Monthly Archives: November 2016

A Really Awful Word(le) on a Bird Turd

Posted on November 28, 2016 by colonialist

Mess window in driveway, then add more To sit on screen; adhesion law Forms film across the glass a way; Inside car,  I take from tray, A pot of cleaner; washers spray And handle it; now my intent? Dislike for … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Humorous rhyme, Photography, Really Awful Rhyme, verse, Wordle | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Disgusting Barbarism

Posted on November 27, 2016 by colonialist

All practices which involve maiming or causing willful suffering to people or animals should be banned. No excuses regarding ‘cultural customs’ (what irony!) should be permitted to have any sway. This is an area where the will of an enlightened … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood Sports, Cultural Barbarities, Current Affairs, ritual slaughter | Tagged , , , , , | 24 Comments

Time of Year to Fly a Kite

Posted on November 26, 2016 by colonialist

The Yellow-billed kite Milvus aegyptius parasitus takes a holiday up in north Africa between breeding sessions, and returns from about August onwards to get back to business. At first, groups of them are common, but as summer gets into gear … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Gardens, Ocean, photo challenge, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged , , , | 19 Comments

Untruths and True Steps

Posted on November 24, 2016 by colonialist

Wordle 275: my personal challenge is to use the words in the order given, adding the fewest possible to make sense, rhyme, and scan. False Doctrine to the Indoctrinated Lies, flat lies, will work devout to seize: These don’t drop … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Beach, Ocean, Photography, Poems, Wordle, Wordplay | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Immy Magic

Posted on November 21, 2016 by colonialist

My blog was abandoned for the weekend, due to a rather frantic schedule (believe me, you don’t want to know). I see that the theme for the latest picture challenge is Magic, which, as a fantasy writer and Quest composer, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Children's Fiction, Colonialist, verse, writing, music composition, fantasy, Africa, journal., Fantasy, Music, Writing | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Really Awful Completely US Math and a Trump Pet

Posted on November 17, 2016 by colonialist

What Americans will do With math to make a USA deflator? They have now reduced it to The very Lowest Common Dominator. Is Trump’s love of dogs a flaw? Whenever to his home he comes around, Greeted by a Labrador, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Dogs, Humorous rhyme, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire, verse, Wordplay | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Picturing Families Noble and Royal

Posted on November 15, 2016 by colonialist

While unpacking another of the thousand-or-so boxes we moved from our previous residence, I came across a folder with some of my late father’s experimental prints. As one of many hobbies, Hyla Noble was into early colour photography, developing, printing, and enlarging. … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Ancestry, Art, History, Personal Journal, Photography | Tagged , , , , , | 40 Comments

Not all white?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by colonialist

Wordle 274 is obviously slanted towards a certain recent event. I debated taking an entirely different tack in my condensed exact-word-order and rhyming effort, just to be otherwise, but decided to follow the current after all. I am pleased with … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Really Awful Rhyme, Wordle, Wordplay | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

Vertical sex site meant, and tiny garden.

Posted on November 11, 2016 by colonialist

Responses to this week’s Photo Challenge are all going to be on a Tiny scale. Firstly, here is some romance … well, sex, actually … in small measure.  The millipede takes her firmly in his arms … well, lots and lots … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Challenge, Gardens, Nature, Photography, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged , , , | 23 Comments

Really Awful Trumped-up Charges.

Posted on November 9, 2016 by colonialist

One simply can’t conceive That dumpy Donald Trump The Democrats relieve By licking Hil the Frump.  The pollsters in their hordes, With egos sadly bent, Are falling on their swords … Or say, ‘Not what I meant!’  Hil had it … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire, Wordplay | Tagged , , , , | 26 Comments