"SORTING BOX UPON BOX "

 

      

             Thanx To Donna Of D's Design's For This Lovely Graphic.

 

 

                                                                          

                

 

                          

                      

 

WELL ONCE AGAIN IV'E BEEN BUSY BEE-ING SORTING BOX UPON BOX.

 

THAT I STILL HADN'T EMPTIED  FROM WHEN I MOVED I SEEM TO STILL HAVE LOTS.

 

I CAME UPON EIGHT CHINA PLATES IN ONE BOX WHEN I BOUGHT THEM I THOUGHT THEY WERE SWEET..

 

I'D FORGOTTON ABOUT THIS SET OF PLATES THERE CALLED  "CHILDREN OF THE WEEK ".

 

I KNOW MOST OF YOU WILL HAVE HEARD THIS VERSE BUT JUST BEFORE I START .

 

I THOUGHT I WOULD PLACE IT HERE FOR ALL THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW IT OFF BY HEART.

 

                                       

 

 

                           Monday's child is fair of face,

                          Tuesday's child is full of grace,

                          Wednesday's child is full of woe,

                          Thursday's child has far to go,

                          Friday's child is loving and giving,

                         Saturday's child works hard for a living,

 

                         And the child that is born on the Sabbath day,
                                         

                         Is happy and blyth and good and gay.

 

 

                         

                           

 

I HAVE HAD THESE PLATES FOR MANY YEARS AND QUITE AN AMOUNT THEY COST.

 

TO BE TRUTHFUL I HAD FORGOTTON ABOUT THEM AND PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY WERE LOST.

 

AS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY AN ITEM WHEN I HAVE MOVED ON MY WAY.

 

OVER THE YEARS TO DIFFERANT HOMES SO I THINK THAT I'LL NOW DISPLAY.

 

THEM OUTSIDE MY DOOR IN THE HALLWAY AS THERES A NICE LONG WALL OUT THERE.

 

THEN WHEN VISITORS AND MY NEIGHBOURS SEE THEM THEY CAN STOP AND STARE.

 

AT ALL THESE BONNY LITTLE CHILDREN PLATESHUNG UP EACH ONE ON A HOOK.

 

I BET THEY BEGIN TO WONDER THEN  WHAT DAY THEY WERE BORN WHEN THEY LOOK.

 

I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT DAY AS THOSE WHO I'VE ASKED COULDN'T TELL.

 

ME WHAT DAY THEY WERE BORN ON AND SOME DIDN'T KNOW THE VERSE WELL.

 

I MYSELF WAS BORN ON A WEDNESDAY SO FOR ME THE WORDS ARE FAIRLY TRUE.

 

I HAVE TO ADMIT I SHED TEARS MOST DAYS BUT NOT ALWAYS OVER BEING BLUE. 

 

SOMETIMES I CRY AT SOMETHING SAD I HAVE SEEN ALONG MY WAY.

 

OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THATS TOUCHED MY HEART WHEN I GET UP ANOTHER DAY.

 

I CRY WHEN I'M HAPPY OVER CERTAIN THINGS AND THIS  MAY SOUND STRANGE TO YOU.

 

BUT  I CRY WHEN PEOPLE ARE KIND TO ME AND I CRY THROUGHOUT J/LAND TOO ......

 

I HAVE CRIED IF I'VE NOT DONE SOMETHING JUST RIGHT ON A PROJECT I'M WORKING ON.

 

AND IV'E CRIED WHEN I HAVE BEEN FEELING DOWN OVER BAD NEWS THAT COMES  ALONG.

 

FROM  FRIENDS OR RELATIONS OR NEIGHBOURS AS WELL SO YES MAYBE THERE IS SOME TRUTH.

 

IN THE VERSE OF THE CHILDRENS DAILY PLATES BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANY PROOF.

 

SO IV'E CLEANED THEM TILL THEY SPARKLE AND NOW I'LL GO MARK THE WALL.

 

WITH A PENCIL WHERE TO HANG THEM AND THERES ANOTHER I DIDN'T MENTION AT ALL.

 

IT'S THE LAST ONE I BOUGHT TO COMPLETE THE COLLECTION AND THIS I JUST HAD TO GET.

 

IT IS CALLED " LETS ALL COME TOGETHER"  THIS ONE COMPLETES THE SET.

 

ALL SEVEN CHILDREN ARE ON THIS PLATE YOU CAN SEE THEM GATHERED AROUND.

 

THESE PLATES OPENED  LOTS OF MEMORIES FOR ME  SO I'M HAPPY THAT I HAVE FOUND.

 

WELL IF LIKE ME YOUR A WEDNESDAY CHILD DO YOU SEEM TO SHED LOTS OF TEARS.

 

YET I'M ALSO KNOWN AS LAUGHING KATH AND I STILL DO TRY TO BRING CHEER.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES IV'E PLACED FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK.

 

I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW MY J/LAND FRIENDS GET MY HAMMER AND GO POP THEM UP.  

 

BUT DONT BE ALARMED IF ALL NEXT WEEK YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH NEWS FROM  ME.

 

AS YOU'LL KNOW I FELL OFF THE STEPLADDERS AND MY PLATES ARE GONNERS  HE-HE !!!

 

I AM CERTAIN  WHEN I HAVE PICKED MYSELF UP AFTER ALMOST SHOWING BOTH CHEEKS.

 

                         

IF ANYONE ASKS WHAT DAY I WAS BORN I'LL END UP NOT KNOWING  WHICH WEEK  HE-HE!!

 

SO IF YOU KNOW WHAT DAY YOU WERE BORN CHECK WHAT IT SAYS ON EACH LINE.

 

AND LET  ME KNOW IF YOU THINK YOUR DAYS CORRECT HERE IN

 

                           "MY SIMPLE RHYME". 

 

* I FOUND THIS LINK AFTERWARDS.BELOW:-

 SHOULD ANYONE WISH  TO FIND OUT THE 

 DAY THEY WERE BORN ON.*.

 

                             http://www.dayofbirth.co.uk/

 

 

 

                   

 

 

 

"ANOTHER MONTH IS HERE"

 

                         

 

                      

 

WELL HALLOWEEN IS NOW OVER MY FRIENDS I HOPE YOU HAD A FUN NIGHT.

 

AND NO GHOULS CAME TO YOUR DOOR LAST NIGHT GIVING YOU ALL A FRIGHT.

 

NOVEMBER IS HERE AND ANOTHER EVENT THERE WILL SOON BE IN LINE.

 

THE FIFTH BRINGS MANY GOOD MEMORIES FOR ME AS I LOOK BACK AGAIN ONCE IN TIME.

 

BONFIRE NIGHT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR US KIDS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

 

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL HOW I THOUGHT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

 

I COULDN'T WAIT TO RUN HOME FROM SCHOOL TO HELP MOTHER WHO WOULD BUSY BE.

 

MAKING THE STICKY BONFIRE TOFFEE THE PARKIN AND PIE AND PEAS.

 

I'D SORT OUT  THE LARGE POTATOES FOR HER TO BAKE IN THE BONFIRE RED HOT .

 

WHILE ALL THE DADS WERE  BUILDING THE FIRE TO PUT OUR GUY FAWKS UP ON TOP.

 

 

                              

 

WE MADE HIM  OUT OF OLD RAGGEDY CLOTHES  MANY WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

 

WHICH WE'D WHEEL ROUND SHOUTING "PENNY FOR THE GUY" HOPING AND TAKING A CHANCE.

                                             

                                     

    

HE WAS EITHER PUT IN A WHEELBARROW OR AN OLD BATTERED PRAM WHICH WE PUSHED.

 

AND INSIDE HIS OLD RAGGED CLOTHES WERE NEWSPAPERS WHICH WE SCREWED UP AND CRUSHED.

 

WE WOULD MAKE OUR WAY TO THE RICH HOMES WILLING THEM HOME FROM WORK.

 

OUR GANG LOOKING LIKE LOST ORPHANS WITH OUR FACES FULL OF DIRT.      HE-HE.

 

WHEN THE PASSERS BY DROPPED THE COINS  IN OUR TIN TO BUY ALL OUR FIREWORKS  WITH.

 

WE WOULD HURRY HOME FAST TO TAKE TO OUR PARENTS THEN THEY WENT OUT TO GIVE.

 

THE SHOPKEEPER DOWN THE ROAD FOR OUR SPARKLERS AND FIREWORKS IF WE HAD ENOUGH.

 

               

 

I THINK THEY FELT SORRY FOR US SCRUFFY KIDS IN TATTY CLOTHES LOOKING ROUGH.          HE HE!!!

 

 

                             

 

THE LADS WOULD PUT ON THERE DADS FLAT CAPS AND ALL OF US GIRLS WOULD LAUGH.

 

THEY MUST HAVE LOOKED POOR WHEN I THINK BACK WALKING UP THE RICH MANS PATH.         HE-HE.

                  

BUT POOR OR NOT THERE WAS MUCH LOVE AT HOME AND FUN ON OUR GUY FAWKS NIGHT.

 

WITH ALL THE NEIGHBOURHOOD JOINING IN AND SAT ROUND THE BONFIRE SO BRIGHT..

                                          

 

EVERYONES  MUM WOULD BRING SOMETHING ROUND FOR ALL OF THE KIDS TO EAT.

 

WE WOULD WATCH OUR DADS LIGHT THE FIREWORKS WHILE EATING ALL OF OUR TREATS.

 

A YEARLY EVENT WE LOOKED FORWARD TO CHUMPING (gathering) FOR WEEKS ON END.

 

COLLECTING OLD BROKEN CHAIRS FROM THE NEIGHBOURS WHEN A MESSAGE THEY WOULD SEND.

 

PULLING BRANCHES UP THE ROAD WHICH WERE FELLED FROM ROTTING  OLD TREES.

 

OLD TABLES PEOPLE WOULD ASK IF WE WANTED AND WE WOULD SHOUT OUT " YES PLEASE"  !!! .

 

SETTEES THAT WERE TORN AND ALL WORN OUT WE WOULD DRAG THEM TO OUR HOME.

 

NOTHING WAS EVER TOO MUCH  TO HANDLE AND YOU NEVER HEARD ANY OF US MOAN.

 

WE  COVERED THE SETTEES UP WITH WATERFROOFS  TO KEEP THEM NICE AND DRY.

 

THEY WERE STACKED IN THE CORNER OF OUR BACK YARDS REALY PILED UP HIGH.

 

THE SETTEES WERE SAVED UNTIL LAST TO BE BURNT AS THEY WERE THE SEATING FOR ALL.         HE-HE.

 

FATHERS MOTHERS AUNTS AND UNCLES NEIGHBOURS AND ALL US KIDS SMALL.

 

IN THE EVENINGS BEFORE OUR BEDTIME WE STOOD GUARD OF THE CHUMPS  IN OUR TURN.   HE-HE

 

BECAUSE THEY WERE PRECIOUS TO US YOU SEE EVEN IF ONLY TO BURN.

 

GANGS OF KIDS FROM THE OTHER STREETS WOULD SNEAK ROUND TO STEAL ON A NIGHT.

 

IF THEY SAW THE TOUGH LADS IN OUR STREET THERE THEY  WERE SOON RUNNING OUT OF SIGHT.   HE-HE

 

THEN THE EXCITEMENT BEGAN MY FRIENDS BONFIRE NIGHT FINALLY ARRIVED.

 

WITH ALL OF US SCRUFFY KIDS GATHERED THERE ON THE SETTEES WE DIVED.         HE-HE.

 

READY AND WAITING FOR DADS WITH THERE TORCHES UNTIL THERE WASN'T A SOUND .

 

GUY FAWKS ON TOP OF THE BONFIRE HIS HEAD BOWING DOWN AT THE GROUND.

 

YEHHHHHHH !!!  THE COUNTDOWN STARTED AT 6PM TEN NINE EIGHT SEVEN SIX .

 

WITH THE FLAME FROM DADS TORCH AND A LITTLE ADDED PARAFFIN THAT REALY DID THE TRICK.

 

HOORAY  !!!  ALL THE KIDS STARTED SCREAMING OUR BONFIRE HAD NOW  BEGUN.

 

WE'D BE JUMPING AND BOUNCING ON THE SETTEES US RAGGEDY KIDS HAVING FUN.   HE-HE. 

 

THE CATHERINE WHEELS STARTED SPINNING ROUND ON THE FENCE FIXED TIGHT WITH A PIN.

 

ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM OLD PLASTIC BOTTLES ON TOP OF THE OLD METAL BIN.

                     

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GOLDEN FOUNTAINS SHOWERING BRIGHTLY  STANDING UP HIGH ON THE WALL.

 

                                                                               

                                  

MULTI COLOURED ROMAN CANDLES REPEATEDLY SHOOTING OUT BALLS..

 

THEN MOTHER CAME  ROUND WITH THE TOFFEE AND PARKIN FOR ALL TO CHEW.

 

MADE WITH BLACK TREACLE IT STUCK TO YOUR  TEETH IT FELT LIKE LUMPS OF GLUE. HE-HE.

 

 

                    

 

A BLACK BAKED POTATO  WITH SKIN STILL ON IT FROM THE FIRE WITH BUTTER ON TOP.

 

WATCHING OUR WELLINGTON BOOTS ALL THE TIME FOR THE JUMPING CRACKER IT HOPPED.

 

IT COULD JUMP  INSIDE YOUR WELLIES IF NOT CAREFULL AND NOT AWARE.

 

WHEN  THE TOUCH PAPER LIT THE JUMPING JACK IT SEEMED TO JUMP EVERYWHERE.

 

ALL OF US SAT THERE WATCHING THE FIRE SOME  EATING THERE PIE AND PEAS.

 

BLACKENED FACES NIBBLING ON PARKIN ALL OF THESE GOODIES DID PLEASE.

 

THE SET POT BOILING AWAY IN THE HOUSE WITH HOT WATER TO FILL THE TIN  BATH.

 

READY TO GET SCRUBBED DOWN FOR BED MY SISTERS AND ME LAUGHING KATH.             HE-HE

 

     

 

OH! HOW I LOVED OUR BONFIRE NIGHTS BUT THE TRADITION  NOW  ISN'T THE SAME.

 

KIDS START WITH THERE ATOM BOMBS EARLY AND NOW DRIVE US ALL IN SANE.

 

BANG BOOM BANG

 

EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK WE HEAR LOUD BANGS BEFORE IT IS TIME.

 

THE LAW SHOULD DRAW A CLOSE TO THE SALES AND HAND OUT SOME HEAVY  FINES.

 

NO I'M NOT AN OLD MISERABLE PENSIONER WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE FUN WITH KIDS.

 

TODAY THE TEENAGERS  ABUSE THESE FIREWORKS AND SOME COST HUNDREDS OF QUID.

 

THERE NOT BOUGHT FOR  ENTERTAINMENT  TODAY AND BRINGING  JOY TO KIDS HEARTS.

 

THERE USED BY VANDALS TO DO LOTS OF DAMAGE AND BLOW THINGS UP AND APART.

                       

                              

SETTING FIRE TO ANYTHING IN THERE SIGHT CAUSING HAVOCK AND ANIMALS STRESS.

 

MANY TRADITIONAL STREET  BONFIRES  DISSAPEARED AND THINGS ARE A MESS. 

 

IT HAS TAKEN ALL THE EXCITEMENT AWAY FOR SMALL CHILDREN WELL THIS IS MY THOUGHT.

 

NO GATHERING NOW OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS AND ALL THE FUN BONFIRE NIGHT BROUGHT.

 

YES I KNOW THERE ARE THE ORGANISED LARGE ONES WHICH EVERYONE CAN GO TO SEE.

 

BUT IT'S STILL  NOT THE SAME AS HAVING YOUR OWN IN YOUR BACK YARD LIKE OURS USED TO BE.

NEVER MIND THEY  CARN'T TAKE  MY MEMORIES AWAY OF WHEN I WAS A GIRL.

 

HELPING MUM MAKE THE BONFIRE TOFFEE AND WATCHING THEM CATHERINE WHEELS TWIRL.

 

DO YOU J/LAND FRIENDS IN ENGLAND HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THEM  DAYS OF OLD.

 

DOING THE THINGS WE DID IN MY STORY HERE WHICH I HAVE JUST TOLD.

 

MAKING OUR GUY FAWKS AND SHAKING OUR SPARKLERS WE REALY HAD A GREAT TIME.

 

I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED AND IV'E JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES ONCE AGAIN IN

 

                                       "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

        TAKE CARE IF YOU DO HAVE ONE FRIENDS AND ENJOY!!!

 

                

    

              

 

"TRICK OR TREAT RHYME THROUGH J/LAND "

                       

 

 

IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME IN J/LAND ONCE AGAIN MY  BREW IS BEING STIRRED.

 

THEY'LL BE WITCHES  AND GHOULS COMING ROUND YOUR PLACE THIS IS WHAT IV'E HEARD.

 

WATCH OUT ON YOUR  J/LAND JOURNEY AS YOU TRAVEL THE GRUESOME MILES.

 

MAKE SURE YOUR NOT BEING FOLLOWED BY A PAIR OF SPOOKY EYES.

                 

                          

 

DON'T TAKE ANY  SHORT CUTS SAY HELLO AS YOU GO AROUND.

 

IT'S A VERY SCARY EVENING IN J/LAND WHEN SCREAMS AND SCREACHES SOUND.

 

ALSO LOOK BEFORE YOU ENTER  IT MIGHT  BE AN EIRY PLACE.

 

WHERE SOMEONE IS LURKING TO GREET YOU WITH A REALY HORRIBLE FACE.

 

IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING CLINGING TO YOU  IT COULD BE A SPIDER OR  BAT.

 

YOU HAVE PICKED UP ON YOUR JOURNEY SO DON'T END UP FAINTING FLAT.                                  

 

WHOOOOOOOOOO THE WIND WILL BE BLOWING SKELETONS RATTLING THERE BONES.

 

STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN EVERY PLACE YOU VISIT AND YOU MAY HEAR A FEW WIERD GROANS.

 

                                               

 

                                       

YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS BIG POOLS OF BLOOD IF DRACULA'S AROUND TONIGHT. 

 

SO IF YOU ARE OF A NERVOUS NATURE  HOLD ON TO YOUR POOTER CHAIR TIGHT. AHHH!!!

                                

 

               

 

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT TO FIX..

 

SO DO AS THEY ASK YOU I BEG OF YOU  OR THEY WILL PLAY ONE OF THERE  TRICKS..

 

WITCHES  MIGHT OFFER A DRINK OF THERE POTION THEY HAVE BEEN MIXING ALL WEEK.

 

THEY'LE BE  LOOKING OUT FOR THE VUNERABLE SO TRY TURN THE  OTHER CHEEK.

 

STAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD DON'T WANDER FAR MAKE SURE YOUR PUMPKIN IS LIT.

 

IF YOU SEE ANY BLOOD DRIPPING ON YOUR CLOTHES WITH THIS GHOUL YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN BIT.

                                                

                          

                                      

ON THE OTHER HAND I HOPE YOUR TRAVELS TURN OUT TO BE FUN AND  A LAUGH.

 

BUT IF YOU DON'T SEND YOUR FRIENDS TO VISIT ME YES ME WITCHY  KATH.

 

I WILL CAST  MY  MAGIC SPELL ON YOU AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL LIKE THAT .

 

IF I  TURN YOU INTO AN UGLY FROG OR EVEN AN UGLY BAT..

 

SO PLEASE  ALL HEED MY  WARNING  AND JOIN IN THE J/LAND CLAN..

 

TAKE THIS TREAT AND EAT IT UP  AND FOLLOW WITCHY KATHS PLAN.

 

        

   http://journals.aol.com/winivere2002/TheGlassBox/

 

CLICK ON THIS URL ABOVE  AND VISIT WINIVERE SWEET............ 

 

SHE IS  ONE OF OUR FRIENDS IN J/LAND AND SHE'LL BE WAITING THERE TO GREET.

 

THEN  PLEASE OBLIGE AND YOU DO A  POSTING LEAVE A TREAT AND YOUR URL.

 

SO HER VISITORS WILL VISIT YOU AND LEAVE THERE COMMENTS AS WELL.

 

I REALY AM A NICE KIND WITCH SO TRY AND FIND TIME I PLEA.

 

THEN I WON'T HAVE TO SERVE YOU MY POTION I DON'T LIKE BEING WICKED YOU SEE.  

 

                                      

 

 DON'T SPOIL THE FUN AND BEFORE YOU ALL GO HERES MY TREAT TO YOU.

 

A NICE BAG OF LOVELY CANDY CORN BUT I'M WATCHING SO DON'T TAKE TWO. LOL!!

 

                           

                   

ENJOY ALL YOUR TREATS MY J/LAND FRIENDS I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME .

MY WISH FOR YOU  IS  "HAPPY HALLOWEEN" TRICK OR TREAT FROM

 

 

                                           "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

            GRAB ONE OF THESE FOLKS.THERE HOT!!! LOL!!

                                      

 

                                                               FROM

 

                     http://journals.aol.com/z7snowflake/MyStoryBook/

                            

                                             

                                     "MY SIMPLE RH

 

 

"WHAT A SHOW"

    

                     

 

                                           

 

THEY CAME AGAIN IN ALL SHAPES AND COLOURS TO OUR TOWN THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

 

HORNS WERE HONKING EXHAUSTS WERE BLOWING WASN'T IT JUST A SIGHT.

 

HUNDREDS OF THEM THREE A BREAST WITH HEADLAMPS SHINING BRIGHT.

 

AT FIRST I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS THE SOUND GAVE ME SUCH A FRIGHT.

 

THE SIGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE AS I LOOKED OUT IN THE DARK.

 

ALL RIDING ROUND AND TRYING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD PARK.

 

LANDLADIES SAYING I'M SORRY GUYS THERES NO ROOM AT THE INN TONIGHT .

 

SO OFF THEY RODE TO ANOTHER AVENUE LOOKING FOR LODGINGS THERE PLIGHT..

 

THE ANNUAL SCOOTER GATHERING WAS HERE IN OUR TOWN ONCE AGAIN.

 

THE NOISE THEY MAKE WHEN THERE ALL TOGETHER I MUST SAY IS SOMETIMES A PAIN.

 

BUT I MUST ADMIT I LOVE TO SEE THEM AND ALL FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE.

 

YES CHARITY SO GIVE THEM CREDIT AND ALSO LETS APPLAUSE.

 

WELL  OUT CAME MY BATTERY CHARGER LAST NIGHT  SO I WAS PREPARED.

 

TO  SET OFF SATURDAY MORNING TO TAKE THESE  PICTURES I'VE SHARED.

 

THERE WERE BLUE ONES RED ONES YELLOW ONES ALL LINED UP DOWN THE PROM.

 

GREEN ONES BROWN ONES ORANGE AND BLACK AND SOME WITH ANIMALS ON.

 

SOME CUSTOMISED IN FANCY PATTERNS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SIGHT.

 

AND IN THE EVENING THEY REALY GLOW UNDER THE MOON AND LAMPLIGHT.

 

NOT A PARKING PLACE LEFT ON THE AVENUES SCOOTERS WERE EVERYWHERE.

 

IN THE CAR PARKS  THE PROMENADE AND  ESPELANDE SCOOTERS GALORE OUT THERE.

 

I HEARD ALL THE HOTELS WERE BOOKED UP AND GUEST HOUSES TOO ALL FULL.

 

IT WAS JUST A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET SUNSHINE THE DAY WAS DAMP AND DULL.

 

THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE  NO TROUBLE AND THEY BRING  CUSTOM TO OUR TOWN.

 

SO I AM NOT  BOTHERED THEY COME HERE LIKE SOME WHO MOAN AND FROWN.

 

I SNAPPED AWAY TO MY HEARTS CONTENT AND THEY WERE DELIGHTED THAT I.

 

HAD MENTIONED IF THEY WERE ON THE INTERNET ONE DAY THEY MIGHT JUST SPY.

 

THE PICTURES OF THERE SCOOTERS IN MY BLOG AND THEY DIDN'T VENT.

 

SO I CONTINUED SNAPPING AND CHATTING WHAT A LOVELY AFTERNOON I'VE SPENT.

 

THE QUEUE FOR THE LEISURE CENTRE WAS MILES LONG AS THATS WHERE THEY ALL GO.

 

TO THE EXHIBITION FOR ALL THERE WARES AND IV'E HEARD IT'S A BRILLIANT SHOW.

 

TONIGHT THERES A DANCE FOR  ALL OF THEM TO HAVE THEMSELVES  A GOOD TIME.

 

NO PROBLEMS NO FIGHTING NO TROUBLE EVERYTHING ALWAYS GOES FINE.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES IV'E TAKEN WHICH I'VE PLACED FOR YOU UP ABOVE.

 

BUT THIS ONE BELOW IS SPECIAL IT'S MY FAVOURITE ONE I JUST LOVE.

 

THE GREEN DRAGON WITH THE CURLY TAIL HE VISITS US  EVERYTIME.         HE-HE

 

I REALY ENJOY THE SCOOTER WEEKEND SHOWN  HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

                   

         

 

 

"PAPER PLAY AT THE STREAM"

              

 

I WAS THINKING OF CHILDHOOD DAYS AND REMEMBERING HOW THINGS USED TO BE.

 

WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT AND WE HAD SUCH FUN ALL MY COUSINS AND ME.

 

I HAD TWO COUSINS WHO LIVED AWAY AND FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

 

MY MOTHER USED TO TAKE ME OVER FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY TO STAY.

 

THIS GRAPHIC ABOVE REMINDED ME OF THE TIMES I USED TO GO.

 

TO THE STREAM AT MY COUSINS HOME IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHERE IT USED TO FLOW.

 

WE WOULD GO DOWN THERE EACH MORNING AND PLAY TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT.

 

WALKING ON THE STEPPING STONES MANY HAPPY  HOURS WE HAVE SPENT.

 

THE GRAPHIC ABOVE ALSO REMINDS ME OF WHEN THE SUN WAS RED HOT.

 

MY AUNT WOULD PUT A SCALF LIKE THESE ON OUR HEADS TO PROTECT OUR TOP KNOT.

 

THE STREAM IT WASN'T DIRTY IT WAS CRYSTAL BRIGHT AND CLEAR.

 

WE PLAYED IN THIS WATER FOR HOURS ON END AND NEVER DID WE FEAR.

 

ANYTHING DREADFUL WOULD HAPPEN LIKE TODAY OH NO !! WE WERE FINE.

 

SPLASHING AND JUMPING OVER THE STREAM HAVING A REALY GOOD TIME.

 

WE WOULD TAKE A BUNCH OF OLD NEWSPAPERS ROLLED UP AND TIED WITH STRING.

 

A PAIR OF OLD SCISSORS MY AUNT IN CHARGE SHE ALWAYS USED TO BRING.

 

WE WOULD MAKE LITTLE BOATS  FROM  THE NEWSPAPER AND SAIL THEM DOWN THE STREAM.

 

IMAGINING  WE WERE IN THEM SAILING AWAY LIKE IN A  DREAM.

 

                        

                                  

 

        

 

ALMOST ALL OF OUR TOYS IN THESE DAYS WERE HAND MADE AND THEY WERE FREE.

 

FATHER TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE LOTS OUT OF OLD NEWSPAPERS YOU SEE.

 

TIMES WERE HARD BUT HAPPY TIMES WE WERE GRATEFUL AND SO CONTENT.

 

WITH THESE SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS IN OUR LIVES AND NOTHING OUR PARENTS SPENT.

 

UP ON THE BANK OF THE STREAM WE WOULD RUN AND FLY OUR KITES WAY UP HIGH.

 

JUST THE SAME AS THE BOAT YOU SEE HERE YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING IF YOU TRY.

 

                                  

 

DO YOU REMEMBER THESE FORTUNE TELLERS ALL DIFFERANT WE USED TO MAKE LOTS.

 

                                                       

                                                    

 

ENTERING LITTLE SAYINGS INSIDE  THEM  "DO YOU LOVE ME OR DO YOU NOT".   HE-HE.

 

RED BLUE GREEN OR YELLOW WE USED TO ASK OUR FRIENDS.

 

THE FUN WE HAS DOWN AT THAT STREAM IN THEM DAYS MY MEMORIES NEVER END.

 

YOU WORKED IT BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR HANDS ASKING A NUMBER NEXT.

 

THEN COUNTED THAT NUMBER OUT WITH THE MOVEMENT MUCH BETTER FUN THAN TEXT.

 

WHEN AT LAST YOU HAD COUNTED THE NUMBER YOU OPENED THE FOLDS UP TO SEE.

 

WHAT LITTLE MESSAGE WAS HIDDEN INSIDE  THAT YOU HAD WROTE IN THERE HE-HE.

 

I USED TO MAKE  WITH THESE PAPER TOYS WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN THEY WERE YOUNG.

 

AND ALSO HOURS ON END I HAVE MADE THEM WITH DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS.

 

BUT NOWADAYS IT IS DIFFERANT EVERYTHING COSTS SO  MUCH .

 

IT'S A SHAME KIDS DON'T  HAVE FUN FOR FREE LIKE WE DID HERE AS SUCH..

 

ANOTHER THING DAD HE TAUGHT US WAS HOW TO MAKE OTHER THINGS  TOO.

 

FROM OLD CIGARETTE PACKETS WHICH WERE EMPTY HERE ARE ONE OR TWO.

 

A MAN SAT ON A BENCH WITH HIS DOG AND TANKS FOR LITTLE BOYS.

 

THE BOYS THEY USED TO LOVE THESE THINGS SOME WERE THERE FAVOURITE TOYS.

 

                  

              

 

WE USED TO MAKE A BIG BOWL OF PASTE FROM FLOWER AND WATER FOR GLUE.

 

THEN CUT UP LOTS OF NEWSPAPERS TILL WE HAD A PILE OR TWO ..

 

STICK THEM ALL ON PLATES AND BUILD UP UNTIL THE LAYERS WERE THICK.

 

LEAVE THEM TO DRY OVERNIGHT AND KEEP LAYERING  UNTIL IT DID THE TRICK.

 

WHEN IT WAS SOLID WE PEELED IT OFF AND A NEW  PAPER PLATE YOU HAD.

 

THE LAST LAYER WAS A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER TO COVER THE PRINT WHICH LOOKED BAD.

 

GET OUT THE PAINTS AND DECORATE THEM ALL COLOURS BRIGHT AND GAY.

 

WE USED THEM THEN FOR OUR SANDWICHES DOWN AT THE STREAM THROUGH THE DAY.

 

                  

 

 

SIX WEEKS HOLIDAYS WE HAD AT THIS TIME AND NEVER A MOMENT BORED.

 

BUT PLAYING DOWN AT THE STREAM IN THEM DAYS TEN OUT OF TEN IT SCORED.

 

ALL THESE WONDERFUL MEMORIES BROUGHT TO MIND FROM THIS GRAPHIC ABOVE.

 

AND ALL THE WONDERFUL TIMES WE HAD OUR DAYS WERE JUST FILLED WITH LOVE.

 

PADDLING SPLASHING MAKING TOYS FLYING KITES HIGH  LIKE WE DID.

 

I AM PLEASED I WAS BORN AT THIS TIME IN LIFE AND HAVE HAPPY THOUGHTS AS A KID.

 

GOING TO AUNTIES IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME..

 

I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY PAPER  PLAY AT THE STREAM HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

               

                          

                                         

       THANKYOU TO MISSIE FOR THIS WONDERFUL GRAPHIC.