Category Archives: Grandchildren

Colourful and Breezy

Posted on December 19, 2019 by colonialist

On the day of departure of the kids and their mother, Jeneva started singing this song to me. She had learnt it in choir. I was amazed. Her diction was flawless, she had no chopped-off notes which kids are inclined … Continue reading →

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Driven to Drink and In The Drink

Posted on December 8, 2019 by colonialist

I have spent literally hours in trying, with increasing frustration and fury, to add this picture to the previous post. The minute I try and import it, the post reverts to the brief one for the previous day, and it … Continue reading →

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Now Snow Icy?

Posted on September 29, 2019 by colonialist

Still rooted in the theme of cold, At Gateway we chilled out, And there, indeed, we did make bold To let kids play and shout While flinging snowballs with great zest At Mom especially, And see whose snowman was the … Continue reading →

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Good Explosions Celebrated

Posted on September 20, 2019 by colonialist

Break-up day; reports reveal Marks quite good enough, I feel; R has Academic Merit; With last year’s, the space will share it! In J’s class, percentages, Can be guessed at, more or less, From all at near top of scale … Continue reading →

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Family Matters

Posted on September 16, 2019 by colonialist

Elder Granddaughter posts on Fb: Happy birthday to my badass mother, Kerryn Thomas. She is just about the most modest and self-sacrificing person I know, so I’ll take this opportunity to show her off a bit. Having spent her career … Continue reading →

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Pooling Resources

Posted on September 15, 2019 by colonialist

Can you believe it; what the heck? Again the internet in check; No sign of it when I awoke, I don’t regard it as a joke! Late afternoon with a return, I don’t want midnight oil to burn, So yet … Continue reading →

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Have Another Go!

Posted on September 11, 2019 by colonialist

Once more unto the pool, dear friends, Once more; A gala for today the ends to score; Though J ducked out with her sore back, Young R the practice didn’t lack, And scored two thirds — ‘A’ team attack! — … Continue reading →

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Another Bussy Spel

Posted on September 10, 2019 by colonialist

                              Today young J joined me to watch her sister do Squad Swimming, and we were both treated to the sight of R finally achieving the … Continue reading →

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Supporting and Sporting

Posted on September 10, 2019 by colonialist

I slept in today, Then breakfast created, Before on my way (Now feeling quite sated), A pump for the fountain I bought while en route, (In evening the mountin’ To bear needed fruit) But Queensmead first went to — J … Continue reading →

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Trump to Buy South Africa

Posted on August 29, 2019 by colonialist

Seeing that Trump’s Greenland bid has failed, His ambitions further now have sailed, And attention presently is caught On S A as somewhere to be bought; One condition laid down for the sale Is for a new government; all male; … Continue reading →

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