can get that from....the importance of commas....

[Annie D]

@graemestevens hahahahahaha hmmmmm indeedy and ad darl to the list love honey

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied I detest darl...we have friends that moved back from Oz a year or two ago and she calls everyone darl!

[Newbank Lass]

@graemestevens @annied @gigiflower morning mates..... I see hands. Great processing.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens I would slap her - hard

[Graeme Stevens]

@newbank @annied @gigiglower Good morning British One

[Annie D]

@newbank hello mate - hope your day has started well

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied With a fry pan

[Annie D]

@graemestevens my sister hit me with a fry pan when we were young - that explains a lot hahahahahah

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied Almost everything in fact... ;)

[Newbank Lass]

@graemestevens makes me sound posh....round here we call everyone "me duck"

[Newbank Lass]

@annied it has, I got a lie in.......

[Graeme Stevens]

@newbank LOL, how I miss the peculiarities of the English ;)

[Annie D]

@graemestevens yeh - should have hit the kids with one when they were younger then maybe they'd have my awesomeness - HAHAHAHAHA
@newbank yay!

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied Indubitably ;)

[Sam]

@graemestevens @annied @newbank Mate? Mate? Maaateeeeeee

[Graeme Stevens]

@gigiflower @annied @newbank Motherducker

[Sam]

@graemestevens @annied @newbank Much better :)

[Graeme Stevens]

@gigiflower @annied @newbank Excellent, so pleased to have got it right :)

[Sam]

@graemestevens @newbank @annied I'd be happy if you greeted me each morning with that!

[Graeme Stevens]

@gigiflower @annied @newbank Crumbs

[Annie D]

@graemestevens @newbank @gigiflower
that Sam is a strange one indeed

[Sam]

@annied @graemestevens @newbank Strange, but such a ladyeeeee

[Annie D]

@gigiflower @graemestevens @newbank futhermucking ladyeeeeee

[tingliu]

Why to be like this

[Sam]

@annied HAHAHAH can't stop laughing!!!!!!!!

[Annie D]

@gigiflower hahahahahaha glad :)

[Annie D]

@liuting sometimes you need to fight to stay on the surface :) which is where I prefer to be

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied @gigiflower HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Annie D]

@gigiflower @graemestevens it would seem we are all ROFLOAO

[Joan Robillard]

Oh gosh I'd be in trouble with you Annie. I use Honey all the times when I play bingo with the people at the nursing home on Saturday's I just can't remember all their names. My big one is Maam when I go to the take out. When did I get old enough for that. This is a wonderful picture did this go tp for the picture or the conversation. LOVE it

[Annie D]

@joansmor thank you Joan - lol - I am not sure which got it to the TP hahahaha

[Newbank Lass]

@annied @gigiflower @graemestevens I'm back me chickens or canny lasses and lads or sweethearts if you'd prefer.....

[Sam]

@newbank I'm happy with Sammmieeeeeeee

[Rob]

Nicely processed!

[☠northy]

Ah! See what you mean :). Intriguingly dark shot... The commentary has me in stitches tho... It occurs to me that I only ever use endearments (apart from my kids) when I'm reading someone the riot act!

[Annie D]

@northy the commentary has me in stitches too - I like to laugh

[Annie D]

@newbank @gigiflower @graemestevens I like the sound of canny lass hahahahaha

[Newbank Lass]

@gigiflower okay sammmmmmiiiiiiiieee

[Annie D]

@newbank hahahahahaha

[Newbank Lass]

@annied if in the mood can say " wee canny lass"

[Annie D]

@newbank ohhh I like that - however wee does not in the least describe me - hahahahaha

[john graham]

.....comments are great...shot is great too....

[Annie D]

@tellefella hahahaha thanks John

[Annie D]

@maggiemae hope it wasn't the camera LOL

[Newbank Lass]

@annied makes no difference.....just extra endearment....

[Newbank Lass]

@newbank and to be gushing with endearment can also add right. Eg. Mr @graemestevens is a right wee canny lad.

[Sam]

@newbank @annied Are we in Scotland now? What's this "wee" business in England?

[Newbank Lass]

@gigiflower my m in law is n Irish they have wee things. My mum was raised in northern England and they have weethings too......

[Sam]

@newbank Mmm no wee things in Aussie!

[Newbank Lass]

@gigiflower must have a lot of cross legged people then.....

[Annie D]

@newbank @gigiflower @graemestevens he's a canny wee alright LOL

[Annie D]

@newbank @gigiflower I like wee things - they are very precious hahahaha

[Annie D]

@newbank @gigiflower HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Sam]

@annied I'm boiling a wee egg for my lunch tomorrow. Do I need to say it with an accent so @newbank can understand me?

[Annie D]

@gigiflower @newbank it must be said with an accent

[Sam]

@annied @newbank Damn it! My wee egg has a wee crack in it and some of its wee contents are floating in the water (all said with some sort of English/Scottish/Irish accent)

[Annie D]

@gigiflower @newbank I hear yee bonny Sammmiiieeeeee

[Sam]

@annied HAHAHAHAH too good Ms Annie, too good!

[Annie D]

@gigiflower LOL my mind is saying things in your Irish English Scottish accent now HAHAHAHAHA

[Newbank Lass]

@annied @gigiflower I'm making Bolognese sauce you saying " good day mate" (to myself...) in a good aussie accent....

[Newbank Lass]

@annied @gigiflower now ive burnt it....

[Sam]

@newbank @annied Burnt sauce is fine.......just chuck in a few more tomatoes and nobody will know! Do you watch the tv show "Neighbours"?

[Annie D]

@newbank @gigiflower making bolognese you should be speaking Italian in an English accent hahahaha
Neighbours? hahahahaha

[Sam]

@annied @newbank I've actually never watched an episode however I have it on reliable authority that EVERY single English person watches it religiously!

[Annie D]

@newbank @gigiflower Hahahahahahaha I may have watched it when it forst started once or twice but not for 20 years

[Newbank Lass]

@annied I did when I was teenager but not for a v v v v v long time. Always preferred home and away anyway ....

[Newbank Lass]

@gigiflower see above....

[Annie D]

@newbank lol watched H&A for a short time while kids were into it - when I say watched I mean it was on the tv but I did other things while it was on lol

[KWind]

Nice shot!

[Ukandie!]

Cool image.

[Tineke]

I don't know what I like more the photo of all the comments

[summerfield]

so dark!

[Francoise]

love it

[Annie D]

@kwind @ukandie1 @tstb @summerfield @francoise
thank you so much for the comments :)

[Suse♡]

Mystical and very fascinating!

[Annie D]

@susale thanks Suse

[Babs]

Interesting shot, it looks a bit like something you see on a ultrasound ha ha. The large colon looks okay, but the liver is a bit fatty. Just been reading all the comments and I agree with Graeme @graemestevens absolutely hate darl! The girl at the checkout in Target called me darl yesterday and she is probably going to have a bit of trouble eating her lunch with a fat lip.
Hope you have cheered up again now.

[Annie D]

@onewing Hahaha oh Babs
I think the liver would be a bit fatty and suffering some sclerosis too haha

[Gena Pegg]

Wow...this really lovely and love the quotes. The abstractness is awesome and love the lighting. fav for me Annie.