"SOME HISTORY FOUND DOING DRAWERS OUT"

 

 

LORD HALIFAX

OF HICKLETON HALL.

 

 

         

 

                                           HICKLETON HALL

The Sue Ryder Home, Hickleton Hall
Location	Hickleton,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,

           The hall was converted to the above around 1965 I believe..

 

 

WELL A RHYME WITH A LITTLE HISTORY I TELL TO YOU ALL TODAY.

 

ABOUT  MEMORIES OF AN AUNT OF MINE BROUGHT BACK THE OTHER DAY.

 

WHEN I TOLD YOU I FOUND THINGS OF INTEREST CLEARING OUT MY DRAWERS.

 

QUITE A FEW THINGS I CAME ACROSS J/LAND AND MANY MANY MORES.

 

MY AUNT WAS BORN 1895  AND SHE WORKED IN SERVICE  NEAR HOME .

 

FOR LORD HALIFAX AT HICKLETON HALL SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHERE OFTEN I ROAMED.

 

WHEN I USED TO GO THERE WITH MY MOTHER TO SEE HER SISTER FAIR.

 

AND SHE USED TO TAKE US TO HICKLETON HALL TO SHOW US WHAT SHE DID THERE.

 

I REMEMBER IT THOUGH IT WAS YESTERDAY AND A WARM WELCOME WE ALWAYS GOT.

 

MY MOTHER AND ME WHEN WE WENT THERE IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT WAS HOT.

 

THE STAFF ALWAYS MADE A FUSS OF ME AND USED TO TREAT ME SO KIND.

 

THEY NEVER SAID A NASTY WORD WHEN WE VISITED THEY DIDN'T MIND.

 

I CAME ACROSS AUNTS  DEATH  CERIFICATE  AND THIS PICTURE SO VERY OLD.

 

WHICH  WAS TAKEN IN NINETEEN TWENTY SIX  MY AUNT CLARA AND MOTHER TOLD.

 

ME LOTS OF HISTORY ABOUT HICKLETON HALL MANY MEMORIES I COULD UNFOLD..

 

OF LORD HALIFAX AND THE STAFF AT HICKLETON IN THEM DAYS OF OLD.

 

I ALSO CAME ACROSS THIS APRON WRAPPED UP WITH ALL HER THINGS.

 

I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT'S WHAT SHE WORE LATER BUT TO ME MEMORIES OF HER IT BRINGS.

 

IT'S ALMOST LIKE TISSUE PAPER THE MATERIAL IS FLIMSY AND  FINE.

 

AND I REMEMBER MOTHER GIVING ME THIS ROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

 

 

 

THEN I FOUND MY DEAR AUNTS  TOFFEE TIN WHICH SHE KEPT ALL HER PAPERS  IN .

 

I NOW KEEP MY PENCILS AND PENS IN IT I LOVE THIS VERY OLD TIN.

 

  

 

 

MY AUNTIE  GAVE IT TO ME ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS VISITING THERE.

 

AND NO PENCIL CASE OR OTHER THING WITH MY TOFFEE TIN DOES COMPARE.

 

I AM SUCH A POOR TAKER OF PEOPLES THINGS AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAND OUT.

 

A GIFT MY FRIENDS I MEAN AT THAT AND NOT A CLIP OR A CLOUT.

 

WELL ONE YEAR LORD HALIFAX SENT FOR MY AUNT TO SEE HIM AND HE DID SAY .

 

CHOOSE SOMETHING FROM THE HOUSE CLARA I HEAR THAT YOUR  LEAVING TODAY.

 

SHE SAID OH I DON'T NEED ANYTHING SIR JUST  MY GOOD HEALTH HER REPLY.

 

HE SAID NO YOU MUST CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT REALY CATCHES YOUR EYE.

 

MY AUNT HAD TO GIVE HER NOTICE FOR ILL HEALTH SHE FELL UPON.

 

SO LORD HALIFAX WANTED TO REWARD HER FOR ALL THE HARD WORK SHE'D DONE..

 

YOU HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED WORKER HERE SINCE THE TENDER AGE OF TWELVE.

 

SERVED WITH MY STAFF AND NEVER A DAY OFF CHOOSE SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF..

 

SHE TOLD ME THERE WAS A GREAT BIG HALL  WITH CABINETS AND ORNAMENTS IN THERE.

 

AND WHIST SHE WAS WORKING AND DOING HER JOB SHE WOULD OFTEN STAND AND STARE.

 

AT THESE TWO ORNAMENTS SHE LOVED THEM SHE SAID THEY WERE SIMPLY THE BEST.

 

SO SHE CHOSE THE PAIR I REMEMBER HER SAYING TILL SHE GOT HOME SHE COULDN'T REST.

 

SHE WAS FRIGHTEDENED TO DEATH OF DROPPING THEM AFTER ALL THE YEARS SHE'D ADMIRED.

 

AND GENUINLY HAD A FEELING SHE MIGHT BE GIVEN THEM WHEN SHE RETIRED.

 

AS LORD HALIFAX ALWAYS GAVE A GIFT ON RETIREMENT TO HIS STAFF.

 

IF EVER THEY HAD TO LEAVE THROUGH ILLNESS OR WHENEVER BIRTHDAYS PASSED.

 

I REMEMBER HER TELLING ME SHE WAS DELIGHTED AND THANKED THE DEAR LORD ABOVE.

 

SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON SUCH  A HARD WORKER AND SO FULL OF LOVE .

 

THE KIND WHO WOULD GO OUT OF HER WAY TO DO A FAVOUR FOR YOU.

 

NOTHING WAS EVER TOO MUCH TO PLEASE AND A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN TOO.

 

WHEN SHE DIED THEY WENT TO MY MOTHER HER SISTER OF COURSE AS THEY .

 

WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER FROM TINY UNTIL GREY.

 

WELL I WAS ALWAYS THE FAVOURITE NIECE OF THIS AUNTIE AND UNCLE YOU SEE.

 

AS WHEN MOTHER WENT THERE VISITING THEM SHE  TOOK ALONG TINY ME.

 

MY AUNT NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN AND I NEVER QUESTIONED WHY.

 

BUT I FEEL IT MUST HAVE BEEN MEDICAL REASONS AS SHE ADORED CHILDREN LIKE I.

 

ONE DAY MY MOTHER SHE SAID TO ME KATHLEEN I WANT YOU TO TAKE.

 

THESE ORNAMENTS HOME WITH YOU TODAY AS I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER MAKE .

 

THE MISTAKE OF GETTING RID OF THEM I KNOW YOU LIKE THINGS OF OLD.

 

I THINK I HAVE OFTEN SAID SO IN MY ARCHIVES OF RHYMES WHICH IV'E TOLD.

 

I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM BUT MY MOTHER INSISTED THAT I.

 

TAKE THEM HOME SHE SAID PLEASE KATHLEEN AND I HAD A TEAR IN MY EYE.

 

 I KNOW THAT YOU WILL LOOK AFTER THEM SO TO PLEASE MY MOTHER I DID.

 

SHE TOLD ME SHE THOUGHT MY OTHER SISTERS WOULD SELL THEM FOR A FEW QUID.

 

I CANNOT PART WITH ANYTHING WHICH HAS SENTIMENTAL VALUE AT ALL.

 

THESE ORNAMENTS TO ME WERE TREASURES SO I PLACED IN MY CABINET TALL.

 

AND I  I STILL POSSESS THEM TO THIS DAY  SO HERE IS WHAT I HAVE DONE.

 

TAKEN A PICTURE OF THEM AND AUNT AND MY MOTHER WHEN TURNED TWENTY ONE.

 

THE PHOTOGRAPH DOESN'T DO THEM JUSTICE SUCH DELICATE COLOURS THEY ARE.

 

AND IT'S LIKE A CHRISTMAS ROSE IN THE MIDDLE BUT NOT SHOWING UP BY FAR.

 

 

 

 

IT'S MANY YEARS SINCE  I WAS GIVEN THEM AND I AM PROUD TOO YOU KNOW .

 

OF THIS ORIGINAL TOFFEE TIN WHICH WAS MY AUNTS IV'E PLACED HERE TO SHOW..

 

 

 

PEOPLE IN OLDEN DAYS I REMEMBER ALWAYS PLACED THINGS IN A TIN.

 

LIKE RENT BOOKS AND OTHER INSURANCE PAPERS AND ALSO OTHER THINGS.

 

DO YOU REMEMBER IF YOUR OLD ANCESTORS USED TO DO THIS LIKE MINE.

 

I THINK SO THEY COULD BE FOUND EASILY WHEN NEEDED AT ANY TIME.

 

MY MOTHER HAD ME WHEN SHE WAS FORTY WHICH I THINK WAS VERY LATE.

 

AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW THE FURR  ROUND HER NECK ON THIS PICTURE BUT THINK  IT LOOKS GREAT HE-HE.

 

I LOVE THE OLD SEPIA PHOTOGRAPHS AND IV'E NO IDEA WHERE THEY'LL GO.

 

COS TODAYS GENERATION DON'T VALUE NOSTALGIA SO I BET THEY WILL ALL THROW.

 

THEM OUT TO THE REFUSE BIN I AM SURE WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME.

 

SO AFTER A CHAT WITH MY FAMILY  IF THEY DON'T WANT THEM I AM GOING TO SEE.

 

IF I CAN GIVE THEM TO SOME MUSEUM  THE ORNAMENTS ESPECIALLY.

 

AS THEY ARE HAND PAINTED AND CHINA PORCELAIN AND THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.

 

SO I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY NOSTALGIC STORY TODAY OF ONCE UPON A TIME.

 

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY I FOUND SORTING DRAWERS OUT HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

         

     AUNT CLARA  31 IN 1926                       MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS 21 IN 1926

 

     LOOK AT THE HATS LOL!!!   THAT MUST BE WHY I LIKE THEM HE-HEEEEEEE!!

 

SUPRIZE SUPRIZE !!!! I RECEIVED AN  E. MAIL TODAY J/LAND INVITING ME TO BE SHOWN AROUND HICKLETON HALL.FROM ONE OF THE SUE RYDER LADIES WHO HAD READ MY BLOG.SHOULD I DECIDE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION.

 

 

"THE CUTTING I FOUND"

 

       

                      

    

WELL TODAY I AM BACK TO NORMAL AND NOW  I  INTEND TO CUT DOWN.

 

WHEN I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH I HAD ON MY FACE A LONG FROWN.

 

WAS THAT REALY MY REFLECTION I PRETENDED NO THATS NOT ME.

 

THEN I HAD TO BE HONEST AS THE  THE MIRROR IT AGREED.

 

I STOOD ON THE SCALES WHAT A FACE THEY PULLED AND THEY LOOKED IN AGONY.

 

I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT THEY SAID TO ME AS IT WASN'T VERY NICE YOU SEE.  HE-HE.

 

                              

 

 I THOUGHT TO START  HEALTHY EATING  AND CUT OUT ALL THOSE SWEET THINGS SO  I.

 

CAN LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE IT SMILE BACK AT ME NOT SEE A TEAR FROM MY EYE..

 

SO JUST LIKE THE  GRAPHIC ABOVE MY FRIENDS THEY'LL BE NO SWEET OFFERINGS.

 

AS EACH DAY WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT I'M SURE FOR WHAT THE NEXT DAY BRINGS.

 

WELL AS I WAS SORTING SOME PAPER WORK  OUT THIS SATURDAY EVENING I THOUGHT.

 

OH !!  I  WONDER WHATS IN THIS ENVELOPE AND WHEN OPENING  IT MY EYE CAUGHT.

 

THIS NEWSPAPER  CUTTING HOW STRANGE IT SEEMED  MY GRANDAUGHTER I COULD SEE.

 

WITH HER FRIENDS PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AT HER OLD SCHOOL BELIEVE ME..

 

ISN'T THAT WEIRD I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THIS PICTURE  HAS DROPPED  ME AN HINT.

 

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CUTTING AND READ  THE TOPIC THERE BEFORE ME  IN PRINT.

 

SO I TOOK THIS AS AN OMEN AND I AM DEFINATLEY NOW ON A DIET.

 

KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED I CAN STICK WITH IT WITHOUT THERE BEING A RIOT.

 

AS WHEN I AM DIETING THERES NO BISCUITS OR CAKES PUT OUT ON SHOW.

 

SO ROOSTER WON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL FREINDS OH NO COS HE LOVES THEM SO .

 

 

              

                  

                                                          LOL!!!

 

HE HAS A REAL SWEET TOOTH HAS  ROOSTER BUT IF I CARNT HAVE WELL I THINK.

 

WHATS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER SO LET HIM KICK UP A STINK.

 

IF HE WANTS A SHAPELY WOMAN THEN HE CAN DO WITHOUT HIS CAKE.   HE-HE.

 

AS THEY  WON'T DO ME ANY GOOD AT ALL AND  FAT IS WHAT THEY MAKE.

 

I DO LOVE MANY SWEET THINGS  BUT I'M DEFINATELY GOING TO TRY.

 

TO LOSE TWO STONE LIKE MARIE'S MUSES  THEN I MIGHT LOOK GOOD TO THE EYE..

 

ANOTHER REASON I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT IS COS WHEN WE SWIM AT  THE  BATHS.

 

AND ROOSTER AND I COME OUT OF  THE CHANGING ROOMS EVERYONE STARTS TO LAUGH.

 

 HE-HE.

 

 

                         

 

WELL HERE IS THE CUTTING I FOUND FROM THE PAPER ISN'T IT JUST SO SWEET.

 

MY GRANDAUGHTER CARERRA ON THE LEFT WITH THE ORANGE FEET...

 

I'LL LET YOU KNOW FROM TIME TO TIME HOW MUCH I LOSE AS I GO.

 

AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS I FOUND IN THE DRAWER WHICH I AM GOING TO SHOW.

 

YOU ALL IN MY NEXT FEW POSTINGS SOME REALY  INTERESTING STUFF.

 

STUFF OH!!!!  THAT WORD REMINDS ME OF FOOD NOW I AM IN A HUFF  HE-HE

 

SO I BETTER GO AND GET RID OF THE SWEET THINGS FROM ALL MY CONTAINERS NOW.

 

AND TRY AND EAT FRUIT AND OTHER THINGS OR I'M GOING TO LOOK LIKE  A SOW.

 

SOMEONE BOUGHT ME A FRIDGE MAGNET AND IT SAID YOUR NOT FAT AT ALL.

 

YOUR  JUST A LITTLE SOW REMEMBER WHO CANNOT HELP BEING UNDER TALL.     HE-HE.

 

NOW I'M HOPING IN A FEW MORE MONTHS I WILL BE SHOWING ALL YOU .

 

A DIFFERANT PICTURE OF ME SO SLIM  NOT LIKE THIS WHEN SINGING THE BLUES.

 

       

                           

 

COS  I DO NOT LIKE THAT REFLECTION  (HE-HE) SO WISH ME LUCK TILL NEXT TIME.

 

AND I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURE HERE OF THE CHILDREN IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME.

 

PS.I DON'T KNOW IF CARERRA  IS A CARROT OR A SATSUMA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

 

BUT  MY OLD FOLLOWERS KNOW WHAT MOTHERHEN DOES WITH SATSUMAS

 

             SO I CARN'T EAT THEM I HAVE TO SAVE THEM  LOL.

            CARERRA !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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"GAS CHECK TIME"

 

         

 

        

 

           

WELL THIS MORNING CAME  FRIENDS AND  ANOTHER APPOINTMENT IT WAS MY GAS CHECK TIME.

 

I WONDER WHY MINE  ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE WHEN THE WEATHERS FREEZING NOT FINE.

 

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THE GAS IS TURNED OFF FOR THE BOILER AND ALL THINGS ELSE.

 

TO BE CHECKED OUT AND I AM SAT FROZEN HUDDLED UP ALL ALONE BY MYSELF.

 

WHILE THIS GUY HE RATTLES HIS SCREWDRIVERS AND HIS TOOLBAG HE SLINGS ANYWHERE.

 

HE DOESN'T BOTHER WHERE IT LANDS AND THE TOOLS THEY JUMP UP IN THE AIR.

 

SOME OF THESE WORKMEN HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLES THINGS.

 

AND  I DREAD OPENING MY DOOR TO THIS MAN WHEN EACH YEAR MY DOOR BELL RINGS.  

 

I JUST FEEL LIKE SAYING DO YOU THROW EVERYTHING ABOUT IN YOUR OWN SWEET HOME.

 

AS IF YOU DOI BET YOUR WIFE WITTERS ON AT YOU AND MOANS.

 

YOU SEE THIS GUY I HAVE HAD FOR THREE YRS NOW AND HE IS SENT AUTO YOU SEE.

 

THROUGH  MY LOVELY LANDLORD WHO ORDERS HIM YES HE LOOKS AFTER ME.

 

WELL WHILST HE IS CHECKING APPLIANCES I ASK WOULD YOU LIKE A DRINK.

 

YES PLEASE A CUPPA OF COFFEE BUT  NO SUGAR OR  MILK PLEASE THEN WINKS.

 

HEY DON'T WINK AT ME I THINK TO MYSELF WHEN I AM IN HERE ALL ALONE.

 

WITH YOU WHEN  MY ROOSTER IS OUT AT WORK OR YOU WILL BE GOING BACK HOME.  HE-HE

 

SO HE SMILES WITH A MOUTH THATS JUST LIKE A SETPOT I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE SO LARGE.

 

IF HE OPENED IT WIDE I AM SURE HE WOULD SWALLOW OUR  LOCAL RIVER BARGE.

 

WHOOPS SORRY I DON'T USUALY  SPEAK LIKE THIS BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LAUGH.

 

AND I AM BEING HONEST AND WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT HE'S LIKE WHEN HE SEE'S LAUGHING KATH.

 

HE THEN  SAYS OH THOSE BISCUITS LOOK TEMPTING AND GRABS ONE WITHOUT SAYING PLEASE.

 

HE SHOVES IT IN HIS GAPING MOUTH ALL IN ONE LUMP WITH EASE

 

 

GOOD GRIEF I'M NOT TALKING ORDINARY BISCUITS THESE WERE FRUIT SCONES I'D JUST MADE.

 

TWELVE OF THEM ON THE COOLING RACK FOR A GIFT NOW ELEVEN I'M AFRAID.

 

YOU SEE MARGARET AND I WHEN WE WERE IN COOKERY CLASS WE WERE ALWAYS  BEST MATES.

 

AND SHE USED TO SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME THAT MINE  THEY TASTED GREAT.

 

EXUSE ME I SAID BUT THOSE ARE A GIFT FOR MY FRIEND WHO JUST LOVES THEM SO.

 

AND NOW I ONLY HAVE ELEVEN LEFT HE SAYS WELL  I DIDN'T  KNOW.

 

WELL MY COUNCILLOR WHO USED TO CALL ON ME TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE.

 

SO THE TIME WAS RIGHT AND I TOOK THE OPPORTNUITY  THIS GUY SOME OF IT  TO  GIVE.

 

I SAID TO HIM NOT A CASE OF DON'T KNOW IT'S POLITE AND MANNERS TO ASK.

 

WITH THIS  HE REPLIED OH I'M SORRY MY DEAR I WAS ONLY ACTING DAFT.

 

DAFT I SAID YOU'LL CERTAINLY BE  DAFT IF MY BOWL OF SATSUMAS COME  OUT.

 

YOU'LL BE WONDERING WHATS HIT YOU SOON MY BOY IF I AIM ONE AND IT GIVES YOU A CLOUT.    HE-HE

 

SO PLEASE GET ON WITH THE GAS CHECK WILL YOU AND WITHOUT SOUNDING RUDE PLEASE DON'T.

 

CONTINUE WINKING  AT ME ALL THE TIME OR YOUR EYES I KNOW THEY WON'T.

 

BE FOCUSING ON THE JOB PROPERLY AND I DON'T WANT YOU MAKING A MESS.

 

I DON'T CARE FOR GASMEN PASSING WINKS AND TRUTHFULLY I COULDN'T CARE LESS.

 

WITH THIS HE TOOK HOLD OF HIS SCREWDRIVER AND HE'S BANGING AND GLANGING AWAY.

 

AT THE BOILER CASEING AND I AM THINKING HE'S NOT GETTING HIS OWN WAY.     HE-HE

 

I STOOD MY DISTANCE BUT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF I AM GOING TO WATCH THIS GUY.

 

WHO ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE WINKING IT MIGHT BE AN  AFFLICTION OF  HIS  EYE

 

HE-HE. 

 

WHAT IS YOUR GAS CHECKER LIKE MY FRIENDS IS HE A BIT LEEK GEEN........  (FORWARD)

 

COS THIS ONE I DREAD HIM COMING ROUND HE'S THE STRANGEST IV'E EVER SEEN.

 

WELL I DON'T THINK HIS INDIGESTION PARTS WILL  BE FEELING TOO GOOD TODAY .

 

AS THOSE FRUIT  SCONES WERE STILL QUITE HOT FOR SWALLOWING DOWN HIS PASSAGEWAY. HE-HE

 

IV'E MENTIONED  HIS ADMIRING GLANCES TO THE LANDLORD BEFORE ON THE PHONE.

 

BUT HE JUST TELLS ME OH! HE'S A BIT OF A FLIRT BUT THERES NO HARM IN HIM DON'T MOAN.

 

SO I  TRUST IN HIS WORD BUT THANK GOODNESS HE'S GONE AND I HAVN'T TO LOOK AT THAT GAP.

 

WHEN HE OPENS HIS MOUTH SO WIDE I'M NOT KIDDING IT'S AS BIG AS A FLIPPING RAT TRAP.

HE-HE.

 

WELL I'VE  READ BEFORE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD VERMIN LARGE AND SMALL.

 

SO I'LL GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER AND HE CAN  COME ROUND AND I BET HE WILL CATCH THEM ALL.

 

IF HE LIES ON THE FLOOR WITH MY SCONE IN HIS MOUTH I'M SURE HE WILL CATCH THE LOT.

 

AND YOUR  MICE AND RATS WILL THINK OH GOOD GRIEF WEV'E BEEN CAUGHT IN THE BAKERS SHOP.  HE-HE

 

WELL  MARGARET MY  FRIEND I'VE  MENTIONED BEFORE IS COMING TO SEE ME ON SAT.

 

SO THATS WHY I WAS BAKING THE SCONES FOR HER  HAMPER WITH THIS AND THAT.

 

SHE'S COMING TO HER RELATIONS SO SHE'S CALLING TO SEE ME THATS GREAT.

 

AND WE WILL CATCH UP ON ALL THOSE LOST YEARS NEVER SEEING ONE ANOTHER OF LATE.

 

I'LL MAKE HER LAUGH I AM SURE OF IT WHEN I GIVE HER THE HAMPER  SAYING    I.

 

HAVE PUT YOU  A GAS MANS DOZEN OF SCONES IN AND ALSO A FALSE  WINKING EYE    

 

HE-HE.

 

THE GAS MAN HAS GONE NOW THANK GOODNESS ANOTHER ANNUAL JOB DONE

 

AND I'M FROZEN SO WHY CARN'T THEY DO THIS JOB WHEN IT'S NICE AND WARM IN THE SUN.

 

SO I'VE FINISHED MY HAMPER NOW HE'S GONE AND POPPED IN IT A BOTTLE OF WINE.

 

 MY  FEETS  UP AND IV'E GOT A CUPPA AND COOKIE AND IV'E  POSTED   

 

                      "MY SIMPLE RHYME" 

 

                                HE-HE.

 

         

         

 

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"A NEW YEAR A NEW DAY A NEW START "

 

        

      

YES IT'S A NEW YEAR A NEW DAY A NEW START SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT I.

 

WILL NOT LOOK BACK AND TO START NEW PLANS WHICH I AM GOING TO TRY.

 

SO THIS MORNING I WOKE AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AS USUAL AND WENT FOR A WALK.

 

WHILST WALKING MY HEAD WAS BUSY SO DEEP IN LOTS OF THOUGHT.

 

EVERYONES SAYING LOOK FORWARD THE OLD YEAR HAS GONE DON'T  LOOK BACK.

 

SO THIS IS MY MOTTO FOR 2008 AND I'M PROMISING  TO DO JUST THAT.

 

                

 

OF COURSE THERE ARE THE GOOD TIMES THATS PASSED BY SO I WILL STILL THINK BACK TO THOSE.

 

AS MANY OF MY RHYMES YOU HAVE READ IN MY ARCHIVES ARE ABOUT ALL THOSE.

 

IN MY GLOVES AND BOOTS AND SCARF AND MITTENS I HEADED OUT OF THE DOOR.

 

THE WIND WAS REALY STRONG AND GUSTY  BUT I WAS ALIVE WHAT MORE.

 

COULD I WISH FOR BUT I WAS HOPING THESE POOR FEET THEY DIDN'T GET SORE..

 

FROM THE LONG HIKE I HAD  PLANNED TODAY ALONG THE EAST COAST SHORE.

 

THE WIND WAS BITING INTO MY FACE I WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT I RECALL.

 

PLANNING MY WAY FORWARD COUNTING BLESSINGS I'D HAD LARGE AND SMALL.

 

THE SEA WAS VERY ROUGH AS I WALKED THE PROMENADE QUITE BRISK.

 

A GENTLEMAN PASSED ME  CYCLING AND A "HAPPY NEW YEAR" HE WISHED.

 

FISHERMEN COMING HOME FROM THERE HAUL HOW WONDERFUL WAS THAT.

 

A FANTASTIC FEELING KNOWING THERE SAFE AND THEY ARE SAILING BACK.

 

FROM A LONG HARD NIGHT IN THE COLD AND THE DARK BRINGING US LOBSTER AND  FISH.

 

WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL LOVE TO TASTE MY FRIENDS WITH A PORTION OF CHIPS IN A DISH.

 

THE SEAGULLS SQUARKING LOUDY AS THEY FLEW ABOVE ON THERE WAY.

 

I LOVE THE EARLY MORNING IT'S THE NICEST PART OF THE DAY.

 

SOMETIMES THE FOG HORN BLOWS  MESSAGES OUT TO THE SHIPS TO WARN. ......

 

OF THOSE TREACHEROUS ROCKS WHICH THEY HAVE TO DODGE SO THEY DON'T COME TO NO HARM.

 

I SAW SOME CHILDREN PEEPING FROM A LIGHTED WINDOW TOO.

 

ALL DRESSED READY TO GO FOR A RIDE  ON THERE BICYCLES PROBABLY NEW.

 

WHICH SANTA HAD BROUGHT CHRISTMAS MORNING THEY WERE UP EARLY READY TO GO.

 

I BET THERE MUMS COULD HAVE LAID IN LONGER IV'E BEEN THERE SO YES I KNOW.    HE-HE.

 

 

               

 

BY THE TIME I CAME BACK WAVES WERE LASHING THE HARBOUR ALMOST FIFTEEN FEET HIGH.

 

THE FOAM SHINING  IN THE LAMPLIGHT AGAINST A DARK BLUE SKY.

 

THE LAMPS WERE STILL LIT AS THEY DON'T GO  OFF UNTIL AROUND ABOUT EIGHT.

 

SO I DON'T MIND WALKING EARLY MORNING IT'S WELL LIT THE BEST TIME  IT'S GREAT.

 

WELL I'M HOPING WHEN I GET USED TO THIS IT BECOMES A HABIT WITH ME.

 

AND I'LL PROBABLY FEEL MUCH FITTER THEN AS IV'E GOT QUITE LAZY YOU SEE.

 

WHEN YOUR SAT AT THE COMPUTER FAR TOO MUCH ON YOUR BACKSIDE EVERY DAY.

 

THIS IS HOW YOU END UP LOOKING AND I DON'T LIKE ME LOOKING THIS WAY. HE-HE.

 

                 

 

     

WELL J/LAND YOU KNOW ME BY NOW AND IT JUST  WOULDN'T BE LAUGHING KATH.

 

UNLESS I GAVE YOU IN MY RHYME A GIGGLE OR A GOOD LAUGH.   HE-HE.

 

FROM THERE I WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND GOT SOME NEW TABLETS YIPPEE.

 

LETS HOPE THEY DO THE TRICK MAKE ME SMILE AGAIN  INSTEAD OF FEELING WEEPEE.

 

SO NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF MY PLANS ARE I'M HOPING IT WORKS OUT FINE.

 

AND I'LL CATCH YOU ALL ANOTHER DAY WITH ANOTHER OF " MY SIMPLE RHYMES "

 

 

HE-HE-HE    7AM.   OFF I GO TOMORROW LOL!!!

 

THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND E. MAILS AND SUPPORTIVE WORDS IN MY   LAST POSTING.THEY WERE SO MUCH APPRECIATED YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!.

 

   

 

(Thankyou to Sugar for  the lovely bracelet she made me for my Christmas gift

2007

 

THURSDAY MORNING SO POPPED BACK TO SAY NOW IT IS SNOWING GRRRRRRRR.

 

"HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY"

    

              

        Thankyou to Sugar for this lovely graphic.

 

A "HAPPY NEW YEARS" DAY MY FRIENDS YES I'M BACK AGAIN.

 

I'LL MAKE MY MIND UP SHORTLY WON'T I BUT IT IS SUCH A PAIN.

 

TRYING TO KEEP AWAY FROM J/LAND WHEN IN FACT I KNEW.

 

I WOULDN'T BE MISSING LONG WHEN I RECIEVED SOME WORDS FROM YOU.

 

THANKYOU FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT I 'M NOT REAL WELL BUT I.

 

JUST THOUGHT FOR STARTERS TO THE NEW YEAR I WOULD GIVE IT ANOTHER  TRY.

 

I DIDN'T WANT TO REALY MISS IN SHOWING YOU ALL THESE FEW.

 

CHRISTMAS SNAPS I'D PROMISED SOME FOLKS I WOULD SHOW THEM TO.

 

MY CHRISTMAS WASNT THE BEST IV'E HAD BUT NO WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK.

 

I'M TOLD BY MANY  OF YOU  TO LOOK FORWARD SO COUNT ON ME NOW JACK.

 

ADVISE I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL OF SO I AM DOING JUST.

 

WHAT LOTS OF YOU   HAVE TOLD ME TO I REALY THINK I MUST.

 

IF ONLY ONCE A WEEK I POST AT LEAST I'M STILL AROUND.

 

AND NOT WONDERING WHAT YOUR UP TO IF I DON'T TREAD ON YOUR GROUND.

 

SO I HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS WAS HAPPY FRIENDS AND I HOPE YOUR NEW YEAR TOO.

 

WILLL BE FULL OF CONTENTMENT AND HAPPINESS EVERY BIT WAY THROUGH.

 

I DIDN'T GO OUT LAST NIGHT I WAS SAD BUT THATS IN THE PAST NOW FOLKS.

 

AND I DID HAVE  A LAUGH VIA E. MAILS AND GOT SENT A FEW GOOD JOKES.

 

SO ALL IN ALL IT WASN'T THAT BAD AT LEAST I'M NOT SICK IN BED.

 

AND I DIDN'T GET DRUNK SO TODAY I HAVN'T GOT AN ACHEING HEAD.

 

I WAS TO GO TO THE CEMETARY TODAY BACK HOME 80 MILES.

 

BUT I COULDN'T MAKE THE JOURNEY SO INSTEAD I DID IT IN DIFFERANT  STYLE.

 

WHERE I'M LIVING NOW BY THE SEA WAS MY MUMS FAVOURITE PLACE WHEN ALIVE.

 

SO I WENT TO THE HARBOUR AND SCATTERED THE FLOWERS ON THE OCEAN OUTSIDE.

 

TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MY MOTHERS BIRTHDAY SO THATS THE REASON FOR THIS.

 

SO NO WAY WHATEVER HOWEVER WAS I GOING TO MISS.

 

TAKING THE FLOWERS WHICH I HAD BOUGHT AND I DO EVERY NEW YEARS DAY.

 

WELL NOW THATS ALL FINISHED AND DONE WITH NOW I HAVN'T MUCH MORE TO SAY.

 

ONLY HERE BY MY SIDE IS A GLASS OF SHERRY THE FIRST DRINK IV'E HAD THIS TIME.

 

AND I'M TOASTING TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN J/LAND WHILST WRITING THIS SIMPLE RHYME.

 

                      "HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE GOD BLESS YOU ALL."

                               

                                   HE-HE .

        "HAPPY NEW YEAR"

(   aol pictures wouldn't work grr  ).

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GOODBYE I AM CLOSING MY JOURNAL"

   

                        

    

WELL FRIENDS A BIG DECISIONS BEEN  MADE BY MOTHERHEN AT THE END OF THIS DAY.

 

GOODBYE I AM CLOSING MY JOURNAL AND WHY I DON'T WISH TO SAY.

 

IV'E ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF WRITING IT AND ENJOYED EVERY COMMENT IV'E HAD.

 

AND IN ALMOST TWO YEARS I CAN HONESTLY SAY I ONLY GOT ONE THAT WAS BAD.

 

I HAD A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS TIME I GOT LOVELY GIFTS GALORE.

 

A NEW MOBLIE PHONE AND LARGE STERIO SPEAKERS FOR MY COMPUTER AND MORE.

 

CHOCOLATES PERFUME AND TOILETRIES EARINGS AND NECKLACE TO MATCH.

 

AND A NEW SMALL GARDEN ORNAMENT TO POP IN MY LITTLE PATCH.

 

I DID MY BEST TO PLEASE COMPANY WHICH I DIDN'T EXPECT AT ALL.

 

THEY TOLD ME THEY REALY ENJOYED THEMSELVES EVEN THOUGH I MISSED THE BALL.

 

IT ALL TURNED OUT SO WONDERFUL SO I COUNTED MY BLESSINGS AGAIN.

 

THOUGH I DO SEEM TO HAVE DEVELOPED AN ACHE IN MY SHOULDER THATS CAUSING ME PAIN.

 

I DON'T THINK IT'S FROM THE COMPUTER LIKE BEFORE AS I HAVN'T BEEN.

 

ONLINE THAT MUCH THIS CHRISTMASTIME IT JUST HASN'T BEEN MY SCENE.

 

I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO READ YOU ALL WHEN I GET CHANCE NOW AND THEN.

 

SO I WISH YOU " A WONDERFUL PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR " FROM KATH YES OLD MOTHERHEN. HE-HE

 

GOOD HEALTH GOOD LUCK LOOK AFTER YOURSELVES I DON'T KNOW WHAT ESLE TO SAY.

 

ONLY THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND KINDNESS WHEN YOU HAVE  PASSED MY WAY.

 

YOUR A BUNCH OF FANTASTIC  PEOPLE I'VE  MET AND I KNOW I WILL NEVER  FORGET.

 

THE DAY I JOINED J/LAND ONE APRIL MORNING WHEN I CLICKED ONTO THE NET. 

 

DRINK UP AND TOAST TO 2008 AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE SOME OTHER TIME.

 

I MAY START ANOTHER NEW JOURNAL BUT FOR NOW NO MORE "SIMPLE RHYME" .

 

           

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"CHRISTMASTIME 2007"

                           

 

                                

WELL CHRISTMAS ONCE MORE  IS ALL OVER FRIENDS  I HOPE YOU'VE  ENJOYED IT SO.

 

I HOPE YOU KISSED ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS UNDER THE MISTLETOE.

 

PRESENTS OPENED THANKYOU'S SAID AND BLESSINGS FOR WHAT YOU RECIEVED.

 

NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE GIFTS WERE  IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS I BELIEVE.

 

WELL NOW IT'S ALL OVER SO QUICKLY FRIENDS WE HEAD FOR ANOTHER  NEW YEAR.

 

I HOPE YOU SOON GET BACK TO NORMAL WITH A BANK BALANCE THAT YOU DON'T FEAR.

 

HERE IS A PICTURE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING OF SOME  GUYS WHO WENT FOR THE DIP.

 

IN THE COLD NORTH SEA FOR OUR LIFEBOAT FUND I GAVE THEM A GREAT BIG TIP.

 

IT WAS FAR TOO COLD FOR MOTHEHEN BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THEM ALL.

 

RUN DOWN THE BEACH AND INTO THE SEA AND GAVE CREDIT TO AGED AND SMALL..

 

DON'T THEY LOOK OH SO FUNNY I LAUGHED TILL MY SIDES DID ACHE.

 

HAPPY I REMEMBERED MY CAMERA SOME PICTURES FOR TO TAKE. HE-HE.

 

 

BUT  CHRISTMAS EVE  DIDN'T WORK OUT AT ALL LIKE WE HAD EARLIER PLANNED.

 

BECAUSE THE ROOSTER CAUGHT  FLU WHILST OUT SHOPPING AND ENDED UP A SICK MAN.

 

SO CHRISTMAS DAY EVENING  COLD AND

FOGGY ROOSTER THOUGHT BEST TO WRAP UP.

 

AND STAY INSIDE AND DRINK SOME  HOT TIPPLES FROM HIS NEW ROOSTER CUP.  HE-HE.

 

OUR  FRIEND HAD BOUGHT AS A LITTLE SUPRIZE CAPPUCCINO WAS HER THOUGHT.

 

BUT ROOSTER  THOUGHT DIFFERANT AND FILLED IT UP WITH HOT LEMONADE ANDPORT HE-HE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT I WILL HAVE TO WATCH HIM OR HE'LL BE DOING  A WOBBLE.

 

DRINKING ALL THAT IN HIS NEW ROOSTER CUP AND COUGHING INSTEAD OF A GOBBLE.   HE-HE

 

 

 

SO I WAS SAT  DOWN A LITTLE DISSAPOINTED AS LIKE I HAD MENTIONED YOU SEE.

 

I HAD MISSED THE CAN CAN BALL CHRISTMAS EVE ROOSTERS COLD PUT PAID FOR ME.

 

I FLAPPED MY FEATHERS AND FELT SO SAD THEN WHILST ROOSTER RESTED I HAD.

 

AN IDEA OF MY OWN SO I GOT OUT THE BAILEYS AND DECIDED IT DIDN'T TASTE BAD. HE-HE

 

YOU SEE MY  FRIEND  BOUGHT ME  A CUP TOO WITH MOTHERHEN ON YES IT'S SWELL.

 

SO I THOUGHT WELL IF ROOSTERS IS FULL OF PORT MINE CAN BE FILLED UP AS WELL.

 

 

 

WHOO-HOO I WAS BEGINNING TO ENJOY MYSELF I THOUGHT BAILEYS IS GOOD FOR HENS. 

HE-HE

 

BUT I THOUGHT DON'T WOBBLE OVER MOTHERHEN OR YOU MIGHT GET SENT TO THE PEN. HE-HE

 

AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED I FELT BRILLIANT I WAS CLUCKING  ALIVE AGAIN.

 

STRUTTING MY STUFF JUST LIKE A YOUNG CHICK WHILST ROOSTER WAS LAID THERE A PAIN .

HE-HE.

 

I PUT ON MY FAVOURITE MUSIC AND I KICKED MY LEGS UP HIGH.

                              

 

                  

 

NIBBLED ON THIS AND A BIT OF THAT A SAUSAGE ROLL AND SOME STAND PIE.  HE-HE

 

OH YES A MUSHROOM  VAUL-A VAUNT I DON'T MIND ONE OF THOSE.

 

OR TWO OR THREE I WAS REALY STRUTTING WHILST ROOSTER LAID  WIPING HIS NOSE.

 

HE WAS SNIFFLING AND MOANING WHILE I WAS MERRY  I WAS REALY WELL ON MY WAY. HE-HE

 

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IV'E WAITED ALL YEAR FOR THIS WONDERFUL CHRITSMAS DAY.

 

WELL THEN THINGS SEEMED TO FEEL DIFFERANT MY EYES WERE ROLLING ABOUT.

 

AND I COULDN'T FOCUS PROPERLY AND THEN I HEARD ROOSTER SHOUT.

 

HE SAID LOOK IT'S TIME FOR BED NOW YOUR CUPS RUNNETH OVER YOU SEE.

 

WITH LOTS OF BAILEYS ALL OF THE NIGHT NOW YOUR COMING TO BED WITH ME.

 

I AM NOT RISKING LEAVING YOU HERE ALL  ALONE ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN AND THEN.

 

I'LL PROBABLY GET UP TOMORROW TO FIND A LEGLESS OLD MOTHERHEN.

 

SO OFF WE BOTH WOBBLED  AND SNUGGLED UP AND WE WERE BOTH OUT LIKE A LIGHT.

 HE-HE

 

I'M GLAD MY DIGITAL CAMERA WASN'T THERE I BET I LOOKED  A RIGHT SIGHT.

 

BOXING DAY BROUGHT ME COMPANY OF AN UNEXPECTED SIX.

 

I WAS REALY HAPPY AT THIS MY FRIENDS BUT WAS ANGRY I FORGOT TO TAKE PICS.

 

THEN THURSDAY MY YOUNGEST SON CAME ALONG WITH PARTNER AND WE WENT OUT.

 

FOR LUNCH FOR A CHANGE AND I REALY ENJOYED IT THEN ALL ON A WALKABOUT.

 

SHOPPING FOR WHATEVER IN THE SALES I GOT A FEW BARGAINS TOO.

 

THEN I CAME ONLINE WHEN THEY HAD GONE HOME AND THAT LEFT ME FEELING BLUE.

 

WHEN I READ  THE NEWS IN AN E. MAIL FROM A FRIEND OF DEAR WARRIOR KIM.

 

SAYING KIM HAD LEFT US ALL SO ALL  I THOUGHT OF WAS HER FAMILY AND  JIM.

 

MY HEART WAS BROKEN AND SO I CLOSED DOWN AND MY WAY OUT OF RESPECT.

 

I DIDN'T HAVE HEART TO COMMENT YESTERDAY  SO ALL MY ALERTS I'D REJECT.

 

WELL FRIDAY TODAY I HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITH OTHER THINGS TOO ON MY MIND.

 

A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM A J/LAND MEMBER AND COUNTING MY BLESSINGS I FIND.

 

I AM FEELING A LITTLE BETTER NOW SO I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND THE TIME . 

 

TO SIT HERE AND READ AND DO THIS POSTING ANOTHER OF  " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

      

                

 

             GRAPHIC BY DONNA OF D'S DESIGNS THANKYOU.

 

 " I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL BLESSED CHRISTMASTIME"