General Chat

Hope everyone is back safely
from their summer hols
and looking forward to autumn too:(
This is the start of my long decline
When I get the 'start of the winter' blues

BUT I have a holiday soon myself
Going to a lovely Irish shore
That will lift my spirits
Who could ask for anything more ?!

Will take along the vitamin 'D'
and Evening Primrose oil
And have stroll along the beach
and touch base on Irish soil !

Maggie x

enjoy your Irish trip, Maggie,
there will be lots to see,
and if you meet my rellies,
why, then say "hello" from me !

I`d tell you what they look like,
and where they all live too,
but as I don`t know either
there`s not much I can do !

the one thing I CAN tell you,
and all my friends on here,
its about the expected Grt Gr Child
whose birth is getting near !


This sibling for Grt Gr Daughter
is due November twenty-eight,,
and now we know that it`s a BOY !!!
and just twelve weeks to wait !

So now I can start buying
not pink this time, but blue,
and all I want is him to be ok
and be healthy through and through !!

Tina x

Oh Tina how lovely to be buying blue
I really am so pleased for you

I am now a great aunt for the 12th time
to a little boy in OZ
Don't know when I will get to see him
a long way away of course.

PM me your Irish rellies
you never know your luck
I am researching some of my own
so I can take a look !

Maggie x

Hi again to you all,
I've read your rhymes with care
And write to say I loved Northumberland
And wished that you were there.

Tina, I am pleased
The A level results were fine
And to hear you're having a great grandson
Celebrate with a glass of wine.

Maggie, I read all of your news
And felt so very sorry
That you suffer
From winter blues!

It's something that I also
Do suffer from.
I've tried different remedies,
But nothing can be done!

So we will just keep
Rhyming on here
A chat, a laugh, a trouble shared
And a drop of Ron's free beer!!

Have I ever told
you that
I would like to move
and have a cat.
A tabby one with
a bib that's white
or one that's inky black
like the night,
or marmalade,
or smokey grey.
But I know I
have to stay
My home by a road
where drivers
do not heed
Signs showing
they should not speed.
So I will
daydream that
one day I will
have a cat.

So pleased you loved Northumberland
It is a lovely place
With golden sandy beaches
and lots of open space

Now ,Chrispy, cats are versatile
They fit in with where they live
Remember they have nine lives
With such a lot of love to give

So get yourself a tabby
Or a lovely smokey grey
Life is too short to worry
Get a cat TODAY !!

Maggie x

hello all, hope you are well ?
not been here for a while,
but popped back here to have a read,
it always makes me smile !

Chrispy, have you got that cat ?
I know the roads a worry,
but lots of cats live close to roads
with no problem with car or lorry.

I was shopping earlier,
and although I didn`t mean,
I just couldn`t resist some blue baby clothes,
the lovliest you`ve ever seen !!

and so she would feel left out,
a special t-shirt I also bought,
grt grd dght will just love it
(but I spent more than I ought !!!)
Ho Hum !!

Tina x

I did love Northumberland
Heather purple,skies so blue
Looking across Kielder water
Enjoying the spectacular view.
I loved the miles of moorland,
No other cars to see,
Villages bathing in sunlight,
Days passing peacefully.
I loved the rolling sand dunes,
Horses galloping on the beach
Castles, Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh,
History within our reach.
I loved the gardens at Cragside
But much more I want to see,
Can I plan to go again
Is it meant to be?

I had to say to Tina,
I understand your pleasure
Browsing through baby clothes,
Choosing new ones
At your leisure.
Of course you are excited,
Anyone would be.
A new grt grandson on the way
Your delight is plain to see!

And I thought I would tell you that,
No I haven't got a cat!!

Ah Chrispy ! no cat ? never mind,
the thought was there I know,
I don`t have one either you know,
it`s dogs I like, with a stick to throw,
a brisk walk out when the wind doth blow (!)
and losing your chair to a dog I know,
(although, alas, he`s here no more,
in that chair he loved to snore!)
and when out walking he didn`t want to go.....
until you wanted to return, when, the cheeky so-and -so,
decided that HE would decide where we would go !
(and would you argue with a Bulldog....NO !)
Big sticks would litter the garden where he left them by the gate,
and he would be there by the door, even if I were late,
Oh, yes, we had our problems, but also ,what a lark !
being with that faithful dog...who HAD to have the last bark !!
Tina x

hello girls i thought i'd popin
to see who was here and how you've bin
i like dogs too mine is quite old
dim daft and deaf, doesn't like the cold
i hope Maggie is thinking of us
and that Ireland is giving her a lovely buzz
i can't remember when i had a holiday
but i'm happy at home in my own sort of way
catch you soon i have to go
pc is playing up and firefox is slow xxxx

Hi Stella, nice to hear from you,
glad you`re ok............ Chrispy too ?
& Maggie will come back soon I hope
letting us know what she found to do !

Tina x (in the rain !)

Hello

Hello Ron nice to see you
i don't visit often i have so much to do

its been raining all day now the sun has come out
i really don't know what this weather's about

i have done all my homework and having a rest
i need to clean up in case there's a guest

the animals need feeding and so do i
and on that note i will bid you goodbye

:o))

Hello girls ...and Ron !
What have you been up to
since I have been gone ??

My feet are now on terra firma
I did not enjoy the Irish sea
But lots of people were feeling ill
So glad it was not just me !

Waves so high and lashing rain
Some ferries did not run
But this one decided to have
me as a dummy run..lol

Oh, but it was so worth it
we had the best of the Irish sun
Sitting out in tee shirts and shorts
Having the 'craic' was so much fun

I still love my bonny Scotland
But Ireland has stolen my heart
So next year is a toss of a coin
Oh dear..it will tear me apart....

Maggie x

welcome home Maggie !
so glad your trip was fun,
but what a shame you couldn`t find
a way to bring us some sun !!

Tina x

Hello again, I hope your all doing well.
I'm not on here often as you can tell.
For me things are going swell.

Maybe it's time for the just for fun yearly rhyme contest.
Maggie can Judge who is the best
Meanwhile I bring you Beer's & wine's
Your welcome to a drink if you add a few lines.

Night night

Hello Ron, good to see you here
and I am now back never fear !!

I have been absent from this thread of ours
But I have been writing through sunshine and showers

Okay... a fun rhyme from all of our guests
And I will judge which one is the best

And if this thread sinks into cyber space
I think it's the end, and I will save face

So, a gentle last plea to our poets out there
Give me something to judge, and I will be fair

Or this thread dies a death and I will delete
It's been fun, oh it has, but we admit defeat !

Rally the troops ...lol

Maggie x

~~~~~~waves to all my pals

Ron ! Hello ! Glad you are well,
our yearly contest sounds just swell.
but if Maggie is to judge then she can`t take part
that leaves me and Chrispy- just two for a start,
not much of a contest I`m afraid...
(and Chrispy is more likely to make the grade !)
we only get on here rarely now
but I`ll keep looking in anyhow !
Tina x

Sad...
I popped in to see if anyone here ?
but the place was empty and echoed.
"HALLOOOO " I called to no-one at all.
this thread was so big and now it feels small,
where once there was Nolls ..and Dorothy too,
now, Maggie and Chrispy, theres just me and you.
a man pops in sometimes, and then is gone...
ah yes, I remember.. that would be Ron !
Oh ! The things we`ve done & places we saw...
"Sigh" sadly we now do these things no more.
as I brushed the cob-webs from the lights,
in my mind I remember all those nights
spent tapping away on my keyboard at home..
someone always there... now I`m all alone.
"HALLOOOO" I cried ...a final attempt...
no-one answered and so...I went !
Tina x
sob sob !