"SHINE A LIGHT"

 

 

 

 

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHY ALL THE LIGHTBULBS SEEM TO POP.

 

AT NIGHT WHEN ALL THE SHOPS ARE CLOSED AND YOU ARE OUT OF STOCK.

 

I WENT  INTO THE KITCHEN AFTER DARK AND I SWITCHED ON.

 

GOOD GRIEF THE LIGHTBULB POPS AND THAT ONE NOW HAS GONE.

 

I'D JUST BEEN IN THE BEDROOM  WHERE THAT LIGHT POPPED ON ME.

 

I'M TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT NOW IN THE KITCHEN AND I CARN'T SEE.

 

I FUMBLE ABOUT IN THE DARKNESS SEARCHING FOR ONE AND VENT..

 

THE DRAWER IS EMPTY LOW AND BEHOLD ALL THE BULBS ARE SPENT.

 

I THEN GO TO THE BATHROOM TO SOAK IN ALL MY SUDS.

 

ON ENTERING POP THE LIGHTBULB GOES NOW I HAVE THREE DUDS.

 

I'M SPLASHING IN THE BATHTUB ALL IS DARK NOT BRIGHT.

 

IT'S A RIGHT JOB TRYING TO HAVE A BATH WHEN THERE IS NO LIGHT.

 

THE SOAP I CANNOT FIND IT AND MY FACECLOTHS MISSING TOO.

 

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL GO ON WHEN I WANT TO USE THE LOO.

 

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SCRUBBING MY LEFT LEG FROM MY RIGHT.

 

I HOPE I DON'T LEAVE MUCK RAWKS COS  IT'S DARK IN HERE TONIGHT. HE-HE..

 

I GO BACK IN THE KITCHEN TO MAKE MY  NICE HOT CUP.

 

OF HORLICKS FOR MY BEDTIME AND THE FRIDGE IT ISN'T LIT UP.

 

THE FRIDGE BULB NOW HAS POPPED ON ME THIS GETS BEYOND A JOKE.

 

I'VE NOT ENJOYED MY BATH TONIGHT IN MY BUBBLES I LOVE TO SOAK.

 

I FEEL MY WAY TO THE LOUNGE AND SAY TO PARTNER THINGS ARE BLEAK.

 

YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SOME OVERTIME EVERY NIGHT NEXT WEEK.

 

HE ANSWERS WHY I SAY TO HIM WE NEED ANOTHER  WAGE.

 

JUST TO RENEW THE LIGHTBULBS AND I'M REALY IN A RAGE.

 

I ASK HIM WHY HE'S SAT IN THE DARK HE ANSWERS WELL YOU SEE.

 

THE BULB IN THE LAMP WENT OUT EARLIER AND HE'D  FORGOTTON  TO TELL ME.

 

I'M OK WITH THE LIGHT  FROM THE WINDOW WITH THAT BIG FULL MOON.

 

ISN'T THERE ANY IN THAT BIG WHITE BOX DOWN  IN THE SPARE ROOM .

 

SO I FUMBLE DOWN THERE AND LOW AND BEHOLD THAT ONE FLIPPING POPS.

 

JUST AS I'M ROUTING ROUND TO FIND THE FLIPPING BIG WHITE BOX.

 

THE QUOTE OF VICTOR MILDREW WHEN HE WAS A GREAT BIG HIT.

 

RAN  THROUGH MY MIND WHAT HE USED TO SAY "I DONT BLOODY BE- LIEVE IT!   HE-HE.

 

PARTNER SAYS I'LL SECURE THE CAR BEFORE I GO TO BED.

 

GUESS WHAT HE'S JUST COME BACK AND HE HAS BANGED HIS FLIPPING HEAD.

 

THE SECURITY LIGHTS GONE OUT DOWN THERE IT SHINES FOR US ON THE BIN.

 

AND HE COULDN'T SEE TO PLACE THE DUDS INSIDE WHEN HE PUT THEM IN.

 

HE LIFTED THE LID WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS ENOUGH BUT NO IT WAS ONLY HALF WAY.

 

AND IT DROPPED BACK DOWN ON HIS HEAD GOOD GRIEF WHAT A FLIPPING DAY.

 

I SAID WELL NEVER MIND DEAR FOR MORNING I WILL MAKE.

 

A CANDLE ON A SAUCER FOR YOU WILL SEE IF THAT YOU TAKE..

 

NO FEAR HE SAID I'LL BE OK! I'M NOT CARRYING ONE OF THEM.

 

I'LL MANAGE THANKYOU I'M NOT LIKE YOU THEY DON'T CALL ME " OLD MOTHEREHEN".

 

WELL FANCY THAT !!! WHAT DO YOU THINK ? HASN'T HE GOT A CHEEK.

 

SO I WAITED UNTIL HE WENT IN THE BATH AND UP ON HIM I SNEAKED.

 

                             

 

                           

IN THE DARK I POURED COLD WATER OVER HIM WITH A BIG CHEESY GRIN.

 

HE JUMPED UP LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS I JUST WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HIM.

 

HE SAID WHO IS  THAT WHO'S  MESSING AROUND THAT WAS FLIPPING COLD.

 

WELL IT'S NOT "OLD MOTHERHEN " IT'S ME " LAUGHING KATH " AND I'M NOT OLD.

HE-HE.

 

I THINK HE'LL TAKE A CANDLE NEXT TIME WHEN THERES NO ELECTRICITY.

 

AND HE WON'T BE  "RODG THE ROOSTER"BUT "OLD WEE WILLIE WINKY" HE-HE.

 

WELL TODAY I GOT AN ELECTRICIAN OUT  TO CHECK UP JUST  TO SEE.

 

IF ALL THE ELECTRICS WERE OK! HE PASSED THEM AND HE  ASSURED ME.

 

EVERYTHINGS FINE HE SAID TO ME  IT'S YOUR LIGHTBULBS THAT MUST BE  WEAK.

 

SO TOMORROW IT'S A TRIP TO TOWN MY FRIENDS FOR LIGHTBULBS I HAVE TO SEEK.

 

I'VE MADE MY NOTE OF WHAT I'M GOING FOR I NEED TO GET THEM ALL.

 

TULIP BULBS AND RED FIRE BULBS AND PINK ONES FOR THE HALL.

 

HALLOGEN FOR THE BATHROOM AND GOLF BALL ONES THAT ARE SMALL. 

 

A STRIP LIGHT FOR THE KITCHEN AND SOME FOR THE FRIDGE ANALL..

 

WITH ALL THE WATTAGES ON IT THEY WILL THINK THAT IV'E GONE MAD.

 

WHEN I ASK THEM FOR A DOZEN OF EACH  I'LL NEED A FLIPPING BIG BAG.

 

OH AND I NEED SOME CLEANING FOAM AS WELL TO SCRUB THE MUCK OFF THE BATH.

 

WHAT I MAY HAVE MISSED  IN THE DARK WHEN I BATHED COS I'M AS BLIND AS A BAT.. 

 

IF I TRIP COMING HOME AND THE LIGHTBULBS POP IT WILL SOUND LIKE A FLIPPING WAR ZONE.

 

WITH ME LAID OUT THERE SPARKO IN THE GUTTER  COVERED IN GLASS AND FOAM.    HE-HE.

 

I AM SURE TODAY THE LIGHTBULBS DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A LONG LIFE.

 

NOT LIKE THEY USED TO WHEN I FIRST WED AND I BECAME A WIFE.

 

AND I DO NOT LIKE THOSE ENERGY SAVERS THEY STICK OUT ABOVE YOUR SHADE .

 

IF YOU PUT THEM IN YOUR LAMPS HAVE YOU NOTICED SMALLER THEY SHOULD BE MADE.

 

DO YOUR LIGHBULBS MY J/LAND FRIENDS ALL POP AT THE SAME TIME.

 

LET ME KNOW IN YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE IF YOU WILL HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

SHINE A LIGHT    I'LL BE GLAD WHEN I AM LIT UP AGAIN

 

 

"MY LATEST DREAM"

           

             

I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT THAT I PACKED AND LEFT MY HOME.

 

TO APPLY FOR  A JOB I'D SEEN AND I WAS ALL ALONE. .

 

I WALKED TO THE TRAIN STATION AND ASKED THE TICKET MAN.

 

HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST ME TO GO TO BIRMINGHAM.

 

I WAS SAT IN THE CHAIR READING AN ARTICLE IN MY DREAM.

 

AN ADVERT FOR EMPLOYMENT IN A LOCAL MAGAZINE.

 

THE ADVERTISMENT THERE I THOUGHT LOOKED  VERY GOOD.

 

SO  I STARTED THINKING YES THATS ME  I THINK THAT  I COULD.

 

FIT LADIES THEY WERE NEEDING AND YOU ALSO HAD TO BRING .

 

YOUR UNiCYCLE WITH YOU  TO PERFORM  ALL ROUND THE RING.

 

YES FOR THE CIRCUS SO I DRESSED AND OFF I SET.

 

ALL DOLLED  UP AND LOOKING GREAT YES MY VERY BEST YET.

 

STANDING AT THE OFFICE  I SAID TO THE TICKET MAN

 

HOW MUCH DO I NEED THEN TO GET TO BIRMINGHAM.

 

THE TICKET MAN REPLIED IT'S TWENTY POUND RETURN.

 

SO I SAID GIVE ME A SINGLE TICKET VERY VERY FIRM.

 

WHEN I GET TO THAT CIRCUS I'M NOT COMING BACK.

 

THIS CAREER IS FOR ME AND I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK.   HE-HE.

 

WELL HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID LADY I'M NOT SURE.

 

I THINK YOU ARE TOO OLD AND THEY'LL SHOW YOU TO THE DOOR.

 

TOO OLD I SAID !!!  YOUR JOKING I'M ONLY SIXTY TWO.

 

AND I'M THE BEST UNICYCLIST  FROM HERE TO TIMBUKTU.

 

HE LOOKED AT ME SO STRANGE AND HE REALY DID  INSIST.

 

THAT I WAS TOO OLD AND MY THOUGHTS HE TRIED TO TWIST.

 

GIVE ME A TICKET PLEASE I'LL SOON BE  IN DEMAND.

 

WITH THAT HE HANDED OVER ONE AND PLACED IT IN MY HAND.

 

I WAITED ON THE PLATFORM AND THE TRAIN CAME RUMBLING IN.

 

IN MY HAND MY UNICYCLE AND MY DREAM WAS TO BEGIN.

 

I JUMPED ON THE TRAIN AND THERE I SETTLED DOWN.

 

OPPOSITE ME A HUNKY  GUY LOOKING TANNED AND BROWN.

 

HELLO DEAR HE SAID TO ME ARE YOU GOING  FAR.

 

YES I'M UNICYCLING  AT THE CIRCUS  HOO !! LA - LA.

 

THE CIRCUS HE REPLIED WITH A STRANGE LOOK ON HIS FACE.

 

YOU MUST BE JOKING  LADY  YOU JUST WON'T STAND THE PACE.

 

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I SAID  I'M FIT AS A LOP.

 

I'LL BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW AT THE CIRCUS BIG TOP.

 

I WAS GETTING KIND OF ANGRY BY THIS TIME DON'T YOU SEE.

 

THE TICKET MAN AND NOW THIS HUNK WERE BOTH DEGRADING ME.

 

THEN SUDDENLY  THE TRAIN IT CAME TO A STOP.

 

I WOKE UP IN MY BED AND I WAS STEAMING HOT.

 

MY PARTNER WAS SAT UP STRAIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID..

 

"YOUR LEGS AND ARMS  ARE EVERYWHERE YOUV'E SMACKED  ME ON THE HEAD" .  HE-HE

 

I MUST HAVE BEEN IN  DEEP SLEEP CYCLING IN MY DREAM.

 

FLYING ROUND THE BIG TOP RING FEELING LIKE A QUEEN. 

 

I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT I'D BEEN GIVEN THE JOB.

 

BUT WHEN I  CYCLED ROUND THE RING I WAS SWEATING COBS.

 

I THOUGHT IT WAS SO STRANGE AS LAST WEEK IN KRISSY'S POST.

 

SHE HAD ASKED WHAT JOB YOU'D LIKE IN THE CIRCUS RING THE MOST.

 

I PLACED IN MY COMMENT THERE I WOULD LIKE TO BE.

 

A UNICYCLIST AS I'D ALWAYS FANCIED THIS YOU SEE.

 

THEN TO READ THIS ADVERT IN  SUCH A VERY SHORT TIME..

 

IT ALL MUST HAVE BEEN SO REAL IN MY SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.

 

MY PARTNER SAID "MOTHERHEN DEAR " PLEASE FOR GOODNESS SAKE.

 

DON'T DREAM TOMORROW OF THOSE LEAVES   YOU HAVE TO RAKE   .

 

IF YOU LAND OUT WITH ONE OF THEM WHILST YOU ARE ASLEEP.

 

A TRAIN TICKET I'M BUYING MYSELF TO TIMBUCTU FOR  KEEPS.     HE-HE.

 

SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS PICTURE OF ME HAVING A GREAT TIME.

 

UNICYCLING  AT THE CIRCUS  IN   " MY SIMPLE RHYME "

 

 

                        

                            

 

 

         

               

 

              HE-HE-HE !!!!!    LOL!!!!!!           

 

"SORTING BOX UPON BOX "

 

      

             Thanx To Donna Of D's Design's For This Lovely Graphic.

 

 

                                                                          

                

 

                          

                      

 

WELL ONCE AGAIN IV'E BEEN BUSY BEE-ING SORTING BOX UPON BOX.

 

THAT I STILL HADN'T EMPTIED  FROM WHEN I MOVED I SEEM TO STILL HAVE LOTS.

 

I CAME UPON EIGHT CHINA PLATES IN ONE BOX WHEN I BOUGHT THEM I THOUGHT THEY WERE SWEET..

 

I'D FORGOTTON ABOUT THIS SET OF PLATES THERE CALLED  "CHILDREN OF THE WEEK ".

 

I KNOW MOST OF YOU WILL HAVE HEARD THIS VERSE BUT JUST BEFORE I START .

 

I THOUGHT I WOULD PLACE IT HERE FOR ALL THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW IT OFF BY HEART.

 

                                       

 

 

                           Monday's child is fair of face,

                          Tuesday's child is full of grace,

                          Wednesday's child is full of woe,

                          Thursday's child has far to go,

                          Friday's child is loving and giving,

                         Saturday's child works hard for a living,

 

                         And the child that is born on the Sabbath day,
                                         

                         Is happy and blyth and good and gay.

 

 

                         

                           

 

I HAVE HAD THESE PLATES FOR MANY YEARS AND QUITE AN AMOUNT THEY COST.

 

TO BE TRUTHFUL I HAD FORGOTTON ABOUT THEM AND PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY WERE LOST.

 

AS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY AN ITEM WHEN I HAVE MOVED ON MY WAY.

 

OVER THE YEARS TO DIFFERANT HOMES SO I THINK THAT I'LL NOW DISPLAY.

 

THEM OUTSIDE MY DOOR IN THE HALLWAY AS THERES A NICE LONG WALL OUT THERE.

 

THEN WHEN VISITORS AND MY NEIGHBOURS SEE THEM THEY CAN STOP AND STARE.

 

AT ALL THESE BONNY LITTLE CHILDREN PLATESHUNG UP EACH ONE ON A HOOK.

 

I BET THEY BEGIN TO WONDER THEN  WHAT DAY THEY WERE BORN WHEN THEY LOOK.

 

I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT DAY AS THOSE WHO I'VE ASKED COULDN'T TELL.

 

ME WHAT DAY THEY WERE BORN ON AND SOME DIDN'T KNOW THE VERSE WELL.

 

I MYSELF WAS BORN ON A WEDNESDAY SO FOR ME THE WORDS ARE FAIRLY TRUE.

 

I HAVE TO ADMIT I SHED TEARS MOST DAYS BUT NOT ALWAYS OVER BEING BLUE. 

 

SOMETIMES I CRY AT SOMETHING SAD I HAVE SEEN ALONG MY WAY.

 

OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THATS TOUCHED MY HEART WHEN I GET UP ANOTHER DAY.

 

I CRY WHEN I'M HAPPY OVER CERTAIN THINGS AND THIS  MAY SOUND STRANGE TO YOU.

 

BUT  I CRY WHEN PEOPLE ARE KIND TO ME AND I CRY THROUGHOUT J/LAND TOO ......

 

I HAVE CRIED IF I'VE NOT DONE SOMETHING JUST RIGHT ON A PROJECT I'M WORKING ON.

 

AND IV'E CRIED WHEN I HAVE BEEN FEELING DOWN OVER BAD NEWS THAT COMES  ALONG.

 

FROM  FRIENDS OR RELATIONS OR NEIGHBOURS AS WELL SO YES MAYBE THERE IS SOME TRUTH.

 

IN THE VERSE OF THE CHILDRENS DAILY PLATES BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANY PROOF.

 

SO IV'E CLEANED THEM TILL THEY SPARKLE AND NOW I'LL GO MARK THE WALL.

 

WITH A PENCIL WHERE TO HANG THEM AND THERES ANOTHER I DIDN'T MENTION AT ALL.

 

IT'S THE LAST ONE I BOUGHT TO COMPLETE THE COLLECTION AND THIS I JUST HAD TO GET.

 

IT IS CALLED " LETS ALL COME TOGETHER"  THIS ONE COMPLETES THE SET.

 

ALL SEVEN CHILDREN ARE ON THIS PLATE YOU CAN SEE THEM GATHERED AROUND.

 

THESE PLATES OPENED  LOTS OF MEMORIES FOR ME  SO I'M HAPPY THAT I HAVE FOUND.

 

WELL IF LIKE ME YOUR A WEDNESDAY CHILD DO YOU SEEM TO SHED LOTS OF TEARS.

 

YET I'M ALSO KNOWN AS LAUGHING KATH AND I STILL DO TRY TO BRING CHEER.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES IV'E PLACED FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK.

 

I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS GET MY HAMMER AND GO POP THEM UP.  

 

BUT DONT BE ALARMED IF ALL NEXT WEEK YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH NEWS FROM  ME.

 

AS YOU'LL KNOW I FELL OFF THE STEPLADDERS AND MY PLATES ARE GONNERS  HE-HE !!!

 

I AM CERTAIN  WHEN I HAVE PICKED MYSELF UP AFTER ALMOST SHOWING BOTH CHEEKS.

 

                         

IF ANYONE ASKS WHAT DAY I WAS BORN I'LL END UP NOT KNOWING  WHICH WEEK  HE-HE!!

 

SO IF YOU KNOW WHAT DAY YOU WERE BORN CHECK WHAT IT SAYS ON EACH LINE.

 

AND LET  ME KNOW IF YOU THINK YOUR DAYS CORRECT HERE IN

 

                           "MY SIMPLE RHYME". 

 

* I FOUND THIS LINK AFTERWARDS.BELOW:-

 SHOULD ANYONE WISH  TO FIND OUT THE 

 DAY THEY WERE BORN ON.*.

 

                             http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/

 

 

 

                   

 

 

 

"ANOTHER MONTH IS HERE"

 

                         

 

                      

 

WELL HALLOWEEN IS NOW OVER MY FRIENDS I HOPE YOU HAD A FUN NIGHT.

 

AND NO GHOULS CAME TO YOUR DOOR LAST NIGHT GIVING YOU ALL A FRIGHT.

 

NOVEMBER IS HERE AND ANOTHER EVENT THERE WILL SOON BE IN LINE.

 

THE FIFTH BRINGS MANY GOOD MEMORIES FOR ME AS I LOOK BACK AGAIN ONCE IN TIME.

 

BONFIRE NIGHT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR US KIDS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

 

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL HOW I THOUGHT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

 

I COULDN'T WAIT TO RUN HOME FROM SCHOOL TO HELP MOTHER WHO WOULD BUSY BE.

 

MAKING THE STICKY BONFIRE TOFFEE THE PARKIN AND PIE AND PEAS.

 

I'D SORT OUT  THE LARGE POTATOES FOR HER TO BAKE IN THE BONFIRE RED HOT .

 

WHILE ALL THE DADS WERE  BUILDING THE FIRE TO PUT OUR GUY FAWKS UP ON TOP.

 

 

                              

 

WE MADE HIM  OUT OF OLD RAGGEDY CLOTHES  MANY WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

 

WHICH WE'D WHEEL ROUND SHOUTING "PENNY FOR THE GUY" HOPING AND TAKING A CHANCE.

                                             

                                     

    

HE WAS EITHER PUT IN A WHEELBARROW OR AN OLD BATTERED PRAM WHICH WE PUSHED.

 

AND INSIDE HIS OLD RAGGED CLOTHES WERE NEWSPAPERS WHICH WE SCREWED UP AND CRUSHED.

 

WE WOULD MAKE OUR WAY TO THE RICH HOMES WILLING THEM HOME FROM WORK.

 

OUR GANG LOOKING LIKE LOST ORPHANS WITH OUR FACES FULL OF DIRT.      HE-HE.

 

WHEN THE PASSERS BY DROPPED THE COINS  IN OUR TIN TO BUY ALL OUR FIREWORKS  WITH.

 

WE WOULD HURRY HOME FAST TO TAKE TO OUR PARENTS THEN THEY WENT OUT TO GIVE.

 

THE SHOPKEEPER DOWN THE ROAD FOR OUR SPARKLERS AND FIREWORKS IF WE HAD ENOUGH.

 

               

 

I THINK THEY FELT SORRY FOR US SCRUFFY KIDS IN TATTY CLOTHES LOOKING ROUGH.          HE HE!!!

 

 

                             

 

THE LADS WOULD PUT ON THERE DADS FLAT CAPS AND ALL OF US GIRLS WOULD LAUGH.

 

THEY MUST HAVE LOOKED POOR WHEN I THINK BACK WALKING UP THE RICH MANS PATH.         HE-HE.

                  

BUT POOR OR NOT THERE WAS MUCH LOVE AT HOME AND FUN ON OUR GUY FAWKS NIGHT.

 

WITH ALL THE NEIGHBOURHOOD JOINING IN AND SAT ROUND THE BONFIRE SO BRIGHT..

                                          

 

EVERYONES  MUM WOULD BRING SOMETHING ROUND FOR ALL OF THE KIDS TO EAT.

 

WE WOULD WATCH OUR DADS LIGHT THE FIREWORKS WHILE EATING ALL OF OUR TREATS.

 

A YEARLY EVENT WE LOOKED FORWARD TO CHUMPING (gathering) FOR WEEKS ON END.

 

COLLECTING OLD BROKEN CHAIRS FROM THE NEIGHBOURS WHEN A MESSAGE THEY WOULD SEND.

 

PULLING BRANCHES UP THE ROAD WHICH WERE FELLED FROM ROTTING  OLD TREES.

 

OLD TABLES PEOPLE WOULD ASK IF WE WANTED AND WE WOULD SHOUT OUT " YES PLEASE"  !!! .

 

SETTEES THAT WERE TORN AND ALL WORN OUT WE WOULD DRAG THEM TO OUR HOME.

 

NOTHING WAS EVER TOO MUCH  TO HANDLE AND YOU NEVER HEARD ANY OF US MOAN.

 

WE  COVERED THE SETTEES UP WITH WATERFROOFS  TO KEEP THEM NICE AND DRY.

 

THEY WERE STACKED IN THE CORNER OF OUR BACK YARDS REALY PILED UP HIGH.

 

THE SETTEES WERE SAVED UNTIL LAST TO BE BURNT AS THEY WERE THE SEATING FOR ALL.         HE-HE.

 

FATHERS MOTHERS AUNTS AND UNCLES NEIGHBOURS AND ALL US KIDS SMALL.

 

IN THE EVENINGS BEFORE OUR BEDTIME WE STOOD GUARD OF THE CHUMPS  IN OUR TURN.   HE-HE

 

BECAUSE THEY WERE PRECIOUS TO US YOU SEE EVEN IF ONLY TO BURN.

 

GANGS OF KIDS FROM THE OTHER STREETS WOULD SNEAK ROUND TO STEAL ON A NIGHT.

 

IF THEY SAW THE TOUGH LADS IN OUR STREET THERE THEY  WERE SOON RUNNING OUT OF SIGHT.   HE-HE

 

THEN THE EXCITEMENT BEGAN MY FRIENDS BONFIRE NIGHT FINALLY ARRIVED.

 

WITH ALL OF US SCRUFFY KIDS GATHERED THERE ON THE SETTEES WE DIVED.         HE-HE.

 

READY AND WAITING FOR DADS WITH THERE TORCHES UNTIL THERE WASN'T A SOUND .

 

GUY FAWKS ON TOP OF THE BONFIRE HIS HEAD BOWING DOWN AT THE GROUND.

 

YEHHHHHHH !!!  THE COUNTDOWN STARTED AT 6PM TEN NINE EIGHT SEVEN SIX .

 

WITH THE FLAME FROM DADS TORCH AND A LITTLE ADDED PARAFFIN THAT REALY DID THE TRICK.

 

HOORAY  !!!  ALL THE KIDS STARTED SCREAMING OUR BONFIRE HAD NOW  BEGUN.

 

WE'D BE JUMPING AND BOUNCING ON THE SETTEES US RAGGEDY KIDS HAVING FUN.   HE-HE. 

 

THE CATHERINE WHEELS STARTED SPINNING ROUND ON THE FENCE FIXED TIGHT WITH A PIN.

 

ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM OLD PLASTIC BOTTLES ON TOP OF THE OLD METAL BIN.

                     

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GOLDEN FOUNTAINS SHOWERING BRIGHTLY  STANDING UP HIGH ON THE WALL.

 

                                                                               

                                  

MULTI COLOURED ROMAN CANDLES REPEATEDLY SHOOTING OUT BALLS..

 

THEN MOTHER CAME  ROUND WITH THE TOFFEE AND PARKIN FOR ALL TO CHEW.

 

MADE WITH BLACK TREACLE IT STUCK TO YOUR  TEETH IT FELT LIKE LUMPS OF GLUE. HE-HE.

 

 

                    

 

A BLACK BAKED POTATO  WITH SKIN STILL ON IT FROM THE FIRE WITH BUTTER ON TOP.

 

WATCHING OUR WELLINGTON BOOTS ALL THE TIME FOR THE JUMPING CRACKER IT HOPPED.

 

IT COULD JUMP  INSIDE YOUR WELLIES IF NOT CAREFULL AND NOT AWARE.

 

WHEN  THE TOUCH PAPER LIT THE JUMPING JACK IT SEEMED TO JUMP EVERYWHERE.

 

ALL OF US SAT THERE WATCHING THE FIRE SOME  EATING THERE PIE AND PEAS.

 

BLACKENED FACES NIBBLING ON PARKIN ALL OF THESE GOODIES DID PLEASE.

 

THE SET POT BOILING AWAY IN THE HOUSE WITH HOT WATER TO FILL THE TIN  BATH.

 

READY TO GET SCRUBBED DOWN FOR BED MY SISTERS AND ME LAUGHING KATH.             HE-HE

 

     

 

OH! HOW I LOVED OUR BONFIRE NIGHTS BUT THE TRADITION  NOW  ISN'T THE SAME.

 

KIDS START WITH THERE ATOM BOMBS EARLY AND NOW DRIVE US ALL IN SANE.

 

BANG BOOM BANG

 

EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK WE HEAR LOUD BANGS BEFORE IT IS TIME.

 

THE LAW SHOULD DRAW A CLOSE TO THE SALES AND HAND OUT SOME HEAVY  FINES.

 

NO I'M NOT AN OLD MISERABLE PENSIONER WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE FUN WITH KIDS.

 

TODAY THE TEENAGERS  ABUSE THESE FIREWORKS AND SOME COST HUNDREDS OF QUID.

 

THERE NOT BOUGHT FOR  ENTERTAINMENT  TODAY AND BRINGING  JOY TO KIDS HEARTS.

 

THERE USED BY VANDALS TO DO LOTS OF DAMAGE AND BLOW THINGS UP AND APART.

                       

                              

SETTING FIRE TO ANYTHING IN THERE SIGHT CAUSING HAVOCK AND ANIMALS STRESS.

 

MANY TRADITIONAL STREET  BONFIRES  DISSAPEARED AND THINGS ARE A MESS. 

 

IT HAS TAKEN ALL THE EXCITEMENT AWAY FOR SMALL CHILDREN WELL THIS IS MY THOUGHT.

 

NO GATHERING NOW OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS AND ALL THE FUN BONFIRE NIGHT BROUGHT.

 

YES I KNOW THERE ARE THE ORGANISED LARGE ONES WHICH EVERYONE CAN GO TO SEE.

 

BUT IT'S STILL  NOT THE SAME AS HAVING YOUR OWN IN YOUR BACK YARD LIKE OURS USED TO BE.

NEVER MIND THEY  CARN'T TAKE  MY MEMORIES AWAY OF WHEN I WAS A GIRL.

 

HELPING MUM MAKE THE BONFIRE TOFFEE AND WATCHING THEM CATHERINE WHEELS TWIRL.

 

DO YOU J/LAND FRIENDS IN ENGLAND HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THEM  DAYS OF OLD.

 

DOING THE THINGS WE DID IN MY STORY HERE WHICH I HAVE JUST TOLD.

 

MAKING OUR GUY FAWKS AND SHAKING OUR SPARKLERS WE REALY HAD A GREAT TIME.

 

I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED AND IV'E JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES ONCE AGAIN IN

 

                                       "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

        TAKE CARE IF YOU DO HAVE ONE FRIENDS AND ENJOY!!!

 

                

    

              

 

"TRICK OR TREAT RHYME THROUGH J/LAND "

                       

 

 

IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME IN J/LAND ONCE AGAIN MY  BREW IS BEING STIRRED.

 

THEY'LL BE WITCHES  AND GHOULS COMING ROUND YOUR PLACE THIS IS WHAT IV'E HEARD.

 

WATCH OUT ON YOUR  J/LAND JOURNEY AS YOU TRAVEL THE GRUESOME MILES.

 

MAKE SURE YOUR NOT BEING FOLLOWED BY A PAIR OF SPOOKY EYES.

                 

                          

 

DON'T TAKE ANY  SHORT CUTS SAY HELLO AS YOU GO AROUND.

 

IT'S A VERY SCARY EVENING IN J/LAND WHEN SCREAMS AND SCREACHES SOUND.

 

ALSO LOOK BEFORE YOU ENTER  IT MIGHT  BE AN EIRY PLACE.

 

WHERE SOMEONE IS LURKING TO GREET YOU WITH A REALY HORRIBLE FACE.

 

IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING CLINGING TO YOU  IT COULD BE A SPIDER OR  BAT.

 

YOU HAVE PICKED UP ON YOUR JOURNEY SO DON'T END UP FAINTING FLAT.                                  

 

WHOOOOOOOOOO THE WIND WILL BE BLOWING SKELETONS RATTLING THERE BONES.

 

STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN EVERY PLACE YOU VISIT AND YOU MAY HEAR A FEW WIERD GROANS.

 

                                               

 

                                       

YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS BIG POOLS OF BLOOD IF DRACULA'S AROUND TONIGHT. 

 

SO IF YOU ARE OF A NERVOUS NATURE  HOLD ON TO YOUR POOTER CHAIR TIGHT. AHHH!!!

                                

 

               

 

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT TO FIX..

 

SO DO AS THEY ASK YOU I BEG OF YOU  OR THEY WILL PLAY ONE OF THERE  TRICKS..

 

WITCHES  MIGHT OFFER A DRINK OF THERE POTION THEY HAVE BEEN MIXING ALL WEEK.

 

THEY'LE BE  LOOKING OUT FOR THE VUNERABLE SO TRY TURN THE  OTHER CHEEK.

 

STAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD DON'T WANDER FAR MAKE SURE YOUR PUMPKIN IS LIT.

 

IF YOU SEE ANY BLOOD DRIPPING ON YOUR CLOTHES WITH THIS GHOUL YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN BIT.

                                                

                          

                                      

ON THE OTHER HAND I HOPE YOUR TRAVELS TURN OUT TO BE FUN AND  A LAUGH.

 

BUT IF YOU DON'T SEND YOUR FRIENDS TO VISIT ME YES ME WITCHY  KATH.

 

I WILL CAST  MY  MAGIC SPELL ON YOU AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL LIKE THAT .

 

IF I  TURN YOU INTO AN UGLY FROG OR EVEN AN UGLY BAT..

 

SO PLEASE  ALL HEED MY  WARNING  AND JOIN IN THE J/LAND CLAN..

 

TAKE THIS TREAT AND EAT IT UP  AND FOLLOW WITCHY KATHS PLAN.

 

        

   http://journals.aol.com/winivere2002/TheGlassBox/

 

CLICK ON THIS URL ABOVE  AND VISIT WINIVERE SWEET............ 

 

SHE IS  ONE OF OUR FRIENDS IN J/LAND AND SHE'LL BE WAITING THERE TO GREET.

 

THEN  PLEASE OBLIGE AND YOU DO A  POSTING LEAVE A TREAT AND YOUR URL.

 

SO HER VISITORS WILL VISIT YOU AND LEAVE THERE COMMENTS AS WELL.

 

I REALY AM A NICE KIND WITCH SO TRY AND FIND TIME I PLEA.

 

THEN I WON'T HAVE TO SERVE YOU MY POTION I DON'T LIKE BEING WICKED YOU SEE.  

 

                                      

 

 DON'T SPOIL THE FUN AND BEFORE YOU ALL GO HERES MY TREAT TO YOU.

 

A NICE BAG OF LOVELY CANDY CORN BUT I'M WATCHING SO DON'T TAKE TWO. LOL!!

 

                           

                   

ENJOY ALL YOUR TREATS MY J/LAND FRIENDS I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME .

MY WISH FOR YOU  IS  "HAPPY HALLOWEEN" TRICK OR TREAT FROM

 

 

                                           "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

            GRAB ONE OF THESE FOLKS.THERE HOT!!! LOL!!

                                      

 

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                                     "MY SIMPLE RH

 

 

"WHAT A SHOW"

    

                     

 

                                           

 

THEY CAME AGAIN IN ALL SHAPES AND COLOURS TO OUR TOWN THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

 

HORNS WERE HONKING EXHAUSTS WERE BLOWING WASN'T IT JUST A SIGHT.

 

HUNDREDS OF THEM THREE A BREAST WITH HEADLAMPS SHINING BRIGHT.

 

AT FIRST I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS THE SOUND GAVE ME SUCH A FRIGHT.

 

THE SIGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE AS I LOOKED OUT IN THE DARK.

 

ALL RIDING ROUND AND TRYING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD PARK.

 

LANDLADIES SAYING I'M SORRY GUYS THERES NO ROOM AT THE INN TONIGHT .

 

SO OFF THEY RODE TO ANOTHER AVENUE LOOKING FOR LODGINGS THERE PLIGHT..

 

THE ANNUAL SCOOTER GATHERING WAS HERE IN OUR TOWN ONCE AGAIN.

 

THE NOISE THEY MAKE WHEN THERE ALL TOGETHER I MUST SAY IS SOMETIMES A PAIN.

 

BUT I MUST ADMIT I LOVE TO SEE THEM AND ALL FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE.

 

YES CHARITY SO GIVE THEM CREDIT AND ALSO LETS APPLAUSE.

 

WELL  OUT CAME MY BATTERY CHARGER LAST NIGHT  SO I WAS PREPARED.

 

TO  SET OFF SATURDAY MORNING TO TAKE THESE  PICTURES I'VE SHARED.

 

THERE WERE BLUE ONES RED ONES YELLOW ONES ALL LINED UP DOWN THE PROM.

 

GREEN ONES BROWN ONES ORANGE AND BLACK AND SOME WITH ANIMALS ON.

 

SOME CUSTOMISED IN FANCY PATTERNS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SIGHT.

 

AND IN THE EVENING THEY REALY GLOW UNDER THE MOON AND LAMPLIGHT.

 

NOT A PARKING PLACE LEFT ON THE AVENUES SCOOTERS WERE EVERYWHERE.

 

IN THE CAR PARKS  THE PROMENADE AND  ESPELANDE SCOOTERS GALORE OUT THERE.

 

I HEARD ALL THE HOTELS WERE BOOKED UP AND GUEST HOUSES TOO ALL FULL.

 

IT WAS JUST A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET SUNSHINE THE DAY WAS DAMP AND DULL.

 

THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE  NO TROUBLE AND THEY BRING  CUSTOM TO OUR TOWN.

 

SO I AM NOT  BOTHERED THEY COME HERE LIKE SOME WHO MOAN AND FROWN.

 

I SNAPPED AWAY TO MY HEARTS CONTENT AND THEY WERE DELIGHTED THAT I.

 

HAD MENTIONED IF THEY WERE ON THE INTERNET ONE DAY THEY MIGHT JUST SPY.

 

THE PICTURES OF THERE SCOOTERS IN MY BLOG AND THEY DIDN'T VENT.

 

SO I CONTINUED SNAPPING AND CHATTING WHAT A LOVELY AFTERNOON I'VE SPENT.

 

THE QUEUE FOR THE LEISURE CENTRE WAS MILES LONG AS THATS WHERE THEY ALL GO.

 

TO THE EXHIBITION FOR ALL THERE WARES AND IV'E HEARD IT'S A BRILLIANT SHOW.

 

TONIGHT THERES A DANCE FOR  ALL OF THEM TO HAVE THEMSELVES  A GOOD TIME.

 

NO PROBLEMS NO FIGHTING NO TROUBLE EVERYTHING ALWAYS GOES FINE.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES IV'E TAKEN WHICH I'VE PLACED FOR YOU UP ABOVE.

 

BUT THIS ONE BELOW IS SPECIAL IT'S MY FAVOURITE ONE I JUST LOVE.

 

THE GREEN DRAGON WITH THE CURLY TAIL HE VISITS US  EVERYTIME.         HE-HE

 

I REALY ENJOY THE SCOOTER WEEKEND SHOWN  HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME"