"NO WONDER I'M AN ALL ROUNDER"

          

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY ARCHIVES AND THERE I SAW THIS RHYME

AND WHEN I WROTE THIS POSTING AROUND ABOUT THAT TIME.

I ONLY HAD TWO JLAND FRIENDS WHO SENT THERE COMMENTS THROUGH.

AND SO I THOUGHT I BET SOME OTHERS MIGHT  LIKE THIS POSTING TOO.

SO I'VE DONE ANOTHER VERSION  AND FOUND MYSELF MORE PICS .

HAVE A LOOK MY J/LAND FRIENDS SEE IF ANY MAKE YOU TICK..

I AM SORRY IF YOUV'E READ BEFORE BUT I SEEMINGLY  DON'T THINK.

PEOPLE DO READ ALL YOUR  ARCHIVES  WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR LINK.

SO ENJOY ALL WHAT YOU SEE HERE AND I HOPE IT BRINGS TO YOU.

MANY MEMORIES BACK AGAIN OF THINGS WE USED TO CHEW.

WELL HERE IS MY NEW VERSION SO YOU NEW ONES CAN READ ON.

ABOUT MY LOCAL SWEETY SHOP THAT  I ONE DAY DROPPED UPON.

 

I GAZED IN THE SHOP WINDOW WHAT A COLOURFUL DISPLAY.

NOT ANY  MODERN CLOTHES OR GADGETS OF A MODERN DAY.

LOTS AND LOTS OF GOODIES WHICH WE ATE IN DAYS OF OLD.

BOXES JARS CONTAINERS OF OLD FASHIONED SWEETS IT SOLD.

ANISEED BALLS AND GOBSTOPPERS LICORICE AND BUBBLY GUMS.

ALL OF WHICH WE LOVED TO EAT FILLING OUR SMALL TUMS.

 

CINDER TOFFEE BLACK JACKS CREME SODA TOFFEE BARS.

 ALL ON SHOW UP ABOVE IN LOVELY BIG GLASS JARS.

 

SHERBERT FLYING SAUCERS LUCKY BAGS GALORE

LOLLYPOPS AND CANDY SHRIMPS AND MANY MANY MORE.

BARLEY SUGAR TWISTS I SAW I HAD TO GENTLY SMILE .

AS I PONDERED STILL STOOD STARING IN THE WINDOW QUITE A WHILE.

EVEN THE OLD CONE NEWSPAPER BAG WAS LYING THERE BESIDE

I WAS BURSTING TO LAUGH OUT LOUD BUT HELD IT ALL INSIDE.

THE THICK BLACK PENNY LICORICE STICKS THE ONES WE USED TO DIP.

IN THE BAG OF CRYSTALS IT GAVE US TECHNICOLOURED LIPS HA-HA

ON SHOW THERE WAS THE COLTFOOT STICKS I REMEMBER WELL DO YOU ?

AND CHOCOLATE CIGARETTES WERE THERE I REALY LOVED THOSE TOO.

QUALITY SWEET TOBACCO WHICH WAS KNOWN AS SPANISH GOLD HA-HA.

MIXED MOJO'S AND REFRESHER CHEWS IN WRAPPERS BRIGHT AND BOLD.

AND YES AT LAST I SPOTTED MY FAVOURITE ONE OF ALL.

THE WONDERFUL SHERBERT FOUNTAIN STANDING PROUD AND TALL. HA-HA

I USED TO TRY AND SUCK IT ALL UP THE HOLE IN ONE BIG  DOSE.

AND THEN THE FIZZ WOULD ALL COME BUBBLING DOWN MY FLIPPING NOSE. HA-HA

ANGLO BUBBLY THERE BESIDE IT THICK PINK SMELLY  STUFF.

TRYING TO BLOW THE BIGGEST BUBBLE I WAS OUT OF PUFF.

    

IF IT BURST IT USED TO GIVE YOU QUITE A FLIPPING SHOCK

AS IT WOULD QUICKLY  WRAP ITSELF AROUND ALL YOUR PRETTY CLOCK . (HA-HA)

SUGAR MICE WERE THERE AND MY FRIENDS THEY USED TO SAY.

THESE REALY MADE THERE TEETH ACHE IF THEY HAD ANY DECAY.

LOTS OF LICORICE BOOTLACES DANGLING IN THE AIR.

WE USED TO SWING THESE ROUND AND TRY AND WHIP FRIENDS STANDING THEIR. HA-HA

THEN WHEN I LOOKED INSIDE I SAW SOME CANDY WHISLES TOO.

   

IF MINE  DIDN'T WHISLE I WOULD SULK AND FEEL SO BLUE.

CHERRY LIPS I LOVED THEM WHEN MY MOUTH WAS ALL FULL UP.

WHEN A GREAT BIG HANDFULL OF THESE IN MY HAND I USED TO CUP.

THE FLORAL GUMS I USED TO BUY TO MAKE MY BREATH SMELL  VERY NICE.

AND THERE LOOKED TO BE A MILLION OF THEM THERE BEFORE MY  EYES.

A WONDERFUL FEW HOURS I SPENT THEN HOME AGAIN DID TROT.

I'D ENJOYED MY AFTERNOOD IN MY LOCAL CANDY SHOP.

I COULD HAVE STOPPED ALL DAY AND SHOWN YOU MANY MANY MORE.

OF BYGONE SWEETS WE USED TO CHEW AND NOW OUR KIDS ADORE..

WELL I BOUGHT A SHERBERT FOUNTAIN AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

BUT I NEARLY CHOKED MYSELF TO DEATH WITH ALL THE FIZZ THIS TIME.   HA-HA

I HOPE IV'E BROUGHT SOME MEMORIES BACK OF A BY GONE TIME.

WITH ALL THE SWEETIES IV'E PLACED HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME " . 

" IT WAS GOOD TO PIG OUT WITH ALL THESE IN MY CHILDHOOD DAYS"

  NO WONDER I'M ALL ROUNDER LIKE THIS GRAPHIC HERE TODAY.

                                             HE-HE-HE

             

             (Thanx to Sugar of Sugar Shack Keepsakes for this great grahic)

 

"A GIRL OF SEVEN YRS OLD"

           

          

THIS STORY I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU WAS IN NINETEEN FIFTY THREE.

 

ONLY A GIRL OF SEVEN YEARS OLD BUT IT ALWAYS STAYS WITH ME.

 

MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER WERE  THE STEWARD AND STEWARDESS.

 

OF THE WORKING MENS CLUB IN OUR TOWN AND I HATED IT I CONFESS.

 

IN THEM DAYS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIVING ACCOMODATION THERE.

 

THE CLUB  LOCKED UP AND HOME YOU WENT WHEN YOUR DUTY YOU HAD SHARED.

 

THE WORKING MENS CLUB AND INSTITUTE AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.

 

WAS A POPULAR PLACE FOR LOCALS AND WHERE OTHERS USED TO GO.

 

EACH NIGHT MY MOTHER AND FATHER  WOULD GO ALONG TO HERE.

 

PULLING PINTS AND LIQUORS FOR THE LOCALS LIVING NEAR.

 

ORGANISING MUSIC GROUPS AND ACTS OF EVERY KIND.

 

TO ENTERTAIN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD  WHO WENT FOR A GOOD TIME.

 

WELL ONE COLD WINTERS EVENING MY BABYSITTER CAME.

 

TO LOOK AFTER ME AS USUAL MRS GOODLAD WAS HER NAME.

 

SHE USED TO ARRIVE ABOUT SEVEN 'O'CLOCK SO OFF MY PARENTS WENT.

 

FOR ANOTHER EVENINGS WORK MANY LONG HOURS THERE THEY SPENT.

 

THIS NIGHT WHILST SHE WAS WALKING HERE A MAN HAD FOLLOWED HER.

 

DOWN THE ROAD TO OUR HOUSE AND THIS HAD SHOOK HER NERVE.

 

SO BEFORE THEY SET OUT DAD HE WENT AND TOOK  A LOOK AROUND.

 

BUT KNOWONE COULD HE SEE  IN SIGHT THERE WERN'T A SOUL ABOUT.

 

ON FRIDAY NIGHTS A VAN WOULD CALL ROUND INTO OUR STREET .

 

AND ALL THE LOCAL NEIGHBOURS USED TO BUY SOME PIE AND PEAS.

 

THESE WE HAD FOR SUPPER AND THE BEST THEY WERE IN TOWN.

 

THERE USED TO BE A LONG LONG QUEUE AND ALL WOULD CROWD AROUND.

 

IN THESE DAYS ALL THE HOUSES WERE ONLY VERY SMALL.

 

TWO ROOMS  UP ONE ROOM DOWN WITH NO BATHROOM IN AT ALL.

 

THE TOILET WAS OUTSIDE SO IF YOU NEEDED THERE TO GO.

 

A PRETTY LONG YARD TO CROSS IF YOU  YOU HAD TO VISIT SO.

 

THE EVENING IT PASSED BY AND MRS GOODLAD SAID TO ME.

 

WAIT HERE I WON'T BE LONG DEAR  MRS GOODLAD NEEDS TO PEE.   (HA-HA)

 

SHE ALWAYS LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW FIRST AND IT WAS A COLD AND FOGGY  NIGHT.

 

WHEN SHE LET OUT A VERY LOUD SCREAM AND SAID THERES THAT MAN AGAIN IN SIGHT.

 

WE LIVED AROUND THE BACK SO OUR DOOR WAS NOT ON SHOW.

 

WITH THE MAIN ROAD ROUND THE FRONT UP A GINNEL SHE HAD TO GO.   (PASSAGEWAY)

 

WELL I PEEPED THROUGH THE CURTAINS AND COULD JUST MAKE OUT HIS FORM.

 

WE WERE BOTH SCARED TO DEATH THINKING WE WOULD COME TO HARM.

 

IN THESE DAYS THERES NO TELEPHONE SO NO WAY  COULD SHE LET.

 

MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER KNOW  NOR DARE SHE GO OUT TO GET.

 

ANYONE TO HELP US SO WE SAT THERE PETRIFIED.

 

AND THE FIRE WAS GETTING LOW AND THE COAL IT WAS OUTSIDE.

 

 

MRS GOODLAD GRABBED ME TIGHT AND ON THE SETTEE WE CUDDLED UP.

 

SO TO KEEP  US WARM SOME OLD COATS ROUND BOTH OF US SHE PUT.

 

THE COAL SCUTTLE WAS NOW EMPTY SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

 

AS IT WAS GETTING COLDER SO SHE SAID I'LL  BURN MY SHOE.

 

FIRST SHE HAD A PEEP THROUGH THE WINDOW ONCE AGAIN.

 

THE MAN HE SEEMED TO MAKE A MOVE AND SHE WAS GOING INSANE..

 

SHE WAS SHAKING WITH MUCH FEAR AND WITH THE COLD SHE SAID TO ME.

 

I'M THROWING BOTH SHOES ON THE FIRE OR WE'LL BOTH FREEZE YOU AND ME.

 

I WAS SCARED I STARTED CRYING AND I  REMEMBER TO THIS DAY.

 

SHE WAS MARCHING UP AND DOWN WITH HANDS CLASPED HARD TO PRAY.

 

A DEDICATED CATHOLIC SHE'S REPEATING ALL THESE PRAYERS.

 

WHEN SHE SHOUTED COME ON HELP ME KATH TO MOVE YOUR FATHERS CHAIR.

 

WE LIFTED UP THE ARMCHAIR IT FELT TO WEIGH A TON.

 

AND WE PUT IT BEHIND THE DOOR IN CASE THE MAN HE DID COME.

 

TRYING TO FORCE HIMSELF INSIDE SHE PILED ALSORTS ON TOP.

 

THEN WALKED OVER TO THE FIREPLACE THE POKER THEN SHE GOT. 

 

  (HA-HA)

 

IF HE TRIES GETTING IN HERE I REMEMBER THAT SHE SAID.

 

I'LL GIVE HIM SOME OF THIS DON'T FEAR RIGHT ACROSS HIS HEAD.

 

THEN SHE SAID COME ON NOW KATH IT'S TIME YOU WERE FAST ASLEEP.

 

AND BEFORE SHE TOOK ME UP TO BED SHE HAD ANOTHER PEEP.

 

I COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP AND I KEPT LOOKING OUT AS WELL.

 

AND THE MAN HE WAS STILL THERE HE WAS ROCKING I COULD TELL.

 

IN THE SHADOWS OF THE FOG I WAS WATCHING HIM STOOD THERE.

 

HANGING ON SO TERRIFIED TO MY TEDDY BEAR.

 

THE HOURS THEY SEEMED TO DRAG BY AND IT CAME AROUND FOR DAD .

 

AND MOTHER TO COME HOME AND WASN'T MRS GOODLAD GLAD.

 

A KNOCK CAME TO THE DOOR AND SHE SHOUTED HELLO THERE IS IT JOE.

 

MY DAD SAID YES IT'S US LASS AND I FELT MY FACE IT GLOWED.

 

JUST A MINUTE JOE SHE SAID WHILE I MOVE THE CHAIR.

 

I HEARD MY DAD SHOUTING BACK WHATS THE CHAIR DOING THERE.

 

SHE STRUGGLED WITH THE CHAIR AND THEN MY MOTHER AND DAD CAME IN.

 

OH! SHE SAID I'M GLAD YOUR HOME HAVE YOU BOTH SEEN HIM.

 

SEEN WHO MY DAD REPEATED THAT BLOKES OUT THERE SHE CRIED.

 

AND POINTED TO THE WALL BEHIND THE TOILET JUST OUTSIDE.

 

MY DAD TURNED ROUND AND SAID I CARN'T SEE HIM ANYWHERE.

 

THERES ONLY MY STIFF OVERALLS HANGING IN THE AIR.   (HA-HA)

 

ON THIS COLD FROSTY EVENING MY MOTHER HAD LEFT THEM OUT.

 

AND THEY HAD FROZEN STIFF ON THE LINE AND WITH NO PROP ABOUT.

 

SO THE LEGS HUNG DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT.

 

WE HAD  THOUGHT IT WAS A MAN STOOD THERE  AND IT GAVE US BOTH THIS FRIGHT. 

 

 

WELL IT WAS A VERY FOGGY NIGHT AND FROSTY AND BITTER COLD.

 

MY MOTHER BROUGHT THE OVERALLS IN AND GAVE  ME THEM TO HOLD.

 

THEM WHILE SHE PUT THEM ON THE WOODEN WINTEREDGE TO THAW.

 

AND I REMEMBER MRS GOODLAD SAYING DON'T DO IT ANY MORE..

 

I'D COME DOWNSTAIRS TO TELL THEM I COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP.

 

AND THAT I HAD BEEN TERRIFIED EVERYTIME I'D PEEPED.

 

WHEN SHE TOLD MY MOTHER AND DAD SHE'D HAD TO BURN HER SHOES.

 

HE TOOK HER TO THE SHOE CUBOARD A NEW PAIR THERE TO CHOOSE.

 

FROM SOME OF MY MOTHERS BEST ONES AS THEY BOTH TOOK A SIZE THREE.

 

AND I CRYING AND MOANING COS I'D MISSED MY PIE AND PEAS.  (HA-HA )

 

MANY MANY YEARS AFTER MRS GOODLAD TOLD TO  ALL.

 

ABOUT THE NIGHT SHE BURNED HER SHOES AND THE FROZEN OVERALL.

 

IT WAS REALY REALY SCARY AND FIFTY THREE YEARS NOW DOWN THE LINE.

 

I NEVER IMAGINED I'D BE TELLING THIS TALE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

     

 

(THANXS TO SUGAR OF SUGAR SHACK KEEPSAKES FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC.)

 

       

"I WOKE UP EARLY ON MONDAY MORN"

 

 

          

                                

     

                               

I WOKE UP EARLY ON MONDAY MORN AS USUAL WHAT IS NEW.

 

BEING THE VERY POOR SLEEPER I AM AND I ALSO KNEW .

 

I HAD A BUSY MORNING AHEAD I'D PROMISED A NEIGHBOUR THAT I.

 

WOULD DO HER A FEW FAVOURS WHEN COMMENTING I DID SPY.

 

MARIE OF MARIES MUSES HAD ONCE AGAIN BEEN ON A TOUR.

 

SEACHING  FIVE FAVOURTITE BLOGS TO AWARD BUT SHE DID  ADMIT SHE LOVES MORE.

 

FIVE GOLDEN THINKER AWARDS  SHE GAVE OUT AND ONE OF THEM WAS FOR ME.

 

SO IV'E PLACED IT IN MY SIDEBAR WITH MY ROCKING BLOGGER FOR ALL TO SEE..

 

SO THANKYOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS MARIE I'M DELIGHTED WITH MY AWARD.

 

I REALY DO APPRECIATE IT BUT RIGHT NOW I'M LOST FOR  WORDS.

 

I STARTED MY BLOG VERY NERVOUSLY PROMPTED BY SOMEONE WHO SAID.

 

KATH IT WILL DO YOU THE WORLD OF GOOD AND YOU'LL GET THINGS OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

 

SO THIS IS THE REASON THAT I AM HERE AMONGST YOU IN J/LAND TODAY.

 

AND NOW I HAVE TO HAND OUT AWARDS THE SAME AS MARIE DID MONDAY.

 

HERE BELOW ARE MY CHOISE OF FIVE IV'E NUMERED THEM AS YOU CAN SEE.

 

IT REALY IS A VERY HARD TASK AS I LOVE ALL YOUR JOURNALS YOU SEE.

 

 

1. WELL FOR STARTERS I THINK WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF LAUGHS AS THAT IS MY FAVOURITE THING.

 

AND WHEN I GO TO THIS JOURNAL ALWAYS A SMILE IT DOES BRING.

 

YES IT'S ANGIE SHE'S FUNNY AND CLEVER TOO AND I JUST ADORE HER WIT.

 

CAN YOU HEAR ME AT THE BACK  IS HER BLOG AND I JUST LOVE VISITING  IT.

 

 

2.

 

 MY SECOND CHOICE SO INSPIRATIONAL AND I LOVE MY VISIT EACH DAY.

 

MARAINEY AS WE ALL SEEM TO KNOW HER  A LADY IN EVERY WAY.

 

SHE ALWAYS WISHES A SMILE ON US AND SUNSHINE TO OUR DOOR.

 

AND THANKS GOD EACH DAY AND PRAYS FOR US ALL HOW COULD WE EVER WANT MORE.

 

WHAT A LOVELY TITLE THIS IS TOO Good Morning Sunshine  HER BLOG.

 

THE TITLE ALONE JUST CHEERS ME UP WHEN SOME DAYS I FEEL IN A BOG.

 

 

3.

 

 I'M MAKING AN  EXCEPTION HERE AND CHOOSING A MAN AND WHY NOT.

 

HE PACIENTLY DRAWS SOME FUNNY CARTOONS AND I THINK THAT HE HAS GOT .

 

LOT AND LOTS OF TALENT AND IT TAKES TIME TO THINK THESE THINGS OUT.

 

SO THE GOLDEN THINKER AWARD  FOR RUSS IS WHAT THIS AWARDS ALL ABOUT.

 

HIS BLOG INNER AND OUTER DEMONS  THERES A MIXTURE OF THINGS IN THERE.

 

BUT  MY FAVOURITE CARTOON HE DRAWS EACH DAY HAS GOT TO BE MR PEAR. HA!

 

 

4.

 

I AM CHOOSING ALLY AGAIN FOR MY FOURTH  I HAVE FOLLOWED HER JOURNAL SO LONG.

 

AND EVERY POST I WRITE  MYSELF SHE ALWAYS POPS ALONG.

 

USUALLY MAKING ME SMILE AT ALL TIMES WHEN SHE PUTS A POST IN HER PLACE.

 

AND I'M HAPPY THAT SHE ALSO  MENTIONS I CAN PUT A SMILE ON HER  FACE.

 

LIFE WITH ALLY HER JOURNALS CALLED  I'LL LEAVE YOU TO VISIT AND SEE.

 

ALLY'S  BLOG FOR YOURSELF MY FRIENDS AS I DID AND IT REALY PLEASED ME.

 

 

5.

 

LAST BUT NOT LEAST I'M NOT  CHOOSING A FIFTH AS I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN.

 

I'M AWARDING EVERYONE WHO COMMENTS HERE A  GOLDEN AWARD  YES  I AM.

 

THERE ARE NO RULES AND REGULATIONS TO TELL ME I CANNOT DO THIS.

 

SO WHEN YOU HAVE PLACED YOUR COMMENT HERE RIGHT CLICK  ON THE LOGO DON'T MISS.

 

 

NOW THE FOUR IV'E CHOSE INDIVIDUALLY  CHOOSE YOUR  5  FAVOURITES  NOW .

 

AND DO A POST LEAVE THERE LINKS FOR OTHERS SO WE CAN POP OVER SOMEHOW..

 

IF BY CHANCE YOU HAVE ALREADY GOT AN AWARD  THEN THIS PLEASES ME FINE.

 

AS I'M HAPPY WITH MY ONE I GOT FROM MARIE PLACED HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

               

 

          (Thankyou to Brittany of Juicy Apple Designs for this great graphic)

 

 

 

"ABOUT SOMETHING I HAD FOR SALE"

 

   

 

 

I THOUGHT TODAY  I WOULD TAKE YOU BACK  AND TELL YOU ALL A TALE..

 

OF A TIME WHICH HAD ME IN TEARS OF LAUGHTER ABOUT SOMETHING I HAD FOR SALE..

 

I DON'T REMEMBER IF IV'E TOLD SOME OF YOU THIS STORY BEFORE BUT IT'S TRUE.

 

WHEN I USED TO BE A BARMAID BACK THEN AROUND NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO.

 

I REALY LOVED THIS JOB MY FRIENDS AND I  WORKED  EVERY HOUR ROUND MY KIDS.

 

TO EARN THAT LITTLE EXTRA MONEY THEY HELPED OUT THESE  EXTRA FEW QUIDS.

 

ON LEAVING THE PUB IN THE EARLY HOURS OF ONE PARTICULAR  MORN.

 

AFTER WASHING THE GLASSES AND CLEANING THE TABLES I'D RING FOR MY TAXI HOME.

 

I GOT OUT THE TAXI THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT AND THERE ON MY LAWN SHINING BRIGHT.

 

WAS A  FULL SET OF FALSE TEETH GRINNING AT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT .

 

I RAN IN THE HOUSE AND ASKED  MY PARTNER TO GO AND  MOVE THEM AWAY.

 

HE SAID LEAVE THEM THERE THEY WON'T BITE YOU LOVE AND THEY MIGHT CUT THE GRASS FOR NEXT DAY  (HA-HA )

 

WELL AT THIS I ROLLED OVER LAUGHING AND I PLEADED AND PLEADED TO HE.

 

SO HE VENTURED OUTSIDE AT THIS EARLY HOUR IN THE MORNING  JUST TO PLEASE ME.

 

WHEN HE CAME BACK IN I SAID WHERE HAVE YOU PUT THEM AND HE TOLD ME WHAT HE HAD DONE .

 

HE SAID IV'E PUT THEM ON  RODS LAWN NEXT DOOR JUST FOR A BIT OF FUN. HA-HA.

 

ROD WAS OUR NEIGHTBOUR I SAID OH  MY GOODNESS HE'LL GET THE SHOCK OF HIS LIFE.

 

AND WHAT IF LIZ SHE SEES THEM FIRST LIZ WAS OUR NEIGHBOURS WIFE.

 

WHEN WE WOKE IN THE MORNING A KNOCK TO THE DOOR AND ROD WAS STANDING THERE.

 

HE SAID LOOK WHAT IV'E FOUND ON MY LAWN WHEN WE LOOKED WE JUST CRACKED UP AND STARED

 

INSTEAD OF JUST BEING THE SET OF TEETH THEY WERE WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG.

 

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FULL SET OF TEETH A SANDWICH NOW THEY HAD. HE-HE.

 

HAVE YOU ANY IDEA KATH WHERE THEY CAME FROM HE ASKED  I SAID I DON'T KNOW. HA!

 

AND AT THIS I STARTED LAUGHING AGAIN ROLLING ABOUT TOO AND FRO .

 

A MAN CALLED DON LIVED OPPOSITE US AND POINTED UP TO AN HOUSE.

 

WHERE ANOTHER  MAN LIVED WHO WENT OUT PLENTY AND HE LIKED A FEW TIPPLES OF GROUSE.  (WHISKEY)

 

ROD WENT UP THERE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND HE PLACED THE BAG  ON HIS STEP.

 

AS HE WAS A BIT OF A FUNNY SORT  AND  IF THEY WERE HIS HE COULD COME OUT AND GET.

 

WELL THAT DAY WE'D PLANNED A GET TOGETHER IN MY  FRONT GARDEN IN THE SUNSHINE.

 

ALL OF A SUDDEN A VOICE IT YELLS DOWN ARE THESE BLOODY THINGS YOURS THERE NOT MINE.

 

ROD HE SHOUTS BACK WHAT ARE THEY MATE HE SHOUTS A SET OF BLOODY FALSE TEETH.

 

AND THERE EATING A FLIPPING SANDWICH IS THIS A JOKE ON ME HE SEETHED.

 

OH NO!!  THERE NOT OURS ROD SHOUTS BACK  I HAVE NO IDEA WHO'S THEY BE.

 

WELL COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOUR MATE  AND FIND THE RIGHT OWNER FOR ME.

 

SO THE GUY COMES MARCHING DOWN TO MY HOUSE WITH THE TEETH HANGING THERE IN THIS BAG.

 

THROWS THEM OVER MY GATE TO ROD AND  WASN'T I GLAD THAT HE HAD.

 

OH GIVE THEM ME HERE I SAID TO ROD I'LL GO TO THE SHOP AT THE END.

 

OBVIOUSLY SOMEONES MISSING THEM AND I BET THERE GOING ROUND THE BEND.

 

SO I BOBBED TO THE SHOP AND I SAID CAN I PLEASE PLACE IN YOUR WIDOW AN AD.

 

SHE ASKED WHAT I WAS SELLING I TOLD HER  SOME FALSE TEETH  IN A BAG.

 

COMPLETE WITH SANDWHICH AS WELL JENNIFER SHE LOOKED AT ME THOUGH I'D GONE MAD.

 

AND THERE SAT ON A BUFFET BEHIND  HER WAS HUSBAND WHO LOOKED PRETTY SAD.

 

FALSE TEETH !!  SHE YELLED OUT LOUD TO ME OUR DAVID LOST HIS LAST NIGHT.

 

HE'S BEEN SAT HERE IN THE SHOP ALL DAY HIDING OUT OF FOLKS SIGHT.

 

I SAID WAS HE EATING A SANDWHICH SHE SAID I DON'T NO HE WAS DRUNK.

 

AND HE CAME HOME SMELLING LIKE A DOG OTTER STAGGERING AND HE STUNK.

 

I SHOUTED HOORAY I'M GLAD WE  KNOW NOW WHO THEY BELONG TO AT LAST.

 

YOU SEE I FOUND THEM ON COMING HOME LATE THEY WERE BUSY MOWING MY GRASS.

 

SHE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED THERE WERE TEARS IN HER EYES AND SENT HIM ALONG TO ROD

 

SO ROD SAID NO MORE LEAVING YOUR TEETH ON KATHS LAWN YOU CRAZY DRUNK SOD.

 

HE HAD WANDERED AND GONE THE WRONG  WAY HOME AFTER HAVING A PINT OR TWO .

 

GOT LOST AND FELT THE WORSE FOR WARE AFTER HE'D DRANK THESE FEW.

 

AFTER REMOVING HIS TEETH BECAUSE HE WAS  SICK HE FELL OVER AND SO HE THREW.

 

HIS TEETH OVER MY  GATE ONTO THE GRASS TO PROTECT THEM AS THEY WERE NEW. 

 

HE WAS THINKING IF HE HAD LEFT THEM IN AND THEY HAD DROPPED ONTO THE GROUND.

 

THEY WOULD HAVE SMASHED UP TO PIECES AND TO MEND THEM QUITE A FEW POUND.

 

FROM HERE HE COULD NOT REMEMBER JUST HOW HE MANAGED TO GET HOME.

 

BUT BY THE SOUND OF HIS WIFES TALE HE CERTAINLY MUST HAVE WANDERED SOME FIELDS WHEN HE ROAMED..

 

WHEN  HE WOKE NEXT MORNING HE TOLD HIS WIFE THAT HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH GATE.

 

HE HAD THROWN HIS TEETH OVER OR HOW HE'D ENDED UP SMELLING IN THAT KIND OF STATE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I SAID TO ROD AND LIZ  HE MUST HAVE LOOKED SUCH A SIGHT.

 

AND IF HE SMELLED LIKE A DOG OTTER HE MUST HAVE FELL INTO A PILE OF  - - - - -.HA!

 

THIS STORY I TOLD IN THE PUB THE NEXT NIGHT AND EVERYTIME SOMEONE WENT HOME.

 

I USED TO SHOUT OUT GOODNIGHT AND GODBLESS BUT DON'T LET YOUR FALSE TEETH ROAM  (HAHA)

 

SO THE STORY OF DAVIDS TEETH BEING LOST WAS THE TALK OF THE VILLAGE AT THAT TIME.

 

I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT I FOUND THAT MORNING HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME" HA-HA -HA.

 

 

                 ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET  HE-HE-HE. !!!

 

 

           

 

                              ( THANX TO EMMI FORTHIS GREAT GRAPHIC  )

"MY LITTLE PLOT"

 

   

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

 

 

IT WAS  EARLY MORNING ONCE AGAIN AND I WAS WIDE AWAKE.

 

SO I GOT DRESSED  AND DOWN THE STEPS I WENT OUTSIDE TO TAKE.

 

SOME PICTURES OF " MY LITTLE PLOT " I PROMISED YOU I WOULD DO.

 

TRYING MY HAND AT PHOTOGRAPHY AGAIN  TO TAKE SOME MORE SNAPS FOR YOU (HE-HE)

 

I'M REALY GETTING USED TO THIS I WILL GET THERE SOON I'M SURE.

 

AS EACH PICTURE I AM TAKING SEEMS BETTER THAN BEFORE.

 

HERES A TINY  EUONYMUS SHRUB WHICH IV'E STARED OFF NICE AND SMALL.

 

WHEN IT GETS MUCH BIGGER I'M GOING TO REPOT IT AS I WANT IT PRETTY TALL.

 

 

I STUCK LITTLE ELMA FUDD INSIDE AS  HE'S CUTE AND FUNNY TOO.

 

BUT I DON'T THINK HE'LL FIND BUGS BUNNY AROUND MY FLAT AT ALL  DO YOU.

 

I AM GOING TO POT THEM ON YOU SEE INTO A BIG LARGE TUB WITH MORE.

 

EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS THE DWARF I'LL BE LOOKING FOR..

 

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE EVERGREENS AS THEY CATCH YOUR EYE ALL YEAR.

 

AUTUMN WINTER SUMMER AND SPRING THERE GREENERY ALWAYS APPEARS.

 

IV'E TAKEN  INTO CONDSIDERATION MY HEALTH AND AGE AS WELL.

 

SO POTS AND WINDOW BOXES WILL DO ME AND I THINK THEY'LL LOOK JUST AS SWELL.

 

NO MORE DIGGING OR WEEDING JUST THE ODD SPRAY HERE AND THERE .

 

THEN SAT IN THE SUN WHEN WE GET SOME I CAN JUST REALAX AND STARE.

 

HERES A WINDOW BOX I STARTED FIRST EARLY BACK IN JUNE .

 

I'M AFRAID WITH ALL THE RAIN WEV'E HAD THOUGH THEY ARE BLOOMING TOO SOON.

 

I LIKE MY FLOWERS TO LAST ME ALL YEAR WELL THAT IS WHAT I TRY TO PLAN.

 

SO I DON'T USUALY POT UP THINGS LIKE THIS UNTIL EARLY JULY IF I CAN.

 

THE REDS ARE DOUBLE BEGONIAS AND I CROPPED THIS PIC FOR YOU.

 

TO SHOW YOU HOW BIG THE HEADS ARE FLOPPING OVER THE LOBELIA BLUE.

 

IN THE PAST TIMES THEYV'E BEEN  LARGE AS SAUCERS AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE.

 

THESE ARE  BLOOD RED  WITH BLUE LOBELIA THAT WILL SOON BE TRAILING  FREE.

 

 

 

 

 

THEN I HAD A SMALL BASKET WHICH SOMEONE BOUGHT ME WITH FLOWERS IN THERE.

 

SO WHEN THE FLOWERS DIED OFF I PLANTED IT WITH A GERANIUM AND HUNG IT MID AIR .

 

I BOUGHT A LITTLE NOVELTY BEE AND STUCK HIM IN THE TOP. HA!

 

HE BOUNCES AROUND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS I HOPE HE DON'T BOUNCE OUT THE POT HA!

 

 

I BOUGHT  QUITE A NICE LARGE TUB THEN AND PLANTED PELARGONIUM PURPLE AND WHITE.

 

ADDED A FEW OF EVERTHING ELSE SO THAT SHOULD BE NICE AND BRIGHT.

 

BELOW IS A POT OF LIZZIES COLOURS IN ABUNDANCE YOU CAN GET.

 

AS LONG AS I KEEP NIPPING THE HEADS OFF IN NOVEMEBER THEY'LL BE STILL FLOWERING I BET.

 

 

THEN CAME AN HALF MOON BASKET WHICH I HAD FROM MY LAST HOME I FOUND.

 

SO I FILLED THIS WITH DOUBLE BUSY LIZZIES AND IVY TO HANG TO THE GROUND.

 

 

PEOPLE PASS BY AND HAVE COMMENTED HOW LOVELY THEY LOOK MY POTS..

 

MUCH MORE BRIGHTER  AND GAY THEY SAY THAN BEFORE I TOOK OVER THIS PLOT.

 

DO YOU REMEBER ME SAYING I WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DO THIS.

 

WELL IT DOESN'T TAKE UP MUCH OF MY TIME AND IT'S HELPED SINCE MY GARDEN I MISS.

 

I PEBBLED THE FLOOR SO NO DIGGING AND DRILLED A  BORDER OF WOOD AROUND.

 

TO STOP THEM FROM SCATTERING EVERYWHERE  AND THEY LOOK TIDY ON THE GROUND.

 

 

 

 

I'VE WASHED  MY MR HEDGEHOG AND HE'S GOING TO  TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE. 

 

HE'S LOOKING SO PROUD AS HE STANDS THERE NOW  WITH HIS CURIOUS POINTED FACE.

 

HE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM SPAIN TO ME WHEN MY GRANDSON BROUGHT HIM ORE.

 

IN HIS SUITCASE FOR MY BIRTHDAY HE WAS WRAPPED UP IN TOWELS GALORE. HA!!

 

WELL AT LEAST HE LANDED SAFELY AND HE WASN'T BROKEN AT ALL.

 

AND WHEN I SAW THE SIZE OF HIM I WAS EXPECTING A HEDGEHOG SMALL.

 

HERE HE IS WHEN I'D WASHED HIM ALL READY TO TAKE HIM DOWN.

 

TO PLACE OUTSIDE IN BETWEEN THE POTS AND CEMENT HIM TO THE GROUND.

 

 

 

ALL THE VISITORS WHO PASS DO TELL ME NOT A HEDGEHOG LIKE THIS HAVE THEY SEEN.

 

ANYWHERE IN THE GARDEN CENTRES OR ANY GARDENS THEY'VE  BEEN.

 

SO I TELL THEM NO THEY PROBABLY WON'T AS HE FLEW  OVER IN A PLANE.

 

ALL THE WAY FROM GIBRALTA SO I DON'T THINK THEY'LL SEE ONE THE SAME.

 

CAN YOU SEE THE GARDEN FORK AND HE ALSO HAS SOMETHING ELSE.

 

YES SOME STRAWBERRYS THEREON THE FLOOR AT HIS FEET SOMETHING I LOVE MYSELF.

 

ANYWAY FRIENDS THEN ANOTHER TWO BASKETS I MADE TO HANG FROM  THE WALL.

 

I PLACED THEM EACH SIDE OF OUR ENTRANCE AND MIXED THEM WITH FLOWERS LARGE AND SMALL .

 

 

 

SO I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR IN MY LITTLE PLOT TO BLOOM.

 

I JUST WISH  NOW  WE ARE INTO  JULY THE SUN WOULD HURRY UP SOON.

 

I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTIER BUT THEY HAVE HAD TO TAKE SOME STICK.

 

WITH ALL THE RAIN AND FLOODS WE HAVE HAD IT MAKES THEM GROW FAR TOO QUICK.

 

I BOUGHT YESTERDAY A WELCOME SIGN  IN THE SALE AND I THINK IT LOOKS  NICE .

 

A KNOME WHO'S SWINGING ON A TREE SO FOR FOR FIFTY PENCE I DIDN'T THINK TWICE . HA!!

 

 

 

I'VE PLACED HIM ON THE DOOR AT THE BOTTOM JUST SO I CAN LET.

 

FOLKS ALL KNOW THEY ARE WELCOME WELL HOW FRIENDLIER CAN  YOU GET.

 

SO WITH HOUSE WORK AND J/LAND AND " MY LITTLE PLOT " I COULD DO WITH EIGHT HANDS SOMETIMES.

 

LIKE OSCAR MY SIGGY  HERE BELOW DEBB MADE ME FOR  " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

                                                HE-HE-HE.

 

                          THANX TO DEBBIE OF DeB'S DaBS

 

         FOR MY LITTLE FRIEND OSCAR I HAVE NAMED HIM.

 

                                              HE-HE-HE..

 

 

         

 

"WHAT THE NEXT DAY BRINGS"

 

                        

RED AND YELLOW AND PINK AND GREEN ORANGE AND PURPLE AND BLUE.

 

I CAN SEE A RAINBOW SEE A RAINBOW CAN YOU SEE ONE TOO.

 

ON OPENING MY WINDOW YESTERDAY MORNING A DOUBLE RAINBOW I SPIED.

 

OF BEAUTIFUL COLOURS IN THE SKY SO I  GRABBED MY CAMERA AND TRIED.

 

TO TAKE  THE PERFECT PICTURE BUT ACTUALLY THERE WERE TWO.

 

RAINBOWS WITHOUT AN ARC THERE FALLING DOWN FROM THE SKY SO BLUE.

 

I THINK YOU'LL JUST MAKE THE SECOND ONE OUT ON THE RIGHT IN THIS PICTURE I TOOK.

 

YOU WILL SEE HOW LOVELY THE LARGE ONE IS WHEN YOU ENLARGE FOR A CLOSER LOOK.

 

 

THE BASE OF IT SEEMED ENORMOUS DIPPING  INTO THE OCEAN OUT THERE.

 

IT WAS REALY WIDE AND I JUST SAT THERE I COULDN'T DO NOTHING BUT STARE.

 

THERE HAD BEEN NO RAIN THIS SUNNY MORN AND SO  I JUST WONDERED WHY.

 

A DOUBLE RAINBOW SHOULD SUDDENLY APPEAR THERE BEFORE MY EYE.

 

THE LARGE ONE WAS JUST AMAZING IT WAS BEAMING OH! SO BRIGHT.

 

THE COLOURS WERE OH! SO VIVID IT WOULD HAVE LIT UP THE TOWN AT NIGHT.

 

THE BRIGHTNESS DAZZLED YOUR EYES AT TIMES IT ALSO LIT UP THE SEA.

 

IV'E SEEN LOTS OF RAINBOWS IN MY TIME BUT THIS ONE SHONE BRILLIANTLY.

 

I DON'T THINK IV'E EVER SEEN ONE SO BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL LIKE THIS ONE BEFORE.

 

I STOOD AT THE WINDOW WATCHING FOR AGES AS IT SHONE DOWN  ON THE SEASHORE.

 

IT HUNG THERE FOR OVER TWO HOURS I THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER GO.

 

EVEN THE SECOND ONE SEEMED TO SEND LIGHT OUT THOUGH IT DIDN'T SHOW.

 

THE LARGE ONE MUST HAVE SPANNED SIX FEET WIDE AT THE BASE AS IT REACHED THE SEA.

 

SO TRYING TO FOCUS THE CAMERA TO GET THEM BOTH IN WASN'T EASY FOR ME.

 

IF YOU LOOK ABOVE AT THE FIRST SNAP AT THE SUN SHINING DOWN ON THE WALL.

 

BUT THE SUN DIDN'T SHINE LIKE THE RAINBOW NOT HALF AS BRIGHT AT ALL.

 

 

 

MY PICTURE DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE I WAS WISHING THAT I WAS A PRO.

 

AT TAKING PICTURES PROFFESIONALLY AND THEN IT WOULD REALY SHOW.

 

AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT A MYSTERY IT APPEARING THERE OUT OF THE BLUE.

 

AS I OPENED MY WINDOW THIS SUNNY MORN  IT SOMETIMES CONFUSES YOU.

 

THEN I THOUGHT  MAYBE A HEAVY STORM  HAD BEEN OUT THERE AT SEA.

 

I JUST HAD THE STRANGEST FEELING  WHEN THIS RAINBOW SHONE RIGHT AT ME.

 

OH! WELL I TRIED A PICTURE FOR YOU I'M SURE I WILL GET THERE ONE DAY.

 

WITH PRACTICE I'M SURE I'LL GET BETTER AT THIS TO SHOW YOU OF THINGS DOWN MY WAY.

 

PLEASE IGNORE THE DATE AGAIN I STILL HAVN'T CHANGED IT YET.

 

THIS CAMERA WILL PROBABLY BE DISGARDED BEFORE I GET THAT DONE I BET. (HE-HE)

 

I THINK I WILL TREAT MYSELF TO A NEW ONE FOR MY  USA HOLIDAY TIME.

 

THEN I CAN TRY SOME PROFESSIONAL PICS TO PLACE HERE IN

" MY SIMPLE RHYME "

                                      

 

THANX TO DONNA OF D'S DESIGN FOR THIS GREAT GRAPHIC LOL!!

 

         

 

          I'LL BE A PROFESSIONAL THEN    HE-HE-HE

                   

            

"MY LITTLE TRIP OUT"

I WOKE UP YESTERDAY MORNING TO A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR BLUE SKY.

 

WASN'T THAT A JOY TO SEE FROM THE RAIN THATS BEEN CATCHING MY EYE.

 

I DECIDED TO GO FOR A RIDE IN THE CAR  AND TAKE A PICNIC SOMEWHERE.

 

BUT FIRST A FEW SNAPS FROM MY WINDOW I TOOK OF THE YATCHS SAILING THERE.

 

 

 

 

DOESN'T IT LOOK A  RELAXING SPORT I WISHED I WAS SAILING WITH  THEM.

 

BUT DECIDED TO PACK A COOLER BAG TO FIND SOME PLACE GREENER THEN.

 

I SOON  CAME ACROSS A SMALL VILLAGE SO PRETTY IT WAS WITH A POND.

 

WITH THIS KIND OF SCENERY I'M IN MY GLORY AND I LOVE TO BE AMONG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BELOW IS THE SIGN ON THE PAVEMENT THE NAME OF THE LANE I WAS AT.

 

AN OLD GENTLEMAN TOLD ME THE STORY OF WHY IT HAD BEEN CALLED THAT.

 

APPARENTLY ALL OF THE VILLAGES SO MANY YEARS AGO.

 

ONLY OWNED ONE  COW EACH AND THIS VILLAGE THEY BROUGHT IT TO SO.

 

THEY COULD MILK ALL THE COWS TOGETHER  AND ALSO THERE USED TO BE.

 

MANY A HOODED CROW HE SAID AND THATS HOW THE NAME CAME TO BE.

 

 

"HODDY COWS LANE" HOW INTERESTING IT'S  A WALKERS PARADISE.

 

JUST UP THE LANE THROUGH THE WOODED AREA THERE BEFORE YOUR EYES.

 

IS AN INLET FOR BIRDWATCHING LOVERS AND THE CLIFFS LEADING DOWN TO THE SHORE.

 

ALSO OF COURSE A BEAUTIFUL WALK AROUND THE VILLAGE AND  MORE.

 

I SPOTTED THIS LITTLE CHURCH THERE STANDING PROUD UPON THE HILL.

 

THEN DARK CLOUDS STARTED TO ROLL BY AGAIN THE SKY THEY ALL DID FILL.

 

 

 

CAN YOU SEE THE BELL TOWER THE OLD GENTLEMAN WAS SAYING TO ME.

 

HIS LATE FATHER USED TO TOLL THE BELL THE LOCAL VICAR HE USED TO BE.

 

A SUNDIAL IN THE WALL IS AN ANCIENT MASS CLOCK.

 

AND STONES FROM A DANISH ALTER IN THE WALL ACROSS.

 

IT IS ONE OF THE ODEST CHURCHES IN YORKSHIRE TODAY.

 

AND THE FONT IS SAID TO BE AS OLD AS THE SAXON DAY.

 

SO I SAT IN THE CAR EATING MY LUNCH  WHEN I SPOTTED THIS COUPLE STOOD THERE.

 

THEY HAD JUST GOT BACK FROM THE WALK AROUND AND THEY TOLD ME TO BE PREPARED.

 

IT WAS VERY HILLY AND TIRING SO I DIDN'T BOTHER  TO  GO.

 

I JUST TOOK A STROLL ROUND THE DUCKPOND AND TOOK THIS SNAP TO SHOW.

 

 

 

THE COUPLE WHO HAD  DONE ALL THERE  WALKING  LOOKING TO SEE WHERE NEXT.

 

I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN THOSE BLACK CLOUDS AND I WAS FEELING QUITE PERPLEXED.

 

WERE THEY GOING TO GET CAUGHT OUT IN ANOTHER STORM I THOUGHT.

 

MY SUGGESTION WAS TO GO ON HOME TO THEM  I REALY THOUGHT THEY OUGHT.

 

SO THIS MORNINGS RHYME  I HOPE YOUV'E  ENJOYED AND MY PICTURES ALSO LIKE I.

 

ENJOYED THE SUN YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN I WOKE  TO A BRIGHT BLUE SKY.

 

ON TRAVELLING HOME THE HEAVENS OPENED UP AND DOWN CAME THE RAIN ONCE AGAIN.

 

HAILSTONES AND HEAVY RAINDROPS LASHING THE CAR WINDOW PANE.

 

STILL I HAD SET OFF EARLY SO I CAUGHT THE BEST OF THE SUN.

 

AND ENJOYED THE RIDE OUT TO THE VILLAGE AND BY THAT TIME THE DAY ALMOST DONE.

 

I WAS HAPPY WITH MY LITTLE RIDE OUT AND THE LOVELY PLACE I HAD BEEN

 

SO I SETTLED DOWN IN THE KITCHEN  THEN TO EAT MY STRAWBERRYS AND CREAM LOL!!

 

IT WASN'T FAR FROM MY HOME TOWN SO I SUPPOSE I AM GRATEFUL THAT I.

 

HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS NEAR AT HAND WHEN THE SUN SHINES DOWN FROM THE SKY.

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE IGNORE THE DATE ON THE PICS I AM NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS.

 

CHANGING IT EVERY TIME I GO OUT SO PLEASE JUST GIVE THAT A MISS.

 

WELL FRIENDS UNTIL ANOTHER TRIP OUT I'LL LEAVE YOU UNTIL NEXT TIME.

 

AND HERES THE CROPPED PICTURE OF  "HODDY COWS LANE" PLACED HERE IN.

 

                      "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

    KATH  ASTORIASAND

 

 

      

  THANX TO DEBBIE FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC BELOW. LOL!!