A whimsical look at the Stat Bar

oh my dear

stress stress and finger nail biting
what ever shall I do?

my stats have fallen…….

plummeted in fact

should I be sad and feeling blue?

one day the graph had peaked so high

the last few days

it’s hit the floor

what shall I do, what can I do

views and visitors

do I want more?

so I haven’t blogged a lot of late

I haven’t been………. prolific
BUT 247 to now 13

well it’s enough to make me vomit

get angry but don’t shy away

or have me say tut-tut

never mind if I have naught to say
come back  – you there  – come back?!

I plead to raise that big blue bar
you know you want to see me smile

or would you rather

hear me whinge …..roll my eyes and sigh?

has it really got this bad I ask?
or must I write 10 posts a day or more?

Is that what you require of me

to see those blue sticks soar?

So give me to the weekend

I promise I shall write

but for now I’ve been at work all day

and it’s time to say good night

Memories of Past – Yes more old photos..time to run

My Grandparents were English. The below is my Grandparents wedding day, I never got to meet my Grandfather. I was fortunate to meet my Grandmother when I was in England (when I was 18) but she sadly passed away whilst I was over there. I love the dresses and the stoic look on their faces. Obviously ‘one’ didn’t smile for the camera in those days.

then they did

I don’t have many photos of me as a child. Brother 1st born stole the limelight…no kidding he did..no I am kidding. When mum and dad came out to Australia they didn’t own a camera so a friend of theirs took most of the photos of him.. by the time I came along 2 years later, the friend had moved ..and well they still didn’t have a camera..    yes whose a little tubby – and pick me in the torn photo…

                                    

Did someone make you smile today?

Something simple but lovely.

Walking around the supermarket with trolley in hand, an elderly couple commented on the laced up ankle boots I was wearing.

“Where did you get those? They are lovely and they suit you so much and you have the right ‘pins’ to wear them”. I couldn’t stop smiling, how gracious, how out of the blue, how nice to pass a compliment to a total stranger.. So I say thank you whoever you were for taking the time out of your day to make me smile 🙂

 **My Memoir The Empty Nest A Mother’s Hidden Grief is now available through Amazon and Lulu (J M Kadane)**