"DO YOU FANCY DOING A BOOT SALE"

       

 

DO YOU FANCY DOING A BOOT SALE MY SISTER ASKED ME ONE DAY.

 

GOING BACK MANY YEARS AGO SO I ANSWERED YES OK!!

 

SO WE SET ABOUT GATHERING MANY WARES FROM ALL OUR CUBOARDS AND DRAWERS.

 

THE KIDS WARDROBES AND THE SPARE ROOM AND OTHER PLACES AND MORE.

 

I HAD NO INTENTION OF HAGGLING WITH PEOPLE ASKING ME HOW MUCH IS THAT .

 

SO I PRICED EVERYTHING BEFOREHAND THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHAT.

 

IF PEOPLE JUST BROWSED AND SAW THE PRICE EASIER FOR ME I THOUGHT.

 

I COULD SIT IN THE SUN AND LEAVE IT TO THEM HOPING ALL WOULD BE BOUGHT.

 

WHEN I'D GATHERED UP THINGS I DIDN'T REALY WANT I FELT QUITE NERVOUS AS WELL.

 

NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS IN FOR AND MY SISTER I BET SHE COULD TELL.

 

NEXT MORNING VERY EARLY SHE ARRIVED IN THE CAR FOR ME.

 

WE STACKED MY BOXES NEXT TO HERS WHICH WERE LABELLED SO WE COULD SEE.

 

WHICH ONES BELONGED TO THE TWO OF US ON ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND.

 

EVERYTHING IN THE CAR PACKED TIGHT AND THE NEIGHBOURS ASLEEP NOT A SOUND.

 

WE ALWAYS HAD A REALY GOOD LAUGH TOGETHER WHEN GOING OUR WAY.

 

SHE KEPT LAUGHING OUT REALY LOUD SAYING WER'E LIKE THE HILLBILLY'S TODAY. (HA)

 

THE CAR WAS CHUGGING AND RATTLING WITH THINGS AND ALL THE WEIGHT I THINK.

 

I WAS IN FITS OF LAUGHTER WHEN SHE SAID HOPE THE CAR BOTTOM DON'T SINK. (HA).

 

WE PUT ON OUR VESTS AND SHORTS THAT DAY TOOK OUR CHAIRS IT WAS SUNNY NOT COLD.

 

SO WE COULD SIT IN THE SUN WHILST ALL OF OUR GOODS WERE SOLD.

 

ALL THESE THINGS WE HAD FOR SALE WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE BACK.

 

AND ON TOP OF THE CAR THERE ALSO SHE HAD FASTENED A LARGE ROOF RACK (HA).

 

TWO LOVELY PUSHCHAIRS WE HAD UP THERE DISCARDED FROM OUR KIDS.

 

WHICH WE DIDN'T USE ANY MORE AT THIS TIME SO WE PRICED THEM EACH AT TWO QUID.

 

QUICK SALE SMALL PROFIT I TOLD HER I WASN'T TAKING ANYTHING HOME.

 

MY INTENTIONS WERE TO SELL THE LOT CHEAP NOT TO RE-PACK THEM AND MOAN.

 

I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A BOOT SALE SO I  DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

 

WELL WE PULLED UP IN THE FIELD THAT DAY AND GOOD GRIEF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

 

SHE OPENED THE CAR BOOT SO WE COULD START TO FIX UP OUR TWO STALLS.

 

WHEN A LOAD OF MEN AND WOMEN CAME RUNNING FROM OUT OF THE BLUE LARGE AND SMALL.

 

THEY WERE LIKE A HERD OF CATTLE POUNDING TOWARDS US SO FAST.

 

MY SISTER SAID TO ME KATH WATCH OUT THIS IS THE WORST PART LASS.

 

I HAD LIFTED A COUPLE OF BOXES OUT AND BEFORE I KNEW WHERE I WAS.

 

THEY WERE PUSHING AND SHOVING ONE ANOTHER WELL I WAS AT A LOSS.

 

FOR WORDS AS THERE HANDS STARTED SEARCHING  IN THESE BOXES THERE SO QUICK.

 

MY SISTER SHOUTED DO YOU MIND WAITING YOUR LIKE ANIMALS YOU  MAKE ME SICK. (HA).

 

IT WAS LIKE A FLIPPING BATTLE GROUND THEY WERE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING..

 

I STOOD THERE I WAS GOBSMACKED AND ONTO MY HANDBAG DID CLING.

 

A MAN WALKED BY AS IT HAPPENED AND HE SHOUTED OUT QUITE LOUD.

 

OVER HERE GUYS AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT ANOTHER FLIPPING CROWD (HA).

 

WELL AT THIS MY SISTER WAS LIVID AND I TELL YOU SHE'S NO QUIET  GAL.

 

SHE CARRIED ON BACK SHOUTING AT THEM GET OUT OF THE WAY PLEASE PAL.

 

YOUR BUYING NOTHING TILL WEV'E SET UP STALL SO WILL YOU ALL GO AWAY.

 

OR I'M SELLING YOU NOTHING FROM OUR STALL TO ANY OF YOU LOT TODAY.

 

SHE HAD BEEN WARNED ABOUT THEM BEFOREHAND BUT DIDN'T WANT TO TELL ME.

 

AS SHE KNEW I WOULDN'T GO WITH HER SO THATS WHY I DIDN'T KNOW SEE.

 

THEY WERE DEALERS WHO HAGGLE TO BUY THINGS BEFORE THE BOOT SALE STARTS.

 

THEN THEY TAKE THEM TO THERE OWN SHOPS AND SELL AT A PROFIT ( UPSTARTS)  (HA).

 

WELL HER THREAT IT WORKED WE WERE HAPPY THEY ALL DISSAPEARED FROM SIGHT.

 

WE SET UP TWO STALLS NO PROBLEM AND WAITED FOR BUYERS SAT TIGHT .

 

I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT OTHERS WERE SELLING TO ME IT WAS SUCH A SUPRIZE.

 

EVEN DOWN TO USED LIPSTICKS AND THINGS ALSORTS AFORE MY EYES.

 

MY TABLE WAS QUICKLY EMPTIED MY HANDBAG WAS FEELING SOUND  (HA).

 

GETTING HEAVIER  WITH COINS AND NOTES  AND WHEN I LOOKED AROUND .

 

I'D SOLD COMPLETELY EVERYTHING THEN A VOICE CHIMED UP HELLO!!.

 

HOW MUCH FOR THE PATCHWORK THROW  YOU HAVE THERE ON THE STALL ON SHOW.

 

OH! THATS NOT FOR SALE I TOLD HIM IT WAS THERE JUST TO COVER THE STALL.

 

THATS ONE OF MY BIRTHDAY GIFTS  I CANNOT SELL THAT AT ALL.

 

THIS WAS A THROW  MY AUNT MADE BACK IN THEM DAYS OF OLD.

 

I BEGAN TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHILST I SAT TO ME IT WAS WORTH MORE THAN GOLD.

 

IT WAS MY PRIDE AND JOY AT THIS TIME AND I WOULD NEVER PART WITH THAT.

 

WHEN A GUY CAME OVER AND TOOK OUT HIS WALLET IT WAS BURSTING WITH NOTES SO FAT.

 

HE OFFERED ME FIFTY POUND FOR THE THROW  I SAID NO WAY IV'E TOLD YOU.

 

IT'S NOT FOR SALE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY GIFT BUT HE WOULDN'T MOVE IT'S TRUE.

 

HE HANDED ME AN ADDRESS AND SAID IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND WRITE TO ME.

 

THE ADDRESS WAS OF SOMEWHERE IN BLACKPOOL ANOTHER PLACE BY THE SEA.

 

MY SISTER SAID OH! SELL HIM IT KATH I REPLIED NO IT'S SO DEAR TO ME.

 

MY AUNT HAD MADE THIS SINGLE THROW IN 1958 YOU SEE.

 

SO TO ME IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL SHE HAD GIVEN IT TO ME ONE YEAR.

 

THIS PATCHWORK THROW FOR MY BIRTHDAY AS SHE KNEW THAT I LOVED IT SO DEAR.

 

IT'S MADE FROM PATCHES OF FLORAL LINEN AND I JUST LOVE THE DESIGNS.

 

I AM SURE TODAY YOU CARN'T FIND LINEN AS PRETTY AND STRONG OF THIS KIND.

 

I LOVE IT FOR MY SPARE ROOM IT TIES IN WITH ANY  DECOR YOU DO.

 

AND SHE MADE ME SOME CURTAINS OUT OF THE SAME IN PATCHES THAT MATCH IT TOO.

 

SHE MADE THE REVERSE OF THEM BOTH  PLAIN  CREAM  LINEN AND THEY  ALWAYS LOOKS SO NICE.

 

SO I WASN'T SELLING THEM TO THIS MAN NO WAY AT ANY PRICE.

 

AND NOW WHEN I THINK BACK I'M GLAD AS THERE BOTH LOOKING GOOD AS NEW.

 

AND FORTY NINE YEARS LATER  THERES  NOT A STITCH LOOSE I TELL YOU.

 

WITH THAT WE PACKED OUR DECK CHAIRS UP AND OFF DOWN THE LANE DID ROAR.

 

I KNEW IN MY MIND THAT I'D NEVER GO SELLING AT  A BOOT SALE ANYMORE.

 

WELL WHEN WE GOT HOME WE COUNTED UP AND WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT.

 

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY  SOME  POUND WE HAD MADE WHEN WE HAD FINISHED COUNT.

 

ALL THE BITS AND PIECES NONE OF THEM DID WE NEED.

 

QUICK SALE SMALL PROFIT PROVED FRUITFULL THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANY GREED.

 

THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY TO US GOING BACK TO THAT TIME.

 

SO WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE HOLIDAY WITH IT  AND I'LL NOW END  

" MY SIMPLE RHYME.

 

                                            

         

 

 

       IV'E NEVER DONE A BOOT SALE SINCE LOL!!

 

          KATH  ASTORIASAND.

 

"WHEN IT'S POURING"

      

 

MY MOOD CHANGES WITH THE WEATHER DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN TO YOU.

 

WHEN IT'S  POURING LIKE THE GRAPHIC ABOVE IT MAKES ME FEEL REALY BLUE.

 

I HAD A JOURNEY TO MAKE THIS WEEK  TO THE DOCTORS TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG.

 

WELL ON THINKING TO WRITE A NEW "SIMPLE RHYME" THIS GRAPHIC I CAME UPON.

 

IT WAS MADE BY DIANNA AND I WAS ASTOUNDED AT THE LIKENESS THAT IT HAD.

 

OF THE VIEW FROM MY SIDE WINDOW OF THE MAIN PROMENADE I HAVE.

 

IF I WALK FROM MY FLAT UP THE ROAD WHERE I LIVE WHICH IS NOT VERY FAR AT ALL.

 

TURN LEFT AT THE END THEN  THIS IS THE VIEW WITH THE GREENGROCERS CANOPIED STALL.

 

YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE THE SHOP WITH THE CANOPY THERE.

 

AND THE RAIN POURING DOWN AS I SET OFF AND A NASTY BREEZE IN THE AIR.

 

ON THE RIGHT CAN YOU SEE ME STANDING THERE I WAS CHOOSING SOME FLOWERS AGAIN.

 

I POPPED IN TO HAVE A LOOK AT THEM AND FIVE MINUTES OUT OF THE RAIN.

 

AS THE FLOWERS ARE ALL IN  BUNCHES TO CHOOSE AT YOUR OWN FREE WILL.

 

AND THE HANGING BASKETS ARE SHOWING CAN YOU SEE THEM I CARN'T BELIEVE STILL.

 

JUST HOW MUCH THIS GRAPHIC  IS SO LIKE THE ROAD  I WALK DOWN.

 

AND THAT DAY  I WASN'T SO HAPPY WET THROUGH ON MY FACE A BIG FROWN.

 

I STILL HAD TO WALK QUITE A DISTANCE TO VISIT THE DOCTOR AT THAT.

 

AND MY THOUGHTS WERE  WHEN I GET THERE I'LL LOOK LIKE A DROWNDED RAT.

 

THERES EVEN THE SIGN IF YOU LOOK ON TH ELEFT  SHOWING TOURISTS WITHIN EASY REACH.

 

TO FOLLOW THIS SIGN JUST DOWN THE ROAD AND YOUR THERE AT THE SEA AND THE BEACH.

 

I LOVE HOW THE LIGHTS ARE REFLECTING ON THE PUDDLES OF RAIN CAN YOU SEE.

 

I ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I USED TO SPLASH IN ALL THESE  (HA-HA).

 

MY MIND FLASHED BACK TO THE NURSERY RHYME TO OLD DOCTOR FOSTER WHO WENT. 

 

TO GLOUCESTER DO YOU REMEMBER AND WHAT A WET  DAY HE HAD SPENT.

 

HE STEPPED IN A PUDDLE RIGHT UP TO HIS MIDDLE IF I REMEMBER THE WORDS BACK THEN.

 

AND THE FINISHING LINE THEN TOLD US THAT HE NEVER WENT THERE AGAIN. (HA-HA)

 

WELL BACK TO MY MOODS AND THE WEATHER IV'E JUST HEARD THE LATEST  FORCAST.

 

FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO BE  WET ONES I THOUGHT OH NO!!  AND I GASPED.!!!

 

SO IT LOOKS LIKE VISITING SOMEWHERE THAT ONE CAN GET INSIDE I THINK.

 

MAYBE I'LL FEEL THAT MISERABLE I MAY GO TO THE PUB FOR A DRINK ( HA-HA ).

 

BUT I PROMISE I WONT PUT A TEET ON THE BOTTLE LIKE  IN MY PICTURE THAT RUSS.

 

DREW IN AN EARLIER POSTING OF ME I'LL JUST HAVE AN ORANGE CRUSH (HA-HA).

 

WELL I FINALLY GOT TO THE DOCTORS AND I WAS FEELING  OH SO BAD.

 

AS USUAL SHE HAD NO TIME FOR ME SO THIS MADE ME ANGRY AND MAD.    Whats new today))

 

SO ALL THE WAY HOME I STAMPED VERY HARD  IN EVERY PUDDLE  I PASSED ( HA-HA ).

 

I DIDN'T CARE WHO WAS WATCHING ME I THOUGHT BACK TO WHEN A YOUNG LASS.

 

I ENJOYED IT  AND HAVE YOU NOTICED HERE ANOTHER HAT I HAVE  ON . )HA)

 

WELL THIS ONES FOR WHEN IT'S RAINING AND WALKING ON THE PROM. (HA-HA)

 

I BET YOUR ALL THINKING KATH MUST BE MAD WELL I WAS AT THE TIME  I'LL TELL YOU.

 

BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I LOVE A LAUGH SO I DID THIS TO STOP FEELING BLUE (HA-HA).

 

OFF WITH MY WET THROUGH OUTFIT THEN A CUPPA AND SANDWICH OF HAM.

 

I JUMPED IN THE BATH AND HAD A  LONG SOAK AND A SPLASH WITH RUSS'S MERMAN  ( HA-HA).

 

IV'E BEEN GIVEN SOME NEW MEDICATION SO LETS HOPE IT PICKS ME UP FINE.

 

AND I HOPE YOU  ENJOYED MY WET JOURNEY THIS WEEK HERE IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME" .

 

 

             

"A HAT TO SUIT THE OCCASION "

          

 

   ( May I just say a very big thankyou to Debbie of DeB'sDABs

 

I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO A WEDDING BLESSING I WENT.

 

THIS WAS TO CELEBRATE THIRTY YEARS TOGETHER THE COUPLE HAD SPENT.

 

WELL LAST WEEK I WAS SORTING SNAPS  AND AGAIN MY MEMORY WENT BACK.

 

I WENT DOWN MEMORY LANE BUT  DOWN ANOTHER KIND OF TRACK.

 

JUST HOW VERY MUCH I LOVE HATS AND HOW I USED TO SPEND.

 

WEEKS AND WEEKS OF SEARCHING  MY SEARCHING HAD NO END.

 

I WOULD SET OFF IN THE MORNING NOT KNOWING IF I WOULD  FIND .

 

A HAT TO SUIT THE OCCASION OF COLOUR AND STYLE MY KIND.

 

PILL BOX TYPE WITH NET ON SOME LACY WITH FEATHERS SO HIGH.

 

STRANGE ONES  I LOOKED  SILLY IN EVERY ONE I WOULD TRY.

 

ALL COLOURS THEY WOULD COME IN PINKS PURPLES JADES AND BLUES.

 

I HAD TO BUY  A HAT BEFORE MY OUTFIT I WOULD CHOOSE.

 

IF I CHOSE THE OUTFIT FIRST YOU SEE I COULD GUARANTEE THAT I.

 

WOULD  NEVER FIND A HAT TO MATCH NO MATTER HOW I TRIED.

 

FROM ONE STORE TO ANOTHER SOME EXPENSIVE MAY I SAY.

 

BUT FOR ME IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THE RIGHT HAT CAME MY WAY.

 

IF I DIDN'T WEAR A HAT IN  CHURCH OR FOR  A WEDDING DAY FOR ME .

 

I NEVER FELT FINISHED FROM TOP TO TOE  AND I DIDN'T ENJOY IT YOU SEE.

 

I THINK THIS STEMS  FROM WHEN VERY  YOUNG MY MOTHER MADE BONNETS FOR US.

 

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR HEADS COVERED SHE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE A FUSS.

 

MY MOTHER WOULD OFTEN STRESS TO US ME AND MY SISTERS THREE.

 

ALWAYS COVER YOUR HEAD IN THE CHURCH SO THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ME. 

 

WELL NOW EVERY TIME A CEREMONY IS FIXED AND I'M ASKED NO MATTER WHAT.

 

I HAVE TO SEARCH AROUND AGAIN FOR A HAT FOR THIS OLD TOP KNOT. (HA-HA).

 

WELL ON SORTING OUT THE PICTURES LAST WEEK AND ALSO MY WARDROBE AS WELL

 

I HAD LOTS OF HATS WRAPPED UP IN THERE LIKE NEW THEY WERE YOU COULD TELL.

 

I POPPED A FEW OF THEM  UPON MY HEAD AND DECIDED I WOULD TAKE.

 

SOME  ALONG TO THE CHARITY  SHOP SOME USE FOR OTHERS TO MAKE.

 

I ALSO HAD SOME OUTFITS WRAPPED UP IN ZIPPER BAGS TOO.

 

SO I SORTED THESE OUT JUST THE SAME AND GOT RID OF ONE OR TWO.

 

THE ONE ABOVE I SAVED THIS AS  IT WAS ALWAYS A COMFY  FIT.

 

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT MY PICTURE BELOW TO SHOW YOU ALL OF IT.

 

 

THE  WEDDING COLOURS FOR THIS DAY WERE  LILAC PURPLE AND WHITE.

 

SO I DECIDED THAT I'D WEAR PURPLE AS I LOVE THE COLOUR RIGHT.

 

THE DRESS IS MADE OF CHIFFON AND LACE WITH A CHIFFON LACE JACKET  ATTATCHED.

 

AND THE SHOES LOOK GREY BUT THEY WERE SILK AND LILAC  A LOVELY MATCH.

 

MY BAG WAS OF THE SAME AS THE SHOES  AND  I CHOSE A WHITE PICTURE HAT.

 

LIKE DEBBIE'S PICTURE UP ABOVE WITH FLOWERS PINNED ON THE BACK.

 

WELL THE WEDDING DAY  WAS ALSO A RELATIONS BIRTHDAY DATE .

 

SO EARLY THAT DAY I WENT ALONG AND TRIMMED UP I COULDN'T WAIT.

 

I TRIMMED THE CORNER WITH BALLOONS AND PLACED OUT SOME OF THE CARDS.

 

MADE A LONG BANNER TO PIN AT THE BACK THE LENGTH ABOUT THREE YARDS.

 

I POPPED THE BIRTHDAY  GIFTS THERE AND A FEW SUPRIZES TOO.

 

I ASKED THE BRIDES PERMISSION FIRST AND SHE SAID YES IT'S SO KIND OF YOU.

 

SO THE BRIDE HAD OUR NAMES PLACED IN THIS SPOT TEN OF US ALL IN ALL

 

SAT TOGETHER LAUGHING AND CHATTING ALL AFTERNOON HAD A BALL.

 

WELL GETTING BACK TO THE HATS YOU WILL SEE I AM THE ONLY ONE THERE.

 

WEARING A HAT ENJOYING OURSELVES BUT I  DIDN'T REALY CARE.

 

AS LONG AS I HAD MY HAT ON  (HA-HA)  THATS ALL THAT MATTERED TO ME.

 

I WAS HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME IF YOU LOOK YOU WILL SURELY SEE.

 

AND I'M SAT SHOWING  A TRAY OF FAVOURS AS I HAD MADE ALL OF THESE.

 

AS A FAVOUR FOR THE BRIDE ON THE DAY THE BRIDE I WANTED TO PLEASE.

 

SHE COULDN'T AFFORD THE FAVOURS ,SO I SAID I WOULD MAKE THEM TOO.

 

SO HERE IS HOW I DID THEM ALL NOW I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU.

 

THE FAVOURS SHE NEEDED 200 IT WAS QUITE A LOT TO DO.

 

BUT IF I COULD MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY THEN I'D FOLLOW MY OFFER THROUGH.

 

I CUT OUT A CIRCLE OF LILAC NET AND A SMALLER ONE ALSO IN WHITE.

 

PLACED THE ALMONDS INSIDE THEM TUCKING THEM ALL IN TIGHT.

 

WRAPPED ROUND  SOME SATIN RIBBON IN PURPLE AND WHITE DOUBLE BOWS.

 

THEN PLACED THEM ALL IN TWENTIES UNTIL I HAD DONE TEN ROWS.

 

THE JOB WAS PRETTY TEDIOUS BUT WHEN THEY WERE ALL  DONE.

 

I WAS PROUD OF THE FACT I HAD HELPED OUT AND ENJOYED IT AS IT WAS FUN.

 

SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING ELABORATE ONLY SIMPLE AND PLAIN.

 

I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR HER SAY THIS OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A PAIN.

 

WHEN THEY WERE COMPLETE AND ALL FINISHED I ARRANGED ON A SILVER TRAY.

 

TO HAND TO HER GUESTS WHEN ARRIVING THEY LOOKED A LOVELY ARRAY.

 

IN RECEPTION  THE BRIDE CAME OVER TO ME AND HANDED ME THIS SMALL TRAY.

 

TO HAVE MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEM SHE SAID I HAD MADE HER DAY.

 

WELL THATS THE REASON I'M HOLDING THE FAVOURS UP THERE IN THE SNAP.

 

WITH A BEAM ALL OVER MY FACE YOU CAN SEE IN MY LARGE WHITE PICTURE HAT. (HA-HA)

 

NOW IV'E SORTED THE WARDROBE AND ALL THE HATS HAVE GONE EXCEPT FOR ONE.

 

BUT I'M SURE MY HAT FASCINATION WILL NEVER EVER BE DONE.

 

THE NEXT INVITE I'LL BE SEARCHING ONCE MORE THROUGHOUT EVERY  SHOP.

 

FOR ANOTHER HAT TO FINISH ME OFF TO PLACE ON THIS OLD TOP KNOT (HA).

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE MY  PICTURE WITH SOME OF THE GUESTS AT THE TIME.

 

NOW A LITTLE  BIT MORE ABOUT ME YOUV'E LEARNED HERE  IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME "

 

 

                   I HAVE BEEN HAT MAD SINCE A CHILD LOL !!!!!!!!

 

 

                 (Thankyou to Dianna for this beautiful fitting graphic below).

 

                     

" 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