"WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE WATER "

 

          

               

 

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE WATER THAT CHILDREN SEEM TO LOVE.

 

AS YOU WILL SEE HERE MY GRANDCHILDREN  FIT IN WATER LIKE HAND IN A GLOVE..

 

I THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU SEE A FEW PICS OF THEM ENJOYING THE WATER HERE.

 

AT  THERE HOME THEN OVER IN SUNNY SPAIN WHEN I FLEW  OVER THERE ONE YEAR.

 

 

IT'S A WHILE SINCE I TOOK THESE PICTURES SO YES THEY SURE HAVE GROWN.

 

BUT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO SWIM PLENTY IN A NEW POOL IN THE GARDEN AT HOME.

 

THIS ONE WAS THE FIRST ONE THEY BOUGHT UNTIL ONE NIGHT SPRUNG A LEAK.

 

THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED BUT THEY WERE MOPPING UP FOR A WEEK.  HE-HE.

 

 

IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY GALLONS THEY HOLD WHEN THEY ARE FILLED TO THE TOP.

 

AND ONCE THEY SPRING A LEAK I'M AFRAID THE WATERS TOO STRONG TO STOP.

 

CARERRA MY DEAR GRANDAUGHTER COULDN'T SWIM WHEN OUT THERE I WENT.

 

BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG SHE WAS SWIMMING REAL GOOD BEFORE MY TWO WEEKS WERE SPENT.

 

ONCE SHE PICKED IT UP MY FRIENDS THEN HER CONFIDENCE GREW AND GREW.

 

THE ARM BANDS THEY CAME OFF ALL AT ONCE AND SHE JUMPED LIKE A KANGAROO HE-HE.

 

 

 

INTO THE WATER FROM THE STEPS I WAS AMAZED JUST HOW SHE DARE.

 

NO HOLDING HER NOSE WHEN SHE WENT UNDER NO SHE HADN'T A  CARE  HE -HE.

 

WELL THE NEXT REQUEST  WAS THE WATER PARK SO OFF WE WENT THE NEXT DAY.

 

SHE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE BIG LARGE FLUMES YOU COULD SEE THEM FROM MILES AWAY.

 

 

 

 

OFF SHE WENT AND GRANDMA FOLLOWED HER JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS SAFE.

 

LOOK AT HER LITTLE FACE ON LANDING  AND THE WATER SPLASHING HER FACE.

 

AFTER THE FIRST FLUME RIDE SHE HAD  ALL THAT SHE COULD SAY.

 

WAS GRANDMA PLEASE CAN I GO ON AGAIN WE COULDN'T GET HER OFF THERE NO WAY. 

 HE-HE.

 

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE WATER THAT CHILDREN SEEM TO LOVE.

 

I THINK THESE PICTURES TELL THAT STORY I HAVE PLACED IN MY RHYME ABOVE.

 

IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN MY MIND  TO LEARN OUR CHILDREN  TO SWIM.

 

AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE ELDERLY TOO I THINK IT KEEPS THEM  SUPPLE AND TRIM.

 

I USED TO LOVE MY SWIMMING DAYS JUST LIKE MY GRANDCHILDREN DO.

 

LOTS OF COMPETITIONS I WON FIRST PLACE WHEN  A GIRL AT SCHOOL.

 

I STILL HAVE ALL MY CERTIFICATES FOR ALSORTS I ENTERED  BACK WHEN .

 

A YOUNG GIRLTHE NEAT DIVE PLUNG AND THE FREESTYLE I DID  ALMOST ALL OF THEM.

 

I'M NOT AS FIT THOUGH NOWADAYS MY FRIENDS AND IT'S VERY RARE I GO.  HE-HE

 

SWIMMING IN THE POOL OR THE SEA  BUT I REALY  DO MISS IT SO.

 

SO WHEN I SEE CHILDREN  ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN WATER I JUST ADORE .

 

TO SEE THEM ALL ENJOYING THEMSELVES SPLASHING ABOUT AND MORE.

 

 

 

 

 

OH! TO BE SO YOUNG AGAIN AND KNOW WHAT I KNOW NOW.   HE-HE.

 

I DON'T THINK I'D BE SO UNFIT IF I'D CONTINUED TO SWIM SOMEHOW.

 

I KNOW THERES NOTHING TO STOP ME FROM GOING OUT TO SWIM ONCE AGAIN.

 

BUT MY POOR OLD LEGS HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND I KNOW THEY'D BE FULL OF PAIN.

 

AH WELL I HOPE YOU LIKE MY PICS OF THE KIDS ALL HAVING FUN.

 

OUT THERE AT THERE HOME IN SUNNY SPAIN SPLASHING ABOUT IN THE SUN.

 

 

 

MY GRANDAUGHTERS NAME  IS CARRERA SHE WAS NAMED  AFTER THE PORSHE  HE-HE.

 

HER FATHER DEALS IN CARS AND SUCH SO IT HAD TO BE HIM OF COURSE.

 

WHO CHOSE HER NAME AND WHEN HE DID  NONE OF US WERE SO  KEEN.

 

WE FOUND OUT IN SPANISH HER NAME MEANS  (RACE ) SO SUITABLE NOW  IT SEEMS.

 

AS SHE RACES ROUND AND IS QUICK TO LEARN TOO SHE DOES EVERYTHIGNG VERY FAST

 

IN ONLY TWO WEEKS SHE WAS SWIMMING LIKE A FISH BEFORE MY HOLIDAY HAD PASSED.

 

I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU HAVE MET JOSEPH HE HAS SENT AN HELLO IN FACT.

 

AND TELLS ME HIS FAVOURITE THING ABOUT WATER IS WHEN YOU LIE DOWN TO RELAX . HE-HE.

 

ISN'T HE JUST SO FUNNY BUT I LOVE HIM MILLIONS YOU KNOW.

 

AND I THINK I COULD DO TO GO JOIN HIM ON THAT AIR BED AND GO WITH HIS FLOW.  HE-HE

 

THEY ALL HAD FUN IN THE WATER AND I HAD A REALY GOOD TIME.

 

SO I HOPE YOUV'E  ALL ENJOYED THESE PICTURES  HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

                                          KATH    ASTORIASAND.

 

 

     

 

                                                         

 

" OUR MOTHERS USED TO USE THEM"

 

           

       

 

YET AGAIN  IV'E BEEN  A WALKING OUT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

 

I'M GETTING PLENTY OF EXERCISE BEFORE AUTUMNS  ON IT'S WAY.

 

THE WEATHER WILL PROBABLY CHANGE THEN AND BE COLD AND WET AND DAMP.

 

SO I DON'T LIKE GETTING SOAKED WET THROUGH AND LOOKING LIKE A TRAMP. HE-HE.

 

I WAS BROWSING IN SHOP WINDOWS WHEN I CAME ON THIS ONE HERE.

 

SHOWING SOME GONE BY GADGETS  AND ALL OLD FASHIONED GEAR.

 

OUR MOTHERS USED TO USE THEM ONCE MORE I HAD A LAUGH.

 

BUT THATS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY  NOT FOR LAUGHING KATH

 

 

HE-HE JUST LOOK AT THE RINSO AND THE BIG ENAMEL BUCKET OF WHITE.

 

EEEEEE THIS BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES TO ME WHICH I KEEP HOLD OF TIGHT.

 

INSIDE MY HEART COS I LOVED THEM DAYS I KNOW I WAS ONLY A KID.

 

IT REMINDS ME OF THE GOOD TIMES  AND WHAT MY MOTHER DID.

 

 

 

LOOK AT THE OLD POT ROLLING PIN INSIDE THE WATER JUG .

 

SHE'D FILL THE JUG  UP IN THE  OLD POT SINK WHICH HAD A GREAT BIG RUBBER  PLUG.  HE-HE

 

NO FANCY STAINLESS SINK UNITS LIKE WE ALL  HAVE TODAY.

 

GADGETS OF THIS  KIND SHE USED AND WORKED HARD EVERY DAY.

 

 IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE CAN YOU SEE THE BLOCKS OF SOAP.

 

SHE SCRUBBED THE CLOTHES WITH DAILY AND THE WASHING LINE A ROPE.

 

GOOD GRIEF BLOCKS OF CARBOLICK AND THE OLD WOOODN PEGS LYING THERE.

 

IF YOU PUSHED THEM DOWN TOO HARD THEY WOULD SPLIT AND FLY  INTO  THE AIR......

 

THATS IF YOU DIDN'T SOAK THEM BEFORE YOU USED WHEN NEW.

 

LOOK TO THE RIGHT AND YOU CAN JUST SPOT THE OLD POTATOE MASHER TOO

 

 

 

 

MORE DISPLAY IN THE WINDOW THE OLD WHITE ENAMEL SCALES.

 

AND A PAIR OF WOODEN SHOE STRETCHERS I BET THEY COULD TELL A FEW TALES.

 

HE-HE I LOVED THIS SELECTION ON THE NEXT PICTURE THAT YOU CAN SEE.

 

A BATCH OF THINGS FROM THE KITCHEN ONE OR TWO HAVE BEEN USED BY ME.

 

LOOK IN THE BASKET AT THE FISH SLICE AND THE OLD WHISK FOR MIXING EGGS.

 

THE BREAD BOARD ON THE FLOOR AND THE KNIFE AND THE TEA COSY

NEAR THE CHAIR LEG.

 

IN TAPESTRY MATERIAL THEY WERE MADE STITCHED  LIKE AN OLD COTTAGE PIC.

 

AND THE COPPER PAN AT THE SIDE OF IT AND AN OLD STONE JAR BEHIND IT.

 

 

I  HAD TO TAKE THIS ONE BELOW AS A BABY I WAS RAISED ON THIS.

 

CAN YOU SEE THE OLD TIN  ON THE SHELF NATIONAL DRIED MILK I DIDN'T MISS.

 

THEN I SAW THE JELLY MOULD  AND REMEBERED OUR PARTY TIMES.

 

WHEN MOTHER WOULD MAKE US BLAMANGE AND STUFF AND PASTRIES OF EVERY KIND.

 

 

NUTBROWN FANCY BISCUIT CUTTERS AND THE CHEESE BOARD ON THE SHELF ABOVE.

 

HELPING MOTHER BAKE BISCUITS IS SOMETHING I DID LOVE.

 

I ENJOYED MY WALK OUT TO OLD TOWN  AND MORE MEMORIES IT BROUGH TO ME.

 

OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES OUR MOTHERS HAD USING ALL THESE THINGS YOU SEE.

 

THEY NEVER GRUMBLED AND MADE ANY FUSS IT WAS JUST THERE WAY OF LIFE.

 

HAPPY TO BE DOING ALL THERE CHORES AND BEING A REAL GOOD WIFE.

 

 

 

SO I HOPE I HAVE JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES TOO OF THE BYGONE AGE WE HAD.

 

WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMED SO HAPPY AND CAREFREE AND NOTHING WAS EVER TOO BAD.

 

THIS IS THE TOWN I WALKED TO AND I'M GOING AGAIN ONE DAY.

 

 

AS THERES LOTS MORE I WANT TO SHOW YOU FROM ROUND ABOUT THAT WAY.

 

I HAVE TO GO NOW  I'M BAKING FOR MY COUSINS IN HOSPITAL YOU SEE.

 

AND I'M TAKING HIM SOME GOODIES  ALONG TOMORROW RIGHT AFTER TEA.

 

I WON'T BE USING ANY OF THESE GADGETS BUT THERE STUCK IN MY MEMORY.

 

OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS WITH MY MOTHER AROUND AND ALL OF THE FAMILY.

 

HAVE A GOOD EVENING  MY J/LAND FRIENDS AND I HOPE YOU ARE ALL FEELING FINE.

 

BYE BYE FOR NOW TILL I POST AGAIN ABOUT OLD TOWN  IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

"I WENT ALONG ON MONDAY NIGHT"

 

 

              

 

             

WELL THE WEATHERS CHANGED AGAIN MY FRIENDS AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW.

 

AND I WENT ALONG ON MONDAY NIGHT TO SEE THE SCARECROW SHOW.

 

WHEN I ARRIVED  THERE NOTHING THERE WERN'T A SOUL IN SIGHT. 

 

NO SCARECROWS IN THE  GARDENS I WAS  REALY WOUND UP TIGHT.  HE-HE..

 

 

 

I WANDERED ROUND THE VILLAGE UNTIL I SAW A GUY.

 

SO I ASKED HIM WHY I COULDN'T SEE ANY SCARECROWS HERE AND WHY.

 

HE SAID I'M SORRY MADAM BUT IT STARTS ON SATURDAY.

 

THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST DOWN OUR VILLAGE WAY.

 

IT'S ON ALL WEEK AND YOU ARE  WELCOME ANY DAY OR NIGHT.

 

THEY'LL ALL BE IN THE GARDENS EVERYWHERE SOME OF THEM INSIDE

 

 

 

I SAID I KNOW I CAME LASTYEAR AND REALY HAD A BALL.

 

WALKING ROUND AND SNAPPING THEM AND LAUGHING AT THEM ALL.

 

WELL I'M SORRY YOUV'E GOT THE DATE WRONG AND I SAID YES I AM TOO.

 

BUT IT'S MY PARTNER WHO WILL END UP NOW FEELING PRETTY BLUE.

 

WHEN I GET HOME I'M GOING TO DO SOME HOME SCHOOLING ON HIM.

 

AND TEACH HIM HOW TO READ PROPERLY AND HE'S GROUNDED FROM THE GYM.   HE-HE

 

HAVING ME COME ON THE WRONG DATE AND NOT A SOUL IN SIGHT  .

 

I BET HE GETS HIS RUGBY  FIXURE DATES CORRECT AND RIGHT. 

 

WAIT WHILE I GET HOME I THOUGHT I'LL SHOW HIM IF I'M DEAR.

 

HE CAN GET READY FOR SOME HUMPY COS HE'S GETTING A THICK EAR.    HE-HE

 

HE'D DROPPED ME OFF WITH MY NEIGHBOUR THEN GONE OUT TO TRAIN.

 

WELL HE WON'T BE GOING NEXT WEEK HE'LL BE STANDING IN THE RAIN.

 

OUTSIDE  MY FLAT ON MY LITTLE PLOT DRESSED UP AS A SCARECROW TOO.

 

WITH A BIG DUNCES HAT PLONKED ON HIS HEAD IN EVERYBODY'S VIEW   HE-HE.

 

 I BET HE  WON'T FORGET THE DATE  NEXT TIME I ASK HIM WHEN.

 

THE SCARECROW SHOW STARTS DOWN THIS WAY COS HE KNOWS MOTHERHEN.   HE-HE.

 

SO I'M SORRY MY FRIENDS BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT NOW FOR MY PICTURES OF.

 

THE FAMOUS PEOPLE SCARECROW SHOW ANOTHER WEEK NOW BECAUSE.

 

MY SILLY PARTNER GOT THE DATE WRONG IT'S TYPICAL OF A MAN.

 

BUT I'LL GET MY PICTURES TAKEN AND POST THEM AS SOON AS I CAN.

 

I JUST HOPE THAT IT'S FINE MY FRIENDS AND THE SUN ONCE MORE DOES SHINE.

 

I BETTER MAKE  A DUNCE HAT NOW LIKE THIS IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME".   HE-HE.

 

 

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

 

   

 

"THE FUNS BACK AFTER TEA "

 

                        

                          

 

HELLO THERE HERE I AM AGAIN IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG.

 

SINCE LAST YEAR ROUND ABOUT THIS TIME I WAS TAKING PICTURES ON.

 

THE VILLAGE GREEN AND GARDENS JUST UP THE ROAD FROM ME.

 

SO I'M GOING  THERE ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT AS THE FUNS  BACK AFTER TEA..

 

 

OF THIS YEARS SCARECROW SHOW MY FRIENDS  ABOUT 40 I'M TOLD  IN ALL.

 

SCARECROWS WILL BE IN EVERY GARDEN OF ALL SHAPES LARGE AND SMALL.

 

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY EVENINGS OUT THIS WEEK TO DO..

 

A LITTLE BIT OF SNAPPING ON MY CAMERA TO SHOW  YOU.    HE-HE.

 

I HAD A LOVELY OUTING LAST YEAR AND THE WEATHER IT WAS FINE.

 

THE SCARECROWS THEY WERE BRILLIANT AND I BET THEY ARE THIS TIME.

 

ALL HAND MADE BY LOCALS TO TRY AND RAISE SOME CASH.

 

FOR OUR LOCAL LIFEBOAT WHEN THEY HAVE TO DASH.

 

 

 

TO DO THOSE RESCUES EVERY DAY UPON THAT PERILOUS SEA.

 

A VERY WORTHY CAUSE I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL AGREE WITH ME.

 

IT DOESN'T SEEM TWO MINUTES SINCE I ENTERED LAST YEARS RHYME.

 

WHEN MANY J/LAND FRIENDS HAD NOT SEEN ANYTHING OF THIS KIND.

 

IT'S BEEN AROUND A FEW YEARS NOW AND SEEMS A POPULAR THING..

 

UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY AND VISITORS IT DOES BRING.

 

LAST YEAR A MIXED SELECTION I FOUND THEM ALL SUCH FUN.

 

THIS YEARS THEME IS FAMOUS PEOPLE CAN YOU GUESS THIS ONE.. HE-HE

 

 

 

 

FOR SOME OF YOU NEW TO MY JOURNAL I  WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

 

MANY ARE MADE BY SMALL CHILDREN DOWN THIS VILLAGE WAY.

 

 

 

THERE IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY HUT WHERE THEY CAN GO AND MEET.

 

TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A SCARECROW AND SHOW THEM ON THERE STREET.

 

 

LOTS OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT WHEN YOU VISIT TO LOOK ROUND.

 

SO FRIENDLY ARE THE VILLAGES  A DELIGHT TO MEET IV'E FOUND. 

 

 

 

NOWADAYS COMMUNITY SPIRIT THERES  NOT A LOT OF THIS.

 

IN OUR TOWNS AND CITY'S IT'S SOMETHING LOTS DO  MISS.

 

SO WHEN I GO TO OUR  SCARECROW SHOW IT TAKES ME BACK IN TIME.

 

WHEN FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS WERE ALL ONE NO VANDALISM OR CRIME .

 

WE ALL HELPED ONE ANOTHER AND WELCOMED FOLKS OUR WAY.

 

NOT LIKE IN THIS  AGE NOWADAYS THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME TODAY.

 

BUT IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE AS I SAY THEY ARE SO NICE.

 

EVERYONES SO FRIENDLY AND NOT AT ANY PRICE.

 

MY FAVOURITE SCARECROW LAST YEAR ROLPH HARRIS WITH HIS BRUSH.

 

 

WELL MY FRIENDS I'LL HAVE TO GO NOW SORRY I HAVE TO RUSH.

 

I'LL BE POSTING ONCE AGAIN ON ALL THE SCARCROWS THERE THIS TIME.

 

AROUND THE BACK END OF NEXT WEEK HERE IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

                  GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE LIFEBOAT PLEASE !!!!

 

                   WHENEVER YOU CAN THEY DO A MARVELOUS JOB.

 

 ( One of the most famous being the great storm of 1871 which lashed the east coast

 of England.The storm saw the loss of over 30 ships and 70 lives.The lifeboat rescued 16 people from three wrecked vessels.)

        

     

 

" BIRTHDAY TIME AGAIN"

             

THIS WEEK WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY WHICH I DO NOT WANT TO MISS.

 

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHICH DAY IT IS SO I'M SENDING MY BIRTHDAY WISH.

 

RIGHT NOW AS ON A WEEK/END I  AM OFTEN NOT ONLINE.

 

AND IF IT FALLS THIS WEEK/END THEN MY WISH WON'T BE ON TIME.

 

SO THIS WILL BE MY POSTING NOW FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

 

UNTIL I FIND OUT WHEN IT IS AND THE CORRECT DATE COMES  MY WAY.

 

SHE IS A WONDERFUL WRITER AND TELLS AN INTERESTING  TALE.

 

THEN SHE FINISHES EVERY POSTING WITH A RECIPE WITHOUT FAIL.

 

THERE TEMPTING AND SO DELICIOUS AND EVEN HER TINY  SNACKS.

 

MAKE MY MOUTH WATER EACH MORNING AND MY LIPS GO Mmm AND SMACK.

 

SO JOIN ME WILL YOU   J/LAND FRIENDS LETS WISH HER LOTS OF LUCK.

 

FOR " A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY " HERE SHE IS  WITH HER COOKERY BOOK. 

 HE-HE..

 

 

     

                        

 

YES IT'S OUR FRIEND MARIE'S MUSES AND THIS WORD I WANTED TO SPREAD..

 

HERE IS HER LINK IN MY JOURNAL IN CASE ANY OF YOU HAVN'T YET READ.

 

I'M SURE YOU'LL ENJOY IT IMMENSELY AND A LOVELY WELCOME SHE'LL GIVE.

 

SHE LIVES IN ENGLAND NOW MY FRIENDS BUT NOVA SCOTIA SHE USED TO LIVE.

 

SO PLEASE GO ALONG AND VISIT HER BUT BEWARE BEFORE YOU DO.

 

YOU'LL COME AWAY FEELING HUNGRY AND THATS MY PROMISE TO YOU.

 

I HOPE YOU CAN SPEND IT RELAXING MARIE WITH YOUR LOVELY TODD AND 

I PRAY.

 

THAT YOU HAVE MANY MORE WONDERFUL BIRTHDAYS  FOREVER AND A DAY.

 

GOOD HEALTH GOOD LUCK ENJOY IT  AND I HOPE THAT YOU DIDN'T MIND.

 

ME POSTING  MY BIRTHDAY WISH EARLY HERE IN  " MY SIMPLE RHYME "

 

(IT'S THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST IV'E ONLY JUST FOUND OUT!!

 

SO ALL OF YOU CAN JOIN IN NOW AND "HAPPY BIRTHDAY " YOU CAN SHOUT))

 

 

         

  

          

 

                                                     

         

"ABOUT A LAUGH I ONCE HAD"

         

                         

I THOUGHT TODAY I WOULD TELL YOU MY FRIENDS ABOUT A LAUGH I ONCE HAD.

 

IT WAS ON MY PARTNERS FIFTIETH I WAS ALWAYS PLAYING TRICKS POOR LAD. HE-HE.

 

I WROTE THIS RHYME AND I PLANNED WHAT TO DO AND EVERYTHING TURNED OUT GREAT.

 

AND STRANGELY ENOUGH ON THE SAME  MORNING DON'T YOU THINK THIS WAS FATE.

 

I GOT SOME AIR TICKETS IN THE POST TO GO OUT TO THE USA .

 

HE HAD PLANNED THIS HOLIDAY ONCE AGAIN BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HIS DADS DAY.

 

WHEN HE HAD SENT THESE TICKETS I HADN'T TOLD HIM  THEN.

 

THEY ARRIVED IN THE POST THE SAME DAY  SO WHEN I OPENED THEM.

 

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE HAD SENT THESE TICKETS AND WHAT HE HAD PLANNED .

 

TO TAKE US TO THIS PLACE BELOW WHEN OCEANS AWAY WE SPANNED.

 

SO HERE IS WHAT I DID  MY FREINDS WHEN PARNERS  FIFTIETH CAME ALONG.

 

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND SANG THIS LITTLE SONG.HE-HE.

 

I MADE A GREAT BIG POSTER ABOUT THREE FOOT TALL BY TWO.

 

AND I STUCK MY PARTNERS PICTURE ON FOR EVERYONE TO VIEW.

 

I SENT IT TO HIS WORK FOR HIS BOSS TO PIN UPON THE WALL.

 

IN THE CANTEEN AT LUNCHTIME IT WOULD BE SEEN BY ALL.

 

HE-HE I THOUGHT IT FUNNY AND I LIKED MY LITTLE PLAN.

 

SO  I RANG HIS BOSS THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HE SAID OF COURSE YOU CAN. 

 

WELL WHEN HIS BOSS RECEIVED IT HE PINNED IT NICE AND CLEAR.

 

WITH THE WORDS ABOVE IN GREAT BIG LETTERS LOOK AT THIS POSTER HERE HE-HE.

 

 

 

                  50TH BIRTHDAY WISHES.

 

THERES A GUY WORKS HERE AT HOWELS BLYES

 

WHO TODAY WILL JUST NOT BELIEVE HIS EYES.

 

WHEN HE TAKES A LOOK  ROUND UPON THE WALL.

 

HE'LL SEE DAVIE CROCKETT STANDING TALL.

 

I KNOW WHO'S DONE THIS HE'LL PROBABLY SAY.

 

IT'LL BE MY LASS FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

 

WELL YES YOUR RIGHT I THINK YOU LOOK GREAT.

 

SO I ASKED A FAVOUR OF YOUR MATE.

 

WILL YOU PIN THIS UP FOR ALL TO SEE.

 

HE REPLIED OH! YES JUST RELY ON ME.

 

I COULDN'T RESIST THE DAY TO GO BY.

 

WITHOUT PUTTING A GLINT IN EVERYONES EYE.

 

SO PLEASE DON'T SHOOT US IT'S ALL IN FUN.

 

AS WERE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CREAM BUNS.

 

SO LETS ALL SHOUT HIP HIP HOORAY!!

 

IT'S CROCKETTS FIFTIETH WHAT A DAY.

 

WE'LL HAVE A PARTY WITH LOTS OF CHEER .

 

COS WE THINK YOUR THE KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER. HE-HE

 

DAVIE- DAVIE- CROCKETT KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER  HE-HE.

 

 

 

 

WELL AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER  TICKETS CAME FROM MY SON.

 

WE COULDN'T BELIEVE HE HAD SENT THESE OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND WHAT HE HAD DONE.

 

HE HAD PLANNED FOR US TO VISIT HIM AT HOME IN DALLAS THEN.

 

AND TO TAKE US TO DOWN ON A LONG LONG JOURNEY TO SAN ANTONIO WHEN.

 

HIS DAD COULD BE THE REAL DAVIE CROCKETT OUTSIDE THE ALAMO .

 

 

WASN'T THAT JUST SO STRANGE MY FRIENDS AND THIS IS SO TRUE DO YOU KNOW.

 

IF THAT WASN'T FATE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS BUT DELIGHTED THAT DAY  OF COURSE.

 

AND TO FINISH IT OFF I PUT IN HIS CARD A RECORDING OF MY VOICE          HE-HE.

 

I  BOUGHT A MUSICAL BIRTHDAY CARD ONE YOU RECORD YOURSELF.

 

AND I SANG ALL THIS SONG INTO IT  AND PLACED IT UPON THE LOUNGE SHELF.

 

WHEN HE OPENED IT UP MY VOICE HE DID HEAR THERE WAS LAUGHTER HEARD ALL AROUND.

 

AT THE END OF THE SONG MYFRIENDS THERE WAS KATH YES ME I AMLAUGHING OUT LOUD.

 

I HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE OF HIM AS A YOUNG ONE WITH NOT A STITCH ON.

 

SO THE VERSE I WROTE IN THE CARD DID SAY DONT SHOOT ME IT'S ALL IN FUN.

 

IF YOU DO WOE BETIDE THE NEXT BIRTHDAY PICTURE YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT IV'E DONE.

 

COS  I'LL PUT A PICTURE IN THE GUARDIAN SHOWING ONE OF YOUR BUM  HE-HE.

 

I STILL HAVE THE CARD HERE IN FRONT OF ME NOW AND IT IS STILL WORKING JUST FINE.

 

I WISH YOU COULD ALL JUST LISTEN TO ME SINGING IT HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME" HE HE.

 

 

 HERE IS THE CARD BELOW  HAAAAAA

 

 AND MY SINGING IS STILL IN TACT.

 

THIS WAS SIX YEARS AGO BY THE WAY!!

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

"THE REGATTA YESTERDAY"

    

WELL FRIENDS I AM BACK TO TELL YOU OF THE REGATTA YESTERDAY .

 

UP EARLY  I WAS AND ALERTS ALL FINISHED AND OFF I WENT ON MY WAY.

 

I TOOK MY DECK CHAIR WITH ME AND ON THE PROM I SETTLED DOWN.

 

THERE WERE A FEW EARLY CLOUDS THAT WERE FLOATING BUT THEY SOON HEADED OFF OUT OF TOWN.

 

THE  SUN BEGAN TO PEEP THROUGH  AGAIN AND THE SKY WAS OH SO CLEAR..

 

SO  I TOOK THIS SNAP OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE HEADING OUT TOWARDS THE PIER. 

 

 

A FEW YATCHS IN THE DISTANCE THEY WERE SLOWLY ALL TURNING OUT.

 

DOZENS OF THEM APPEARED QUITE SOON THEY WERE SCATTERED ALL ABOUT.

 

ON THE BEAUTIFUL CLEAR BLUE OCEAN AND I HEARD A GENTLEMAN SAY.

 

THAT THE BREEZE AND THE CLIMATE WAS PERFECT  FOR MONDAYS YATCHING DAY.

 

THE LAND TRAIN HERE IS EMPTY BELOW IT WAS JUST SETTING OFF TO PICK.

 

ALL THE  PASSENGERS UP WHO WERE WAITING TO COME AND WATCH ON THE FIRST TRIP.

 

 

MY CHAIR I PLACED THIS SIDE OF THE TRAIN SO I HAD A NICE SEA VIEW.

 

IT'S A LOVELY SPOT ABOVE THE PROMENADE KNOWONE  IN FRONT OF YOU.

 

WHILST THE LIFEGUARD AT THE SIDE OF ME CHATTERS TO ALL AND TALKS.

 

HE WILL ALSO WATCH YOUR THINGS FOR YOU IF YOU NEED A LITTLE WALK.

 

SO I TOOK OFF MY FLIP FLOPS AND PADDLED WITH THE SUN ON ME FROM BEHIND.

 

IT WAS RED HOT THIS EARLY MORNING  AND THE BREEZE WAS GENTLE AND KIND.

 

THE DAY WENT WITHOUT ANY HICCUPS PLENTY COMPANY AROUND ME TOO.

 

I THOUGHT WOULDN'T THIS BE JUST IDEAL IF I'D BEEN THERE WITH ALL OF YOU.

 

HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE ONE OF THE GARDENS I SIT IN OUT OF THE SUN.

 

AS ONE OR TWO OF THEM ARE SHADED GETTING BURNT ISN'T TOO MUCH FUN.

 

WELL THE RACES PROGRESSED AND I HAD A GREAT TIME BUT IT'S NOT TILL THE ENDOF THE WEEK.

 

I WILL KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE WINNERS THEN WHEN IN THE PAPER I'll PEEK.

 

TODAY I HAVE BEEN HELD UP WITH  OTHER THINGS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL HAVE TIME.

 

TO HEAD OFF DOWN THE STEPS THERE WITH MY TOWEL TUCKED UNDER MY ARM.

 

 

 

 

OH IT DID FEEL GOOD MY FRIENDS DID THAT SEA RIPPLING OVER MY FEET.

 

AFTER ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY TREAT.

 

I WALKED ABOUT TWO HUNDRED METRES AND SAT DOWN AND DRIED THEM OFF.

 

THEN WALKED BACK TO MY DECK CHAIR IN TIME FOR MY LUNCH TO SCOFF.

 

THE PROM IT WAS GETTING BUSYIER AS YOU CAN SEE ABOVE.

 

SO I SAT UNTIL ABOUT THREE'O'CLOCK AND OH HOW I DID LOVE.

 

MY DAY WATCHING EVERYONE AND THE YATCHS WHAT A WAY TO PASS MY TIME.

 

THANKYOU FOR ALL  YOUR KIND COMMENTS IN YESTERDAYS

                                    "MY SIMPLE RHYME"