"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.

 

 

"MY RETURN FROM THE USA""

    

 

HELLO FOLKS ONCE AGAIN I WRITE TO YOU ALL IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME ".

 

YES HAPPY I'M BACK IN J/LAND AND HAPPY TO TELL YOU IV'E HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.

 

I MISSED YOU ALL BELIEVE ME SORRY  I DIDN'T WRITE.

 

I WAS FAR TOO BUSY WITH CATCHING UP ON MY SON AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL SIGHTS. 

 

IV'E SEEN AND DONE ALMOST EVERYTHING MY FRIENDS AND  I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

 

BUT THE FIRST THING I'LL SAY IS " LOVE YOU SON"  AND THANX FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

 

YOU GAVE ME SUCH  WONDERFUL ADVENTURES WE'VE ROAMED MANY HUNDRED MILES.

 

IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL SILVER CADILAC WITH LOTS OF LAUGHS AND SMILES.

 

THE FIRST FOUR DAYS IN NEW ORLEANS I WILL TREASURE I LOVED EVERY MINUTE.

 

FAR TOO MUCH TO SAY HERE RIGHT NOW I AM LIMITED WHAT TO PUT IN IT.

 

YES MY FIRST RHYME NOW THAT I'M BACK AS I WOULD BE HERE FOREVER.

 

AND I DON'T WANT TO BORE MY J/LAND FRIENDS SOMETHING I WOULD DO NEVER.

 

I'LL START BY TELLING YOU SON PLANNED FIRST NIGHT DINNER ON THE RIVERBOAT FOR ALL.

 

WOW !!  WHAT  A  GREAT EXPERIANCE I REALY HAD ME A BALL.

 

THE JAZZ BAND WAS PLAYING WHIST EATING AND I WAS SINGING AWAY.

 

   

 

MY SON BY MY SIDE AFTER THREE YRS HOW WONDERFUL WHAT CAN I SAY.

 

I HADN'T FELT AS HAPPY IN A LONG TIME AND THE ATMOSPHERE ON BOARD.

 

THE RIVERBOAT CRUISE AND THE SIGHTS FROM THE BOAT  100% IT SCORED .

 

A BEAUTIFUL BARMY EVENING WITH LOVED ONES BY MY SIDE.

 

I MUST ADMIT I FOUND IT HARD THOSE HAPPINESS TEARS TO HIDE. 

 

THEN KATH CAME ALIVE QUITE SUDDENLY AND THE LAUGHTER WAS PROFUSE.

 

OH!! IT WAS SO DELIGHTFUL AND THE SETTING WITH  WONDERFUL VIEWS.

 

AS WE CRUISED ALONG AT A STEADY PACE NEONS WERE SHINING BRIGHT.

 

ALL COLOURS IN THE DISTANCE FROM NEW ORLEANS THAT NIGHT.

 

SORRY SOME OF MY PICTURES ARE PRETTY DARK AS YOU  WILL SEE.

 

BUT I'M WAITING FOR SON TO SEND ME HIS OVER ALL WHAT HE SNAPPED FOR  ME.

 

    

 

I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE FEW PICTURES HERE AND I'LL BE BACK IN FULL SWING SOON.

 

ABOUT MY HOLIDAY ADVENTURES BY DAY AND BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON. HE-HE !!

 

I HAVE LOTS I WANT TO TELL YOU AND PICTURES GALORE TO SHOW.

 

WHEN IV'E CAUGHT UP ON THINGS AND RESTED MORE I'LL BE BACK IN MY NORMAL FLOW.

 

IV'E MISSED YOU SO MUCH MY J/LAND FRIENDS AND I HOPE YOU ARE ALL FEELING FINE.

 

AND THANKYOU  FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS TOO YOU SENT IN MY LAST  " SIMPLE RHYME"

 

        

 

I AM SO SO TIRED STILL BUT WILL TRY COMMENT IN YOUR BLOGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LOVE YOU ALL GOD BLESS KATH XXXX

"FLYING OVER THE OCEAN"

 

         

                   FLYING  OVER THE OCEAN.

   

 

WELL FRIENDS IT'S  GETTING CLOSER SO I THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW.

 

THAT I WON'T BE DOING ANY MORE POSTS NOW FOR THREE MORE WEEKS OR SO. 

 

I HAVE FAR TOO MUCH TO DO THIS WEEK AND IT'S NOT EASY WHEN GETTING OLD.

 

AT ONE TIME  ALL DONE IN A JIFFY BUT NOWADAYS LOW AND BEHOLD.

 

THERE ARE NOTES SPREAD ON MY WORKTOPS AND NOTES SPREAD IN MY ROOM.

 

NOTES SPREAD IN THE BEDROOM ENOUGH TO WALLPAPER THE FLAT SOON.   HE-HE.

 

NOTES ARE IN MY HANDBAG AND NOTES IN THE BATHROOM TOO.

 

I'VE EVEN BEEN DOING REVISION WORK  WHILST I'VE BEEN SAT ON THE LOO. HE-HE.

 

I'M PREPARING MY FLAT FOR VISITORS TO COME FLAT SITTING FOR ME SOON.

 

SO MY FLAT I KNOW WILL BE SECURE  AND THEY ARE JUST OVER THE MOON

 

AS THERE GETTING A NICE FREE HOLIDAY OVERLOOKING THE SEA.

 

MY LITTLE THANKYOU TO THEM FOR DOING THIS WONDERFUL FAVOUR FOR ME.

 

A THREE HOUR JOURNEY TO THE AIRPORT  I WILL TRAVEL BY CAR.

 

FROM THERE I WILL FLY TO CHICAGO  EIGHT HOURS TO FLY SO FAR. 

 

I'LL BE BOARDING  ANOTHER AEROPLANE THEN TO  FLY ME  TO NEW ORLEANS.

 

SO I BETTER PACK MY BIG TROMBONE FOR SOME JAZZ TO PLAY IT SEEMS.       HE-HE.

 

      

 

WE  WILL THEN DRIVE OVER THE PONCHARTRAIN BRIDGE THE LONGEST IN THE WORLD.

 

WELL SO I AM TOLD I COULD BE WRONG BUT MY MIND IS IN A WHIRL.

 

FOUR DAYS WILL BE SPENT MY FIRST WEEK THERE AND THEN I AM THINKING TO GO .

 

UP TO DALLAS TO SEE  OUR DEAR FRIENDS WELL  I AM HOPING SO.

 

WHEN I CAME ONLINE THE OTHER NIGHT AN E. MAIL HAD BEEN SENT TO LET .

 

ME KNOW SON HAD  BOOKED US A WEEK IN VEGAS AND HIRED A CAR TO GET.

 

AROUND ALL THE DIFFERANT PLACES THERE INCLUDING THE HOOVER DAM.

 

AND ALL OF US ARE THINKING A FLIGHT OVER THE GRAND CANYON.

 

I WILL HAVE TO GO UP THE EIFELL TOWER  AT THE PARIS HOTEL ON THE STRIP.

 

A FRIEND HAS ASKED ME TO DO THIS FOR HER AS SHE'S BOOKED IN THERE FOR HER TRIP.

 

     

 

WOW I AM SO EXCITED THEY SENT PICTURES OF MY HOTEL ROOM.

 

IT'S NO USE SHOWING YOU NOW MY FRIENDS AS I'LL PUT THEM IN MY BLOG SOON.

 

WHEN I RETURN OFF MY HOLIDAY I AM HOPING TO SHOW YOU THEM ALL.

 

BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO GO IN SEPERATE POSTS BUT I'M SURE YOU WON'T MIND AT ALL.

 

SO I BETTER GET BACK TO MY NOTES NOW AND SEE WHAT NEXT IS TO DO.

 

IT TAKES ME SIX MONTHS TO PACK EVERYTHING PINKS PURPLES AND LEMONS AND BLUE.

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK MY PARTNER TELLS ME I TAKE.

 

WELL I LIKE TO TAKE EVERYTHING WILL YOU BE QUIET  I TELL HIM FOR GOODNESS SAKE. HE-HE.

 

IF I GO IN ANY  CASINO'S AT ALL  AND I WIN A  NICE LARGE AMOUNT.

 

GET READY TO LOOK FOR AN E. MAIL  AS I'LL BE FLYING ALL OF YOU  OUT.    HE-HE.

 

TO JOIN WITH ME IN LOTS OF LAUGHTER AND HAVE US A LOT OF FUN.

 

BUT DON'T FORGET ME WILL YOU BEFORE MY HOLIDAY IS DONE.

 

AS I KNOW I CANNOT  FORGET ALL OF YOU AND I'LL THINK OF YOU NIGHT AND DAY.

 

HOPING WHEN I RETURN TO ENGLAND YOU ARE ALL FEELING WELL I WILL PRAY.

 

YOU'LL BE READING  " MY SIMPLE RHYMES" AGAIN AND I'LL BE COMMENTING ON NEW ALERTS.

 

I'LL CARRY ON PACKING NOW  LETS SEE SHORTS, DRESSES, CROP PANTS,  AND SKIRTS.  HE-HE.

 

WAIT TILL YOU SEE MY BEDROOM  HE-HE IN THERE I'LL  BE HAVING  A BALL.

 

IF I DON'T GET LOST IN THE BED IT'S THAT BIG AS  I'M ONLY FIVE FEET TALL.    HE-HE.

 

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE HEADLINES " MOTHERHEN LAST SEEN GOING TO BED" .

 

HAS BEEN FOUND NOW  UNDER THE BED LINEN LAUGHING OFF HER HEAD     HE-HE. 

 

THE HOTEL IT LOOKS FANTASTIC ENORMOUS AS ALL OF THEM  ARE.

 

I'M GOING TO BE MAKING GOOD USE OF IT TOO  EVEN THE BEAUTIFUL SPA.

 

FROM VEGAS I'LL THEN BE TRAVELLING TO A MISTREY TRIP ONCE AGAIN.

 

I HOPE I CAN MAKE ALL THESE JOURNEYS AND I AM NOT IN ANY SORT OF PAIN.

 

I'LL CERTAINLY BE TRYING  MY BEST WHATEVER SO GET READY FOR ME  USA.

 

AS LAUGHING KATH ALIAS  MOTHERHENIS ALMOST ON HER  WAY.    HE-HE.

 

WHOEVER GETS INTO MY COMPANY I HAVE WARNED THEM ALL BEFORE.

 

AFTER THEY'VE BEEN  WITH ME A WHILE THERE SIDES WILL BE ACHING AND SORE.

 

FROM ALL THE LAUGHING THAT WE WILL DO BUT I DON'T SEE NO HARM  IN THAT.

 

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SOME LAUGHTER WHATEVER WHEREVER  YOUR  AT.

 

SO I ARN'T ONLINE MUCH AT WEEK/ENDS SO I'M POSTING THIS NOW FOR YOU ALL.

 

AND IN BETWEEN BEING BUSY THIS WEEK I'LL TRY PAY YOU ALL A CALL.

 

I HOPE YOU KEEP WELL WHILST I'M GONE MY FRIENDS AND THE WEATHER IS KIND TO YOUTOO.

 

SO MY RHYMEING COMPLETE NOW TILL SEPTEMBER 26TH WHEN I'M HOPING I'M  BACK WITH YOU.

 

TELLING OF ALL MY ADVENTURE I'LL HAVE  BEEN ON FOR THREE WEEKS THIS TIME.

 

MY ALERTS WILL GO OFF ON THE 2ND SEPT AND POSTS HALTED  OF "MY SIMPLE RHYME."

 

 

     

    

          (Thankyou to Donna of D'sDesigns for this wonderful graphic)  

 

SEE YOU AROUND THE 25TH IF EVERTHING GOES MY WAY

 

UNLESS I CHANGE MY MIND WHILST I'M OVER AND I DECIDE TO STAY .

 

                         HE-HE.

 

                  ASTORIASAND !!!!!!!

 

"IS IT AUGUST I WONDER"

              

(                Thanx to Chris of Cab's Creations for this beautiful graphic)

THE WIND IS HOWLING THE PETALS ARE BLOWING LEAVES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

 

GLOOMY SKIES AND DULL BLACK CLOUDS NO SUNSHINE NOT EVEN A TRACE.

 

IS IT AUGUST I WONDER  THESE LAST FEW DAYS AS I GAZE THROUGH THE WINDOW  AND PEER.

 

IT'S SO COLD THERE'S KNOWONE AROUND MUCH AT ALL VERY QUIET FOR THIS  TIME OF THE YEAR.

 

OUR TOWN SHOULD BE BUSTLING WITH VISITORS BUT THERE ALL TUCKED UP IN THERE ROOMS.

 

THIS LAST FEW WEEKS THE RAIN AND THE LIGHTENING AND THUNDER HAS SENT OUT LOUD BOOMS.

 

OH DEAR WHATS HAPPENED TO THE WEATHER IT'S APPAULING FOR AUGUST TIME.

 

WE ALL SHOULD BE HAVING SUCH FUN ON THE BEACH AND LOTS OF LOVELY SUNSHINE.

 

THE WAVES ARE ROARING THE SHRUBS ARE BENDING LITTER IS FLYING VERY HIGH.

 

LASHING AND SPRAYING AGAINST THE SEA WALL AND SMALL FISHING BOATS I DO SPY.

 

TOSSING OVER THE WAVES UP AND DOWN  IT'S COLD AND BITTER OUT THERE.

 

I THANK GOD I'M INSIDE COSY  AND WARM AS I STAND BY MY WINDOW AND STARE.

 

OH I ACTUALLY SEE SOMEONE  OUT THERE A GUYS  HEADING DOWN TO THE BEACH.

 

WITH A LITTLE BOY AND UNDER HIS ARM A KITE WHICH WILL FLY OUT OF REACH.

 

IS IT REALY AUGUST I ASK  YOU I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS SO.

 

AND I HATE THE WIND AND RAIN MY FRIENDS AS I AM NOT ABLE TO GO.

 

OUT SHOPPING AS I NORMALLY DO BECAUSE THE WIND IT TERRIFIES ME.

 

AND OH ! HOW SORRY I ALWAYS FEEL FOR THE FISHERMEN ON THAT CRUEL SEA.

 

TUGGING WITH  THERE NETS AND POTS  TO BRING HOME FOR US OUR SEAFOOD..

 

TO ENJOY AND I WONDER HOW MANY OF US THINK OF THEM WHEN IT'S TASTING SO GOOD.

 

I DON'T THINK I WILL FORGET THIS YEAR THE WEATHER THAT WE HAVE ALL HAD.

 

FLOODS AND THE WIND AND STORMS ETC HASN'T IT JUST BEEN SO BAD.

 

OH WELL I'LL SETTLE FOR SOME SEWING HAVE A COFFEE MY HEATINGS NOW  ON.

 

INSTEAD OF PADDLING IN THE SEA AND SUN  BATHING ON THE PROM.

 

WELL LET ME SAY TO YOU MY FRIENDS I STILL RATHER LIVE NEAR THE SEA.

 

EVEN IN WINTER TIME WHEN IT'S COLD THIS IS WHERE I'D RATHER BE.

 

WHEREVER WE LIVE WE HAVE TO HAVE HEATING IN COLD MONTHS IN OUR HOME.

 

SO I MUCH RATHER BE AT THE SEASIDE THAN INLAND EVEN IF SOMETIMES I MOAN. HE-HE.

 

SO WHEREVER YOU ARE IF IT'S COLD AND WINDY WRAP UP AND KEEP WARM TILL NEXT TIME.

 

I'LL BE BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK I HOPE WITH A MORE PLEASANT .

 

                               " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

                                                         

"I VISITED THE SCARECROW VILLAGE AGAIN"

 

 

 

                           HE-HE-HE !!!!

 

WELL I VISITED THE SCARECROW VILLAGE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

 

TO LOOK FOR SOME NEW SCARESCROWS AND I CAME ACROSS ONE SOON.

 

THE FIRST ONE THAT I SPOTTED WAS UP HIGH STARING DOWN AT ME.

 

I THOUGHT LETS TAKE THE PICTURE AND HURRIED OFF  QUICKLY YOU SEE.

 

WHEN I STARTED TAKING  THE PICTURE THIS THING BEGAN TO MOVE.

 

SO I RAN LIKE BILLIO COS  I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING DOWN FROM THE ROOF  HE-HE.

 

 

I TURNED THE CORNER AND I HEARD THE SOUND OF MUSIC PLAYING LOUD.

 

STOOD THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OTHERS SO I MINGLED WITH THE CROWD.

 

THE TUNE WAS VERY PLAIN IT WAS FROM THE FILM OF ELVIS'S G I BLUES.

 

AND WHEN I LOOKED THERE HE WAS BUT NOT IN HIS BLUE SUEDE SHOES.

 

THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE GUITAR PLACED UPON THE FLOOR.

 

ALONG WITH ALL  THE ELVIS OLD SONGS  THIS ONE AND LOTS MORE.

 

 

FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THE CHEF FROM READY STEADY COOK.  HE-HE.

 

GRILLING HIS SAUSAGES AND TOMATOES AND HIS EGGS AND BY THE LOOK.

 

ON HIS FACE HE SEEMED PRETTY HAPPY STOOD THERE WITH A SMILING FACE.

 

SO I THEN WANDERED ON A LITTLE FURTHER AT A STEADY PACE.

 

 

 

ON THE BEND IN THE ROAD MY FRIENDS THERE STOOD A MIGHTY  BIG SHIP.

 

WITH THREE PEOPLE LOOKING OUT AT ME BUT ONE OF THEM I SKIPPED.

 

THESE TWO ARE FROM THE MOVIE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN SEA.

 

AND THEY DIDN'T LOOK VERY HAPPY SAT THERE IN THE RAIN TO ME   HE-HE.

 

 

IT SEEMED THEN THERE'D  BEEN AN ACCIDENT SO THEY SENT FOR THE SURGEON WHO.

 

WAS STOOD THERE WITH FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOLDING HER LAMP UP TOO.

 

THE PACIENT WAS OUT SPARKO IF YOU LOOK HE HAS LOST AN HAND.

 

AT LEAST THE OPERATING TABLE  WAS DRY UNDER THE GAZEBO STAND    HE-HE.

 

 

 

ON AND ON I WALKED SOME MORE MY LEGS WERE GETTING TIRED.

 

WHEN I SPOTTED A TREE WITH AN ARROW IN IT WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE JUST BEEN FIRED.

 

I WONDERED WHERE HAS  THAT  COME FROM AS I LOOKED UP TOWARDS THE WOOD .

 

AND I PEEPED THROUGHT SOME  TREES AND  I SAW HIM YES IT WAS ROBIN HOOD   HE-HE .

 

 

IN AN OPEN FIELD AT THE SIDE OF THIS COTTAGE LOOKING VERY FORLORN.

 

I SPOTTED  TWO PEOPLE TIED UP TO A TREE AS IF THEY HAD BEEN SCORNED.

 

AS I GOT CLOSER I REALISED IT WAS CHARLES WITH CAMILLA BY HIS SIDE.

 

HE HAD HIS HEAD BOWED DOWN AS IF HIS FACE HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE.  HE-HE

 

 

I THOUGHT I'M GETTING WEARY NOW AND I WILL HAVE TO GO HOME SOON.

 

WHEN I SPOTTED THIS ASTRONAUT ROUND THE CORNER WITH A BACKGROUND OF THE MOON.

 

 

SO I SET OFF TO GET SOME SHELTER AND TO GO BACK TO THE CAR.

 

WHEN LOOK WHO WAS HERE AGAIN MY FRIENDS NOT UP THE ROAD VERY FAR.

 

ELVIS AND THE STARS AND STRIPES YES THE FLAG WAS BLOWING WILD.

 

WITH A SIGN AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT SAYING MADE BY AN EIGHT YR OLD CHILD.

 

 

WITH THIS I SET OFF HOME BECAUSE I WASN'T A QUARTER WAY ROUND .

 

AND I WAS FEELING PRETTY COLD AND IT WAS QUIET AND NOT A SOUND.

 

IT WAS NOW THE EARLY EVENING AND  I DON'T WANDER AROUND ON A NIGHT.

 

ON LEAVING IN THE CAR I SNAPPED ANOTHER WHICH THEN CAME INTO SIGHT.

 

HE WAS SITTING HOLDING THE UNION JACK SO I'LL LEAVE YOU TO GUESS THIS TIME.

 

SO  I HOPE YOU LIKE SOME OF THIS YEARS  SCARECROWS IV'E SHOWN HERE IN

 

                                        "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

    

 

                                       KATH     ASTORIASAND .