Monthly Archives: August 2014

Targeted by a mischievous demon.

Posted on August 31, 2014 by colonialist

Much time has been spent on home-to-be this week.  Above is one result. A weekend high(low)light: I want access through some private land and applied by email for a key, as invited on a notice at the (Fort Knox-type) entrance.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Ocean, Personal Journal | Tagged , , , | 27 Comments

Friends for Tea and Patriotic Privates

Posted on August 30, 2014 by colonialist

Our visitors for tea Don’t always take a seat – Some use the table, see? I think that’s kind of neat.   Here Minky reaches out To take a little snack – Base leaves one in no doubt That colonies … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens, Humour, Nature, Really Awful Rhyme, Wordplay | Tagged , , , , | 25 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue: Daisy Daze Days …

Posted on August 29, 2014 by colonialist

I thought these two studies of not eating the daisies do have some discourse with one another?  For more Dialogue interpretations, go to the Weekly Photo Challenge here. © Colonialist August 2014 (WordPress)

Posted in Gardens, Grandchildren, Personal Journal, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged , , , | 31 Comments

Disservice and Disrepair – Really Awful

Posted on August 27, 2014 by colonialist

All service and repairs And purchases of spares Provide a great excuse For customer abuse!  One, lacking knowledge, must Place in such folk one’s trust, And really must despise Technicians telling lies.  They tell you glibly that The gleeblewort’s gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Personal Journal, Really Awful Joke | Tagged , , , , , | 37 Comments

A Little Biting Really Awful Humour.

Posted on August 26, 2014 by colonialist

A flea has an interesting life –   He gets to see very much more  Than any man usually does of his wife, And goes where no man’s gone before. While lady fleas may spend their days  In looking at something … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Nonsense verse, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged , , , | 26 Comments

Showed up until show down.

Posted on August 24, 2014 by colonialist

The Exhibition with a long name closed at 17h00 today, and then a large group of exhausted exhibitors had to start packing away and clearing out.   I am now officially more bushed than the Amazon Forest.  Anyway, it was … Continue reading →

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No show due to show – a fair affair, fair enough?

Posted on August 23, 2014 by colonialist

This shows why my attention is fully occupied at the moment.  The (takes deep breath) Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs for the Province of KwaZulu Natal (pant, pant) has organised – very well, I may say – a … Continue reading →

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Pee see, really awfully.

Posted on August 19, 2014 by colonialist

WARNING:  May be considered offensive.  In fact, the full intention is for it to offend certain offensive readers very deeply – those meddling, mealy-mouthed, hypocritical, smarmy, infantile, holier-than-thou, illogical, proselytizing, mentally challenged and ugly members of the Pathetically Conciliatory persuasion. … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Humour, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire, Wordplay | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette; My Silhouection.

Posted on August 17, 2014 by colonialist

For the gallery, click here.

Posted in Challenge, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge | 38 Comments

Weekly Pet Challenge: Annie one relaxing more?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by colonialist

WordPress is doing strange things.  I wondered why this post of last night attracted no attention whatsoever.   The explanation appears to be that although I know I shoved the ‘Publish’ button very firmly and was sure I saw a … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Dogs | 27 Comments