"NEVADA LAS VEGAS STRIP".

 

         

       ( THANKYOU FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR KIND COMMENTS.)

                   

WELL MY FRIENDS WHAT A WEEK I  HAVE HAD NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE GONE RIGHT.

 

BUT I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THAT I AM SITTING HERE NICE AND TIGHT.

 

CONTINUEING TO SHOW YOU MY JOURNEY THROUGHOUT  THE UNITED STATES.

 

I'll  TRY MY BEST TO KEEP MY CHIN UP WHEN JUST NOW I HAVE LOTS ON MY PLATE.

 

I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD MY POSTINGS FOR NOW ABOUT MY HOLIDAY THERE.

 

AS I HAVE MUCH WORK IN THE HOME TO CATCH UP ON IV'E STARTED  TO STRIP SOME WALLS BARE. HE-HE

 

CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE UPON US AND I HAVE MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

 

AFTER THE FEAST THE FAMINE THEY SAY AND I HAVE HAD LOTS OF FUN.

 

SO LET ME FIRST SAY NEW ORLEANS WAS FANTASTIC I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

 

I GOT PRETTY FATIGUED WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND AT TIMES I HAD TO STRIVE.

 

LOISIANA I LOVED IT AT SONS  THERE I BELIEVE I COULD HAVE STAYED.

 

IF I'D HAVE BEEN A LOT YOUNGER MORE AGILE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SWAYED.

 

SONS FRIENDS I MET WERE  REALY KIND THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOVE.

 

TO VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND SO  I PRAYED  THAT ONE DAY THEY COULD.

 

MARY A LADY I MET THROUGH MY SON USED TO LIVE HERE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.

 

SHE MARRIED AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN AND HAS BEEN THERE MANY YEARS SHE WAS FUN.

 

I'M MISSING YOU MARY IF YOUR READING THIS AND IV'E SENT YOU AN E. MAIL TODAY.

 

PLEASE TRY TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF MY FRIEND I'LL COME BACK AND VISIT YOU ONE DAY.

 

WELL NOW IT WAS TIME TO PACK AGAIN ANOTHER CASE FOR THE TRIP.

 

TO HEAD OFF FOR ANOTHER HOLIDAY ON THE NEVADA STRIP.

 

NEXT EVENING THE FLIGHT TO LAS VEGAS WELL SON HIRED A CAR BEFORE .

 

TO PICK UP ON LANDING  SO OFF WE FLEW LIKE THE ONE I HAVE SHOWN YOU AND MORE.

 

THE FLIGHT WAS AROUND THREE HOURS AND IT WENT AS SMOOTH AS CAN BE.

 

A WINDOW SEAT SAT NEXT TO SON AS I LIKE THAT TO LOOK OUT AND  SEE.

 

ALL THOSE BIG WHITE FLUFFY CLOUDS LIKE COTTON WOOL BALLS THEY ARE.

 

ROLLING BY I LOVE TO LOOK OUT AS YOU CAN SEE ALSORTS  SO FAR.

 

WE PICKED UP THE CADILAC AND OFF WE SET TRAVELLING DOWN THE ROAD.

 

HE HAD ONE OF THOSE NAVIGATING SYSTEMS TO NOT LOSE HIS WAY AND EXPLODE HE-HE. 

 

 

 

WE ARRIVED QUITE QUICKLY AND BOOKED IN RECEPTION HERE'S THE PIC OF THAT.

 

 

THEN WE SAT FOR A WHILE IN MY SONS ROOM AND ALL HAD A LOVELY  CHAT.    

 

 

HIS ROOM HE WASN'T RIGHT PLEASED WITH AND HE WANTED TO DO A RE-BOOK.

 

BUT I TOLD HIM NO IT WAS FAR TOO EXPENSIVE AND THIS ONE HAD A NICE LOOK.

 

I FOUND IT LOVELY BUT NO NOT HIM HE THOUGHT THE BEDROOMS TOO SMALL.

 

I WAS HAPPY WITH MINE ANYWAY I WASN'T GRUMBLING AT ALL. HE-HE.

 

WELL ANYWAY I TALKED HIM ROUND ANS SO HERE YOU'LL SEE WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS.

 

JUST IN MY KIND OF  INTEREST AND HERE IS THE REASON BECAUSE.

 

THE GARDENS WERE EVER SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE GREEN.

 

 

WITH  FLAMINGO'S AND LOTS OF EXOTIC PLANTS IT WAS SUCH A SIGHT TO BE SEEN.

 

 

 

WHEN WE ENTERED BY ROAD ON THE STRIP WOW BOY!!  I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

 

HOW MANY SPARKLING LIGHTS AND NEONS HOTELS TOWERING HIGH TO THE SKY'S.

 

 

 

 

 

OH !! IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL SIGHT STATUES OF EVERY KIND.

 

WERE LIT UP AND FOUNTAINS OF WATER SPRINKLING HIGH AND FROM BELOW AND BEHIND.

 

SOME OF THESE FOUNTAINS THEY DANCED IN PATTERNS TO MUSIC AT THE BELLAGIO HOTEL.

 

 

AN HALF HOURLY SHOW YOU COULD WATCH AS YOU WALKED PAST I HOPE IN THE PIC YOU CAN TELL.

 

EVERY HOTEL HAD IT'S OWN GREAT THEME AND THE SHOPS WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD.

 

WELL I THINK YOU ALL KNOW KATH BY NOW AND  THAT SUITED THIS OLD GIRL HE-HE.

 

ONE OF THE HOTELS CALLED VENETIAN EVEN HAD A RIVER INSIDE .

 

 

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GONDOLA'S YOU COULD GO ON THEM FOR A RIDE.

 

ALL THE CEILING AND DECOR HAND PAINTED JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK.

 

AS THOUGH YOU ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OH!!!  I  COULD WRITE A BOOK.

 

BELOW WAS THIS  SPECIAL GONDOLA FOR THE NEWLY WEDS AT NIGHT .

 

THE MAN SERANDADED TO THEM BOTH HOW ROMANTIC IN THE PRETENCE MOONLIGHT .

 

 

TREASURE ISLAND ANOTHER HOTEL HERE WAS A GREAT PIRATE THEME.

 

FOR ANYONE EVERY HOUR A FREE SHOW TO SEE BOY OH BOY WHAT A SCENE.

 

 

CEASERS PALACE THE FAMOUS ONE LIMO'S WERE THERE EVERY  NIGHT.

 

NEVER HAVE I SEEN ANY AS LONG HOW THEY GET ROUND THOSE BENDS IT'S SO TIGHT.

 

THE STATUES INSIDE ARE MAGNIFICENT AND THE ARCHITECTURE BRILLIANT TOO.

 

 

 

IT'S WORTH A TRIP JUST TO SEE ALL OF THIS EXCLUDING WHAT YOU CAN DO.

 

SONS GOING TO CEASERS  FOR CHRISTMAS HE'S GOING TO SEE THE BIG FIGHT.

 

BETWEEN RICKY HATTON OF ENGLAND AND FLOYD MERRYWEATHER I BET A GREAT NIGHT.

 

 

 

ON THE STRIP YOU CAN WATCH THE BELLY DANCERS AND ALSO THE LIMBO TOO.

 

THIS YOUNG GUY WAS THE WORLD CHAMPION THAT CANE I AM NOT KIDDING YOU.

 

WAS NO HIGHER THAN SIX INCHES FROM THE GROUND BUT YES HE GOT UNDER SO SLICK.

 

I CLAPPED TILL MY HANDS WERE SORE BECAUSE HE DID IT EVER SO QUICK..

 

 

 

WELL WE SETTLED IN AND HAD SUPPER AND JUST TOOK A STROLL DOWNSTAIRS.

 

THE CASINO WAS MASSIVE I GOT A SUPRIZE WHEN MY SON LIFTED ME UP IN THE AIR.

 

HE IS A LAUGH A MINUTE MY BOY HOW I WISHED YOU WERE ALL THERE WITH ME. 

 

WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING HE SAID HAVE A GO ON THIS MUM  HE-HE.

 

I CRACKED UP LAUGHING WHEN I TURNED AROUND AND SAW THIS BIG SLOT MACHINE.

 

ABOUT TEN FOOT HIGH AND SIX FOOT WIDE THE BIGGEST I'VE EVER SEEN. HE-HE

 

 

I COULD HARDLY PULL THE HANDLE DOWN AND FUNNILY ENOUGH  I WON.

 

NOT A LOT BUT AT LEAST I GOT SOMETHING  I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IT'S JUST FUN.

 

THERE WAS NO WAY VEGAS WAS HAVING MY DOLLARS IN THERE CASINO'S OH NO!!

 

I HAD LOTS OF TIME TO SPEND THERE STILL AND MANY PLACES TO GO.

 

WE WALKED DOWN THE STRIP FOR A SHORT WAY JUST ADMIREING OTHER THINGS AROUND.

 

UNTIL I WAS READY FOR MY BED ANOTHER LONG DAY I HAD FOUND.

 

SO OFF WE POPPED TO OUR ROOMS AND I HAD ANOTHER LONG SOAK LIKE BEFORE.

 

I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER EPISODE WHEN I WRITE ABOUT VEGAS ONCE MORE.

 

 

PLEASE KEEP CALLING BACK MY FRIENDS AS THE NEXT VISIT IS SO WORTHWHILE.

 

I HOPE THAT I AM NOT BORING YOU OR CRAMPING ANY OF YOUR STYLE HE-HE.

 

I DIDN'T THINK VEGAS WOULD SUIT ME AS I'M NOT A GAMBLING FAN.

 

BUT I AM SO HAPPY I WENT THERE EVERYTHING WENT TO PLAN.

 

MY NEXT POST INCLUDES LAS VEGAS AGAIN AND NEVADA THE HOOVER DAM.

 

HOW FANTASTIC WAS THAT PLACE YOU NEED TO GO THERE IF ANY OF YOU EVER  CAN. 

 

THE WEATHER TOUCHED OVER ONE HUNDRED DEGREES AT  THIS SEPTEMBER TIME.

 

I HAVE LOTS OF MORE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU STILL SO LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT

 

                                     " SIMPLE RHYME".

 

    HE-HE !!!! AHHHHHHHHH  THIS WAS THE LIFE HE-HE.

 

 

  

                                 

 Thankyou Sugar of Sugar Shack Keepsakes for this lovely graphic

 

 

"A MESSAGE FOR SOMEONE AND ALL MY FRIENDS TOO.

 

 

         

 

I AM INTERUPTING MY HOLIDAY RHYMES TO LET YOU ALL READ THIS AND KNOW.

 

WHOEVER THE CULPRIT IS THAT HAS SENT  ME E. MAILS DON'T YOU BOTHER OH!! NO.

 

TO TELL ME TO CLOSE DOWN MY JOURNAL AS YOU SAY IT IS COMPLETE S---.

 

WELL LET ME TELL YOU IT TAKES MORE THAN YOU AND YOUR NASTYNESS FOR ME TO QUIT.

 

I AM STAYING IN J/LAND AS LONG AS I WISH AND SO PLEASE TRY AND GET YOU SOME AID.

 

AS YOU OBVIOUSLY NEED IT AND PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU FOR YOU  I HAVE ALSO PRAYED.

 

THAT GOD WILL HELP YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE AS HE IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALL.

 

AND HE'S WATCHING AND LISTENING ALL OF THE TIME WHETHER WE'RE OLD OR SMALL.

 

YES YOUR WORDS THEY DID UPSET ME LAST NIGHT BUT I NEVER DO ANYTHING IN HASTE.

 

AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE E. MAILS YOU SENT I THOUGHT WHAT A TERRIBLE WASTE.

 

OF TIME YOU ARE SPENDING SENDING THESE OUT TRYING TO UPSET LOTS OF US FOLK.

 

I AM SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU MY FRIEND IT'S YOU THAT'S THE COMPLETE JOKE.

 

HE WHO " LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS LONGEST "AND I INTEND DOING  JUST THAT.

 

NOT SITTING  AROUND BEING UPSET BY YOU READING ALL OF YOUR CRAP.

 

SO PLEASE TRY AND GET SOME HELP AS I SAY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY.

 

THAT MAYBE YOU 'LL LISTEN TO THIS OLD BIDDY AND JOIN J/LAND WITH US ONE DAY.

 

TRY BE A FRIEND TO SOMEONE INSTEAD OF AN ENEMY PLEASE.

 

YOU WILL FIND THAT LIFE IS MUCH KINDER TO YOU AND YOUR MIND WILL BE MORE AT EASE.

 

SO PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY E. MAILS AGAIN  AS THERE SIMPLY  A WASTE OF YOUR  TIME .

 

BECAUSE KATH IS CONTINUING  WRITING IN J/LAND MORE OF " MY SIMPLE RHYMES"

 

      

 

 (THANKYOU TO SUGAR OF SUGAR SHACK KEEPSAKES FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC )

 

WHILST YOU ARE HERE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO READ MY LAST POSTING AS ALERTS WERE DOWN   THANX A MILLION FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS I APPRECIATE THEM ALL SO MUCH

 

               KATH              ASTORIASAND.

"ADVENTURES AT THE SAFARI PARK AND MORE"

 

AROUND LOUISIANA WHERE MY SON IS STAYING NOW.

IT LOOKS SO LUSH AND GREEN I WAS SUPRIZED AT NOTHING BROWN.

 

THE SUNSHINE BEAMS DOWN VERY HOT BUT STORMS THEY ALSO PLAY.

 

A VERY BIG PART IN THE WEATHER IT POURS DOWN EVERY DAY.

 

IT SEEMED TO BE EACH EVENING TIME WHICH I THINK IS JUST RIGHT.

 

SUNSHINE THROUGH THE DAYTIME AND RAINSTORMS THEN AT NIGHT.

 

ARE REALY GOOD FOR THE LAND AND PLANTS SO IT WAS A JOY TO SEE.

 

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND GREENERY WHICH MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

 

NO NEED FOR UMBERELLA'S NO GETTING WET  DIVINE.

 

WELL WHEN LIKE KATH YOUR INSIDE EATING AT "THE LONGHORN" AND SIPPING WINE HE-HE.

 

 

TALL TREES THEY ARE SO NUMEROUS AND THE BUILDINGS THEY SURROUND.

 

THEY STAND LIKE TOWERING TELEGRAPH POLES SO UPRIGHT IN THE GROUND.

 

THE BUILDERS DO NOT HACK THEM DOWN SO IF IN YOUR GARDEN THEY ARE.

 

I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM AND THEY CAN BE SEEN FROM VERY FAR.

 

 

SON TOOK US TO THE RIVER WHERE HE GOES TO THE BOATCLUB THERE.

 

TO SEE IF WE COULD SEE ALIGATORS HERE WE  STOOD AND STARED.

 

 

BEFORE WE WENT I BOUGHT MARSHMALLOWS TO THROW FOR THEM TO EAT.

 

SONS  FRIEND OWNS AN ALIGATOR FARM AND TOLD ME IT'S THERE TREAT. HE-HE

 

SO OFF WE RODE WITH ME IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS LOVELY SUV.

 

MUCH HIGHER UP IN THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I LOVE.

 

 

 

AS I SEE MORE ON MY JOURNEY AND I CLICKED AND SNAPPED AWAY.

 

PICTURES OF INTERESTING THINGS I SAW ON THIS LOVELY HOT SUMMERS DAY.

 

AS WE APPROACHED WE SAW  HIS FRIEND ARRIVING WITH HIS LOVELY BOAT.

 

TO TAKE US  A RIDE ON THE LAKE I WAS HOPING IT STOPPED AFLOAT   HE-HE.

 

 

 A VERY SCENIC SETTING WITH THE RIVER THERE BESIDE.

 

 OTHER BOATS THERE ALSO  IF YOU  FANCIED  FOR A RIDE.

 

 

 

 

I THREW MY TREATS IN THE RIVER BUT ALAS NO GATORS APPEARED.

 

I WAS HAPPY IN A WAY OF THIS AS I'M AFRAID OF THEM AND FEARED.

 

IF ONE SHOULD POP UP QUICKLY I WOULD HAVE JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN.

 

MAYBE THERE ALL SLEEPING I QUIETLY SAID TO HIM. HE-HE.

 

I SPOTTED THIS TINY SQUIRREL NEARBY AND HE SEEMED TO LIKE ME TOO.

 

HE WAS SITTING UP IN FRONT OF ME AS IF SAYING GIVE ME A FEW.

 

    

 

WHEN HE SAW MY BAG OF MARSHMALLOWS I THINK HE THOUGHT THEY WERE FOR FOR HIM.

 

BUT I IMAGINED THEM STICKING TO HIS CLAWS WHAT A FUNNY SIGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN.

 

NO MATTER WHAT I DID HE WOULDN'T LEAVE HE  SAT SO  GOOD.

 

THEN WHEN SON AND FRIENDS APPROACHED ME HE DASHED INTO THE WOOD.

 

FROM HERE WE CARRIED ONWARDS TO GO TO THE SAFARI PARK.

 

TO SEE SOME OF THERE WILDLIFE BEFORE IT GOT TOO DARK.

 

 

WE ENTERED THE RECEPTION  ANOTHER   LOVELY SHOP.        WHOO-HOO !!

 

WHEN  A VOICE SQUARKED OUT "HELLO FOLKS"  I LOOKED AROUND IN SHOCK.

 

THERE PERCHED HIGH UP SAT ON A BRANCH INSIDE A BIG HIGH CAGE.

 

A JACKDAW WHO IF YOU DON'T SAY HELLO TO GOES INTO SUCH A RAGE. HE-HE.

 

THE LADY AT THE COUNTER WAS TELLING US ALL THIS.

 

HE THEN SHOUTS OUT "COME ON GALS GIVE OLD JACK A KISS"  HE-HE HE.

 

 

I WAS ROLLING OVER LAUGHING THEN THE SERIOUS PART IT STARTS.

 

WHEN I SAW THE LOVELY GOODS ON SALE IPULLED MY PURSE APART .

 

TO BUY SOME LOVELY GIFTS AGAIN AND I SHOPPED UNTIL  I DROPPED.

 

 

 

 

(THE CHILDREN BOUGHT ANIMAL FLY CATCHERS )HE-HE

 

UNTIL IT WAS TIME AND THE TRAIN CAME SO UP WE GOT AND HOPPED.

 

WE BOUGHT A SACK OF FOOD IN THERE FOR THE ANIMALS TO EAT.

 

CHOISE OF A BUCKET OR A SACK AS THIS IS THERE DAILY TREAT.

 

WELL A BUCKET WOULDN'T LAST LONG THE LADY SAID TO US.

 

SO YES IT HAD TO BE A SACK WITHOUT MAKING NO FUSS.

 

WE GOT SAT DOWN QUITE COMFY IN THE TRAILERS TO TOUR THE RANGE.

 

I KNEW I WAS GOING TO ENJOY ALL THIS  A COMPLETELY DIFFERANT  CHANGE.

 

 

BOY WHAT A DAY IT PROVED TO BE WE HAD A LAUGH A MINUTE.

 

ESPECIALLY AT THE LARGE GIRAFFE WHEN HE STUCK HIS NOSE RIGHT IN IT. HE-HE.

 

HE WASN'T WAITING  FOR US TO OFFER  OUR CUPS FULL UP TO FEED HIM.

 

HE REACHED INSIDE NO PROBLEM AND I SAT THERE WITH A GRIN..  HE-HE

 

 

HE LET US STROKE HIS NOSE AND VERY TAME HE SEEMED TO BE.

 

THEN THIS GREAT BIG GREEDY  DEER CAME RUNNING RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF ME.

 

EVERYTIME I TRIED TO FEED HIM HE PINCHED THE CUP  FROM ME.

 

PUT HIS TOUNGE TO THE SIDE AND TEETH GRIPPED TIGHT HE SWALLOWED THE LOT HE-HE.

 

HE THEN WOULD DROP THE CUP DOWN WHEN EMPTY ONTO THE FLOOR.

 

AND WITH HIS HOOF HE KICKED IT LIKE A FOOTBALLER WHEN TRYING TO SCORE.HE-HE.

 

CHARGEING BACK AGAIN HE STICKS HIS HEAD INSIDE THE TRAIN.

 

AS IF TO SAY COME ON YOU LOT I WANT MORE  FOOD  AGAIN .  HE-HE.

 

 

THE BABY GIRAFFES ALL SEEMED TO LIKE TO EAT OUT OF YOUR PALM.

 

SO WE SPREAD OUR HANDS OUT FLAT AND THEY WOULD EAT IT NICE AND CALM.

 

 

SOME OF THE ANIMALS HERE YOU WILL SEE SOAKING IN THE SUN.

 

THESE LIVE IN THE SLUDGE AND LAKE FROM MORN UNTIL DAYS DONE.

 

WHEN THEY SAW THE TRAIN THEY CAME RUNNING ALL OF THEM MESSED UP.

 

IN CLAY AND SLUDGE BUT THEY ONLY COME OUT WHEN THEY WANT A CUP.

 

THE REIGNDEER THEY WERE CHASING ALL THE LITTLE  GEESE AWAY.

 

AND THE WARDEN TOLD US HE HAS TO FEED THEM BY THEMSELVES EACH DAY.

 

 

AS THE OTHER ANIMALS WILL NOT LET THEM GET NEAR ANY FOOD.

 

SO THEY WADDLED OFF SO FUNNY  LOOKING IN A VERY SAD MOOD.

 

WE HAD THREE HOURS OUT ON THE TRAIN AND I'D HAD A NICE GOOD SHOP.

 

SO INTO MY SONS CAR WE HEADED ON HOMEAND  I FELT  FIT TO DROP.

 

IT HAD BEEN A VERY LONG DAY MY FRIENDS SO I SETTLED DOWN ON THE SETTEE.

 

WITH SOME LOVELY ENGLISH CHOCKY BISCUITS AND A NICE HOT CUP OF TEA.

 

KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE OF MINE.

 

WHICH I WILL POST ONCE AGAIN  VERY SOON HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME ".

 

 

   

                        

 

 

NEW ORLEANS VISIT.

IF YOUR ALERTS WERE DOWN YESTERDAY CHECK MY LAST POST IF YOU MISSED.

 

SINCE I ARRIVED BACK HOME ON MONDAY AND MY FEET TOUCHED DOWN AND KISSED .

 

THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME ENGLAND SO NOW I AM HERE AGAIN.

 

TRYING TO SORT OUT PICTURES SOME HAVN'T TURNED OUT WHAT A SHAME.

 

BUT SON IS SENDING ME HUNDREDS OVER AS SOON  AS HE CAN FIND THE TIME.

 

SO I WILL EVENTUALLY SHOW YOU THEM ALL HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME ".

 

HE PICKED US UP IN HIS WORKING VEHICLE THIS WAS HIS LOVELY BLACK SUV.

 

I GOT A SUPRIZE WHEN HE CAME FROM BEHIND AND HUGGED ME I FELT THE LOVE.

 

WE FOLLOWED THE PONCHARTRAIN CAUSWAY OVER THE BRIDGE SO LONG.

 

I WASN'T TOO KEEN ON THIS JOURNEY A NERVOUS LUMP IN MY THROAT NOT  A SONG HE-HE.

 

 

 

WE HAD AN HOUR AND HALFS JOURNEY BY CAR TO ARRIVE AT HIS  HOME.

 

I TOOK SOME PICTURES FROM THE CAR WINDOW AS WE CIRCLED AROUND AND ROAMED.

 

 

STROLLING AROUND THE AVENUES WHAT LOVELY PROPERTIES AND MORE.

 

HOUSES OF EVERY KIND AND THEN WE HEADED IN THROUGH HIS FRONT DOOR. 

 

OH HOW I WAS GLAD TO PUT UP MY FEET  AS SUCH A LONG WAY I HAD  COME.

 

THOUGH I KNEW IT WOULD BE ALL WORTH IT AS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE US SUCH FUN.

 

I LAUGHED WHEN HE SHOWED ME THE LOCAL STORE AS I DON'T DRIVE MYSELF YOU SEE.

 

SO I WAS HAPPY I COULD  WALK OVER THERE AND BUY ANYTHING NEEDED BY ME.

 

PIGGLY WIGGLY'S THEY CALLED IT HE-HE-  WHAT A FUNNY NAME.

 

KIND OF REMINDED ME OF MYSELF AS I'M LOOKING THAT WAY WHAT A SHAME HE-HE.

 

I DON'T LIKE ALL THESE EXCESS POUNDS AS IV'E ALWAYS BEEN SLIM DO YOU KNOW.

 

NOW MY CLOTHES ARE BEGINNING TO PULL ON ME EATING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON SHOW.

 

I SETTLED ME DOWN AND HE TOLD ME TOMORROW WE WERE ALL FIXED UP RIGHT .

 

IN A HOTEL IN NEW ORLEANS CALLED HARRAH'S OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.

 

WHEN I GOT THERE AND SAW HOW LUXURIOUS IT WAS I BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE A QUEEN.

 

BEING PAMPERED BY HIM AND THE LUXURY OF THIS IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST I HAD SEEN.

 

 

 

MY SON AND PARTNER STOPPED IN A DOUBLE AS I LIKE TO BE ALONE.

 

 

HERE HE IS RELAXING HIMSELF SPRAWLED OUT ON THE BED LIKE AT HOME. HE-HE.

 

IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO DO THE SAME WHEN I'D HAD A NICE LONG SOAK.

 

I'M SO SMALL YOU WOULD HAVE DIED LAUGHING I WAS LOST IN THIS BATH TUB NO JOKE HE-HE.

 

IT WAS NEARLY AS DEEP AS THE CANYON HE-HE FULL TO THE TOP AS WELL.

 

WITH BUBBLES AND LOVELY BATH OIL AND OH DO I FEEL SWELL.

 

THE OTHER PICTURES OF THE HOTEL SHOW THE HOTEL INSIDE.

 

EVERYTHING WAS SO SPOTLESS AND THEY CERTAINLY TOOK MUCH PRIDE.

 

IN FULFILLING THERE GUESTS WITH PLEASURES AND THE STAFF WERE SO KIND AND GOOD.

 

SO IF YOU EVER GO DOWN NEW ORLEANS TRY THIS HOTEL YOU SHOULD.

 

 

WHILST I WAS THERE  I SNAPPED THESE PICS UP ABOVE FOR YOU ALL TO  SEE.

 

I LOVED THE HORSE AND TRAPS THEY WERE BRILLIANT JUST THE JOB FOR ME.

 

CAN YOU SEE ALL THOSE BIG BLACK CLOUDS YET IT WAS RED HOT AS CAN BE.

 

AND THE HEAVY SHOWERS THEY CAME DOWN IN FORCE BUT DIDN'T TIPPLE ON ME.

 

I WAS UNDER THE CANOPY KEEPING DRY VEIWING WHATEVER I COULD.

 

SNAPPING AWAY WITH MY CAMERA THE RIDE WAS EXCITING AND GOOD.

 

 

 

 

 

FROM HERE I WENT SHOPPING FOR T/SHIRTS REQUESTED FROM FRIENDS BACK HOME.

 

THEY WANTED THEM FROM THE HARD ROCK CAFE SO I HAD ME QUITE A LONG ROAM.

 

SEEKING THIS STORE BUT I FOUND IT AND WHEN I GOT THERE  GOODS WERE  CHEAP.

 

AS THE SALES WERE ON BOY DID I HAVE FUN BUYING WHATEVER I COULD REAP.

 

IN THE PICTURES ABOVE YOU WILL SEE WHICH I BOUGHT HE-HE JUST FOR THE LAUGH.

 

FOR A COUSIN OF MINE WITH A BIG POT BELLY FROM HIS LAUGHING COUSIN KATH HE-HE.

 

I WISHED I COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS FURNITURE HOME A POOL CUE STAND IT WAS.

 

 

YES LAUREL AND HARDY I LOVED IT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT FOR THE BOSS. HE-HE.

 

I ALSO LOVED THE LITTLE CARS FOR CHILDREN DISPLAYED SO GAY.

 

THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED THEM THE CHILDREN IN ENGLAND I HAVN'T SEEN THESE MY WAY.

 

THE FIRE ENGINE I AM SURE THEY WOULD LOVE AS IT SEEMS EVERY LITTLE BOY.

 

WANTS TO BE A FIREMAN ONE DAY SO DELIGHTED THEY'D BE WITH THIS TOY.

 

 

 

ANOTHER PICTURE ABOVE YOU WILL SEE PIANNO'S FOR CHILDREN SO SMALL.

 

I KNOW MY LITTLE GRANDAUGHTER WOULD LOVE THESE AND HAVE A BALL.

 

WE CARRIED ON WALKING AND SON ARRANGED ANOTHER MEAL OUT FOR US THREE.

 

MOST OF THE HOLIDAY HERE HE HAD PLANNED FOR JUST PARTNER AND HIM AND ME.

 

HE THOUGHT IF I HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD WITH HIM TO MYSELF ALONE.

 

I COULD ENJOY IT MORE AND HE REALISED I WOULDN'T BE ABLE  TO MOAN. HE-HE.

 

AT SHARING HIM WITH ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS  SO I WAS QUITE HAPPY AT THAT.

 

THOUGH EVERY DAY I DID GET A CALL THROUGH FROM THEM TO HAVE A CHAT.

 

I LOVED THIS KITCHEN POTTERY AND THE WHEELBARROW FULL OF FLOWERS.

 

I COULD HAVE TAKEN EVEYTHING AWAY I WAS SHOPPING FOR HOURS AND HOURS.

 

 

LOOK AT THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE BELOW  DO YOU RECOGNISE THE STAR AND OTHERS .

 

MANY YRS GONE BY NOW A WOMANS HEARTHROB YES CLARK GABLE HE WAS MY MOTHERS.

 

 

 

HANDSOME CLARK GABLE WITH VIRGINIA LEIGH ALL SO BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED.

 

ALL THE PICTURES FROM THE FILM "GONE WITH THE WIND"  PRESENTED SO LOVELY AND NAMED.

 

IF I COULD HAVE MANAGED ONE OF THESE BACK HOME IT'S MY KIND OF THING I WOULD BUY .

 

BUT  MAYBE IF I DROP A HINT TO SON ONE DAY IT MIGHT CATCH HIS EYE. HE-HE.

 

FURTHER ALONG WE  WALKED AND WALKED AND FOUND BOURBON STREET OF FAME.

 

I WAS FEELING TIRED BY NOW AND MY FEET WERE ACHING  I WAS SO LAME HE-HE.

 

 

THE HEAT WAS DRAINING ME TERRIBLY AND OH! I FORGOT TO SAY.

 

I BOUGHT MYSELF A LARGE PICTURE HAT IN CERISE AND A HANDBAG OH-LAY   HE-HE.

 

TO SHIELD MY HEAD FROM THE RED HOT SUN WELL AT NINETY DEGREES IT WAS HOT!!!

 

PHEW !! SO I STOPPED INTHE SHADE IF I COULD AND TIED UP MY HAIR IN A KNOT.

 

MY SON SAID MUM LOOK AS IF YOUR DRUNK SO I LEANED OVER ON THIS LAMPOST. HE-HE.

 

WHEN HE SENDS ME THE SNAPS I'LL SHOW YOU THEM ALL AND THEN I COULD SMELL SOMETHING  ROAST. 

 

WELL MY STOMACH THOUGHT THAT MY THROAT WAS CUT SO ON FOR ANOTHER MEAL.

 

I LICKED THE PLATTER CLEAN MY FRIENDS THEN SO FULL UP I DID FEEL.

 

PERFECTION  IN EVERY WAY IT WAS COOKED THE STARTERS WERE REALY ENOUGH.

 

BUT I NEVER LEFT A MORSAL " WASTE NOT WANT NOT"  AND ALL THAT STUFF HE-HE.

 

(STARTERS)

 

(IN THE MIDDLE FINGER BUFFET ALMOST GONE HE-HE)

 

FOR MAIN COURSE I CHOSE A CHARRED FILLET OF STEAK I WENT MAD AND GOT THE EIGHT OUNCE. 

 

I'M LOOKING NOW LIKE A ROUND RUBBER BALL AND IF DROPPED I'M SURE I WOULD BOUNCE.  HE-HE.

 

MASHED POTATOES AND BROCILLI  ALSO AND THE BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING WAS GREAT. HEEEEEEE.

 

I NEVER LEFT A SCRAP ANY TIME I  FINISHED WITH A CLEAN PLATE.

 

THEN JUST BEFORE WE HEADED BACK HOME I TOOK A STROLL  ON THE JETTY.

 

AND SPOTTED THIS WONDERFUL STATUE  STOOD THERE YES OF COURSE IT'S OUR BETTY HE-HE.

 

 

SO  ANOTHER  WONDERFUL DAY I HAD IN NEW ORLEANS AS  I'M SHOPPING MAD.

 

I COULD HAVE BOUGHT UP ALMOST EVERYTHING I WAS SORRY TO LEAVE IT WAS SAD.

 

I HAD TO MOVE ON FOR MORE TRAVELLING WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU MY NEXT POST IN TIME.

 

WHEN A LAUGH A MINUTE AT THE WILDLIFE  PARK NEXT I'M POSTING IN   " MY SIMPLE RHYME "

 

 

 

 

   HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED MY FRIENDS TAKE CARE.