Poetry (and song) day – again! They said he wouldn’t do it! They said he had no talent! They were half right.






Poetry (and song) day – again! They said he wouldn’t do it! They said he had no talent! They were half right.






No, not the weather. Alas. Just these ladies. Hoorah.
I’m still having problems with the stupid firewall, sorry. But if you have tried to comment and requested access, do come back a day or two later! A couple of times recently I’ve approved access for people who don’t then seem to have used the access and commented. In principle, it should always work after I’ve approved you, at least for the same IP address. You just have to keep trying, as my SO wearily remarked the other day, as she took the cane back down from its hook and gestured for me to bend over the chair.






Oh, go on then, do.






…a word that doesn’t mean what you probably think it means, as it is a form of ‘systematic argumentative discourse’. So probably not recommended in the sorts of relationships this blog favours, where apologies should be simple, heartfelt (and felt in other parts of the body too) and frequent.



Not The Hunt, for those of you paying attention to such matters, this is more of an informal social thing, with friends and less death.



Today’s theme is gardens and gardening for reasons that should be obvious.
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| Scurry scurry scurry. |
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| There are more dandelions. Many more. |
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| He’s at peace, now. |
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| Don’t worry – she’ll give her one more chance. She’s quite forgiving really. She’s just cross because she’s got to go to all the trouble of murdering you and disposing of the body, that’s all. |
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| I myself am very firmly opposed to corporal punishment. Forunately, nobody pays a blind bit of attention to my views. |
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| She’s good at riddles, too. |
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| Send him out? Honestly, Henry shouldn’t let her just boss him around like that. He should stand up for himself… be a man. |
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| See if you can spot the eight men concealed within this picture! |
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| It’s good to live in a comunity united around a shared interest. |
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| Her feelings matter, remember. A lot. |
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| I’d reach for ‘Polite dissenting opinion No 1’ but ‘we’ decided to remove it from the approved list. |
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| It’s a good idea to wear a lot of pink, to avoid being mistaken for a feral male. Ferals hate wearing pink – especially frilly lacy things. |
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| Aww… sweet. My own SO asked me how I’d like her to remember me and I suggested an alarm on her phone, every month when it’s time to change the straw. It’s working out pretty well. |
Welcome back. Hope you enjoyed the extra captions over the 12 days (or possibly the first 11 days if you’ve been reading the comments sections too) of Christmas.
Back to normal now, though – twice a week is all you get. Ooh-er, sounds bit rude!
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| They practice mindfulness too. That involves thinking very very hard about what’s about to happen when your skin won’t stretch any further. |
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| Might take quite a while to do penance for all of the sins during those five years of freedom. Still – there’s the rest of your life. |
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| I’m a member of their frequent shriekers’ club. |
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| Of course, it wasn’t like that when she bought the house. There was no flowering bush behind the gimp feature – in fact, the garden was mostly just gimps all over. Much more colourful this way. |
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| Or – on most occasions – participate. |