A seasonal poem
With apologies to the English language…
‘Tis the season to be jolly,
Lots of reason for acts of folly,
Turkey and ham, Brandy and wine,
Presents so wham, Gifts so fine,
T-shirts and socks, Handcreams and clocks.
Family and friends gather round,
United in blood by ties that bound,
Celebrate whats Yours…Ours…Mine,
Those past times, those past Father Times,
We remember where our loyalties lie.
To [...]
My new best friend
Somebody on flickr has listed me as a contact. This is usually a good thing because they like your photo’s or something about your profile. And it’s generally a good thing to reciprocate…
damghotthang1 has listed me as a contact. She has 846 other contacts (or ‘friends’ if you believe this 2.0 stuff). [...]
These are my Dad’s hands.
So begins the text explaining a photo that Shutr (a flickr contact) posted recently on his flickr site. It’s seems rude to say it but it’s a beautiful photograph and the description will bring tears to your eyes.
Here’s two extracts…
So now, about the photograph. If you look on his fingernails, you can see some [...]
Stoolpigeon
I almost (ahem) posted this photo on flickr as pigeonstool. Hopefully I corrected the mistake in time before anyone noticed and made a joke about it.
It reminds me of the time when, as a child, our GP (family physician) made a housecall because I was ill. Doctors did housecalls in those days but [...]
Don’t fall in love
Here I go again posting the last line in a blog but it’s a good one. The blog post, that is, not the last line…
Take care, don’t fall in love
via thinking out loud’s ouch post.