"GRANDMA'S DEAR OLD WATERING CAN"

GRANDMA'S DEAR OLD WATERING CAN IT'S HAD IT'S BETTER DAY.

SHE WAS AN AVID GARDENER IN HER YOUNGER DAY.

WHEN SHE PASSED I KEPT IT AND USED IT EVERY TIME.

SPRINKLING EVERY EVENING WITH THE ROSE IT WAS SO FINE.

WHEN I DIDN'T USE IT I STOOD IT THERE ON SHOW.

OLD AND BATTERED SO WELL WORN BUT I COULDN'T LET IT GO.

MANY YEARS SHE USED IT HEAVY TOO FULL UP.

BUT WITH BOTH OF HER WEARY HANDS THE WATERING CAN SHE'D CUP.

I DO NOT HAVE A GARDEN NOW,BUT HAVE IT HERE IN STORE.

I'M GOING TO ONE DAY FILL IT UP WITH FLOWERS BY MY DOOR.

SHE'LL BE LOOKING DOWN UPON ME SAYING TO ALL OUT LOUD.

OH! LOOK THERE STANDS MY WATERING CAN OUR KATHS SHOWS OFF SO PROUD.

I NEVER WILL DISGARD IT I LOVE IT OH! SO MUCH.

WHEN I SEE IT STANDING THERE IT SEEMS I FEEL HER TOUCH.

SO THANKYOU FOR THIS GRAPHIC DEAR DONNA YOU HAVE SENT.

IT'S ALMOST YES A LOOK -A-LIKE OF GRANDMA'S CAN WELL SPENT.

I'M PROUD OF GRANDMA'S WATERING CAN BATTERED BULGED AND OLD.

IT HAS SO MANY MEMORIES THAT I DO DEARLY HOLD..............

Astoriasand   http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES

(If you got this alert many times AOL were playing me up. I am sorry about that! Grrr!)

"WAITING FOR DAD"

       "WAITING FOR DAD"

      

ABOUT THIS TINY BLINKIE I JUST HAD TO WRITE A RHYME.

IT BROUGHT ME  MANY MEMORIES OF A BYGONE TIME.

EARLY IN MY MARRIAGE WHEN I HAD JUST ONE SON.

HERE HE IS UP ABOVE IN HIS CAR AGED ONE.

EACH AND EVERY TEA TIME  I'D WATCH THE CLOCK TICK BY.

THEN  OVER TO THE WINDOW TO SEE IF I COULD SPY.

MY HUBBY COMING HOME AGAIN WHEN  WORKING DAY WAS THROUGH.

 MY FIRST BORN SON WOULD ALSO BE "WAITING FOR DAD"  TOO.

THEN SUDDENLY HE'D GET HIS CAR AND WANT TO GO OUTSIDE.

HE KNEW HIS DADDY WOULD PLAY WITH HIM AND TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE.

FOND THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES FROM A BLINKIE OFF THE NET.

IVE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD ONES BUT THIS IS MY FAVOURITE YET.

IV'E ALSO ADDED THE OTHER THREE, WHO DID THE SAME WHEN SMALL.

THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW TOO THERE FACES SAY IT ALL. 

after my day of baking as in the blinkie above.

WE WOULD SHOW HIM THE CAKES, HOT ON A PLATE WE'D BAKED FOR HIM with love.

I WONDER HOW MANY MORE OF YOU COULD TELL A STORY thats true.

FROM A LITTLE BLINKIE youv'e recieved thats been PASSED ON TO YOU.

EVERYTIME I'M SENT ONE I SEEM TO GO BACK IN TIME.

AND MY MIND SEEMS TO JUST CROP UP.

   !!!!!!!!!!! WITH ANOTHER simple RHYME  !!!!!!!!!!

Astoriasand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A SHORT AND SIMPLE TRIBUTE TO 9/11"

                 

MY TRIBUTE HERE IS VERY SHORT.

MY HEART DOES ACHE ONCE MORE.

WE ALL REMEMBER 9/11.

TOWERS CRASHING TO THE FLOOR.

I CANNOT PUT IN WORDS AT ALL.

HOW I FELT THAT DAY.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO LEAVE ME.

AND MILLIONS FEEL THAT WAY.

YOUR TRIBUTES ON THE JOURNALS.

I HAVE READ MOST OF THE DAY.

THEY ARE CREDIT TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

WHAT YOU'VE  HAD TO SAY..

THE FAMILIES WHO DID LOSE I ASK.

BLESS THEM GOD ON HIGH.

WITH YOUR GUIDANCE EVERY DAY.

REACH THEM WHEN THEY CRY.

GIVE SRENGTH FOR THEM TO CARRY ON.

NEVER LET THEM FALL.

HOLD THERE HEADS UP GOD I PRAY.

STAND THEM PROUD AND TALL.

CONTINUING TO BE SO PROUD OF.

THE BRAVE ONES THAT THEY LOST.

FOR WE WILL NEVER BE BEATEN.

NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.

WE'LL STAND STRONG TO THESE TERRORISTS.

FOR THE EVIL THEY HAVE DONE.

SO GOD BLESS AMERICANS .

EACH AND EVERY ONE.

                                

 

(TO ALL WHO LOST I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MY HEARTFELT CONDOLANCES).

FLY YOUR FLAG WITH PRIDE.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/MYSIMPLERHYMES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" AOL "

                  

AOL THIS LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN A PAIN IN THE A---.

I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE ON THIS IT'S BEEN AFLIPPING FARSE.

NO ALERTS COMING THROUGH TO US OUR MAIL BOXES SAID NIL

WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET THINGS RIGHT DON'T THINK THEY EVER WILL.

DON'T THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL NEED TO KEEP IN TOUCH.

VIA OUR ALERTS TO US THEY MEAN SO VERY MUCH.

ROUND AND ROUND IN CIRCLES CLICKING HERE AND THERE.

MY BACKSIDE ACHES I TELL YOU FROM SITTING ON THIS CHAIR.

I WONDER JUST HOW THEY'D FEEL IF WE STOPPED OUR DEBITS SAME.

AND THEY THEN HAD THE JOB OF CHASEING US UP JUST THE SAME.

WELL WHEN I WOKE THIS MORNING I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

LOW AND BEHOLD LARGE NUMBER IN MY MAIL WHAT A SUPRIZE.

SINCE FIVE O CLOCK THIS MORNING IVE BEEN TYPEING ON THE TROT.

I'LL BE GOING TO SEE THE QUACK AGAIN ARTHRITIS I'LL HAVE GOT.

IN MY HANDS AND FINGERS NOT MY POOR OLD KNEES.

SUPPOSE IT WILL BE WORTH IT THOUGH YOUR ENTRIES THEY DO PLEASE.

ME WITH MUCH ENJOYMENT GOOD LAUGHS I REALY GET.

ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AND MANY FRIENDS IV'E MET.

IF AOL THINK THEY CAN PUT ME OFF WITH THIS THERE WRONG.

I MIGHT BE ONLY A NOVICE BUT MY STAYING POWER IS STRONG.

EVEN IF YOU CRACKED ME UP AND GOT ON MY LAST NERVE (HA)

I STILL AM GOING TO CARRY ON MY JOURNAL FRIENDS TO SERVE.

WITH MY DAILY COMMENTS AND MY SIMPLE RHYME.

MY COMMENT TO YOU THERE AOL IS LET US KNOW NEXT TIME.

IT WOULD BE ONLY COURTIOUS WHEN WE ALL DO OUR BIT.

ARTHRITIS ISN'T PLEASANT AND DON'T WANT IT IN MY T--.

FROM RESTING ON MY DESK SO LONG EVERY BREAK YOU TAKE.

OR I MIGHT BE FILLING FORMS IN COMPENSATION CLAIM TO MAKE.

WELL NOW WE ARE BACK TO NORMALI'M FEELING PRETTY FINE.

HAVE A LOVELY DAY MY FRIENDS I HOPE YOUVE LIKED MY RHYME Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

 

Astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MYSIMPLERHYMES

 

 

"MY DAY"

EVERY MORNING AT FIVE I START MY DAY

FOR FORTY TWO YEARS IT'S BEEN THIS WAY.

I WORKED ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAY BACK THEN.

THE FIRST BUS OUT WAS FOR ALL THE PIT MEN.

TO TAKE THEM ALONG FOR THERE HARD DAYS WORK.

DOWN IN THE BOWERS OF THE DARK GRIMEY EARTH.

MY FATHER WAS A MINER IN TIMES OF OLD

AT MANVERS MAIN WORTH THERE WEIGHT IN GOLD

SO UP EACH MORNING I HAD TO BE.

READY AND WAITING FOR THE PADDY TO TAKE ME.

I'D GATHER UP MY FLOAT AND OFF WE'D GO.

A JOB I LOVED VERY MUCH SO.

WELL SINCE THEM DAYS AND THE OLDER I GOT.

I WORKED IN THE OFFICE PLUS THE LOCAL SHOP.

THEN CAME MARRIAGE AND A FAMILY OF FOUR.

SO UP AGAIN AT FIVE TO DO ALL MY CHORES.

CLEAN CLOTHES BREAKFAST FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM.

WALKED A MILE TO SCHOOL IT WAS NO PROBLEM.

BACK HOME AGAIN FOR THE DAILY ROUTINE.

NEVER DID I STOP I WAS LIKE A MACHINE.

I WOULD NEVER LEAVE MY CHILDREN SO I WORKED ON A NIGHT.

THIS PLAN WORKED BEST FOR ME IT SEEMED JUST RIGHT.

FORTY TWO YEARS ON I AM JUST THE SAME.

UP AT FIVE TO START ONCE AGAIN.

I HAVE TRIED SLEEPING LONGER BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY.

MY BODY WONT RELAX NO MATTER HOW I TRY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY AROUND ABOUT TEN.

AFTER SEVENTEEN HOURS I FEEL THEN.

IT'S TIME TO RELAX HAVE A COFFEE IN MY CHAIR.

THIS GRAPHIC BY DONNA YOU CAN SEE  DOWN THERE.

I FIND THE IDEAL PICTURE FOR MY NEW RHYME.

FOR RELAXING IN AT TEN BEFORE MY BEDTIME.

ONE DAY I MIGHT FIND THE TIME TO CHAT.

I'LL RATTLE AWAY ABOUT THIS AND THAT.

BUT AT THIS PRESENT TIME I'M AS BUSY AS A BEE.

WITH LOTS OF OTHER THINGS SO PLEASE EXUSE ME.

I GRAB THE ODD MOMENTS TO FOLLOW MY ALERTS.

AND ENTER MY RHYMES THIS IS ONE OF MY PERKS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF I HOPE YOUVE ENJOYED.

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL AND I WAS EMPLOYED.

NOW I'M A PENSIONER AND THE COAL MINING GONE.

I'M STILL UP AT FIVE MY COMPUTER TO PLONK ON.

BEFORE I START MY LONG BUSY DAY.

CARRYING ON IN THE SAME OLD WAY.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED WE ALL KNOW WELL.

I LOVE THE BYGONE DAYS BUT I  I LOVE MY AOL.

IT GIVEN ME A CHANCE TO MEET NEW FRIENDS.

SO I'M TYPEING IN MY RHYME AS ANOTHER DAY ENDS.

TAKE CARE ALL OF YOU YOUR JOURNALS I ADORE.

I'LL NOW RETIRE UNTILL FIVE ONCE

MORE.

(THIS CHAIR IS  JUST WHAT I NEEDED DONNA THANKYOU).

GRAPHIC BY Ds Designs  THANKYOU Soooooooo  MUCH DONNA.

                NOW

THINK I HAVE EARNED ONE LOL!!

GOODNIGHT AND GODBLESS.

Astoriasand.

"YOU BRIGHTENED UP MY DAY"

 

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THE MOON SO BRIGHT LAST NIGHT.

NOTHING MUCH WAS STIRRING IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS TRANQUILLITY I COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE.

ALL THE TIMY RIPPLES WERE HEADING FOR THE SHORE.

I THOUGHT ABOUT A GRAPHIC WHICH WAS JUST LIKE THIS SCENE.

SO I GOT IN TOUCH WITH DONNA AS ON HER BLOG I'D SEEN.

THE GRAPHIC I REMEMBERED I THOUGHT WOULD SUIT MY RHYME.

SO I QUICKLY SENT AND E. MAIL TO ASK IF SHE HAD TIME.

TO MAKE ME ONE WITH KATH ON I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HEAR.

BUT TODAY RIGHT IN MY MAIL BOX THE GRAPHIC DID APPEAR.

I WAS OVERJOYED AND FILLED WITH EMOTIONS OF DELIGHT.

OF THIS BEAUTIFUL GRAPHIC NOW SIGNED WITH NAME IN SIGHT.

HOW KIND IS THIS DEAR LADY SHE'S WORTH HER WEIGHT IN GOLD.

FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL GRAPHICS SHE MAKES FOR YOUNG AND OLD.

SO HERES A PERSONAL THANKYOU FROM ME ASTORIASAND.

TO DONNA FOR THE GRAPHIC MADE BY HER TALENTED HAND.

YOU BRIGHTENED UP MY DAY DEAR AS I WAS FEELING ROUGH.

GOD BLESS YOU YOU ARE WONDERFUL I CARN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

GRAPHIC BY DONNA OF D'S DESIGNS.

VISIT HER JOURNAL IF YOU haVN'T ALREADY, IT IS WELL WORTH IT.

Astoriasandand godbless you all.

                         

 

 

"COUNTING THE DAYS"

  

I CAN FEEL THE NIP APPROACHING IN THE AIR TONIGHT.

COUNTING DAYS TO  SEPTEMBER IN MY SIGHT.

SHORTER DAYS AND LONGER NIGHTS.

LIGHTS AFTER TEA SOON TWINKLING BRIGHT.

COLD CHILLY EVENINGS AND THE HUSTLE WILL HAVE GONE.

FAIRGROUND DISMANTLED SOON NO RIDES TO SIT UPON.

LEAVES FALLING FAST ON THE PAVEMENT AHEAD.

FROM HANGING BASKETS TROUGHS AND ALL THE GARDENS LOOKING DEAD.

I'LL BE WRAPPED UP WARM WITH THE HEATERS ON FULL.

CLOUDS IN THE SKY AND ALL LOOKING DULL.

THE GULLS WILL HANG AROUND ALL UPON THE GROUND.

LOOKING ROUND FOR SCRAPS WHATEVER CAN BE FOUND.

THE OCEAN WAVES ARE ROUGH AS THEY ROLL TO THE SHORE.

THE PLEASURE BOATS MOORED FOR THE AUTUMN ONCE MORE.

THE FISHING BOATS DEPARTING OUT OF SIGHT.

TO GATHER UP THERE CATCH IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT.

KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL SUMMERS OVER WITH A  FROWN.

AS THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE SEASIDE MY HOME TOWN.

WHEN SEPTEMBER COMES AROUND WINTERS SOON ON IT'S WAY.

BUT I STILL LOVE ALL THE SEASONS IN THERE OWN WONDROUS WAY.