"IS IT AUGUST I WONDER"

              

(                Thanx to Chris of Cab's Creations for this beautiful graphic)

THE WIND IS HOWLING THE PETALS ARE BLOWING LEAVES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

 

GLOOMY SKIES AND DULL BLACK CLOUDS NO SUNSHINE NOT EVEN A TRACE.

 

IS IT AUGUST I WONDER  THESE LAST FEW DAYS AS I GAZE THROUGH THE WINDOW  AND PEER.

 

IT'S SO COLD THERE'S KNOWONE AROUND MUCH AT ALL VERY QUIET FOR THIS  TIME OF THE YEAR.

 

OUR TOWN SHOULD BE BUSTLING WITH VISITORS BUT THERE ALL TUCKED UP IN THERE ROOMS.

 

THIS LAST FEW WEEKS THE RAIN AND THE LIGHTENING AND THUNDER HAS SENT OUT LOUD BOOMS.

 

OH DEAR WHATS HAPPENED TO THE WEATHER IT'S APPAULING FOR AUGUST TIME.

 

WE ALL SHOULD BE HAVING SUCH FUN ON THE BEACH AND LOTS OF LOVELY SUNSHINE.

 

THE WAVES ARE ROARING THE SHRUBS ARE BENDING LITTER IS FLYING VERY HIGH.

 

LASHING AND SPRAYING AGAINST THE SEA WALL AND SMALL FISHING BOATS I DO SPY.

 

TOSSING OVER THE WAVES UP AND DOWN  IT'S COLD AND BITTER OUT THERE.

 

I THANK GOD I'M INSIDE COSY  AND WARM AS I STAND BY MY WINDOW AND STARE.

 

OH I ACTUALLY SEE SOMEONE  OUT THERE A GUYS  HEADING DOWN TO THE BEACH.

 

WITH A LITTLE BOY AND UNDER HIS ARM A KITE WHICH WILL FLY OUT OF REACH.

 

IS IT REALY AUGUST I ASK  YOU I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS SO.

 

AND I HATE THE WIND AND RAIN MY FRIENDS AS I AM NOT ABLE TO GO.

 

OUT SHOPPING AS I NORMALLY DO BECAUSE THE WIND IT TERRIFIES ME.

 

AND OH ! HOW SORRY I ALWAYS FEEL FOR THE FISHERMEN ON THAT CRUEL SEA.

 

TUGGING WITH  THERE NETS AND POTS  TO BRING HOME FOR US OUR SEAFOOD..

 

TO ENJOY AND I WONDER HOW MANY OF US THINK OF THEM WHEN IT'S TASTING SO GOOD.

 

I DON'T THINK I WILL FORGET THIS YEAR THE WEATHER THAT WE HAVE ALL HAD.

 

FLOODS AND THE WIND AND STORMS ETC HASN'T IT JUST BEEN SO BAD.

 

OH WELL I'LL SETTLE FOR SOME SEWING HAVE A COFFEE MY HEATINGS NOW  ON.

 

INSTEAD OF PADDLING IN THE SEA AND SUN  BATHING ON THE PROM.

 

WELL LET ME SAY TO YOU MY FRIENDS I STILL RATHER LIVE NEAR THE SEA.

 

EVEN IN WINTER TIME WHEN IT'S COLD THIS IS WHERE I'D RATHER BE.

 

WHEREVER WE LIVE WE HAVE TO HAVE HEATING IN COLD MONTHS IN OUR HOME.

 

SO I MUCH RATHER BE AT THE SEASIDE THAN INLAND EVEN IF SOMETIMES I MOAN. HE-HE.

 

SO WHEREVER YOU ARE IF IT'S COLD AND WINDY WRAP UP AND KEEP WARM TILL NEXT TIME.

 

I'LL BE BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK I HOPE WITH A MORE PLEASANT .

 

                               " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

                                                         

"I VISITED THE SCARECROW VILLAGE AGAIN"

 

 

 

                           HE-HE-HE !!!!

 

WELL I VISITED THE SCARECROW VILLAGE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

 

TO LOOK FOR SOME NEW SCARESCROWS AND I CAME ACROSS ONE SOON.

 

THE FIRST ONE THAT I SPOTTED WAS UP HIGH STARING DOWN AT ME.

 

I THOUGHT LETS TAKE THE PICTURE AND HURRIED OFF  QUICKLY YOU SEE.

 

WHEN I STARTED TAKING  THE PICTURE THIS THING BEGAN TO MOVE.

 

SO I RAN LIKE BILLIO COS  I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING DOWN FROM THE ROOF  HE-HE.

 

 

I TURNED THE CORNER AND I HEARD THE SOUND OF MUSIC PLAYING LOUD.

 

STOOD THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OTHERS SO I MINGLED WITH THE CROWD.

 

THE TUNE WAS VERY PLAIN IT WAS FROM THE FILM OF ELVIS'S G I BLUES.

 

AND WHEN I LOOKED THERE HE WAS BUT NOT IN HIS BLUE SUEDE SHOES.

 

THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE GUITAR PLACED UPON THE FLOOR.

 

ALONG WITH ALL  THE ELVIS OLD SONGS  THIS ONE AND LOTS MORE.

 

 

FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THE CHEF FROM READY STEADY COOK.  HE-HE.

 

GRILLING HIS SAUSAGES AND TOMATOES AND HIS EGGS AND BY THE LOOK.

 

ON HIS FACE HE SEEMED PRETTY HAPPY STOOD THERE WITH A SMILING FACE.

 

SO I THEN WANDERED ON A LITTLE FURTHER AT A STEADY PACE.

 

 

 

ON THE BEND IN THE ROAD MY FRIENDS THERE STOOD A MIGHTY  BIG SHIP.

 

WITH THREE PEOPLE LOOKING OUT AT ME BUT ONE OF THEM I SKIPPED.

 

THESE TWO ARE FROM THE MOVIE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN SEA.

 

AND THEY DIDN'T LOOK VERY HAPPY SAT THERE IN THE RAIN TO ME   HE-HE.

 

 

IT SEEMED THEN THERE'D  BEEN AN ACCIDENT SO THEY SENT FOR THE SURGEON WHO.

 

WAS STOOD THERE WITH FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOLDING HER LAMP UP TOO.

 

THE PACIENT WAS OUT SPARKO IF YOU LOOK HE HAS LOST AN HAND.

 

AT LEAST THE OPERATING TABLE  WAS DRY UNDER THE GAZEBO STAND    HE-HE.

 

 

 

ON AND ON I WALKED SOME MORE MY LEGS WERE GETTING TIRED.

 

WHEN I SPOTTED A TREE WITH AN ARROW IN IT WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE JUST BEEN FIRED.

 

I WONDERED WHERE HAS  THAT  COME FROM AS I LOOKED UP TOWARDS THE WOOD .

 

AND I PEEPED THROUGHT SOME  TREES AND  I SAW HIM YES IT WAS ROBIN HOOD   HE-HE .

 

 

IN AN OPEN FIELD AT THE SIDE OF THIS COTTAGE LOOKING VERY FORLORN.

 

I SPOTTED  TWO PEOPLE TIED UP TO A TREE AS IF THEY HAD BEEN SCORNED.

 

AS I GOT CLOSER I REALISED IT WAS CHARLES WITH CAMILLA BY HIS SIDE.

 

HE HAD HIS HEAD BOWED DOWN AS IF HIS FACE HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE.  HE-HE

 

 

I THOUGHT I'M GETTING WEARY NOW AND I WILL HAVE TO GO HOME SOON.

 

WHEN I SPOTTED THIS ASTRONAUT ROUND THE CORNER WITH A BACKGROUND OF THE MOON.

 

 

SO I SET OFF TO GET SOME SHELTER AND TO GO BACK TO THE CAR.

 

WHEN LOOK WHO WAS HERE AGAIN MY FRIENDS NOT UP THE ROAD VERY FAR.

 

ELVIS AND THE STARS AND STRIPES YES THE FLAG WAS BLOWING WILD.

 

WITH A SIGN AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT SAYING MADE BY AN EIGHT YR OLD CHILD.

 

 

WITH THIS I SET OFF HOME BECAUSE I WASN'T A QUARTER WAY ROUND .

 

AND I WAS FEELING PRETTY COLD AND IT WAS QUIET AND NOT A SOUND.

 

IT WAS NOW THE EARLY EVENING AND  I DON'T WANDER AROUND ON A NIGHT.

 

ON LEAVING IN THE CAR I SNAPPED ANOTHER WHICH THEN CAME INTO SIGHT.

 

HE WAS SITTING HOLDING THE UNION JACK SO I'LL LEAVE YOU TO GUESS THIS TIME.

 

SO  I HOPE YOU LIKE SOME OF THIS YEARS  SCARECROWS IV'E SHOWN HERE IN

 

                                        "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

    

 

                                       KATH     ASTORIASAND .

"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))