"KATH'S FIND"

 

RECENTLY WHILST SORTING OUT I FOUND IN A BEDROOM DRAWER.

LOTS OF BITS AND BOBS AND ALSO ONE OR TWO THINGS MORE.

I WAS SO SUPRIZED  WHEN IN AN ENVELOPE I FOUND A VERY OLD FILM.

GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT WHATS ON THIS MY THOUGHTS WERE VERY DIM.

I PONDERED AND I PONDERED WONDERING OF ALL PAST TIMES WHEN I.

HAD USED THIS KIND OF FILM BUT NO MATTER HOW I TRIED.

NOTHING JOGGED MY MEMORY SO I DECIDED TO HAVE IT DROPPED.

OFF AT THE LOCAL CHEMIST NEXT TIME MY PARNER SHOPPED.

THE FILMS BEEN ON MY MIND NOW FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO.

AND I HAVN'T BEEN OUT DURING THE WEEK FOR THE WIND AND RAIN YOU KNOW.

IT'S BEEN SO VERY BITTER AS YOU ALL KNOW RECENTLY.

INSIDES THE BEST PLACE NICE AND WARM I THINK YOU WILL AGREE.

WHILST TROTTING AROUND J/LAND I GOT ANOTHER SUPRIZE .

WHEN THERE IN FRONT  OF ME THIS WEEK A GRAPHIC I DID SPY.

NOW ISN'T THAT COINCIDENCE I THOUGHT I'M TAGGING THIS.

IT'S JUST RIGHT FOR MY POSTING AND I'M GLAD I DIDN'T MISS.

SO I REQUESTED FOR THESE WORDS (KATHS FIND) PLEASE MISSIE IF YOU COULD.

IT ARRIVED THIS WEEK BY E. MAIL I THOUGHT OH GREAT THATS GOOD.

MY FILM IS WAS NOW DEVELOPED AND IV'E SCANNED ALL TWENTY FOUR..

AND THE PICTURES ARE IN FRONT OF ME FROM THE FILM FOUND IN MY DRAWER.

I COUNTED THIS AS A BLESSING AS FOND MEMORIES ON THIS REEL.

WERE OF AN HOLIDAY BUT SOME OF THEM HOW OLD THEY MADE ME FEEL.

IV'E PLACED ONE IN TO SHOW YOU OF MY CHILDREN HAVING FUN.

ON THE BEACH IN WALES PLAYING HAPPILY  IN THE RED HOT SUN.

OUR SUMMERS DON'T SEEM SAME TODAY AND NOTHING HAS COMPARED.

THIS LAST FEW YEARS HOW HOT IT WAS I REMEMBER WHEN DOWN THERE.

I'M THRILLED TO BITS I FOUND THIS FILM INSIDE MY BEDROOM DRAWER.

IT'S FULL OF SNAPS OF THE CHILDREN AND ALSORTS THERES LOTS MORE.

YIPPEE I WAS EXCITED HOW IT TOOK ME BACK IN TIME.

TO 1976  I'M OVER THE MOON IT DEVELOPED FINE.

I SIMPLY CARN'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN HANGING ROUND SO LONG.

UP AND DOWN HERE AND THERE AND NEVER BEEN DROPPED UPON.

THEY SAY THEY DON'T MAKE THINGS TODAY  LIKE THEY USED TO YRS AGO.

I NOW BELIEVE THAT THIS IS TRUE AS NOT ONE  PRINT HAS A FLO.

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT MAYBE WAS NO GOOD.

BUT THE SNAPS THEY CAME OUT EVER SO CLEAR MORE THAN MY DIDGY WOULD.

WELL I'M NOT GRUMBLING ONE IOTA IT'S CERTAINLY GIVEN ME.

A LOVELY SUPRIZE AND THE GRAPHIC ABOVE IS PERFECT YOU CAN SEE.

SO HERE BELOW  IS THE SNAP NOW I CROPPED TO SAVE UPLOADING TIME.

AND THANKYOU MISSIE FOR THE FILM GRAPHIC IV'E PLACED IN

 

                                       "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

                        HAAAAAAA THEM WERE THE DAYS LOL!!

 

                            WAIT WHILE I SHOW THE KIDDIES.

 

                                IT'S A BELTER ISN'T IT LOL!!!!

 

                                       WELL IT IS TO ME!!!!

                                         

                                                 NOW AGED

     39YRS OLD                         31YRS OLD                   34YRS OLD 

 

                                           

   

"MANY MANY YEARS AGO "

 MANY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG.

SOME PEOPLE I REMEMBERED WOULD RECITE AND SOME THEY SUNG.

 THIS WAS USUALLY AT GATHERINGS AND FAMILY CELEBRATIONS.

AFTER MAYBE A WEDDING OR A BIRTHDAY INVITATION.

ALL OF US SO MANY WOULD BE HAPPY I RECALL.

CHATTING AWAY ENJOYING OURSELVES EVEN US KIDS SO SMALL.

AT THE END OF THE CELEBRATION I CAN REMEMBER ALL WOULD SHOUT.

MARY FINISH THE EVENING OFF AND I WONDERED WHAT'S  THIS ABOUT.

YOU SEE MARY WAS MY MOTHER SHE WAS SMALL AND OH! SO SWEET.

A VERY KIND AND QUIET PERSON AND THIS IT WAS THERE TREAT.

THEY USED TO LOVE TO HEAR HER RECITE A VERY LONG RHYME.

I NEVER THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT UNTIL IVE GROWN OLDER WITH TIME.

SHE WOULD STAND ON THE STAGE SO TIMID EVERYONE LISTENING  INTENSE.

YOU COULD NEVER HEAR A PIN DROP I THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER END.

WHEN FINISHED EVERYONE CLAPPED AND CHEERED AND REMARKED HOW CLEVER SHE WAS.

TO HAVE RECITED ALL THESE WORDS AND NO MISTAKES EVER  CAME ACROSS.

SO ONE DAY WHEN I GREW OLDER I ASKED MOTHER WHY SHE HAD LEARNED.

THIS WONDERFUL RHYME AND SHE TOLD ME  THE STORY WHICH SHE HAD EARNED.

LOTS OF RECOGNITION FOR AS WHEN A YOUNG GIRL AT SCHOOL.

SHE HAD HEARD HER FATHER RECITE IT AND THOUGHT HE WAS NO FOOL.

THEN ONE DAY HE ASKED HER TO LEARN IT HERSELF SO SHE DECIDED TO WRITE IT DOWN .

HER FATHER  SAID ONE DAY YOU'LL RECITE IT AND PEOPLE WILL GATHER AROUND.

 ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL LISTEN LIKE YOU  HAVE DONE TO ME. 

SO SHE FELT SHE NEEDED TO DO THIS AND THAT IS WHY YOU SEE.

 EVERYONE SHOUTED MARY AT OUR CELEBRATION TIMES.

SHY MARY WOULD THEN GET UP AND RECITE AND REMEMBER ALL THESE LINES.

SHE NEVER KNEW HOW HER FATHER HAD COME ACROSS THIS RHYME.

NEVER KNEW WHO HAD WROTE IT AS IT WENT WAY BACK IN TIME.

 WELL RECENTLY I HAD MUCH THOUGHT  ABOUT THIS  AND WONDERED IF I COULD GET.

THE RHYME I'M TALKING OF HERE IN MY BLOG BY LOOKING UPON THE NET.

I WENT TO GOOGLE AND TYPED IN THE TITLE HEY PRESTO!!  LOW AND BEHOLD.

THERE IN FRONT OF MY VERY EYES THE RHYME MY GRANDAD HAD TOLD.

TO MY MOTHER AND FRIENDS AND RELATIONS I COULD'NT BELIEVE MY EYES.

 EVEN THE STORY BEHIND THIS RHYME AND A PICTURE WHAT A SUPRIZE.

 I SET MY PRINTER WORKING AND RAN OFF A COPY OR TWO.

EACH MORNING IV'E WOKE IV'E RECITED THE WORDS OVER AND THROUGH AND THROUGH.

 IT'S BEEN HARD WORK AS AT MY AGE MY  MEMORIES NOT AS WHEN  YOUNG.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY IV'E FINALLY FINISHED THE LAST FEW LINES NOW AND DONE.

 I CAN CLEALY RECITE THE RHYME OFF BY HEART AND I HAD A TEAR IN MY EYE.

WHEN I'D FINISHED RECITING IT ALL ALONE I THOUGHT OF THE TIMES GONE BY.

 I WONDERED WHAT MOTHER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IF SHE HAD  BEEN HERE TODAY.

WITH EVERYONE CALLING COME ON KATH AND ASKING ME TO SAY.

THE RHYME MY GRANDAD RECITED BACK THEN AND MY MOTHER AND YES NOW ME.

STANDING UP THERE UPON THE STAGE RECITING THE RHYME PERFECTLY.

MY FAMILY NEVER KNEW THE HISTORY NOR ME OF THIS VERY LONG  RHYME.

WE HAVE SPOKEN OF IT VERY OFTEN NEVER  WRITING IT DOWN AT THAT  TIME.

WELL I AM GOING TO SUPRIZE THEM AT THE NEXT FAMILY GATHERING I PLAN.

 TO STAND UP ALONE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND SAY PLEASE BE QUIET IF YOU CAN.

 IV'E GOT SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU ALL SO SIT BACK AND LISTEN ONCE MORE.

 AS I AM GOING TO RECITE TO YOU ALL RIGHT NOW  "THE FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR".

I CARN'T WAIT TO SEE THERE FACES AT THE NEXT CELEBRATION IN TIME.

PLEASE GIVE IT A READ  MY J/LAND FRIENDS YOU'LL ENJOY IT  IN                                      

"MY SIMPLE RHYME.

The Face on the Barroom Floor

        TWAS a balmy summer evening, and a goodly crowd was there,

          Which well-nigh filled Joe's barroom, on the corner of the square;

          And as songs and witty stories came through the open door,

          A vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor.

"Where did it come from?" someone said. " The wind has blown it in."

"What does it want?" another cried. "Some whiskey, rum or gin?"

"Here, Toby, seek him, if your stomach's equal to the work --

 I wouldn't touch him with a fork, he's filthy as a Turk."

This badinage the poor wretch took with stocial good grace;

In face, he smiled as if he thought he'd struck the proper place.

"Come, boys, I know there's kindly hearts among so good a crowd --

To be in such good company would make a deacon proud.

"Give me a drink -- that's what I want -- I'm out of funds, you know,

When I had cash to treat the gang this hand was never slow.

What? You laugh as if you thought this pocket never held a sou;

I once was fixed as well, my boys, as any one of you.

"There, thanks, that's braced me nicely; God bless you one and all;

Next time I pass this good saloon I'll make another call.

Give you a song? No, I can't do that; my singing days are past;

My voice is cracked, my throat's worn out, and my lungs are going fast.

"I'll tell you a funny story, and a fact, I promise, too.

Say! Give me another whiskey, and I'll tell what I'll do --

That I was ever a decent man not one of you would think;

But I was, some four or five years back. Say, give me another drink.

"Fill her up, Joe, I want to put some life into my frame --

Such little drinks to a bum like me are miserably tame;

Five fingers -- there, that's the scheme -- and corking whiskey, too.

Well, here's luck, boys, and landlord, my best regards to you.

"You've treated me pretty kindly and I'd like to tell you how

I came to be the dirty sot you see before you now.

As I told you, once I was a man, with muscle, frame, and health,

And but for a blunder ought to have made considerable wealth.

"I was a painter -- not one that daubed on bricks and wood,

But an artist, and for my age, was rated pretty good.

I worked hard at my canvas, and was bidding fair to rise,

For gradually I saw the star of fame before my eyes.

"I made a picture perhaps you've seen, 'tis called the `Chase of Fame.'

It brought me fifteen hundred pounds and added to my name,

And then I met a woman -- now comes the funny part --

With eyes that petrified my brain, and sunk into my heart.

"Why don't you laugh? 'Tis funny that the vagabond you see

Could ever love a woman, and expect her love for me;

But 'twas so, and for a month or two, her smiles were freely given,

And when her loving lips touched mine, it carried me to Heaven.

"Boys, did you ever see a girl for whom your soul you'd give,

With a form like the Milo Venus, too beautiful to live;

With eyes that would beat the Koh-i-noor, and a wealth of chestnut hair?

If so, 'twas she, for there never was another half so fair.

"I was working on a portrait, one afternoon in May,

Of a fair-haired boy, a friend of mine, who lived across the way.

And Madeline admired it, and much to my surprise,

Said she'd like to know the man that had such dreamy eyes.

"It didn't take long to know him, and before the month had flown

My friend had stole my darling, and I was left alone;

And ere a year of misery had passed above my head,

The jewel I had treasured so had tarnished and was dead.

"That's why I took to drink, boys. Why, I never see you smile,

I thought you'd be amused, and laughing all the while.

Why, what's the matter, friend? There's a tear-drop in your eye,

Come, laugh like me. 'Tis only babes and women that should cry.

"Say, boys, if you give me just another whiskey I'll be glad,

And I'll draw right here a picture of the face that drove me mad.

Give me that piece of chalk with which you mark the baseball score --

You shall see the lovely Madeline upon the barroon floor."

Another drink, and with chalk in hand, the vagabond began

To sketch a face that well might buy the soul of any man.

Then, as he placed another lock upon the shapely head,

With a fearful shriek, he leaped and fell across the picture --

                                 dead.



Hugh Antoine D'Arcy                        ASTRORIASAND.

(Thanx to Chris of Cabs Creations for the wonderful memory graphic)

"THE WORD LOVE"

            

                                             "  THE WORD LOVE "

 

IT SEEMS FOR QUITE A FEW DAYS NOW IV'E HAD PLEASURE AND FELT LOTS OF LOVE.

JUST FROM READING A STORY WHICH I THINK WAS A GIFT FROM ABOVE.

I HAD A REALY STRONG FEELING EVERY MORNING I HAD TO READ THIS .

THERE WERE LOTS I LOVED ABOUT IT THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS. 

IT MADE ME THINK HOW LOVE AND EDIBLES GO TOGETHER SO MUCH.

AND I FELT I HAD TO TRY AND EXPLAIN JUST WHAT I MEAN AS SUCH.

SO I TOOK OUT MY PEN AND PAPER  AND I HAD A SERIOUS THINK.

YES I NEEDED TO WRITE ABOUT THIS I THOUGHT AS I SIPPED MY DRINK.

IT'S LOVE THAT MAKES YOU FANCY A NICE PIECE OF COCONUT CAKE.

THERES PLENTY EDIBLES WE ALL LOVE FROM THE SHOPS TO PICK UP AND TAKE.

OR MAYBE THE LOVE OF A SANDWICH WHEN YOU SEE A PRE-PACKED ONE IN STOCK.

OR A TIN OF SOUP A NICE PORK PIE YOU BOUGHT FROM THE LOCAL SHOP.

THEN THERES THE PACKETS OF BISCUITS YOU ALL LOVE TO NIBBLE ON.

OR A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE GATEAUX WHERE DID THAT LOVE COME FROM.

YES YOU LOVE YOUR FREEZER DON'T YOU EVERYTHINGS JUST THERE TO TAKE .

WELL DON'T BOTHER WITH THESE GO WHERE  IV'E BEEN YOU'LL LOVE IT AND TRY TO MAKE.

ALL THESE DELICIOUS FOODS YOU LOVE THERE EASY IF YOU KNOW HOW.

THEY DON'T TAKE LONG I ASSURE YOU AND THEY TASTE MUCH BETTER SOME HOW.

WELL I'M  RECOMENDING YOU GO AND SEE AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL ALL AGREE.

AFTER YOUV'E BEEN THERE YOU'LL LOVE IT IF YOU HAVN'T ALREADY LIKE ME.

IT'S A JOURNAL TO INSPIRE ANYONE I AM HAPPY IT CAME MY WAY.

SINCE  I JOINED HER IN HER KITCHEN AND I READ OF HER LOVE EACH DAY.

PLEASE HAVE A BROWSE I AM ASKING YOU IT WON'T TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

AND I THINK YOU WILL ALL LOVE THE RECEPES AND THE STORIES ARE SO FINE.

LETS SAY IV'E TRIED AND TESTED AND I LOVED THEM I WANT YOU TO KNOW.

IF YOU DO THE SAME I THINK YOUR LOVE WILL ALSO START TO GROW.

FOR THE JOURNAL CALLED MARIES MUSES IF YOU HAVN'T HEARD OF HER.

I KNOW QUITE A FEW OF YOU VISIT BUT A FEW MORE I'D LIKE TO SEND THERE.

SHE HAS MANY RECEPES OUT THERE ALSORTS FOR YOU TO TRY .

NOT ALL OF THEM SWEET AND WEIGHT GAINING THE PICTURES TOO CATCH YOUR EYE.

HER JOURNALS FULL OF LOVE FOR FOOD AND HER LOVE OF COOKING AS SUCH .

SHE COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I REALY LOVE IT SO MUCH.

IF YOU HAVN'T GOT ALL THE GADGETS FOR MARIES MUSES RECEPES TOO.

POINT THIS OUT IN YOUR COMMENTS I AM SURE SHE WOULD LOVE TO MAIL YOU.

AND GIVE YOU THE NO GADGET RECIPE TO ENABLE YOU STILL TO COOK.

WHATEVER RECEPE YOUR TRYING YOU WILL LOVE IT AND SOON GET HOOKED.

SHE ALSO HAS THE LOVE OF HER FAITH AND I DO APPRECIATE THIS.

SO WHILE EVER I AM ABLE I'LL GO THERE I DON'T WANT TO MISS.

THE LOVE I HAVE FOR HER POSTINGS I CARN'T WAIT TO READ EVERY DAY.

AND HER GRAPHICS SHE ENTERS ARE SO SWEET I LOVE THEM TOO IN A WAY.

I FORGOT TO MENTION ALSO IF YOU ALL LOVE A TRUE ROMANCE.

THEN GO DOWN TO MARIES PLACE QUICKLY AND READ HOW SHE MET LOVE BY CHANCE.

HER WONDERFUL HUSBAND TODD IS HIS NAME WHO SHE FOUND RIGHT HERE ON THE NET.

START READING BACK A FEW POSTINGS AND YOU'LL SHED A FEW TEARS I BET.

IT TELLS  HOW MARIE FOUND TRUE LOVE BESIDES HER LOVE FOR FOOD.

AND HOW YOU CAN OVERCOME SORROW IT HELPS TO LIFT YOUR MOOD.

NOW I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT HER I HOPE SHE DON'T PUT ME ON BLOCK.

AS IF I WOKE UP AND HER JOURNAL WERN'T THERE I'D GET A TERRIBLE SHOCK.

SO MARIE MY MESSAGE TO YOU DEAR IS CONTINUE YOUR WORK YOU LOVE.

THE LOVE OF FOOD AND LOVE OF COOKING AND YOUR LOVE SENT FROM ABOVE.

I LOVE IT TOO AND I'M HOPING YOUR NOT ANNOYED AND DON'T MIND .

THAT I HAVE ENTERED YOUR LINK BELOW HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

          

                  

  (Thanx to Chris of Cabs Creations for this wonderful graphic )

 

                                              KATH ASTORIASAND

                 

MARIESMUSES  URL.    http://journals.aol.co.uk/mariealicejoan/MariesMuses  

"THE LOCKET'S NOW RETURNED (PHEW)!!!

      THE LOCKETS NOW RETURNED (PHEW) !!!!!!!!!

                      .

MY DOOR BELL RANG AT 11-30AM TODAY I KNEW JUST WHO IT WAS.

THE LADY WHO'D RANG FOR HER LOCKET HAD ARRANGED TODAY BECAUSE.

SHE SAID SHE'D ANOTHER APPOINTMENT HERE ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK.

AND SHE'D CALL ALONG TO MY FLAT AFTER SO THAT WE COULD MEET.

FOR ME TO RETURN THE LOCKET TO HER IT'S RIGHTFUL OWNER SO.

OFF I TROTTED TO THE DOOR IN EARNEST I DID GO.

I GREETED HER VERY KINDLY COME ALONG UP TO MY FLAT.

WOULD YOU LIKE A COFFEE I ASKED HER THE LEAST I COULD OFFER WAS THAT.

SHE WAS SO DELIGHTED DIDN'T REFUSE AND ACCEPTED ONE WITH A SMILE.

AS I KNOW SHE HAD TRAVELLED ON THE BUS ABOUT A COUPLE OF MILE.

ABOUT 50 SOMETHING I GUESSED HER AGE SLIM AND DARK HAIRED WAS SHE.

BUT ON SECOND SIGHTING SOMETHING ABOUT HER SEEMED TO BOTHER ME.

I DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER BUT SOMETHING ABOUT HER STRUCK ME.

SHE SEEMED FAR TOO FRIENDLY AT FIRST SIGHT MAKING HER OWN WAY ROUND YOU SEE.

I DIDN'T GET CHANCE TO ASK FOR HER COAT AS TO THIS GESTURE I AM PRONE. 

SHE WAS IN MY LOUNGE BEFORE I BLINKED AND SHE SAID WHAT A COSY HOME.

HAVN'T YOU GOT A LOVELY VIEW AND YOUR  IN SUCH A LOVELY SPOT.

SHE WAS RAMBLING ON AND ON SO FAST  WHILST I FILLED THE COFFEE POT.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE HAD NEVER BEEN AND A STRANGER SHE WAS TO ME.

WHEN I PASSED THE TRAY WITH THE SUGAR DISH ON SHE SAID OH! I TAKE THREE.

YOU HAVE A VERY SWEET TOOTH  I SAID THREE IN SUCH A SMALL CUP.

SHE SAID IT GIVES ME ENERGY AND REALY BUCKS ME UP.

I WENT TO MY BEDROOM TO GET THE LOCKET FROM MY JEWELLERY BOX.

THEN WHEN I  RETURNED MY EYES POPPED OUT  I JUST GOT QUITE  A SHOCK.

SHE'S SPRAWLED OUT WITH HER FEET UP ON THE SETTEE WITHOUT HER COAT.

JUST LIKE CLEOPATRA LOTS OF GOLD HUNG AROUND HER THROAT.

I FELT THIS WAS A BIT RUDE I WAS MAD BUT I DECIDED TO BITE MY TONGUE.

SHE THEN DECIDED TO FLIP OFF HER SHOES AND ONTO THE FLOOR SHE FLUNG.

THEM BOTH AS IF SHE WAS AT HOME I WAS GOBSMACKED AND MESMERIZED.

I'D NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE IN MY LIFE I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

TO BE POLITE I ASKED HER IF SHE'D LIKE A  BUTTERED SCONE

OH! YES PLEASE WAS HER ANSWER I CAN TELL A FRIENDLY HOME.

I'M BUTTERING THE SCONE AND THINKING I WAS GETTING WOUND UP TIGHT.

SAYING TO MYSELF DON'T GET TOO COMFY MADAM COS YOUR NOT COMING BACK AGAIN RIGHT  (HA)

I WAS STILL SO SUPRIZED SHE'D MADE HERSELF SO COMFY IN A JIFF.

A REAL STRANGE FEELING CAME OVER ME YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AS IF.

HER STAY WAS GOING TO BE QUITE SOME TIME I DON'T KNOW HOW I KNEW

BUT WHEN I  I GAVE  HER THE LOCKET SHE DID SHED A TEAR OR TWO.

I FELT A LITTLE SAD THEN FOR HER AND SAID TO HER PLEASE DON'T CRY.

ALRIGHT SHE SAID AND I PASSED HER A TISSUE FOR HER TO WIPE HER EYE.

SHE MENTIONED THAT HER LATE HUSBAND HAD DIED FROM TOO MUCH DRINK.

WELL WHEN SHE SAID THIS ABOUT HIM I WAS WORRIED AND IT MADE ME THINK.

IHOPE SHE ISN'T THE SAME AS HE WAS AS MY CABINET WHICH WAS ON SHOW.

WAS FULL OF SHORTS FROM CHRISTMASTIME BUTSHE NEVER ASKED FOR ONE THOUGH.

I WAS PANICKING SHE MIGHT DO SO AND WASN'T I HAPPY WHEN NOT.

SHE SEEMED QUITE CONTENT WITH RELAXING AND EMPTYING MY COFFEE POT.

WITH THIS SHE  STARTED TALKING AGAIN TELLING ME SUCH A  TALE.

CALLING ALL HER NEIGHBOURS NAMES AND ALL WHAT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AILED. 

I COULDN'T GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS SHE WAS DRIBBLING DOWN HER CHIN .

I SAT THERE GASPING AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH DON'T KNOW HOW I DIDN'T  GRIN.

SHE BABBLED ON AND ON MY FRIENDS THERE REALY WAS NO END.

IF YOU'D SEEN HER YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD BEEN MY LIFELONG FRIEND.

MY HEAD BEGAN TO ACHE SO MUCH  EXUSE ME I MUST TAKE  A PILL.

OH THATS ALRIGHT YOU GO AHEAD I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE A REFILL.

WHEN ENTERING THE KITCHEN THE CLOCK HAD ROLLED ROUND IT SAID TWO MINUTES TO ONE.

ARE YOU STAYING  HERE FOR DINNER I SAID JUST  FOR A BIT OF FUN.

WELL THAT WAS ONE BIG BLUNDER I MADE I WAS ONLY TRYING TO TEASE.

BUT SHE LAUGHED AND TOOK UP THE OFFER AND ASKED FOR A SANDWHICH OF CHEESE.

THIS LADY HAD SETTLED HERSELF RIGHT IN SHE'LL BE HERE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF AND HONESTLY I COULD HAVE SHED A TEAR.

I KNOW I HAVE COMPLAINED IN THE PAST IV'E  NEEDED COMPANY OF LATE .

SO WAS THIS LADY SENT ALONG OR WAS IT SIMPLY FATE.

I TOLD HER I DON'T COOK AT LUNCHTIME  OUR DINNER IS ALWAYS AT  FIVE.

AS SHE MUNCHED UPON THE SANDWICH SHE LOOKED GLAD TO BE ALIVE.

I GAVE HER SOME CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE WITH CREAM UPON THE TOP.

WHILST EATING THIS SHE CHATTED ON SHE SIMPLY COULDN'T  STOP

WHEN FINISHED I MENTIONED I MIGHT GO TO TOWN HER FACE IT CHANGED I COULD SEE.

BUT ALL I WANTED AT THIS TIME WAS FOR HER TO LEAVE ME FREE.

I HAD TO TELL HER SOMETHING AS I KNEW SHE WOULD NEVER GO.

WHILEVER I WAS LISTENING TO HER AND HER TALES ABOUT  SO AND SO .

THEN SHE STARTED TELLING ME ALSO ABOUT OTHER NEIGHBOURHOODS WHERE

SHE HAD LIVED AND ALL ABOUT THE MEN THAT HAD LIVED WITH HER THERE.

THE COVERSATION CHANGED THEN TO HOW LONG SHE HAD BEEN

LIVING IN OTHER CITY'S AND TOWNS AND ALL THE THINGS SHE'D SEEN.

MY HEAD WAS POUNDING MORE AND MORE AND THE LISTENER THAT I AM.

BEGAN TO FADE AS TEN TO THE DOZEN THE WORDS FROM HER MOUTH THEY SPRANG

GOOD GRIEF I WAS ONLY BEING POLITE WHEN I ASKED IF SH'ED LIKE TO STAY.

I NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD STOP SO LONG I THOUGHT SHE'S HERE FOR THE DAY.

I MADE A MOVE AND TOLD HER I REALY MUST CRACK ON.

HOPING SHE WOULD TAKE THE HINT AND STOP HER  BABBLING  ON.

SHE FINALLY SAID I BEST GET GOING  I THOUGHT THANK GOODNESS AT LAST.

BY THIS TIME LOOKING AT THE CLOCK ANOTHER HOUR HAD PAST.

FOR THREE LONG HOURS I'D LISTENED TO HER SHE HAD CHATTED ME TO DEATH.

AND NEVER CAME UP ONCE AT ALL TO GET HERSELF SOME BREATH.

SHE DRAGGED HER COAT ON AND PUMP TYPE SHOES I WENT DOWN AND SAID FAREWELL.

SHE DIDN'T REALY WANT TO LEAVE AT ALL I KNOW  I COULD TELL.

I BID HER  A SAFE JOURNEY HOME AND GOODBYE SHE REPLIED YES SEE YOU AROUND.

I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING IN RETURN BUT SHE NEVER OFFERED A POUND.

TO GIVE TO JOSEPH AS YOU ALL KNOW AND FOR HIS HONESTY TOO.

DON'T SOME MOTHERS HAVE UM I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.

IF SHE'D OFFERED I WOULD HAVE REFUSED POINT BLANK AS NOT A TAKER I AM.

I'D MUCH RATHER PLEASE FOLK BY GIVING ANY DAY IF I CAN.

SHE SHOUTS  I'D BETTER GET HOME NOW AS  MY DOGS AT NUMBER TWO.

MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS GOT HIM AND I'LL TELL HER ALL ABOUT YOU.

I'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH HER AND ANOTHER  NICE LONG CHAT.

IN AN INSTANCE I CLOSED THE DOOR AND THOUGHT THANK THE LORD FOR THAT. (HA)

I THOUGHT I'D RATHER BE ALONE HAAAA  AND FORGET ABOUT FEELING BLUE.

AS I WALKED UP THE STEPS TO MY SECOND FLOOR FLAT I COULDN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU.

I WENT INSIDE MY HEAD TO REST WHILE HALF PAST THREE AND THEN.

IT MAY SOUND UNSOCIABLE BUT I'M SO GLAD SHE DIDN'T ARRANGE AGEN.

TO CALL AND HAVE A CHAT WITH ME I'D NEVER GET NOTHING DONE.

SAT THERE LISTENING TO HER ALL DAY DRINKING COFFEE  MORE WEIGHT ON MY BUM (HA)

SHE COULD TALK FOR ENGLAND IRELAND WALES AND SCOTLAND I'M NOT KIDDING YOU.

BUT I NEVER GOT A LOOK IN PLEASE BELIEVE ME THIS IS TRUE.

THEY SAY DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS AND I NEVER DID WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

AND AFTER TODAY AND LISTENING TO HER  I WON'T  TALK TO ANYONE .HAAAAA!!!

I'M HOPEING NOW SHE DON'T RETURN SHE WAS THE VERY PUSHY KIND.

BUT IF SHE DOES I'M SORRY BUT I'LL GIVE HER A PIECE OF MY MIND.

SHE HAS MY TELEPHONE NUMBER AND NOW MY ADDRESS  WHERE I LIVE.

IF SHE MAKES A NUISCANCE OF HERSELF I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT I WILL GIVE.

AS SHE WAS SO RUDE AND A GOSSIP  NOT A BIT LIKE MYSELF AND SO.

IF SHE KNOCKS ON MY DOOR AGAIN I'M AFRAID I'LL KINDLY ASK HER TO GO.

DON'T GET ME WRONG I'M SO WELCOMING WITH ANYONE THAT  I MEET.

BUT WE ALL KNOW I THINK WHO'S OUR SORT WHOM WE LOVE TO GREET.

SO THE DAY WAS NOT ALL I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BUT NOT TO WORRY I'M GLAD.

THE LOCKETS RETURNED TO IT'S OWNER EVEN THOUGH THE DAY HAS BEEN BAD.

BY THE WAY SHE NEVER SAID THANKYOU NOW THAT I RECALL.

I WAS VERY VERY ANGRY AND NOT TOO PLEASED AT ALL.

WELL NOW YOU HAVE IT J/ LAND FRIENDS I'M PLEASED MY PILLS WORKED FINE.

MY HEADACHES GONE WE'VE HAD OUR MEAL AND I'VE WROTE MY SIMPLE RHYME

 

        DON'T MENTION LOCKETS TO ME THIS SIDE OF CHRISTMAS PLEASE ) LOL !!!!!!!!

 

(Jan mentioned in her last comment I bet I would be so happy to see her face.YES Jan I was the back of it LOL!! )

                                                    ASTORIASAND

                          HA - HA                     HE -HE 

                                 

                

       (THANX TO SUGAR FOR THIS  GREAT SIGGY I LOVE IT

        (SUGAR YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN I WAS GOING TO HAVE A BAD DAY)

                                                       HA HA!!

"THE CALL THAT MADE ME SMILE"

(Thanx to Missie for this beautiful graphic)

TODAY WHILE I WAS BUSY I HEARD MY MOBILE RING.

I WONDERED WHO CAN THIS BE I HOPE GOOD NEWS IT BRINGS.

AS I DON'T GET MANY PHONE CALLS ON MY MOBILE USUALLY.

SO I WONDERED STRAIGHT AWAY WHOEVER CAN THAT BE.

MY FAMILY ALWAYS TEXT ME TO SAY THEY ARE TO RING.

AND  ALWAYS SAY A TIME TO CHECK TO SEE IF I'LL BE IN.

SO I ANSWERED YES HELLO CAN I HELP YOU PLEASE I SAID.

BEFORE I GOT AN ANSWER MY MOBILE IT WENT DEAD.

OH! DEAR I THOUGHT THATS TORN IT I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.

 

I THOUGHT AND THOUGHT FOR AGES BUT I WAS AT A LOSS.

 

WHEN I CHECKED THE NUMBER CAREFULLY IT WASN'T WHO I KNEW.

 

SO I JUST THOUGHT OH! WRONG NUMBER THEY HAD DIALLED TO GET THROUGH.

 

ABOUT AN HOUR LATER  MY LAND LINE THEN IT RANG.

 

I WAS LYING DOWN AND THOUGHT OH! WHO IS THIS NOW DAMN.

 

I HURRIED TO THE KITCHEN WHERE MY PHONE IS VERY FAST.

 

HELLO I SAID AGAIN AND I GOT A VOICE AT LAST.

 

A LADY QUICKLY SPOKE AND SAIDI'M RINGING YOU TO SEE.

 

ABOUT THE ADVERT YOU HAVE PLACED THE LOCKET BELONGS TO ME.

 

EXCITED THIS QUICK PHONE CALL MADE ME SMILE I SAID MY DEAR.

 

CAN YOU TURN YOUR VOLUME UP I CAN HARDLY HEAR.

 

SHE SPOKE OF VISITING MY TOWN AND SAID THAT GETTING HOME.

 

SHE REALISED WHEN SHOWERING HER LOCKET IT HAD GONE.

 

I COME TO YOUR TOWN ONCE A WEEK AND USUALLY TAKE A STROLL.

 

UPON THE BEACH WITH MY DOG AND PLAY AT THROWING HIS BALL.

 

I HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU REQUIRE AND WAS GOING TO TEXT .

 

WHEN I REALISED YOUR MOBILE AND SO I THOUGHT OH HECK.

 

I'LL RING THE LADIES LAND LINE NUMBER  MAYBE THATS THE BEST.

 

NOW  I HAVE THE INFORMATION I'LL NOW TELL YOU THE REST.

 

THE LOCKETS FULL OF SENTIMENT I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYE.

 

WHEN I READ THE ADVERT IN THE PAPER I BEGAN TO CRY.

 

SHE GAVE ME CORRECT ANSWERS WHAT I NEEDED NOW TO MEET.

 

HER AT MY FLAT TOMORROW AND I CANNOT  WAIT TO GREET.

 

SHE WAS REALY HAPPY AND SHE SAID IT'S NICE TO KNOW.

 

THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL HONEST AS THE LOCKET DO YOU KNOW.

 

WAS BOUGHT BY MY LATE HUSBAND AND I COULDN'T REPLACE IT.

 

I AM THRILLED TO BITS SO OVERCOME WITH EMOTION I  ADMIT.

 

SO TOMORROW AFTERNOON SHE WILL BE HERE WITH ME AND I .

 

WILL RETURN TO HER  THE  LOCKET AND  I BET THAT I WILL CRY.

 

AS I LOVE TO SEE FOLK HAPPY AND I'M THRILLED I GOT THE CALL.

 

I'M GOING TO RING UP JOSEPH NOW TO TELL HIM ABOUT IT ALL.

 

SO MY ADVERT DID THE TRICK J/LAND I'M SO HAPPY AT THIS TIME.

 

AND IT MADE ME FEEL I HAD  TO WRITE ANOTHER SIMPLE RHYME.

 

ASTORIASAND  

"THIS WILL BE THE REASON"

IT'S 3-30AM EARLY MORNING ONCE AGAIN I CANNOT SLEEP.

IV'E BEEN IN BED SINCE 10PM AND HAVN'T HAD A PEEP.

TOSSED AND TURNED AND FELT REAL BAD I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG.

JUST LATELY THOUGH IV'E WONDERED IF IT'S PAST I DWELL UPON.

THINGS WHICH HAVE SO TROUBLED ME I CARN'T GET OFF MY MIND.

NO MATTER WHAT I TRY TO DO THERE STILL AROUND I FIND.

IT SEEMS I GO FOR A FEW MONTHS AND EVERTHINGS OK!!

THEN I WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND I'M BACK DOWN BIRTHPLACE WAY.

MY HOME I CALL IT LIVING THERE FOR 58 LONG YEARS.

BUT THE LAST TWELVE THERE BROUGHT SADNESS AND ALSO LOTS OF TEARS.

YET STILL I MISS IT BADLY AND I KNOW I CARN'T GO BACK.

THERE'S TOO MANY REASONS WHY THIS IS BUT LIVING HERE I LACK.

THE COMPANY OF PEOPLE I DON'T SEEM TO MEET A SOUL.

I'M VERY LONELY EVERY DAY AND THIS WAS NOT MY GOAL.

I THOUGHT IN MOVING TO THE COAST  2 YRS AGO A NEW LIFE.

THE NEIGHBOURS ARE SO FEW AND EACH OF THEM OUT WITH THERE WIFE.

I HARDLY EVER SEE THEM  THE OTHERS ARE AT WORK.

A GARDEN NOW I DO NOT HAVE MY FAVOURITE PLACE  TO LURK.

WHEN WORK INSIDE MY HOME IS DONE THIS HELPED TO PASS MY DAY.

I'M FINDING I'M SO VERY BORED AND CANNOT FIND A WAY.

TO OCCUPY MY MIND AT ALL IV'E TRIED MY VERY BEST.

MANY VARIED INTERESTS IV'E PUT OUT TO THE TEST.

BUT NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING AND NOT WELL ENOUGH TO FIND.

EVEN A PART TIME JOB OUT THERE TO OCCUPY MY MIND.

IS IT THE LONG LONG WINTER MONTHS OR THE BOREDOM OF THIS FLAT.

WITHOUT MY OWN FRONT DOOR I FEEL SHUT OFF AND OH SO TRAPPED.

BEING 61 THIS YEAR I'M NOT IN A POSITION.

TO START BUYING PROPERTY ONCE AGAIN SO THATS NOT THE DECISION

PERMANANT RENTS ARE SCANTY I WAS LUCKY TO GET THIS.

FACING THE SEA IS WONDERFUL BUT LOTS I STILL DO MISS.

I'M NOT ONE FOR GROUP MIXING IV'E TRIED THIS IN THE PAST.

WHEN MY NERVES WERE REALY BAD I TRIED AND IT DIDN'T LAST.

I'M ALMOST A TEA TOTAL GAL SO DON'T GO OUT TO PUBS.

IN THE EVENINGS LIKE SOME THOUGH IT'S BEEN SAID I SHOULD.

AND HAVE A COUPLE OF FRUIT JUICES TO TRY AND MEET NEW FRIENDS.

BUT IT'S NOT MY IDEA OF COMPANY AND SUGGESTIONS NEVER END.

EACH DAY I GO OUT FOR A WALK A LITTLE JUST TO SAY.

HELLO AND SMILE AT PEOPLE AS I GO ON MY WAY.

ONE CANNOT WALK FOREVER SO I TRUDGE BACK HOME ALONE.

THEN ONCE INSIDE AGAIN I'M FEELING SAD AND ALL ALONE.

IV'E HAD WORDS WITH MY DOCTOR AND HELP FROM THEM IS NIL.

THEN WHEN I CAME TO J/LAND I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD FILL.

THIS EMPTY SPACE INSIDE ME BUT I'M FEELING BAD AGAIN.

STARTING TO GET DEPRESSED ONCE MORE AND FEELING JUST THE SAME.

AS WHEN I DID SOME YEARS AGO SO AM I IN A RUT.

I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IN MY RHYME TO PUT.

SO IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME YOU'LL KNOW THAT I'M NOT WELL.

AND BECAUSE I'M BORED AND LONELY NOW I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO TELL.

MOST OF YOU HAVE GARDENS AND I'M DREADING READING ALL.

ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND SHRUBS ALL LARGE AND  SMALL..

SPRINGING UP AROUND YOU IT MAKES ME WANT ONE TOO.

THEN WHEN I READ YOUR POSTINGS I'M BACK THEN FEELING BLUE.

I DO NOT DRIVE SO I CANNOT GET OUT SO VERY FAR.

LIKE OTHERS WHO TAKE SHORT TRIPS OUT TO BREAK THE DAY BY CAR.

SO YES I HAVE A PROBLEM AND I DON'T SEE A WAY OUT.

I DO HAVE OTHER HOBBIES BUT WITH THESE YOUR SAT ABOUT.

AND MY WEIGHT HAS SIMPLY  ROCKETED SO MUCH  MY HEAVIEST YET.

I FEEL THE GARDENING EVERY DAY KEPT ME SLIM I BET.

IT ALSO  KEPT ME ACTIVE BOTH IN MY BODY AND MIND.

ANOTHER INTEREST LIKE THIS I HAVE YET TO FIND.

I'LL CONTINUE TO PUT COMMENTS IN YOUR JOURNALS EVERY DAY.

AS I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU MINE MEAN THE WORLD  I'LL SAY. 

I AM NOT LEAVING J/LAND BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT I CAN.

WRITESO MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE FEELING AS I AM.

SO ALL TAKE CARE  IF NO ALERT FROM ME FOR QUITE A TIME.

THIS WILL BE THE REASON I'M NOT WRITING SIMPLE RHYME.

ASTORIASAND        TAKE CARE GOD BLESS.

 

                                         

 

 

WEDNESDAY I WOKE AT 5-45AM"

WEDNESDAY I WOKE AT 5-45AM ANOTHER LONG DAY BEGAN.

A NICE MORNING CUPPA AND STRAIGHT ONLINE TO DO COMMENTS WAS  MY PLAN.

JOSEPH IS SLEEPING MUCH LONGER HE DIDN'T WAKE UNTIL TEN.

WE HAD OUT BREAKFAST PACKED OUR TOGS AND WENT TO THE SWIMMING BATHS THEN.

I HAVE MANAGED TO PRINT SOME ADVERTS THEY LOOK VERY GOOD TO TELL.

ABOUT THE LOCKET THAT JOSEPH FOUND AND I'VE PLACED IN THE PAPER AS WELL.

I HAVN'T BEEN SWIMMING FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND SO I DIDN'T DO MUCH.

AS I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ACHING TODAY AND ALL THE PAINS AS SUCH.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE HAD GREAT FUN AND I ARRIVED SAFELY BACK HOME

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW IN THE PAST RHYMES I'VE  WROTE I'M A BIT

ACCIDENT PRONE.(HA)

JOSEPH THEN WANTED TO GO BACK TO TOWN SO I THOUGHT OH! HERE WE GO!!

I WAS SHATTERED FROM SWIMMING AND FEELING QUITE TIRED SO I SAID WE WILL HAVE TO WALK SLOW.

HE REPLIED I WANT TO BUY A GIFT FOR MY MUM BEFORE I GO HOME.

SO OFF WE SET HE'D BEEN GOOD AS GOLD IT WAS ME WHO THEN STARTED TO MOAN.

OH! MY LEGS ARE ACHING JOSEPH AND MY BACK FEELS THAT IT IS BROKE.

WHEN JOSEPH PIPES UP WELL GRANDMA SWIMMINGS NOT FOR OLD FOLK.( HA)

I LET OUT A PEEL OF LAUGHTER THE SHOPPERS WERE STARING AT US.

AND JOSEPH SAID I'LL CARRY THE BAGS AND STARTED TO REALY FUSS.

ARE YOU SURE YOUR ALRIGHT THEN GRANDMA IF NOT WE'LL GO BACK TO THE FLAT.

I REPLIED OH! GRANDMA'S A  TOUGH OLD STICK I CAN MANAGE I'M SURE OF THAT.

HE FANCIEDA GAME OF AIR FOOTBALL SO THIS WAS MY NEXT NEW SPORT.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT I WON EVERY GAME I AM HAPPY TO REPORT.

FROM THERE WE WENT ON TO THE SPORTS SHOP  SOMETHING ELSE I'D PROMISED TO BUY.

SOME NEW NIKE SHOX TRAINER SHOES WHICH ON PASSING HAD CAUGHT HIS EYE.

I WAS IN MY ELEMENT SEEING HIS FACE AS THIS IS WHAT I ADORE.

THE JOY OF SEEING KIDS HAPPY THATS ME I  CAN NEVER WANT MORE.

WE GOT BACK ABOUT 1-30PM SO I POPPED IN A SMALL JOINT OF MEAT.

YORKSHIRE PUDDING FOR TEA LAST NIGHT WITH A WELL OF LOVELY ROAST BEEF.

ALL WASHED UP AND WE WATCHED THE NEWS WASHED AND CHANGED HE GOT YOU SEE.

GRANDAD WAS TAKING HIM OFF TO THE CINEMA TO  LEAVE MY EVENING FREE.

I WAS HAPPY TO REST AND RELAX FOR A WHILE AS MY FEET WERE FEELING SORE.

THE EVEING PASSED PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN I HEARD THEM OPEN THE DOOR.

AFTER SHOWERING AND A CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE I LAID DOWN MY WEARY HEAD.

KISSED JOSEPH GOODNIGHT AND HE REPLIED THANKYOU GRANDMA AND JUMPED INTO BED.

ANOTHER DAY OVER I DO BELIEVE HE IS HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.

AND I'LL TRY POSTING WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN TOMORROWS SIMPLE RHYME.

ASTORIASAND

THANKYOU SO MUCH TO SUGAR FROR THIS LOVELY SIGGY SHE MADE ME.

 

 

 

 

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