If we were having Coffee: Veg, flowers, friends, family

Hello everyone welcome to the garden we have a marquee and heaters, all the garden furniture has been washed and I have put out cushions for your comfort.

Well what do you think shall we chance it . Now as always we have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.

Join in !

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

If we were having coffee : I would say it has been a busy week as I intimated in a poem earlier this week we had a visit from the Newbie and his Mum and Dad ! That was very special to me as there has been some bad feelings between us… I am praying that that is all the by the by now . It is a case of softly softly as the the husband and the daughter in law are both strong characters and neither will back down ..my son of course will back his wife as the husband backs me but I just want things to be normal. Yet as I said we got a visit and it was lovely. The Newbie was full of giggles and his big blue eyes delighted me. He crawled around the house at the speed of light and walked around the furniture my poem here tells you better . So that is as good as it gets ..softly softly fingers crossed.

If we were having coffee : I would like to take a second her to wish our Guest Blogger Paul a stress free move ( well as stress free as possible) and wish him every comfort and happiness in his new apartment.

If we were having coffee: I am so pleased to welcome back Jean at Socialbridge she has such a lovely way with words and camera . She lives near the sea and swims in the sea most days. I love her blog and I am glad she is back.

If we were having coffee: The weather has been on the whole very good this week only one day where it rained all day but brightened up in the late afternoon . I took advantage of the late sunshine and took a walk here are some of the love sights I spotted!

IMG_20150529_154901082_HDR — poppies by the curbside

IMG_20150529_154930357 — Evidence of raindrops

IMG_20150529_155543171 — Suddenly Blue Skies

IMG_20150529_155608823_HDR — Lovely field there will be houses here soon.

Now it is time to check out the garden and the vegetables!

IMG_20150530_163239228 — The Pansy Pot and the Meerkat

IMG_20150530_163112024 — The growing toms

IMG_20150530_163131873 — Struggling toms

IMG_20150530_163143607 — Is this getting boring

IMG_20150530_163148716 — the end I promise

IMG_20150530_163159516 — Potatoes and Beans

IMG_20150530_163206074_HDR — A frame for th beans to grow up

The garden produce is growing well, the tomatoes are thriving and looking good. The beans also are looking good and the husband has built a frame for them to grow up, the potatoes too are doing well. Hopefully we will have a good crop.

If we were having coffee : I would have to say I must get on now because I have all the husbands family coming over today so it will busy for the next couple of hours. So please do stay and enjoy yourselves. Eat, drink and be merry, enjoy the the garden and do have a chat with Paul and his guests. I look forward to see you all back here next Sunday!

And of course the

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE

over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s

If We Were Having Coffee Guest Post – May 31/2015 Chickens

Chickens

Welcome to Willow’s weekly coffee and tea garden. My name is Paul, I’ll be your barista today and I’m happy to be here once again. Please come into the garden and make yourself comfortable. Willow has put out the cushions on the chairs and set the table under the canopy so we can have a cuppa and chat. As usual, I’d be pleased to bring a pot of whatever beverage you prefer – we have a wide range of teas and coffees to satisfy our world-wide readership. Also available is a large selection of spirits for addition to your cuppa or in its place. We can relax amongst the flowers while we discuss the affairs of the week both personal and/or worldwide. How has your week been?

Well, on a personal front, my disability cheque came this week, so I got to stock up on groceries. I decided to pick up a hot BBQ whole cooked chicken. Here they package them in a hard plastic clamshell container that is black on the bottom half and clear on the top half. It looks like a small space helmet so I call them astronaut chickens. Normally they are a bit expensive for my budget but this store had big ones (1,5 kg, about 3 lbs) on sale after 3 pm for $7.49 , normally $10.99. The problem was that I was ready to check out at 2:30 pm and still had more shopping to do at another store nearby before my scheduled pickup by the handicap bus. I couldn’t wait the ½ hour to get the special price. So, I asked the check-out woman if I could get the cheaper price given I was handicapped and could not get a later transport. She got the manager who decided that he would authorize this. I must have looked sad that I might miss my chicken. Ha! He disappeared for about 5 minutes and returned with a sticky tag with the scannable special price on it. So, having saved $3.50 I escaped with my astronaut chicken, quite chuffed with myself.

On the home front, the manager has decided that today will be moving day. A crew is supposed to be here in a few hours to move my meager belongings to another larger, newer unit so they can tear this one apart to find and stop the leaks in the ceiling. My new unit will be permanent- and when I was checking it out the other day I realized it had one less step to get into the unit – 4 instead of 5 front steps. That may seem trivial but it lessens one small barrier and every little bit helps.

IMG_20150530_144311191 — Current 5 Steps, Soon to be 4

Another cuppa ? Perhaps a sweet? I was over on Insanitybytes2 web site last night and she had done a post against homosexual marriage. You can read here

I wrote a rather virulent response accusing Americans of being violent bullies (as a country). She has placed the comment into moderation so it is not visible to anyone but me. I may have been too aggressive but it really is what I think, so it is hard not to be honest. And yet I worry. I will likely be banned and I really enjoy her dialogue – most of the time I agree resoundingly with her observations. But not this time. I’m not sure why I was so aggressive in the response but it struck a sensitive point. Have any of you written a response that you worried about? What happened in the end?

On that note, that’s about all we have room for this week, so it’s time to settle in with another cuppa and watch the fire. Sweets anyone? Please join me in thanking Willow for her invitation to tea. We are all honored that you dropped by today to visit. I hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and the conversation and please look around at Willow’s other posts while you’re here. Willow is over there serving her guests and chatting it up. Let’s go see how she is today. Have a great week. We look forward to seeing you back here for sweets and beverages of your choice again next week.

And of course the

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE

over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s

Stream Of Conciousness Saturday: Almost But Not Quite

I almost got it right

I almost topped the bill tonight

Most times no one notices me at all

Tonight I shone tonight I made the most of all!

I almost jumped the moon tonight

Swung from a star almost got it right

Most of all I excelled , most of all I flew

Almost caught your eye, most of all I tried, true.

This part of the Linda G Hill Stream of Consciousness Saturday.

Linda said : “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “almost.” Use it however you’d like. Have fun! Here are the rules.

1. Your post must be a stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing, (typos can be fixed) and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.

2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.

3. There will be a prompt every week. I will post the prompt here on my blog on Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” or “Begin with the word ‘The’.”

4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours. Your link will show up in my comments, for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top.

5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read everyone’s! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later, or go to the previous week, by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find right below the “Like” button on my post.

6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!

7. Have fun!

Badge by: Doobster @ Mindful Digressions

Escape from Pain

Tiredness seeps through every pore of me

One foot in front of the other, soul dragging me down

The river looks inviting I crave to be free

The water is deep and cold in the river that runs through this town.

The stars above in the black sky look down

I shiver standing here wondering will anyone miss me if I drown

Darkness washes over me and tears fill my eyes

Memories flood in as I whisper my goodbyes.

Free free at last the weight of the world has been lifted from me

Suddenly I am warm, light draped in silken stars, at last I am free.

No longer lost, burdened or scared I float through the stars

Free from tormentors, at rest, my skin no longer bears it’s scars.

GOTH GIRL : ACROSTIC

Goaded by the others for your style

Open mouthed they stare at you

Trends don’t touch you, black is black all the while

Hold on to your principles girl and smile.

Glitter’s black in your hair , people stop, people stare

Ignore them just go your own way

Raven is as raven does about the others you don’t care.

Let the haters have their say, you will show them and have your day.

Abandoned

They found her curled up in the suitcase, childlike.

Peaceful and gently beautiful all the pain gone.

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She waited, empty lean years , her suitcase packed.

He promised he’d come for her, he promised he’d come back.

At first she lived a normal life going about the everyday things

Yet she waited and hoped and spurned love and the joy it could bring.

The days were not too bad but the nights took their toll.

She yearned for him and the need grew after dark . It ate her soul.

Suitors took the walk to her door but none of them got past the start

None ever matched up to him , the man who had stolen her heart.

She died an old maid, aunt and friend to many

Dreams and promises broken. The man did not keep any.

Lovers she could of had, remembered her with a smile

The room and the suitcase stand testament to her love all the while ……..

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Art work by kind permission of John Grant from his blog Meticulous Mick

Wordless Wednesday : Blue Trees

One Liner Wednesday: Don’t fear the Reaper.

All our times have come here but now they’re gone seasons don’t fear the reaper
nor do the wind, the sun or the rain… we can be like they are come on baby… don’t fear the reaper