Monthly Archives: June 2012

I LOVE MY HUMANS, BUT SOMETIMES I DON’T LIKE THEM MUCH.

Posted on June 28, 2012 by colonialist

   Sadly, humans are often very dim when it comes to understanding us dogs, and they are greatly lacking in appreciation of some of the finer, more artistic things in life.    Take today, for example. Toby, one of the … Continue reading →

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RENAMED STREET AND A BAND OF BANDED BANDITS NOT BANNED

Posted on June 27, 2012 by colonialist

On Saturday we had occasion to visit some estates and a nursery on the North Coast. The nursery displayed a street renaming exercise to send up that of Durban’s intellectually challenged City Damager and Comic Council who were responsible, inter … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Create; How blogging has made books happen, with multimedia.

Posted on June 25, 2012 by colonialist

  Blogging can create many opportunities for creativity! Blogging and bloggers originally gave me the incentive to get my fantasy novels published, and told me how. Blogging has also linked me with a writer in USA for a poetry collaboration.   … Continue reading →

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FOOD FOR A SPELL OF THOUGHT IN REALLY AWFUL RHYME

Posted on June 24, 2012 by colonialist

While side view has a theme on food, To rhyme with it is not so good, For ‘good’ produces a wrong mood, It does not match quite as it should.  When food is served upon a nude – Though be … Continue reading →

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OH, RATS! A REALLY AWFUL ENC-ROACH-MENT.

Posted on June 21, 2012 by colonialist

Some squeaks inside a cupboard late last night Informed me there was something not quite right: One of these glory-holes in passage, right up high, That takes tall stools to reach, or in to spy.  This morning I took courage … Continue reading →

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DADDY DAY DELIGHTS – A BEACHCOMBER’S DIARY

Posted on June 18, 2012 by colonialist

Sunday was fun-filled. It was a beautiful warm and windless day. After receiving a lovely card from daughter, plus chocolates (she does know me after all these years!) I took the first morning swim I have had for a number … Continue reading →

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: CLOSE (RELATIVELY SPEAKING)

Posted on June 16, 2012 by colonialist

From the germ of an idea which came from badinage at supper last night, I worked up the following Really Awful Rhyme while travelling bumpily in the back of a bakkie (van) with young R on the way to a … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL DOTING GRANDFATHER RHYME

Posted on June 12, 2012 by colonialist

Our family, I’ve always thought, Are aristocracy, But this scene brings that thought to naught – Oh, what a sight to see! No longer are we all top drawer, The youngest, now, has dropped the score, And bottom one she’s … Continue reading →

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BACK UP OR SUFFER A REVERSE!

Posted on June 10, 2012 by colonialist

  Everyone knows perfectly well that they should back up their files regularly or disaster can strike, so they do it religiously, right?    Oh, yes … about as religiously as most people attend church. In the case of so … Continue reading →

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: FRIENDS – GETTING ON SWIMMINGLY.

Posted on June 9, 2012 by colonialist

  The photo challenge needs some friends, And I have here a winner; The message that this couple sends: ‘Won’t you drop in for dinner?’   Young friends you see with medals worn, Which they have earned for swimming; Displaying … Continue reading →

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