" MAYDAY "

                              

                        

                ( THANKYOU DONNA FOR THIS GREAT GRAPHIC)

 

A LONG TIME AGO WHEN MY FIRST SON WAS ONLY A TINY TOT .

 

ONE MORNING  THROUGH MY LETTER BOX THE VILLAGE MAGAZINE DID DROP. 

 

MY SON HE WAS AS ALWAYS BUSY LOOKING AT HIS BOOKS .

 

CAN YOU SEE HIM SAT ABOVE GIVING ME CHEEKY LOOKS . (HA)

 

HE LOVED HIS LITTLE BOOKS WHEN HE WAS VERY  SMALL.

 

HE WOULD SIT THERE SO CONTENT AND NOT A MINUTES BOTHER AT ALL.

 

I PICKED THE MAGAZINE UP AND WAS  READING  AT THE TIME.

 

AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR  THE MAYPOLE AND THOUGHT OH! THAT SOUNDS FINE.

 

SO I GOT MY SON ALL DRESSED UP AND OFF WE BOTH DID GO.

 

TO WATCH  THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE " GAWTHORPE  MAYPOLE SHOW " .

 

THE MAYPOLE WAS TRIMMED UP EACH MAY DAY ONLY FOR THE GIRLS .

 

TO DO THER TWISTS AND FANCY STEPS AND ALL THERE  FANCY  TWIRLS.

 

 

WHAT A COLOURFUL SIGHT IT WAS WATCHING THIS GREAT FETE.

 

WITH THE BAND AND FANCY DRESS PARADE MARCHING DOWN THE STREET..

 

 

 

THE MAYPOLE AND THE COAL RACE BOTH THESE HAVE CARRIED ON.

 

THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS EVEN NOW THE COALMINES  GONE.

 

THE MEN IN THE MAY DAY COAL RACE WOULD CARRY A SACK OF COAL.

 

UPON THERE BACKS AND LET ME TELL YOU SOME OF THEM WERE OLD.

 

THEY SET OFF AT A FAST SPEED BUT VERY QUICKLY THEY SLOWED DOWN.

 

THE WIEGHT OF THAT BAG OF COAL FILLED THERE FACES WITH SOME FROWNS .

 

TO CARRY A  50KG SACK OF COAL ON YOUR BACK FOR OVER  A MILE.

 

YOU HAD TO BEVERY FIT AND CARRY IT IN STYLE. 

 

                          

 

THE WINNER OF THE RACE RECEIVED  A SIGNED TROPHY FOR HIS PRIZE.

 

PRESENTED BY THE COMMITEE HE THEN HELD IT UP WITH PRIDE .

 

GAWTHORPE IN PAST TIMES HAVE BEEN THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD.

 

IT'S IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS AND ALSO THE GIRLS BEST TWIRLS.

 

ONE OF THE VERY  FIRST MAYPOLES WAS  ERECTED WAY BACK WHEN .

 

RICHARD THE SECOND I'VE READ  WAS IN REIGN AT THIS TIME THEN.

 

MAYPOLE DANCING IS POPULAR AND CELEBRATED ROUND THE WORLD. 

 

AND DANCING THROUGH HENRY'S V111'S REIGN THE GIRLS THEY ALL STILL TWIRLED.

 

THEN  CAME OLIVER CROMWELL AND HE THEN BANNED IT ALL.

 

AND DISSAPOINTED THE PUBLIC GAWTHORPE FOLKS  WENT UP THE WALL.

 

BUT THEN WHEN CHARLES THE SECOND HE CAME INTO REIGN .

 

HE BROUGHT BACK THE FESTIVITIES SO GAWTHORPE STARTED AGAIN.

 

THERE  FIRST POLE WAS A BIRCH TREE CUT DOWN FROM THE LOCAL WOODS .

 

BUT THE WIND IT GOT THE BETTER AND BLEW IT DOWN SO NOT VERY GOOD.

 

WELL THEN  IN NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX A METAL ONE WAS RAISED

 

BY THE LOCAL COLLIERS AND THEY WERE ALL WELL PRAISED.

 

HERE IT IS NOW STANDING TO THIS VERY DAY.

 

IN THE CENTRE OF THE VILLAGE IN OUR NATIONS COLOURS GAY.

 

 

     

 

 

ALL FUNDS RAISED ON  MAYDAY WERE FOR THE OLD

FOLK THERE.

 

AND A TEA  PARTY AND DRINKS LAID ON FOR THEM IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE.

 

THE CELEBRATIONS  STILL CARRY ON HERE EVERY FIRST MONDAY IN MAY.

 

AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS VILLAGE THEY REALY DO MAKE HAY.

 

USUALLY IN THE EVENING YOU CAN WATCH A SHORT REPORT.

 

ON THE LOCAL CALENDAR NEWS OF THE COAL RACE

THIS GREATSPORT.

 

THIS YEAR I'M TOLD IT'S MONDAY THE SEVENTH SO

I'M THINKING  I JUST MIGHT.

 

TAKE A RIDE BACK OUT THERE AND ONCE AGAIN

ENJOY THE SIGHT.

 

OF ALL THE MEN IN THE COAL RACE AND AND THE

MAYPOLE IN FULL SWING..

 

IF I DO I KNOW FOND MEMORIES FOR ME IT WILL

CERTAINLY BRING.

 

SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR MAY DAY

ALL MY J/LAND FRIENDS.

 

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THEM  UNTIL YOUR MAY DAY ENDS.

 

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IV'E MENTIONED  HERE THIS TIME.

 

TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT  GAWTHORPE HERE IN   " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

     

           

                        

"SAT LOOKING THROUGH MY WINDOW"

 

        

                 

                       (Thanx to Donna for this wonderful graphic)

 

 

LAST NIGHT AS I SAT LOOKING THROUGH MY WINDOW PANE.

 

THE SKY WAS DARK AND GLOOMY AND DOWN CAME POURING RAIN.

 

I FELT A SCENSE OF CALM SOMEHOW AND THOUGHTS CAME TO MY MIND.

 

OF A MY TINIEST GARDEN I ONCE UPON A TIME.

 

REMEMBERED SITTING IN MY PORCH WHEN THE SKY WAS BLUE.

 

AND ALL THE BEDDING PLANTS I'D PUT IN THEY WERE ALL BRAND NEW.

 

I REMEBERED  THINKING COME ON NOW BIG BRIGHT  MR SUN.

 

LETS SEE YOU DO YOUR WORK ON THESE BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE.

 

EACH DAY I'D HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO THERE AND WATCH ALL OF THEM SPROUT.

 

THEN I'D SAY COME ON YOU CLOUDS NOW LET SOME RAIN COME OUT.

 

AND GIVE MY PLANTS SOME WATER THEY REALY NEED SOME PLEASE.

 

AS SUN AND RAIN THEY LOVE THEM SO AND MAKE THEM GROW WITH EASE.

 

EACH DAY WOULD PASS SO QUICKLY I PONDERED OFTEN THERE.

 

WATCHING ALL THESE FLOWERS GROW AS I SAT AND STARED.

 

ONLY  A SMALL SIDE GARDEN SO EASY TO MAINTAIN.

 

YET  SOMEHOW IT LOOKED PERFECT ON ANY DAY IT RAINED.

 

I THINK IT BROUGHT THE COLOURS OUT REDS BLUES AND GOLDS AND GREENS.

 

MYSELF I THOUGHT A PICTURE THIS WAS JUST MY SCENE.

 

             

 

OH HOW I LOVED TO SIT THERE HOUR UPON HOUR.

 

OR POPPING OUT TO DEADHEAD AFTER A SHORT SHOWER.

 

THE NEW MOWN GRASS SMELT HEAVENLY THE DAMP AIR SMELT DIVINE.

 

WHEN I WANDERED ROUND THIS LITTLE GARDEN I HAD MADE ALL MINE.

 

IV'E SAID IT MANY TIMES BEFORE THE HARD WORK IS ALL WORTH.

 

"AS NEARER GODS HEART IN A GARDEN THAN ANYWHERE ESLE ON EARTH".

 

THE BACK WALL LOOKS QUITE BARE ON HERE BUT I HAD PLANTED THERE.

 

FOUR FAST GROWING CLEMATIS FOR SUMMER TO CLIMB UP THERE.

 

THE PYRACATHA CAN YOU SEE THE BERRIES ALL AGLOW.

 

THEY WERE NOT THERE VERY LONG AS THE BIRDS THEY LOVED THEM SO.

 

I  LOVED TO WATCH THEM SWOOP DOWN LOOK ROUND THEN  TAKE A FEW.

 

ONCE PLANTED THIS SHRUB TOOK OFF AND IT JUST GREW AND GREW .

 

CAN YOU SEE MY WATER BUTT AND THE VICTORIAN SHED STOOD THERE.

 

I DIDN'T WANT A NEW ONE AS THEY JUST DID NOT COMPARE.

 

          

 

            

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CHARACTURE THE OLD ONES HAVE FOR ME.

 

AND THE WATER BUTT A BARREL PAINTED WHITE BY ME.

 

THIS WAS OH SO USEFULL WHEN THE WEATHER HOT AND FINE.

 

FOR DIPPING IN MY WATERING CAN AND SPRINKLING ROUND AT TIMES.

 

I LINED THE WALLS INSIDE  THE SHED AND NETS UP AT THE PANE.

 

POTS AND COMPOST GARDENING TOOLS IN THERE OUT OF THE RAIN.

 

THE POTS ALL LINED UP  NEAR THE SEAT WERE PRIMULAS I'D SET.

 

ALL OF THEM LINED UP AND FROM ONE PLANT THIS LOT I'D GET.

 

           

 

BEHIND THE SEAT WERE MORE OF THEM ABOUT A DOZEN I THINK.

 

YELOW BLUES AND ORANGES AND SOME A BEAUTIFUL PINK.

 

THE FOLLOWING SEASON I WOULD  PLANT THEM ALL OUT ONCE AGAIN.

 

AS THEY GREW A LITTLE LARGER WITH THE SUN AND A BIT OF RAIN. 

 

MARIGOLD CAMPANULAS GERANIUMS AND MORE.

 

EVERYTHING I TRIED TO PLANT ALL AROUND MY DOOR.

 

THE GARDEN WAS ALL CONCRETE WHEN I FIRST CAME TO  LIVE HERE.

 

SO I DUG IT UP IN BITS EACH DAY AND IT TOOK ME JUST A YEAR.

 

               

 

I LEFT THE REST FOR PATHWAYS TO WALK ROUND JUST TO BROWSE.

 

SO I COULD WEED AND HOE AND THIS LED BACK THEN TO THE HOUSE.

 

EACH TIME I SAW A NEW PLANT I WOULD DIG AGAIN SOME MORE.

 

AND PLANT ANOTHER SOON THEY WERE ALL AROUND MY DOOR.

 

I HOED AND RIDDLED ALL THE DIRT UNTIL IT WAS LIKE FLOUR.

 

EVERY DAY EACH MORNING IN THE COOLEST EARLY HOUR.

 

TO GIVE THE PLANTS A GOOD START THEY WILL NOT GROW IN CLAY.

 

SO I REMOVED  IT  DAILY INTO SACKS AND THREW IT ALL AWAY.

 

THIS HOUSE WAS IN SUCH A QUIET SPOT IT REALY SUITED ME.

 

SO I MADE A HOUSE SIGN FOR THE PORCH  AND CALLED IT TRANQUILLITY.

 

WELL I'LL DREAM AGAIN THROUGH MY WINDOW NOW AND WATCHING  THE RAIN AGAIN.

 

BUT LOOKING OUT AT THE OCEAN AND THINGS FOR ME ARE NOT THE SAME.

 

SO ANOTHER GARDEN I HAVE SHOWN  HOPE YOURS IS GROWING FINE.

 

         AND I'LL CLOSE NOW FOR TODAY MY FRIENDS ANOTHER OF

 

                                  "MY SIMPLE RHYMES."

 

                        TIME FOR A NAP TO DREAM SOME MORE LOL!!

 

                  

 (THANX TO DEBBIE OF DeB'sDaBs FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC.)

 

                                         

" YIPPEE "

                             

 

   

 

HE-HE TODAY IS MY ANNIVERSARY CARN'T  BELIEVE 12 MONTHS I'VE  BEEN HERE.

 

I HAVE TRAVELLED TO SOME WONDERFUL PLACES THROUGHOUT 06 TO THIS YEAR.

 

YES IT DOES'NT SEEM IV'E BEEN WRITING MY POSTS FOR 1 YEAR AND IT IS SO HARD.

 

TO REALIZE HOW FAST TIME GOES BY BUT I'M GLAD YOU HAVE ALL BEEN A PART.

 

OF MY JOURNEY HERE IN J/LAND  IV'E MET SOME LOVELY FRIENDS  ON THE WAY.

 

JOYOUS MOMENTS CHUCKLES AND LAUGHTER  AND SAD TIMES I'M SORRY TO SAY.

 

IV'E DONE MY PRAYING FOR ALL OF THE SICK AND FOR THERE FAMILY'S AS WELL.

 

MET INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THERE STORIES TO TELL.

 

IV'E SEEN MANY WONDERFUL GARDENS, BEEN INSIDE WONDERFUL HOMES.

 

IV'E SHARED IN THERE  SORROWS AND LAUGHTER AND LISTENED TO MANY GROANS.

 

MANY STATES IN AMERICA I HAVE VISITED BUT NOT  BY PLANE.

 

AND IT'S BEEN A REAL EXPERIANCE GOING BACK THERE TIME AND AGAIN.

 (Thanx To Debbie of DeB's DaBs for this  lovely Graphic)

 

ROUND ENGLAND ALSO IV'E TRAVELLED TO PLACES I HAD NOT BEEN .

 

BIRDS AND ALSORTS OF ANIMALS ON MY TRAVELS THERE I HAVE SEEN. 

 

HOW ELSE COULD ONE TRAVEL AROUND AND SEE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PLACES AND THINGS.

 

AND MEET SUCH LOVELY PEOPLE THAT BEING IN J/LAND BRINGS.

 

YES IV'E  READ ABOUT THE ODD ONES OUT THERE WHO TRY SPOIL IT ALL.

 

BUT IN GENERAL I HAVE BEEN LUCKY I THINK AND IV'E REALY HAD A BALL.

 

I SET OUT ON THIS JOURNEY FEELING  BORED AND LONELY AT HOME.

 

SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION  AND LISTENING TO MYSELF MOAN.

 

IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS OF TRAVELLING TO MEET FOLKS WHO WERE SO KIND.

 

THEN THEY TRAVELLED OVER TO VISIT ME AND THATS WHEN I DID FIND.

 

I BECAME ADDICTED TO J/LAND AND FELT BETTER SO THANK YOU ALL.

 

FOR THE WONDERFUL POSTINGS THAT YOU HAVE SUPPLIED AND MY COMMENTS LARGE AND  SMALL.

 

FOR ALLOWING ME INTO YOUR GARDENS AND HOMES AND LEARN OF YOUR INTERESTS TOO.

 

YOU HAVE CHEERED ME UP NO END LET ME SAY ONCE AGAIN A BIG "THANKYOU"

 

GOD BLESS YOU ALL YOUV'E BEEN WONDERFUL FOR WELCOMING ME TO STAY.

 

YOUR A BUNCH WHO ARE IRREPLACABLE THATS WHAT I'D LIKE  TO SAY.

 

KIND CONSIDERATE FUNNY PEOPLE THAT I'M SO HAPPY  I'VE MET.

 

SO I'LL NOW GET COMFORTABLE  IN MY CHAIR AND ENJOY ONCE AGAIN THE NET.

 

AND DO A LITTLE MORE TRAVELLING FOR MY SECOND YEAR THIS  TIME.

 

I HOPE I HAVN'T BORED YOU TOO MUCH THIS LAST YEAR WITH

"MY SIMPLE RHYME"  

                

 

(THANKYOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM

 OF MY HEART FOR EVERY ONE OF YOUR

 KIND COMMENTS,YOU ARE ALL STARS

 IN YOUR OWN RIGHT, AND I LOVE YOUR

JOURNALS ALL OF THEM.PLEASE FORGIVE

ME IF THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I

HAVN'T COMMENTED, DUE TO OTHER

COMMITMENTS, OR THE ONE AND ONLY 

BRILLIANT TEAM WE ALL RELY ON SO

MUCH AO HELL Grrrrrrrrrr !!!!) WHEN

THEY HAVE FAILED  ME. HE-HE!!!

 

 

 HUGS.!!!

" I LIKE TO PUT MY MARK ON THEM"

 

 

WHEN I TOOK MY FLAT HERE AT THE SEASIDE TO RETIRE.

 

JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER HOME THINGS I DID REQUIRE.

 

I LIKE TO PUT MY MARK ON THEM ALL AROUND THE PLACE.

 

LITTLE THINGS MY OWN IDEAS PUT SMILES UPON MY FACE. 

 

THE BATHROOM IT WAS PART TILED QUITE PLAIN BUT THEY WERE NEW.

 

SO I DECORATED  ALL OF IT IN PEACH AND  AQUA BLUE.

 

I LOOKED OUT FOR SOME TRANSFERS FOR THE TILES AS THEY LOOKED BARE .

 

BUT I SIMPLY COULDN'T FIND ANY OF WHAT I WANTED THERE.

 

SO I SET MY OLD HEAD THINKING I'M GOING TO MAKE MY OWN.

 

AS I'VE SAID I  LIKE TO ADD MY MARK INSIDE  MY HOME.

 

A BRAINWAVE CAME INTO MY HEAD I THOUGHT OH HOW I WISH.

 

I COULD FIND SOME MERMAIDS SO I DECIDED TO DO THIS.

 

BECAUSE LIVING NEAR THE SEA I THOUGHT AN APPROPRIATE DESIGN.

 

TO STAGGER HERE AND THERE UPON THESE WHITE TILES WOULD LOOK FINE.

 

IV'E HAD ALL THE EXPENSIVE DECOR TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

 

AND IV'E HAD SOME LOVELY HOMES BUT NOW RETIRED IT'S A PAIN.

 

SPENDING ALL MY  MONEY ON THINGS EACH TIME IV'E MOVED.

 

HAS BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE JOB IT  HAS  ALWAYS PROVED.

 

SO NOW ON SECOND THOUGHTS I FIND  LONG AS IT IS CLEAN .

 

AND COMFORTABLY FURNISHED SPENDINGS NOT MY SCENE.

 

SO I SET ABOUT SOME PLANNING AND OFF I WENT TO BUY.

 

SOME WATERPROOF TRANSPARENT BACKING I NEEDED TO APPLY.

 

TO A LOVELY GRAPHIC I HAD  FOUND IN A BORROWED  BOOK.

 

SO I SCANNED IT AND I PRINTED A DOZEN OF THIS LOOK.

 

I CUT AROUND THE MERMAID SHAPE MADE SURE I DID IT NEAT.

 

THE COLOUR OF THE MERMAIDS MATCHED THE DECOR SUCH A TREAT.

 

I THEN  PEELED OFF THE BACKING OF THE WATERPROOF I  GOT.

 

PLACED IT OVER THE PRINTS I'D MADE AND COVERED ALL THE LOT.

 

CUT AROUND THE SHAPE AGAIN WITH AN EXTRA OVERLAP.

 

THEY REALY LOOKED SO GOOD THERE ALL RESTING IN MY LAP.

 

I DIDN'T WANT THEM VERY LARGE NOR DID I WANT THEM SMALL.

 

MY IDEA WAS TO SPAN THEM OVER TWO TILES ON THE WALL.

 

IN RANDOM SPOTS YES STAGGERED SPANNING ONE TILE GROOVE.

 

I REALALISED IF I TIRED OF THEM THEY WOULD EASILY REMOVE.

 

WELL I PRESSED THEM FIRMLY DOWN UNTIL SO FIRM AND TIGHTLY STUCK..

 

THE DOZEN THAT I'D MADE THEY COST  £2-00 NOT VERY MUCH.

 

SO HERE INSIDE MY POSTING A PICTURE FOR TO SEE.

 

I THINK THEY LOOK QUITE NICE AND I HOPE YOU ALL AGREE.

 

THEY'VE BEEN ON ALL THE TILES NOW FOR WEEKS AND NEVER MOVED.

 

WITH  ALL THE STEAM AND SPLASHING SO YES I KNEW I'D PROVE.

 

THAT MY IDEA WOULD WORK AND I AM HAPPY WITH THE LOOK.

 

OF MY MERMAID TRANSFERS WHICH I COPIED FROM THE BOOK.

 

THE PICTURE HERE IS A LITTLE DARK AS I'M NOT VERY GOOD.

 

AT TAKING PROFFESIONAL SNAPS AT ALL I REALY  WISH I COULD.

 

THE SNAP DON'T DO IT JUSTICE BUT THEY REALY DO LOOK NICE.

 

AND I DON'T THINK I CAN GRUMBLE AT 12 TRANSFERS FOR THAT PRICE. 

 

 

 WELL NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE TO PLACE INSIDE

 A FRAME.

 

TO POP UPON THE WALL BUT NO THIS ONES NOT THE SAME.

 

RUSS FROM BEAT AT JOE'S BLOG SUPRIZED ME THE OTHER DAY.

 

WHEN I'D SAID I COULDN'T FIND  A MER-MAN OH-NO WAY. (HA).

 

THE NEXT DAY IN HIS BLOG I GOT A REALY BIG SUPRIZE.

 

STARING THERE RIGHT BACK AT ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.(HA).

 

HE'D DRAWN FOR ME A MER-MAN TILE WASN'T THAT SO KIND.

 

SO I DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER NOW GOING OUT TO FIND.

 

I LOVE HIS SENCE OF HUMOUR HE PUTS OUT IN HIS BLOG.

 

SO MY NEW MERMAN PICTURE I'LL PLACE ABOVE MY BOG.

 

 

 

                          HE-HE-HE

 

PLEASE EXUSE THE SLANG WORD (HA) IT'S ALL THAT CAME TO MIND.

 

AND THANKS  RUSS FOR MY MER-MAN HE REALY IS MY KIND (HA).

 

I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS AGAIN UNTIL NEXT TIME.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE MY HOME MADE TRANSFERS IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME" .(HA)

 

 

THANX TO EMMI FOR THIS DELIGHTFUL BATHROOM GRAPHIC.

 

  GONE FOR A SPLISH SPLASH NOW WITH MER- MAN.

 

                                   HE-HE-HE

 

   

" GROW TOGETHER "

       

                          (Thanx to Donna of D's designs for this beautiful graphic) 

 

MANY YEARS AGO  WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE ONLY SMALL.

 

I USED TO BABYSIT THEM SOME DAYS AND THEY WERE NO TROUBLE AT ALL.

 

I LOVED TO WATCH THEM PLAYING IN MY GARDENS HAVING  FUN.

 

HELPING ME DIG WITH THERE SMALL PLASTIC SPADES AND SITTING THERE IN THE SUN.

MY FIRST GRANDSON LUKE HE LOVED IT HIS PICTURE IS HERE  ABOVE.

 

HE ALWAYS WANTED TO WATER THE PLANTS THIS JOB HE REALY DID  LOVE.

 

HERE AGAIN IN THE PICTURE BELOW  YES IT'S LUKE WHEN A TINY TOT.

 

I WAS ALWAY FILLING  HIS WATERING CAN AND HE CONTINUALLY EMPTIED THE LOT.

 

 

THEN CAME BETHANY MY GRANDAUGHTER SHE LOVED THE WATER TOO.

 

BUT A DIFFERANT KIND OF THING SHE DID SHE WAS ALWAYS GETTING WET THROUGH.

 

EACH TIME I FILLED UP THE BIRDBATHS  SHE WOULD EMPTY THEM SPLASHING ABOUT.

 

THEN I WOULD HEAR GRANDSON LUKE EXCITEDLY  HOLLOWING  OUT.

 

MORE WATER GRANDMA  MORE WATER  TO FILL UP AGAIN THE BIRDBATHS.

 

AS FAST AS HE EMPTIED HIS WATERING CAN BETH WITH HER HANDS SHE WOULD SPLASH.

 

OH HOW I LOVED THESE MOMENTS WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAY.

 

AMONGST ALL THE FLOWERS AND EVERGREEN SHRUBS ALL COLOURS BRIGHT AND GAY.

 

 

 

 

WHAT JOY OUR GRANDCHILDREN BRING TO US  AND OUR BEAUTIFUL GARDENS TOO.

 

AND EVEN WHEN THE SNOW FALLS WE HOPE THEY WILL

 WINTER THROUGH.

 

THIS LITTLE  POND I  MADE FOR LUKE TO PLACE GOLDFISH IN WHEN HE WAS SMALL.

 

AND TO STOP THE WATER FROM  FREEZING I USED TO DROP IN THIS BALL.

 

IT WORKED EVERYTIME FOR ME FOLKS I DON'T KNOW IF YOUV'E TRIED IT TOO.

 

THIS PICTURE OF THE GARDEN ABOVE WAS TAKEN WHEN I STARTED IT NEW.

 

I BOUGHT SOME GOLDFISH FOR LUKE ONE WEEK AND BLIMEY HOW FAST THEY DID GROW.

 

I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT  SIZE THEY WERE  AFTER JUST A  FEW WEEK OR SO.

                    

WELL AS YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE A GARDEN WHERE I LIVE NOW BY  THE SEA.

 

BUT LIKE I HAVE DONE TODAY MY  FRIENDS I CAN SHOW

YOU MY  GARDENS MAYBE.

 

WHICH I CREATED FROM SCRATCH BACK THEN LIKE

THIS ONE I'M SHOWING YOU NOW.

 

A WILDERNESS WHEN I STARTED SLOPING GARDENS ARE

HARDER SOMEHOW.

 

ALL THE WATER AND RAIN DRAINS AWAY SO IT'S HARD

WORK TO WATER EACH DAY.

 

AND BECAUSE IT WAS SLOPING I MOVED HOME AGAIN  AS THE CHILDREN JUST COULDN'T PLAY.

 

 

WINDING PATHS  REACHED EVERYWHERE INTEREST WAS

ROUND EVERY BEND.

 

DIFFERANT  SEATING AREA'S I MADE  TO SIT TILL THE

GLORIOUS DAYS END.

 

THERE IS ONLY ONE HALF OF THE GARDEN THE OTHER

HALFS NOT IN VEIW.

 

I MADE A VERY LARGE POND IN THAT HALF WITH A

FOUNTAIN TO SPRINKLE TOO.

 

I'VE  CREATED MANY GARDENS WHICH  I'LL SHOW YOU 

IN FUTURE  POSTS.

 

I HAD LOTS OF INTERESTS WAY BACK THEN BUT MY

GARDENING I LOVED THE MOST.

 

WELL HERE IS A DIFFERANT PICTURE WHERE I STROLLED  

TO A PLACE I  HAD SEEN.

 

WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR OWN DISH ALONG AND

BRING HOME SOME DAIRY ICE CREAM (HA)

 

THIS LADY SHE COMES AND STANDS HERE ON THE CLIFF

JUST OPPOSITE THE SEA.

 

SO THIS AFTERNOON I BOUGHT A BIG  DISH FULL TO PUT ON

OUR FRUIT FOR OUR TEA.

 

I KNOW YOU ARE ALL SO BUSY  JUST NOW  MAKING YOUR GARDENS LOOK FINE.

 

WELL I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THESE  FEW PICTURES OF MINE HERE  IN

 

"MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

(THANX TO CHRIS OF CABS CREATIONS FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC )

 

 I AM JUST MAKING TWO WINDOW BOXES FOR MY FLAT.

 

        I HOPE THEY TURN OUT LIKE THIS lol!!!!

 

     

 

                  

" LET ME KNOW "

            

 

 

MY RHYME TODAY IS DIFFERANT FROM THE USUAL EVERYDAY THING.

 

SOMETHING I CAME ACROSS ON THE NET MADE ME START TO THINK.

 

I WONDERED HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE  HAD NICKNAMES IN YOUR TIME.

 

SO I THOUGHT YES  THATS MY TOPIC FOR MONDAYS "SIMPLE RHYME".

 

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG SCHOOLGIRL MY NICKNAME WAS " WHIPPET QUICK ". (HA)

 

BECAUSE I WAS THE FASTEST RUNNER SO THIS NAME  IT DID STICK.

 

FROM  ELEVEN YEAR OLD TO FIFTEEN THIS LABEL I ALWAYS HAD.

 

IT WASN'T A NASTY NICKNAME SO I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS BAD.

 

WHEN I LEFT SCHOOL A TEENAGER  I WANTED  TO DIE MY HAIR.

 

MUCH  LIGHTER THAN AT THIS TIME AS IT WAS ONLY  FAIR.

 

SO  I BOUGHT A LIGHTENING PRODUCT  AND PUT THE BOTTLE  FULL ON.

 

IT TURNED MY HAIR MUCH LIGHTER TO A VERY NICE  LIGHT BLONDE.(HA)

 

SO FRIENDS THEY CALLED ME " BLONDIE " THEN MY NICKNAME NOW WAS NEW.

 

I DIDN'T REALY WANT THIS NAME BUT IN TIME ON ME IT GREW.

 

THEN AFTER I WAS MARRIED THE VILLAGE  BARMAID I BECAME.

 

AND A  CUSTOMER CHRISTENED ME "DOLLY" SO NOW ANOTHER NAME .

 

I SUPPOSE BECAUSE IN THEM DAYS WE WORE THE PARTON  STYLE (HA)

 

SO THAT  NAME SEEMED TO STICK AROUND ALSO FOR A WHILE.

 

THEN ONE DAY  I WAS CHATTING AT HOME WITH SOME  DEAR  FRIENDS.

 

AND MY SON SAID DO YOU KNOW MUM YOUR CLUCKING  NEVER ENDS.

 

YOU CAN CLUCK  FOR ENGLAND (HA) AND SO SAID THERE AND  THEN.

 

I'M CHRISTENING YOU AGAIN  MUM  YOUR NEW

NAMES   "MOTHEREHEN" . (HA).

 

YOU NEVER  NEVER  STOP CLUCKING AND I THOUGHT  HEY !! THATS NOT BAD.

 

HE SAID AND YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHAT I'M CHRISTENING DAD.

 

I SAID I DO NOT KNOW SON WHAT IS IT TO BE.

 

HE SAID HE'S "RODG THE ROOSTER " WELL THAT JUST CRACKED UP  ME (HA).

 

I CHUCKLED AND I LAUGHED AT HIM OUR FRIENDS SAID  WE LIKE THEM NAMES.

 

SO WE DECIDED THESE WOULD BE OUR PERMANENT NEW NICKNAMES. (HA)

 

SO NOW I'M KNOWN AS " MOTHERHEN"  UP TO THIS VERY DAY.

 

AND "RODG THE ROOSTER" THAT HAS STUCK WE USE THESE NAMES EACH DAY.

 

THE REASON  I DID WRITE  THIS RHYME IS AS ABOVE  I SAID.

 

THE OTHER DAY UPON THE NET THIS PICTURE  KNOCKED  ME DEAD.

 

I SPOTTED IT THERE JUST BY CHANCE SO I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW.

 

I SNAGGED  IT FROM THE NET AND PLACED IT HERE IN MY RHYME TO  SHOW.

 

WHAT ME AND MY PARNER LOOK LIKE IT'S EXACTLY  AS WE ARE.

 

WHEN WER'E ON OUR HOLIDAYS EACH  YEAR  BE WE NEAR OR FAR.

 

I HOPE YOU GET A LAUGH FROM IT  AS I DID ON THAT DAY.

 

AND I THINK THIS WILL BE MY LAST NICKNAME SO TELL ME YOURS TODAY.

 

" LET ME KNOW"  IN YOUR COMMENT  A NICKNAME WHAT YOUV'E HAD IN TIME.

 

AS I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU WERE  CALLED HERE IN 

 

                                         "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

                "MOTHEREHEN"         AND     " RODG THE ROOSTER"

 

             (  NOTICE THE SIGN  OVER THE BED THIS IS THE LIFE  )

 

                                                    HE-HE-HE !!!!!!!!!! 

 

                                                   

                                          HE-HE-HE !!!!    

 

           HAVE A LOVELY MONDAY EVERYONE . 

 

                                         KATH Astoriasand.                                           

 

      

"SUNDAY IS SOMEONES BIRTHDAY"

                     

SUNDAY  IS SOMEONES BIRTHDAY YOU CAN SEE ABOVE IN  THE PIC.

 

SO I THOUGHT I'D BETTER DO A RHYME AND I HAD TO DO IT QUICK.

 

I ONLY REALY FOUND OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

 

WITH OTHER THINGS UPON MY MIND MY MEMORY FAILS ME SO.

 

BUT I COULDN'T LET THIS DATE PASS BY IT'S A SPECIAL ONE YOU SEE.

 

IT'S ASTRA'S SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY AND SHE'S BEEN SO KIND TO ME.

 

WHEN I FIRST  STARTED BLOGGING SHE HELPED ME ALL SHE COULD.

 

AND WE OFTEN USED TO HAVE A CHAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD.

 

BUT SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO TRY WITH A FEW WORDS NOW AND THEN.

 

AND BOY DID WE THEN HAVE SOME LAUGHS I SOON TRIED IT AGAIN.

 

THEN RECENTLY I WAS UPSET  WHEN ASTRA HAD TO LEAVE.

 

SHE LEFT OUR A -O -HELL PROVIDER  AND I WAS REALY PEAVED.

 

SHE'S STILL RUNNING A JOURNAL ON J/LAND WHEN SHE CAN.

 

AND SHE'S ALSO GOT ANOTHER BLOG OF WHICH I AM A  FAN.

 

I DON'T KNOW ASTRA'S ADDRESS AND SO I THOUGHT THAT I .

 

WOULD MAKE MY NEW RHYME ALL FOR HER WELL IV'E HAD A TRY.

 

"HAPPY HAPPY SIXTIETH"  ASTRA MY DEAR FRIEND.

 

I WISH I COULD HAVE SENT YOU A GIFT I DON'T PRETEND.

 

SO HAVE A LOVELY DAY DEAR ENJOY FROM MORN TILL NIGHT.

 

AND IF YOU DON'T GO OUT WELL YOU PUT YOUR FEET UP RIGHT!!!!

 

RELAX AND I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU ON " YOUR SPECIAL DAY ".

 

AND LET ME SAY I'M HAPPY I WENT DOWN ASTRA'S WAY.

 

I'D LIKE TO SAY A THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND WORDS YOU.

 

HAVE PLACED INSIDE MY JOURNAL AND  I'M HAPPY I MET YOU.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE YOUR CAKE I MADE THOUGH I'M NOT VERY GOOD.

 

AT GRAPHICS AS SOME OTHERS ARE I REALY WISH I COULD.

 

HAVE SENT YOU ALL THOSE BALLS OF WOOL PLACED ABOVE UPON YOUR CAKE.

 

FOR YOU TO GET YOUR NEEDLES OUT AND ANOTHER CARDY TO MAKE.

 

I DIDN'T PUT ALL THE CANDLES ON TOO MANY TO BLOW OUT YOU SEE.

 

AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU OUT OF BREATH IN DOING SO LIKE ME.   ( HA ).

 

AS YOU WILL HAVE TO SAVE THAT BREATH TO TRIP OFF DON'T YOU SEE.

 

TO GO AND GET YOUR BUS PASS LIKE I DID   HE- HE -HE .

 

NO FLOWERS TO YOUR DOOR AS SUCH  BUT AT LEAST I KNOW THAT YOU.

 

WILL BE VERY VERY GRATEFUL OF THESE AND A WORD OR TWO. 

 

THAT I HAVE PLACED RIGHT HERE TODAY SO ASTRA TILL NEXT TIME.

 

"BEST WISHES" FROM THE SEASIDE AND  HUGS IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

 

            THANKYOU TO EMMI FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC)