Monthly Archives: August 2016

Really Awful Parakeets, Walking Catfish, and Twin Names

Posted on August 31, 2016 by colonialist

The pond is still attracting cats When they’re not nesting like two birds As pair o’ kits; but do note that’s Not parakeets: quite different word.     Budgerigars are parakeets; A fact till now I didn’t know The budgies that each kitten … Continue reading →

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Kitten, kittener, kittennest.

Posted on August 29, 2016 by colonialist

What sort of bird is in that nest? It’s like that of a hadeda, But ibis don’t have ears, so best Of guesses is an owl, by far. But, wait!  This owl greets with a mew, And sports some whiskers, … Continue reading →

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A Wordle of Really Awful Choices

Posted on August 28, 2016 by colonialist

Wordle 263 Should I make ‘post’ a ‘part of fence’? Or ‘mail’? And make the ‘part’ part as in ‘left; bereft’? Brush plate, to plate it with a silver trail? Bless me? Lost in some blessed brush? Turn left? Break free? … Continue reading →

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Though Framed, Still Really Awfully Guilty

Posted on August 26, 2016 by colonialist

  Frame is the topic here this week; Here of Dracaenas, framed, a peek, The frame is back of motor car Where they’ve been carted from afar To fill in garden’s empty spots, Of which we still have lots and lots! … Continue reading →

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Putting on Really Awful Airs

Posted on August 24, 2016 by colonialist

You need to be aware A bear will still be bear No matter if all hairy; Should fairy, most unfair, At Fair, fair fare prepare, How dare he make it dairy? Now, if you ride mere mare You may be … Continue reading →

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Really Awful Used Car Advertisement

Posted on August 21, 2016 by colonialist

Wordle 262   ‘The boot and trim slight damage’, tick — You should cringe print lifts not live each chip! Deception mist stem; makes one sick That such moonstruck yarns you spin and flip! © August 2016 Colonialist (WordPress)

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Making Exhibitions of Ourselves.

Posted on August 20, 2016 by colonialist

For the second of three days running, we described some of the principles of design as shown in our model, we answered questions on matters horticultural — and some that had no connection with that subject — and we invited … Continue reading →

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Rare Medium, Well Done

Posted on August 19, 2016 by colonialist

The Weekly Photo Challenge theme of Rare has provided the perfect opportunity for me to post pictures I would, in any case, have featured today: This garden-on-a-table is an exhibit at the Durban and Coast Horticultural Society, to illustrate the importance of design, … Continue reading →

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Badly Constructed Assembly Kit

Posted on August 17, 2016 by colonialist

The pink patch is evidence of a recent visit to the vet by the two not-so-kittens for conversion into sports models. Or should I be calling a speyed a speyed? A nick in the nick of time — they had apparently … Continue reading →

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The Really Awful Ups and Downs of an Ambushed Fraudster

Posted on August 15, 2016 by colonialist

Wordle 261 Trustee was a crook: he’d chip funds from the trust, Till he was found out, and then travel he must; Before setting sail, this slime went back to burn What might stand against him … ‘Stay! Bullet you’ll … Continue reading →

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