" THE MESSAGE ONCE AGAIN ""

           

I DECIDED TODAY IT WAS CLEAN UP TIME LOOK AROUND ON MY POOTER AND SEE.

 WHAT I HAD ON I DIDN'T REALY NEED OR WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO ME.

 

SO I NEEDED TO DO SOME DOWNLOADS AND I CLEARED OUT ALL OF MY FILES.

 

GRAPHICS AND OTHER THINGS I COLLECT WERE BUILDING UP SO HIGH IN  PILES.

 

WELL IF MY POOTER WAS AN OFFICE DESK THATS HOW I SEE IT AS . 

 

I LIKE TO KEEP IT IN ORDER BECAUSE I'M AN ORGANISED LASS.  HE-HE.

 

I TEND TO BE A BIT LAZY JUST LATELY OR BUSY ENGROSED IN OTHER THINGS.

 

THEN WHEN I HAVE TIME ON MY HANDS MY FRIENDS I HEAR THAT BIG BELL YES IT RINGS.

 

AND TELLS ME IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER CLEAROUT WELL TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

 

I ALSO DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW PASSWORD TO BE SAFE FROM FRAUD THIS WAY.

 

WELL ONCE AGAIN  I GOT THE MESSAGE THIS I WASN'T ABLE TO DO..

 

I KEPT GETTING THE MESSAGE TRY AGAIN LATER WHICH ISN'T MUCH FUN  I TELL YOU..

 

IN THE END I WAS TIRED AND WEARY AT THE SAME MESSAGE POPPING UP AGAIN.

 

SO I DECIDED TO GO TO LIVE HELP WHAT A LAUGH !!! AS I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A PAIN.

 

I TOLD THE PERSON MY PROBLEMS WHICH I HAD EXPERIANCED ALL DAY.

 

HE ANSWERED TRY AGAIN IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN AOL TODAY.

 

I ASKED IF THERE WERN'T  ANY PROBLEMS WITH AOL  ANYDAY AT ALL.

 

AS IF THERES A DAY WITHOUT ANY I WOULD MAKE THAT MY DAY TO CALL.

 

HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS MADAM I REPLIED ARE YOU JOKING MY FRIEND.

 

EVERY DAY I COME ONLINE THERES SOMETHING DRIVES ME ROUND THE BEND.

 

SO I TIDIED UP EVERYTHING THAT I COULD DO  AND NOW MY POOTERS ALL DONE.

 

I DECIDED TO HAVE  A BREAK AND I'D GO AND SIT  OUTSIDE IN THE SUN.

 

YES IT'S BEEN  A BRILLIANT DAY AGAIN AND I'M NOT GRUMBLING AT THAT FOR ONE MINUTE.

 

BUT AS FOR AOL AND THERE SERVICES WELL I FEEL IT'S A BIT OF A PAIN  ISN'T IT.?

 

WHY DO THEY HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS WE PAY FOR A SERVICE THATS CRAP.

 

AND THATS MY ANSWER AND ALWAYS WILL BE BUT I DON'T LIKE CHANGES AT THAT.

 

OR I WOULDN'T BE WITH THEM I TELL YOU AS LATELY WHAT DOES GO RIGHT.

 

SO I'LL TRY AGAIN TO DO MY UPDATES MAYBE TOMORROW NIGHT.

 

I WOULDN'T CARE BUT HALF OF THE TIME THESE UPDATES ARE RECCOMENED .

 

THEN WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GO TO LIVE HELP THERE ANSWERS MAKE ME FEEL OFFENDED.

 

I CARN'T WAIT TO GET SOMEONE AGAIN IN LIVE HELP WHO I KNOW WILL TELL ME THE SAME.

 

IT'S NEVER THERE FAULT WHEN YOU TELL THEM EITHER USUALY THEY TRY TO BLAME.

 

THE CUSTOMER AND SAY  IT'S YOUR POOTER AOL  WANTS RE-INSTALLING MY DEAR.

 

OH GO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE I THINK WHEN THAT ANSWER RINGS IN MY EAR.    HE-HE

 

IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT GETS ME GOING IT'S WHEN SOMEONE WILL NOT OWN UP.

 

TO THERE FAULTS AND TRY TO BLAME OTHERS LIKE A KNIFE IN ME IT CUTS.

 

LIKE IV'E SAID SOME OF THE UPDATES ARE SENT OUT BY AOL.

 

SO HOW DO WE POSSIBLY DOWNLOAD THEM IF THE SERVICE IS NOT GOING WELL.

 

THEY CONTRADICT THEMSELVES SO MUCH IT'S LAUGHABLE TO ME AT TIMES.

 

WELL MY POOTER NOW'S RUNNING ALL FAST AND SMOOTH SO I'M LEAVING IT NOW IT'S FINE.

 

THEY CAN KEEP THERE FLIPPING UPDATES AND THERE LIVE HELP AS WELL THIS TIME .

 

I'LL GO BACK AGAIN WHEN I'M READY JUST LETS HOPE IT SAVES THIS    " SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

 

 HAVE A LOVELY DAY KATH  ASTORIASAND.

"MY DAY OUT IN THE SUN"

 

 

        

I FELT A LITTLE BETTER THIS SUNDAY THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT MY FRIENDS.

 

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK I WOULD NEVER GET OVER MY JET LAG THAT IT WOULDN'T END.

 

SO  I DECIDED I FANCIED TO GO OUT A RIDE SOMEWHERE IN THE  CAR.

 

TO A GARDEN CENTRE ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY WHICH ISN'T VERY FAR.

 

I WANDERED AROUND AND PONDERED JUST WHAT TO BUY WHILST THERE.

 

I CAME ACROSS THESE  COLOURFUL CYCLAMENS AGES I STOOD AND STARED.

 

 

 

HUNDREDS ALL IN  MIXED COLOURS BUT I CANNOT KEEP THESE AT ALL.

 

AS SOON AS I PUT THEM WHEREVER AT HOME THE LEAVES THEY BEGIN TO FALL.

 

AS YOU KNOW BY NOW KATH HAS GREEN FINGERS BUT THIS IS ONE PLANT I CARN'T GROW.

 

SO I PASSED THEM BY AND CARRIED ON SAYING I BETTER NOT GET ONE NO.

 

I TOOK THIS PICTURE BELOW OF THIS  TOWER FILLED UP WITH PANSIES GALORE.

 

YES I MIGHT BUY ONE OF THOSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT SAVE ME THE CHORE.

 

OF HAVING TO PLANT THEM ALL MYSELF INTO AN EMPTY TUB.

 

SO I CARRIED ON WALKING WITH THAT IN MIND AND THEN CHOSE TWO EVERGREEN SHRUBS.

 

 

I POPPED IN MY WHEELBARROW  ALSO TWO PUNNETS OF PANSIES AND MORE.

 

I FOUND IT HARD TO CHOOSE WHICH COLOURS AS THERE WAS  SO MANY TO EXPLORE.

 

 

 

A LARGE BAG OF COMPOST WAS NEEDED AS I NEVER USE THE OLD AT ALL.

 

MY POTS AND CONTAINERS ALL BACK HOME WERE STERALISED READY FOR FALL.

 

LOVELY HEATHERS I SPOTTED THEN PURPLES AND PINKS AND BLUES.

 

WHOEVER LIKES THESE THEY HAD A GOOD CHOISE I WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH TO CHOOSE.

 

 

WELL I PAID THE LADY AT THE CHECKOUT AND OFF WE WENT I WAS THRILLED.

 

HERE IS MY PARTNER  FILLING THE BOOT UP THE BACK SEAT WAS ALREADY FILLED.  HE-HE..

 

WE BOTH HAD A WHEELBARROW FULL UP BY THE TIME THAT I CAME OUT.

 

I HAD CHOSEN ALSORTS OF THIS AND THAT BOUGHT THEM ALL UP JUST ABOUT HE-HE.

 

 

ON THE JOURNEY BACK HOME I FELT PECKISH SO I SAW THERE IN A LAYBYE.

 

MY FAVOURITE PLACE FOR A  LITTLE BREAK A CUPPA I WANTED AND FRY. .HE-HE.

 

THIS LADIES A LAUGH AND SHE IS A GOOD COOK MAKING SARNIES OF EVERY KIND.

 

SO WE PULLED ALONGSIDE AND ORDERED ONE YES BACON I HAD IN MIND.

 

TWO LARGE MILKY COFFEE'S I ENJOY THEM MORE OUTSIDE.

 

I LOVE TO DO THIS ON A SUMMERS DAY AROUND  THE COUNTRYSIDE.

 

IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL OCTOBER DAY LIKE SUMMER AND OH SO HOT.

 

AFTER EATING WE TRAVELLED ON HOME AGAIN AND I GOT CHANGED TO GO AND POT.

 

ALL MY NEW PLANTS OUT INTO THE TUBS AND A COUPLE WERE PASSING BY.

 

"GOOD AFTERNOON" THEY BOTH SAID TO US AND SPOTTED THE PLANTS WITH THERE EYE.

 

OH YOUR MAKING IT LOOK SO LOVELY WE HAVE COME TO THIS SEASIDE  FOR  YEARS.

 

AND WE NOTICED AS SOON AS WE CAME THIS YEAR  HOW MUCH DIFFERANT THIS SPOT IS IT CHEERS.

 

OH! THANKYOU I SAID I LOVE TO POTTER AND IV'E MISSED  MY GARDEN BACK HOME.

 

BUT I DIDN'T START TO RABBIT ON AND GRUMBLE TO THEM AND MOAN.

 

WELL WE CHATTED THIS AND WE CHATTED THAT AS I PLANTED THE BASKETS AND SO.

 

THE TIME IT FLEW BY VERY  QUICKLY AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO.

 

IT WAS WELL TURNED SIX 'CLOCK BY NOW BUT AS THE SAYING GOES.

 

TIME FLIES BY WHEN YOU ARE ENJOYING YOURSELF AND KATH WAS FOR CERTAIN HO!  HO!!.

 

POTTING UP ALL MY TUBS AGAIN FOR THE WINTER THANK GOODNESS THATS DONE.

 

AND THE COUPLE THEY WERE A LAUGH A MINUTE SO I  ALSO HAD SOME  FUN.

 

I THEN SETTLED DOWN TO WATCH POP IDOL AS I LOVE TO SEE NEW TALENT FOUND.

 

EATING OUR LATE DIINER  Mmm  DELICIOUS THEN THE TIME CAME AROUND.

 

TO CATCH UP ONLINE AGAIN ON ALERTS AND SEE WHAT YOU ALL HAD TO SAY.

 

BEFORE I KNEW IT I WAS FALLING ASLEEP BUT I'D HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

 

TODAY I AM GOING TO DO SOME SEWING SO THE MACHINE WILL BE BUZZING AWAY.

 

WHILE I MAKE A NICE FRILL FOR THE TOP OF MY WINDOW IN VOILE WITH FLOWERS GAY.

 

THEN I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE SOME TRANSFERS FOR MY KITCHEN TILES.

 

I AM GOING TO DO CHERRIES LOVELY BRIGHT RED ONES A WARM COLOUR FOR A WHILE.

 

I FOUND A LARGE PICTURE ON THE NET AND THEN I PRINTED THEM OFF.

 

CUT AROUND THEM ALL QUITE NEAT AND PLACED THEM ON MY WORKTOP.

 

 

HERE IS ONE I HAVE FINISHED JUST TO SHOW WHAT I MEAN.

 

HAND MADE TRANSFERS FOR MY TILES BY THIS OLD PENSIONER KATHLEEN.   HAAAAAAA.

 

THERE COVERED IN TRANSPARENT  BACK CONTACT SO I CAN WASH THEM CLEAN .

 

WHEN I DO THE TILES EACH WEEK THEN THEY WILL SHINE AND GLEAM HE-HE.

 

I KNOW THE TILES ARE'NT THE MODERN ONES BUT FOR THIS OLD GIRL THEY'LL DO. .

 

AS LONG AS THERE CLEAN THATS THE MAIN THING AND IT'S CHEAPER THAN HAVING TO RE-NEW.

 

ALL MY THINGS IN THE KITCHEN ARE RED SO THEY'LL ALL MATCH AND BLEND IN.

 

MY SHINEY CHROME SUMMER UTENSILS AND THINGS ARE ALL NOW PACKED AWAY.

 

WHILST SUMMER COMES ON ROUND AGAIN AND I'LL GET THEM BACK OUT ONE DAY.

 

I LIKE WARM COLOURS FOR WINTER TIME AND NOW  IV'E JUST BOUGHT THE BIN.

 

I THOUGHT I WOULD BUY TH ELARGE ONE THEN LOTS MORE I CAN FIT IN.

 

 

NEVER A MINUTE FOR THIS MOTHERHEN I AM BUSY AS BUSY CAN BE.

 

WHEN MY KITCHEN IS SPRUCED UP AND FINISHED I'LL BE MAKING THINGS FOR MY TREE.

 

AS IV'E MENTIONED EARLIER IN OTHER POSTS CHRISTMAS UPON US ALL SOON.

 

I'MUP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN EACH DAY AND STILL HERE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.

 

NO WONDER I CANNOT SLEEP WELL MY FRIENDS FOREVER THINGS ARE ON MY MIND.

 

IT WORKS OVERTIME EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY SOMETHING TO DO I CAN  FIND.

 

WHICH KEEPS ME BUSY AS I DON'T LIKE TO BE BORED AND MISERABLE JUST SAT.

 

AH !!  WELL I MUST CRACK ON WITH THE TEA  HE IS HAVING SOME MUCKY FAT.   HE-HE HE-.

 

IT DOESN'T RUN TO NEW PLANTS NOW FOR THE POTS AND THE KITCHEN PAINT.

 

SO IV'E BOUGHT A TUB OF MUCKY FAT HE CAN HAVE ON SOME TOAST WHAT A SHAME.

(ONLY JOKING OF COURSE) HE-HE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I DON'T GET A MINUTE A DAY BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP ME.

 

TO SLEEP ANY BETTER IV'E TRIED ALSORTS EVEN MISSING NAPS ON THE SETTEE..

 

MORE AND MORE CHORES FOR MOTHERHEN NOT TO WORRY THE SAYING GOES.

 

HARD WORK IT NEVER KILLED NO MAN SO I'LL GO AGAIN WITH THE FLOW.

 

IV'E BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE A LITTLE GIRL YES MY FATHER HE USED TO SAY.

 

OUR KATHLEEN SHE IS NEVER STILL ON THE GO DOING THINGS EVERY DAY.    HE-HE.

 

SEEMS I HAVN'T CHANGED MUCH SO I'LL POST THIS ENTRY NOW.

 

IF AOL ARE KIND TO ME AND THEYV'E GOT SORTED OUT SOMEHOW.

 

SO I'LL GO GET BUSY AGAIN J/LAND ONCE MORE  UNTIL MY BEDTIME.

 

I'LL BE PAINTING AND SEWING CATCHING UP ON ALERTS AND WRITING " MY SIMPLE RHYMES ".

 

 THIS TYPE OF PAINTING WAS MUCH EASIER LOL!!

  

 

          KATH

 

 

"MY OLD PALETTE KNIFE"

 

    

 

NOW I'M BACK TO NORMAL FRIENDS IT'S DIFFICULT WHAT TO WRITE.

 

AS I DON'T LEAD AN EXCTIING LIFE LIKE I DID ON MY HOLIDAYS RIGHT. HE-HE.

 

SO I THOUGHT TODAY I'D TELL YOU ABOUT MY OLD PALETTE KNIFE.

 

THE ONE I'VE HAD FOR YEARS NOW WELL ALL MY MARRIED LIFE.

 

FIRST HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING OLD IN THE HOME THAT YOU JUST LOVE.

 

SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T PART WITH GIVE AWAY OR WOULD NOT SHOVE.

 

IN THE GARBAGE BIN BECAUSE TO YOU IT MEANS SO MUCH.

 

SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL AND SOMETHING THAT YOU TOUCH.

 

WELL LET ME TELL YOU NOW MY FRIENDS ABOUT MY PALETTE KNIFE.

 

MY MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME WHEN I BECAME A WIFE.

 

SOMEHOW NO MATTER HOW I TRIED I FOUND I COULDN'T PEEL .

 

POTATOES OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHOUT MOTHERS KNIFE TO FEEL.

 

WHEN A GIRL I'D CUT THE  BREAD AND ONTO EVERY SLICE I'D  TWIRL.

 

A BIG KNOB OF BEST BUTTER WITH THIS KNIFE IT SEEMED TO SWIRL..

 

THE BUTTER SEEMED TO SPREAD SO EASY WITH THIS PALETTE KNIFE.

 

I OFTEN WONDERED IF I'D MISS IT WHEN I WAS A WIFE.

 

SO WHEN I DID GET MARRIED I MISSED IT REALY BAD.

 

THEN MOTHER CAME ONE DAY AND ASKED ME WHY I WAS SO SAD.

 

I TOLD HER I'D TRIED EVERYTHING TO PEEL THINGS WHEN I COOKED.

 

AND HOW I STRUGGLED ON BUT ON HER PALETTTE KNIFE WAS HOOKED.

 

SO SHE WENT ACROSS THE ROAD TO HOME AND BROUGHT TO ME HER KNIFE.

 

SAID HERE IT'S YOURS NOW KATHLEEN IV'E HAD THIS ALL MY LIFE.

 

I WAS OVER THE MOON MY FRIENDS  I POPPED IT IN MY DRAWER.

 

THINKING GREAT I WON'T BE STRUGGLING TO PEEL THINGS ANYMORE.

 

IT'S THE HANDIEST LITTLE THING I OWN AND ITS GOT LOTS OF USE.

 

IT FILLS HOLES UP WITH POLLYFILLER  IT'S A SCREWDRIVER TO REPLACE A FUSE. HE-HE.

 

BUT NOW MY PRIZE POSESSION DOESN'T SIT IN THE DRAWER ANYMORE.

 

I HIDE IT ONLY WHERE I KNOW FOR ANY KIND OF CHORE.

 

AS ONE TIME YES MY PARTNER HE USED IT IN THE SHED.

 

FOR  SOME KIND OF A JOB AND THEN HE BROKE OFF IT'S BONE HEAD. AWWWWWWW

 

I WAS TERRIBLY UPSET AND HE THOUGHT THAT I'D GONE MAD. HE-HE

 

BUT I THOUGHT HE MEANT HE'D BROKE THE KNIFE AND I WAS REALY SAD.

 

OH !!  NO NO ONLY THE HANDLE  I REPLIED WELL THAT WON'T DO.

 

I'M GOING TO FIND A PLACE FOR IT AND HIDE AWAY FROM YOU.   HE-HE.

 

WELL IF HE BROKE THIS KNIFE I TELL YOU I WOULD BE SO LOST.

 

AS NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO IT NO AT ANY COST.  HE-HE.

 

IT SKIMS AROUND MY BAKING BOWL AND DOESN'T LEAVE A LICK.

 

OF ANYTHING ON THE BOWL AT ALL IT  EMPTIES  IN A TICK.

 

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S STRANGE HOW WE JUST GET SO USED TO THINGS.

 

AND SOMETIMES HOW SUCH WORTHLESS BITS JOY TO US THEY BRING.

 

SO MY FRIENDS HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING THAT YOU LIKE TO USE.

 

WHICH YOUV'E HAD FOR YEARS LIKE ME THATS USEFUL AND WELL BRUISED.

 

IF YOU HAVE THEN TELL ME IN YOUR COMMENT DOWN BELOW.

 

AS I AM OFTEN CURIOUS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

 

IT'S  WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD TO ME MY OLD PALLETTE KNIFE .

 

I'M HOPING IT CONTINUES TO SERVE ME ALL MY MY LIFE.

 

I'M SURE IT WILL BE WITH ME UNTIL THE END OF TIME.

 

THIS SIMPLY PALETTE  KNIFE OF MINE THATS IN

 

                       "MY SIMPLE RHYME"   HE-HE HE.

 

 

 

"A MESSAGE FOR MY FOLLOWERS"

 

           

 

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS QUICK POSTING TODAY TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR TWO.

 

AND TELL MY FOLLOWERS THAT I HAVE  RECIEVED SOME  REQUESTS FROM SOME OF YOU.

 

TO SHOW YOU ALL OF MY PICTURES WHICH I SNAPPED OVER THERE IN THE STATES.

 

WELL I WILL WHENEVER I GET THE TIME AND IF AOL IS MY MATE.

 

IN THE LAST POST LIKE I SAID TO YOU ALL THREE TIMES DID I TRY AND NO.

 

AOL WERE HAVING NOTHING TO DO SO I WENT ALONG WITH THE FLOW.

 

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED THEN TRY AND TRY AGAIN.

 

WELL THIS I DID AND BELIEVE YOU ME IT WAS REALY SUCH A PAIN.

 

IN THE END I MANAGED TO GET IT TO SAVE POSTED  50 PICTURES AND THEN.

 

WHEN I READ THE POSTING AND SAW THERE BOOB I ALMOST WENT ROUND THE BEND.

 

HALF OF MY RHYME WAS MISSING AND ONLY FOURTEEN PICTURES THERE.

 

I WAS MOST ANNOYED I CAN TELL YOU AND IT SPOILT THAT POST I SWEAR.

 

SO IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE I WILL HAVE JUST ONE MORE TRY.

 

AND INSERT THE ONES I THINK YOU WILL LIKE AND MOST PLEASING TO THE EYE.

 

YOU SEE SON TOOK OVER A THOUSAND SNAPS AND I TOOK SIX HUNDRED OR MORE.

 

I AM WAITING FOR SON TO POST ME HIS OUT ON CD'S LIKE HE'S DONE BEFORE..

 

SO WHEN THEY ARRIVE I WILL HAVE A LOOK AND CHOOSE SOME SUIT  YOU AND  ME.

 

UNTIL THEN CAN I ASK FOR YOUR PACIENCE AS I'M STILL VERY TIRED YOU SEE..

 

AT THE MOMENT I HEAR THERES A POSTAL STRIKE IN ENGLAND I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT.

 

ANOTHER THING I WAS ANNOYED AT AS I HAD SOME GIFTS TO SEND RIGHT.

 

ONLY SMALL ONES TO SOME OF MY J/LAND FRIENDS WHO'S ADDRESSES I HAVE IN MY BOOK.

 

ALREADY MADE UP INTO LETTER PACKAGE AND THEN I DID TAKE A LOOK.

 

AT THE NEWS HEADLINES AND FOUND THIS OUT GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT TO MYSELF.

 

I'M NEVER GOING TO GET THESE POSTED THERE GOING TO BE STUCK ON THE SHELF.

 

SO I'M WAITING NOW FRIENDS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING LOST.

 

IN THE POST OFFICE MAILING OFFICE EVEN THOUGH NOT A LOT THEY COST.

 

I BROUGHT OVER THIRTY SOUVENIERS BACK FOR FAMILY NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS.

 

BUT I WAS LIMITED TO BAGGAGE WEIGHT SO THEY HAD TO BE SMALL CONTENTS.

 

IT'S NOT THE SIZE OR THE VALUE THAT COUNTS IN MY EYES ANYWAY.

 

THE THOUGHT IS REALY WHAT COUNTS I FEEL ISN'T IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

 

MY MESSAGE I SEND WITH ALL MY GIFTS IS HERE FOR YOU ALL TO READ.

 

IT'S SHORT IT'S SIMPLE BUT MEANINGFUL ENOUGH INDEED.

 

(" IT'S ONLY A LITTLE PRESENT THATS THE WAY IT LOOKS.

 

BUT THE WISHES THAT COME WITH IT COULD FILL A SET OF BOOKS.")

 

SO IF YOU RECIEVE THROUGH YOUR DOOR ONE DAY A SMALL BROWN TINY PACK.

 

DON'T BE ALARMED IT'S NOT A BOMB HE-HE AS IT'S A GIFT FROM LAUGHING KATH HE-HE.

 

AND TO SUGAR OVER THE OCEAN LET ME SAY I AM  SORRY YOU HAVE .

 

HAD TO WAIT SO LONG TO HEAR FROM ME  BUT NOT A MINUTE IV'E HAD.

 

SO IV'E SENT YOU A NICE LONG LETTER I HOPE IT CHEERS YOU MY FRIEND.

 

THIS LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE BEEN SO TIRED AND JOBS SEEM TO NEVER END.

 

NOW I WILL END THIS POSTING AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE THE TIME .

 

THE BOOB AOL MADE FOR ME YESTERDAY YOU CAN READ IN MY LAST "SIMPLE RHYME."

 

    

 

 

 

THANKYOU TO DEBBIE OF DeB'S DaB'S FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC I LOVE TEDS LOL!!

 

"MY VISIT TO THE GRAND CANYON"

 

     AGAIN !!!

 

THE LAST FULL DAY OF MY BREAK IN LAS VEGAS AND A GREAT ONE IT PROVED TO BE.

 

A LONG LONG JOURNEY BUT VERY WELL WORTH IT YES A LIFETIME MEMORY FOR ME.

 

WE SET OFF TO GO FIND THE GREAT GRAND CANYON SO ON THE ROAD ONCE MORE.

 

MY SON REALY WANTED TO SEE THIS WONDER THEN ONTO ARIZONA NEXT DOOR.

 

THEN  HE HAD IN MIND TO DRIVE FURTHER AND RIDE OVER UTAH GROUND.

 

I THINK SO HE COULD LET ME SAY MORE STATES I HAD BEEN IN AND FOUND.

 

THE CANYON WAS QUITE A WAY TO GO BEFORE WE DID OTHER MILES.

 

AND I WASN'T BOTHERED AS WHILST I WAS TRAVELLING I RELAXED THESE OLD LEGS A WHILE.  HE-HE.

 

SUN BEAMING DOWN ONCE AGAIN WHAT A DIFFERANCE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER MAKES.

 

LETS FACE IT TOO WHEN IT'S SUNNY AND WARM THE CAMERA A BETTER SNAP TAKES.

 

AS WE PASSED BY LAKE MEAD I  SAID GOODBYE AND AT LAST THE CANYON WE FOUND .

 

HERE IS THE PICTURE ON ENTERING AND THE LOVELY FOREST TRUST GROUND.

 

THE ENTRANCE FEE WAS SEVEN DOLLARS A WEEKLY PASS YOU THEN GOT.

 

MY WORD THE TEMPS REACHED  A HUNDRED AND FIVE BLIMEY IT WAS RED HOT.

 

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD STAND THESE TEMPS BUT I DID'NT FEEL BAD AT ALL.

 

SOMETHING IN QUITE A LOT OF YEARS WITH THE SUN  I CANNOT RECALL.

 

THEN AGAIN I HAD MY NEW POSH HAT ON  HE - HE - HE - HE - HE.

 

THE BRIM WAS THAT BIG IT COVERED ME ALL I'M SUPRIZED ANYONE COULD SEE ME.

 

TWO ENTRANCE POINTS WERE OPEN ONE FOR VISITORS ALONE.

 

THE OTHER WAS FOR PEOPLE ON VACATION WHO HAD BOOKED  A  HOLIDAY  HOME.

 

THE QUEUE IT WENT DOWN VERY QUICKLY AND I WAS SO SUPRIZED.

 

THEN THROUGH THE GROUNDS THE FORESTRY IT REALY OPENED MY EYES.

 

TREES SO GREEN TO SAY THE SUN WAS SO HOT THIS AMAZED ME SO.

 

THROUGH THE TREES LITTLE HOLIDAY HOMES ONE CAN SEE AS ALONG YOU GO..

 

WE COULD SEE SOME GROUND  THAT WAS SMOULDERING TOO AND A SIGN WHICH CAUGHT OUR EYE.

 

IT SAID FIRES WERE ON HIGH ALERT THAT DAY AS EVERYTHING WAS SO DRY.

 

MY HEART TOOK A DIP ON READING THIS BUT ASSURED BY MY SON WE'D BE FINE.

 

SO I TOOK HIM TO HIS WORD AND SETTLED ON HAVING A REALY GOOD TIME. 

 

WHILST TRAVELLING THROUGH THE FORESTS I COULD SEE PLENTY TREES ALL BLACK .

 

THE ONES WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAD BURNED AWAY OR HAD DIED FROM WATER LACK.

 

THEN WE SPOTTED A SIGN FOR ONE OF THE CAR PARKS TO THE CANYON AND WE FINALLY GOT OUT.

 

WOW!!! WE WERE ALL ASTONISHED IT'S SPECTACULAR WITHOUT A DOUBT.

 

I WANTED TO YELL AT THE TOP OF MY VIOCE I IMAGINED  AN ECHO RETURN.

 

OH! HOW MUCH I WANTED TO DO THIS I REALY REALY DID YEARN.

 

DOWN SOME STONE STEPS WE WANDERED FOR THE FIRST GLIMPST TO CATCH OUR EYES.

 

AMAZING AGAIN WHAT A FEELING I WAS QUIVERING SO MESMERIZED.

 

THE ENORMITY UNBELIEVABLE VAST JUST ISN'T THE WORD.

 

IT IS ABSOLUTLY INCREDIBLE MORE FANTSTIC THAN I HAD HEARD.

 

I GASPED AS I SAW THIS WONDERMENT  I NEVER IMAGINED THIS SIGHT.

 

EVERYONE ELSES FACES JUST FROZE STUNNED YOU FREEZE UP TIGHT.

 

INSTEAD OF THE AQUA BLUE THAT YOUV'E SEEN GOLDS AND REDS AND BROWNS.

 

EVERY AUTUMN COLOUR  ERUPTS FROM THIS WONDERFUL CANYON GROUND.

 

MY PICTURES DON'T SHOW AS MUCH COLOUR MY FRIENDS AS THE HOOVER DAM I KNOW.

 

BUT BELIEVE ME THEY WERE MAGNIFCENT JUST AS LOVELY AND SO.

 

THIS WAS ONLY ONE POINT OF THE CANYON THERES SO MANY POINTS YOU CAN VIEW.

 

FROM WALKWAYS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THIS PIC LEADING TO SOMETHING NEW.

 

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE OTHER POINTS YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR.

 

AS THE CANYON IS VAST SO MANY MILES WIDE AND LONG IT IS MILES TOO FAR.

 

WELL WE WALKED AND WALKED  ROUND THIS WONDER TAKING OUR SNAPS AND THEN.

 

WE CAME ACROSS THE SOUVENIER SHOP SO KATH WAS HAPPY AGAIN. HE-HE.

 

OUT CAME MY PURSE ONCE MORE MY FRIENDS TO BUY MYSELF A NEW BOOK.

 

I SAW THIS ONE AND I THOUGHT OF INDIGO AND SO I TOOK ME A LOOK.

 

 

YES I BET THIS IS INTERESTING READING SO I BOUGHT IT RIGHT AWAY.

 

I HAVE ONLY READ THE FIRST CHAPTER AS YET BUT I KNOW I WILL FINISH IT ONE DAY. 

 

ABOUT A FAMILY WHO STAYED WITH THE HAVASUPAI FOR ALMOST ELEVEN YEARS.

 

A DAUGHTER ALEXA BORN HERE TO THEM AND IT BRINGS YOU MANY TEARS.

 

IF YOU HAVN'T HEARD OF INDIGO MY FRIENDS HERE  IS HER URL.

 

SHE HAS A MARVELOUS JOURNAL AND I AM SO VERY PROUD TO TELL.

 

WELL THE WALKING WE DID WAS TIRING ME NOW BY THE LATE AFTERNOON.

 

SO SON DECIDED WE'D GET IN THE CAR AND TRAVEL FURTHER NOW SOON.

 

WE LEFT THE CANYON AND STEADILY DROVE ONTO ARIZONA WE WENT.

 

A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON AT THE CANYON WE ALL REALY LOVED AND SPENT.

 

SO OUT OF NEVADA INTO ARIZONA MILES AND MILES OF BARE PLAIN.

 

SANDY DESERT LOOKING HIGHWAYS EVERYTHING DRY OF NO RAIN.

 

I WAS STILL REALY INTERESTED IN ALL OF THIS AND STILL TAKING LOTS OF PICS.

 

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW CARTWHEELS THEY FLASHED BY IN A TICK.

 

AH!! SO THERE REALY WAS LIFE OUT HERE I THOUGHT AS I PASSED ON BY.

 

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK WE WERE LOST SO I SETTLED DOWN WITH A SIGH.

 

ANOTHER LOOKED LIKE SOME KIND OF GARDEN CENTRE BUT SON HE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP.

 

AS WE HAD MILESTO TRAVEL BACK TO VEGAS AND KNEW LIKELY I'D BUY THE LOT  HE-HE..

 

ANYONE FOR A CARTWHEEL I THOUGHT DECORATIVE THINGS I THINK.

 

THEN THE STORE WAS GONE BEFORE I KNEW IT OR I HAD TIME TO BLINK.

 

HAD I HAVE STOPPED I COULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT GOODS AS TRANSPORTING THEM BACK TO HOME .

 

IN ENGLAND WOULD COST ME A FORTUNE AND THEN I WOULD PROBABLY MOAN .  HE-HE.

 

SON THEN SAID MUM I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU YOUR NOT IN ARIZONA ANYMORE.

 

WE HAVE JUST TRAVELLED INTO UTAH SO I GOT OUT AND I TOUCHED THE FLOOR.

 

THREE STATES I HAD BEEN IN ALL IN ONE DAY WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT I CAN NOW.

 

TELL PEOPLE IV'E BEEN TO NEVADA  ARIZONA AND UTAH AS WELL OH!! !! WOW !!

 

MOUNTAINS APPEARED ALMOST EVERYWHERE ALL SHAPES AND SIZES WE SAW.

 

LOOK AT THE HOUSE AT THE TOP OFTHE MOINTAIN A STEEP CLIMB TO THAT FRONT DOOR (phew)

 

LITTLE INDIAN SHACKS BY THE WAYSIDE TELLING WHAT THINGS YOU COULD  BUY.

 

I WAS HOPING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOP AGAIN  BUT NO I COULDN'T I TRIED. HE-HE.

 

JEWELLERY RUGS AND ALSORTS BUT IT WAS TOO LATE THEY'D CLOSED FOR THE DAY.

 

BY THIS TIME IT WAS WELL TURNED TEA TIME AND THE DARKNESS WAS ON IT'S WAY.

 

SO WHILST ON MY HOLIDAY IN LAS VEGAS I HAD BEEN TO FOUR OF THE STATES.

 

AND EACH ONE HAD THERE DIFFERANCES BUT ALL OF THEM WERE SO GREAT.

 

IN MY HOTEL AT VEGAS I FORGOT TO SAY  I GOT A BIG SUPRIZE.

 

MY NAMESAKE MOTHERHEN CAME TO SEE ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES  HE-HE.

 

WELL INCLUDING LOISIANA AT MY SONS I HAD TRAVELLED FIVE STATES IN ALL.

 

AND MOST OF MY HOLIDAY A LAUGH A MINUTE I HAD ME ONE FABULOUS BALL.

 

I HAVN'T QUITE GOT BACK INTO A ROUTINE BUT MY PAINT BRUSH IS TRYING TO SPLASH.

 

SO BYE FOR NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS FROM MOTHERHEN ALIAS LAUGHING KATH. HE-HE

 

MY NEXT POST WILL BE A MIXED ONE OF VARIOUS THINGS TO SAY.

 

NOW I'LL GO TRY AND POST THIS AGAIN ONE MORE TIME AS IV'E TRIED THREE TIMES TODAY. (GRRRRRRRRRR.AOL)

 

THANKYOU TO J/LAND FOR FOLLOWING ME THROUGH MY HOLIDAY AND TAKING YOUR TIME.

 

TO PLACE ALL YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS FOR ME RIGHT HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYMES".

 

                    

"GOD BLESS AMERICA  SON YOUR HOME SWEET HOME"

 

I put 51 pictures in this posting and aol have only shown 14 grrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

"VISITING THE HOOVER DAM"

 

         

           

 ( THANKYOU TO DONNA OF D'S DESIGN'S FOR THIS GREAT GRAPHIC )

 

THIS TIME I'M RHYMING AND TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT OUR MID WEEK LAS VEGAS PLAN

 

WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS RIDE OUT AND GO SEE THE HOOVER DAM.

 

SO WE GOT UP EARLY AND OFF WE SET AS WE WERE NOT SURE HOW LONG.

 

THE JOURNEY WOULD BE AND WE WANTED ALSO AFTERWARDS TO CARRY ON.

 

WE THOUGHT INTO ARIZONA  AND UTAH  AND TRAVEL A LITTLE ROUND THERE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I PACKED ALMOST EVERYTHING  AND I REALY WENT PREPARED.

 

SON HAS A LOT OF COMMON SCENSE AND IN HIS MIND HE DIDN'T SEE THE POINT .

 

OF HIRING A CAR TO LET IT STAND PARKED WHEN WE COULD CHRISTEN IT AND ANNOUNT.

 

ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PLACES NEVADA HAS TO EXPLORE.

 

WE AGREED WHOLE HEARTEDLY WITH HIM I KNEW I COULDN'T WANT MORE.

 

WHEN WE WERE ON THE JOURNEY A CALL OF NATURE CAME FOR ME.

 

SO SON WAS LOOKING FOR SIGN POSTS WHEN HE SPOTTED ONE YEH !! . HE-HE .

 

THIS WAS A LAYBY BY WHICH YOU COULD STAY AND WASN'T I GLAD HE DID.

 

AS WE TURNED DOWN THIS SLOPE TO PAY A CALL JUST LOOK  WHAT WE FOUND THERE  HID.

 

 

 

WE HAD LANDED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPOT AND WE LEARNED IT WAS PART OF LAKE MEAD.

 

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY IN MY NEXT RHYME IS WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LEAD.

 

US ALL TO ISN'T IT JUST WONDERFUL WHEN YOU FIND SUPRIZES LIKE THIS.

 

I WAS HAPPY NATURE HAD TAKEN IT'S COURSE AS I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO MISS.

 

ALL THE WONDERFUL SNAPSHOTS I GOT AND THE SCENERY OUT OF THIS WORLD.

 

MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND BLUE SKY'S AND  AQUA WATER WHICH SWIRLED.

 

IN THE PICTURES IV'E PLACED UP ABOVE YOU WILL SEE SOME LOVELY BOAT HOMES.

 

I COULD HAVE SPENT AN HOLIDAY HERE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING NO GROANS LOL!!

 

 

FOR MANY MILES AS WE DROVE ALONG I KEPT SPOTTING IT NOW AND THEN.

 

I AM GLAD THE CAR WAS AIR CONDITIONED AS DEGREES HAD GONE UP AGAIN.

 

I WON'T PLACE ALL THE SNAPS IN MY RHYME HERE I HAVE PUT YOU LOTS AT THE TOP.

 

IT'S A LABOUROUS CHORE THIS INSERTING PICS WHEN AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE LOTS.

 

ABOUT ANOTHER FIFTEEN MINUTE DRIVE AND THEN FINALLY WE ARRIVED.

 

WHEN I SAW THE BOTTOM OF THE HOOVER DAM I FELT THAT I COULD HAVE DIVED.

 

INTO THE WATER SO CLEAR AND AQUA IT WAS JUST LIKE THE AGEAN SEA.

 

ON THE BEACHES IN SKIATHOS IN GREECE WHICH IS A FAVOURITE PLACE TO ME.

 

FIRST JOB WAS WE WENT FOR SOME LUNCH TO THE WELCOMING HOOVER DAM CAFE

 

MY STOMACH ONCE MORE THOUGHT MY THROAT WAS CUT AND I WAS DYEING FOR A COFFEE HE-HE. 

 

DOWN A STEEP ROAD YOU HAVE TO WALK AND THEN THE VIEWS THEY ALL START.

 

WELL I'M SORRY MY FRIENDS BUT I CARN'T FIND THE WORDS THE SIGHT JUST WON MY HEART.

 

 

MAGNIFICANT POWERFUL WONDERFUL AMAZING HOW DO I REALY DISCRIBE .

 

THIS MARVELOUS WONDER IN FRONT OF US STARING US IN THE EYE. 

 

BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST  SOMETHING DIFFERANT IT ALMOST TOOK MY BREATH.

 

SOME OF THE VIEWS THEY GIVE ME A SCARE AS WITH SOME HEIGHTS I'M FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.

 

 

BUT I RISKED AND SNAPPED SO MANY THEY WERE FAR TOO NICE TO LET GO.

 

LOTS OF IMFORMATION BOARDS ALSO TO TELL WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

 

OSKAR HANSON'S PLAZA SCULPTURES  WERE SAID TO BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.

 

IF YOU STOPPED AND RUBBED THERE GOLD FEET RIGHT THERE BUT I FORGOT AW SHUCKS.

 

I DIDN'T GIVE THEM A RUB WHEN I PASSED I MUST HAVE BEEN MILES AWAY.

 

THEN AGAIN THERE WAS THAT MUCH OCCUPYING MY MIND AND IT WAS SUCH A RED HOT DAY.

 

 

THIS LADYWAS CHATTING TO ME AT ONE TIME AND SHE SAID THE SAME AS ME.

 

SHE HAD NEVER EXPERIANCED ANYTHING LIKE IT WHAT A WONDERFUL SIGHT TO SEE.

 

WELL WE SPENT QUITE A TIME AT THE HOOVER DAM AND THEN DECIDED TO ROAM.

 

OH NO SON WASN'T HAVING ANYONE SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD NOW GO STAIGHT BACK HOME.

 

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DID NEXT MY FRIENDS ON LEAVING THE HOOVER DAM.

 

ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF DOWN THE ROAD THERE HE STOPPED AND SAID YES OF COURSE WE CAN.

 

I ASKED HIM WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AND HE LAUGHED AND SAID MUM YOU WAIT HERE.

 

I COULD HAVE COLLAPSED WHEN HE CAME BACK WITH FLIGHT TICKETS I WAS FILLED WITH FEAR.

 

YES HE HAD BOOKED THE HELICOPTER FLIGHT OVER THE DAM AND RIVER.

 

I DARN'T COMPLAIN BUT TO BE QUITE HONEST I REALY BEGAN TO SHIVVER.   HE-HE.

 

YOU HAVE TO GET WEIGHED AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THEN AWAY YOU SET OFF UP HIGH .

 

THE PILOT PICKS YOU UP AT THE BOTTOM DRIVES UP A STEEP CLIFF TOP OH MY.

 

I HONESTLY WAS QUITE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO CRY.

 

SAYING MY PRAYERS AND HEART BEATING FAST I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.   HE-HE.

 

I HAVE TO REPEAT AND SAY MY FRIENDS IT JUST TAKES  YOUR BREATH AWAY.

 

JUST LOOK AT THIS PICTURE HERE I AM PLACING ISN'T IT JUST AN ARRAY.

 

OF AQUAMARINE AND BEAUTY FANTASTIC I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL AGREE.

 

I DON'T REALY KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK  BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME.

 

 

I WILL ADMIT I WAS GLAD WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN MY HEART WAS IN MY MOUTH.

 

BUT THEN AGAIN SOMETIMES I AM TIMID LIKE A VERY SMALL MOUSE. HE-HE.

 

THEY ARE BUILDING A BRIDGE NOW OVER THE DAM CAN YOU SEE THE LARGE PILLARS OF STONE.

 

SO MAYBE ONE DAY FOLKS YOU'LL RIDE OVER THERE LEADING YOU ALL BACK HOME.

 

 

 

HERES A SMALL TOPIC IV'E TAKEN FROM GOOGLE FOR ALL OF YOU TO READ.

 

CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD AND I'M SURE IT IS INDEED.

 

Hoover Dam

8 mi northeast from Boulder City via U.S. 93.

In 1928 Congress authorized $175 million for construction of a dam on the Colorado River to control destructive floods, supply a steady water supply to seven Colorado River Basin states, and generate electricity. Considered one of the seven wonders of the industrial world, the art deco Hoover Dam is 726 feet high and 660 feet thick at the base. Construction required 4.4 million cubic yards of concrete -- enough to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York. Originally referred to as Boulder Dam, the structure was later officially named Hoover Dam in recognition of President Herbert Hoover's role in the project. Look for artist Oskar Hansen's plaza sculptures, which include the 30-foot-tall Winged Figures of the Republic. Many people walk right over Hansen's most intriguing work: the plaza's terrazzo floor, inlaid with a celestial map.

SO WE HEADED THEN BACK TO LAS VEGAS NO MORE TRAVEL FOR ME TODAY.

I THINK SON REALIZED I'D HAD ENOUGH WHEN THE HELICOPTOR RIDE CAME MY WAY LOL!!

 

I'LL CALL THIS RHYME THEN A DAY NOW MY FRIENDS OR I'LL BE HERE TILL END OF TIME.

 

BUT PLEASE CALL AGAIN FOR THE AMAZING " GRAND CANYON "  NEXT TIME IN

                                           

                                          "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

                                          

              

 

 

                      

      BYE FOR NOW  FROM  KATH  ASTORIASAND

 

                    THANKYOU FOR CALLING BY

 

                                          AND

 

THANKYOU TO CHRIS OF CAB'S CREATIONS FOR THIS   WONDERFUL GRAPHIC.

 

 

"NEVADA LAS VEGAS STRIP".

 

         

       ( THANKYOU FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR KIND COMMENTS.)

                   

WELL MY FRIENDS WHAT A WEEK I  HAVE HAD NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE GONE RIGHT.

 

BUT I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THAT I AM SITTING HERE NICE AND TIGHT.

 

CONTINUEING TO SHOW YOU MY JOURNEY THROUGHOUT  THE UNITED STATES.

 

I'll  TRY MY BEST TO KEEP MY CHIN UP WHEN JUST NOW I HAVE LOTS ON MY PLATE.

 

I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD MY POSTINGS FOR NOW ABOUT MY HOLIDAY THERE.

 

AS I HAVE MUCH WORK IN THE HOME TO CATCH UP ON IV'E STARTED  TO STRIP SOME WALLS BARE. HE-HE

 

CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE UPON US AND I HAVE MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

 

AFTER THE FEAST THE FAMINE THEY SAY AND I HAVE HAD LOTS OF FUN.

 

SO LET ME FIRST SAY NEW ORLEANS WAS FANTASTIC I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

 

I GOT PRETTY FATIGUED WITH THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND AT TIMES I HAD TO STRIVE.

 

LOISIANA I LOVED IT AT SONS  THERE I BELIEVE I COULD HAVE STAYED.

 

IF I'D HAVE BEEN A LOT YOUNGER MORE AGILE I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SWAYED.

 

SONS FRIENDS I MET WERE  REALY KIND THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOVE.

 

TO VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND SO  I PRAYED  THAT ONE DAY THEY COULD.

 

MARY A LADY I MET THROUGH MY SON USED TO LIVE HERE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.

 

SHE MARRIED AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN AND HAS BEEN THERE MANY YEARS SHE WAS FUN.

 

I'M MISSING YOU MARY IF YOUR READING THIS AND IV'E SENT YOU AN E. MAIL TODAY.

 

PLEASE TRY TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF MY FRIEND I'LL COME BACK AND VISIT YOU ONE DAY.

 

WELL NOW IT WAS TIME TO PACK AGAIN ANOTHER CASE FOR THE TRIP.

 

TO HEAD OFF FOR ANOTHER HOLIDAY ON THE NEVADA STRIP.

 

NEXT EVENING THE FLIGHT TO LAS VEGAS WELL SON HIRED A CAR BEFORE .

 

TO PICK UP ON LANDING  SO OFF WE FLEW LIKE THE ONE I HAVE SHOWN YOU AND MORE.

 

THE FLIGHT WAS AROUND THREE HOURS AND IT WENT AS SMOOTH AS CAN BE.

 

A WINDOW SEAT SAT NEXT TO SON AS I LIKE THAT TO LOOK OUT AND  SEE.

 

ALL THOSE BIG WHITE FLUFFY CLOUDS LIKE COTTON WOOL BALLS THEY ARE.

 

ROLLING BY I LOVE TO LOOK OUT AS YOU CAN SEE ALSORTS  SO FAR.

 

WE PICKED UP THE CADILAC AND OFF WE SET TRAVELLING DOWN THE ROAD.

 

HE HAD ONE OF THOSE NAVIGATING SYSTEMS TO NOT LOSE HIS WAY AND EXPLODE HE-HE. 

 

 

 

WE ARRIVED QUITE QUICKLY AND BOOKED IN RECEPTION HERE'S THE PIC OF THAT.

 

 

THEN WE SAT FOR A WHILE IN MY SONS ROOM AND ALL HAD A LOVELY  CHAT.    

 

 

HIS ROOM HE WASN'T RIGHT PLEASED WITH AND HE WANTED TO DO A RE-BOOK.

 

BUT I TOLD HIM NO IT WAS FAR TOO EXPENSIVE AND THIS ONE HAD A NICE LOOK.

 

I FOUND IT LOVELY BUT NO NOT HIM HE THOUGHT THE BEDROOMS TOO SMALL.

 

I WAS HAPPY WITH MINE ANYWAY I WASN'T GRUMBLING AT ALL. HE-HE.

 

WELL ANYWAY I TALKED HIM ROUND ANS SO HERE YOU'LL SEE WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS.

 

JUST IN MY KIND OF  INTEREST AND HERE IS THE REASON BECAUSE.

 

THE GARDENS WERE EVER SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE GREEN.

 

 

WITH  FLAMINGO'S AND LOTS OF EXOTIC PLANTS IT WAS SUCH A SIGHT TO BE SEEN.

 

 

 

WHEN WE ENTERED BY ROAD ON THE STRIP WOW BOY!!  I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

 

HOW MANY SPARKLING LIGHTS AND NEONS HOTELS TOWERING HIGH TO THE SKY'S.

 

 

 

 

 

OH !! IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL SIGHT STATUES OF EVERY KIND.

 

WERE LIT UP AND FOUNTAINS OF WATER SPRINKLING HIGH AND FROM BELOW AND BEHIND.

 

SOME OF THESE FOUNTAINS THEY DANCED IN PATTERNS TO MUSIC AT THE BELLAGIO HOTEL.

 

 

AN HALF HOURLY SHOW YOU COULD WATCH AS YOU WALKED PAST I HOPE IN THE PIC YOU CAN TELL.

 

EVERY HOTEL HAD IT'S OWN GREAT THEME AND THE SHOPS WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD.

 

WELL I THINK YOU ALL KNOW KATH BY NOW AND  THAT SUITED THIS OLD GIRL HE-HE.

 

ONE OF THE HOTELS CALLED VENETIAN EVEN HAD A RIVER INSIDE .

 

 

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GONDOLA'S YOU COULD GO ON THEM FOR A RIDE.

 

ALL THE CEILING AND DECOR HAND PAINTED JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK.

 

AS THOUGH YOU ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OH!!!  I  COULD WRITE A BOOK.

 

BELOW WAS THIS  SPECIAL GONDOLA FOR THE NEWLY WEDS AT NIGHT .

 

THE MAN SERANDADED TO THEM BOTH HOW ROMANTIC IN THE PRETENCE MOONLIGHT .

 

 

TREASURE ISLAND ANOTHER HOTEL HERE WAS A GREAT PIRATE THEME.

 

FOR ANYONE EVERY HOUR A FREE SHOW TO SEE BOY OH BOY WHAT A SCENE.

 

 

CEASERS PALACE THE FAMOUS ONE LIMO'S WERE THERE EVERY  NIGHT.

 

NEVER HAVE I SEEN ANY AS LONG HOW THEY GET ROUND THOSE BENDS IT'S SO TIGHT.

 

THE STATUES INSIDE ARE MAGNIFICENT AND THE ARCHITECTURE BRILLIANT TOO.

 

 

 

IT'S WORTH A TRIP JUST TO SEE ALL OF THIS EXCLUDING WHAT YOU CAN DO.

 

SONS GOING TO CEASERS  FOR CHRISTMAS HE'S GOING TO SEE THE BIG FIGHT.

 

BETWEEN RICKY HATTON OF ENGLAND AND FLOYD MERRYWEATHER I BET A GREAT NIGHT.

 

 

 

ON THE STRIP YOU CAN WATCH THE BELLY DANCERS AND ALSO THE LIMBO TOO.

 

THIS YOUNG GUY WAS THE WORLD CHAMPION THAT CANE I AM NOT KIDDING YOU.

 

WAS NO HIGHER THAN SIX INCHES FROM THE GROUND BUT YES HE GOT UNDER SO SLICK.

 

I CLAPPED TILL MY HANDS WERE SORE BECAUSE HE DID IT EVER SO QUICK..

 

 

 

WELL WE SETTLED IN AND HAD SUPPER AND JUST TOOK A STROLL DOWNSTAIRS.

 

THE CASINO WAS MASSIVE I GOT A SUPRIZE WHEN MY SON LIFTED ME UP IN THE AIR.

 

HE IS A LAUGH A MINUTE MY BOY HOW I WISHED YOU WERE ALL THERE WITH ME. 

 

WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING HE SAID HAVE A GO ON THIS MUM  HE-HE.

 

I CRACKED UP LAUGHING WHEN I TURNED AROUND AND SAW THIS BIG SLOT MACHINE.

 

ABOUT TEN FOOT HIGH AND SIX FOOT WIDE THE BIGGEST I'VE EVER SEEN. HE-HE

 

 

I COULD HARDLY PULL THE HANDLE DOWN AND FUNNILY ENOUGH  I WON.

 

NOT A LOT BUT AT LEAST I GOT SOMETHING  I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IT'S JUST FUN.

 

THERE WAS NO WAY VEGAS WAS HAVING MY DOLLARS IN THERE CASINO'S OH NO!!

 

I HAD LOTS OF TIME TO SPEND THERE STILL AND MANY PLACES TO GO.

 

WE WALKED DOWN THE STRIP FOR A SHORT WAY JUST ADMIREING OTHER THINGS AROUND.

 

UNTIL I WAS READY FOR MY BED ANOTHER LONG DAY I HAD FOUND.

 

SO OFF WE POPPED TO OUR ROOMS AND I HAD ANOTHER LONG SOAK LIKE BEFORE.

 

I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER EPISODE WHEN I WRITE ABOUT VEGAS ONCE MORE.

 

 

PLEASE KEEP CALLING BACK MY FRIENDS AS THE NEXT VISIT IS SO WORTHWHILE.

 

I HOPE THAT I AM NOT BORING YOU OR CRAMPING ANY OF YOUR STYLE HE-HE.

 

I DIDN'T THINK VEGAS WOULD SUIT ME AS I'M NOT A GAMBLING FAN.

 

BUT I AM SO HAPPY I WENT THERE EVERYTHING WENT TO PLAN.

 

MY NEXT POST INCLUDES LAS VEGAS AGAIN AND NEVADA THE HOOVER DAM.

 

HOW FANTASTIC WAS THAT PLACE YOU NEED TO GO THERE IF ANY OF YOU EVER  CAN. 

 

THE WEATHER TOUCHED OVER ONE HUNDRED DEGREES AT  THIS SEPTEMBER TIME.

 

I HAVE LOTS OF MORE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU STILL SO LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT

 

                                     " SIMPLE RHYME".

 

    HE-HE !!!! AHHHHHHHHH  THIS WAS THE LIFE HE-HE.

 

 

  

                                 

 Thankyou Sugar of Sugar Shack Keepsakes for this lovely graphic