My Mom was always on the lookout for a bargain, something useful for the home that perhaps no other home had and was great value for money. In honesty, a lot of the bargains she bought was nothing more than…
Dear old Uncle Ernie is better known as PC Plop. He was a Policeman for most of his working life. This was a time when you spent most of the shift out on the street,
The radio is usually on in the background in our house for most of the day. First Up I get up first and always enjoy my half-hour of silence before my good lady appears and on goes BBC Radio Two….
It’s finally happened! Officially, I have been caught catching flies. I’ll Never Do That! It’s the one thing I never thought would happen to me, but, it has and there is photographic evidence as can be seen at the header…
Well, well, well… the BBC has made a mistake. Quite a big one too. What the heck is Matermind? Mastermind It’s supposed to be Mastermind, the well-known quiz competition, but, in a momentary lapse of reasoning, someone misspelt the title,…
Cosmetic surgery isn’t something at the top of my bucket list. It’s not my sort of thing. In Conversation I happened to have a conversation with someone in the local pub about cosmetic surgery and the inevitable question came up…
At last! I’m back in the world of blogging. It’s a long story, with a happy ending. Heavy Blog For a few months now, my blog has been creaking and straining under the weight of posts, photographs and almost any…
This could be a rather long post, as it seemed part of a rather long dream. Was It In a Dream? I’m not even sure it was a dream, as it carried on for a while after I had woken…
Meeting visitors, where they’re from or what they want I have no idea. I hope they come in peace. I like meeting new people, wherever they are from. It’s the nature of having a bench, you get to see a lot of what no one else will ever see. Wonderful. The post Meeting Visitors first […]
We don’t know it, but the Moon has to have regular maintenance which includes a spit and polish every now and then. The moon has to be caught and not dropped. If it was, we would never see it again, gone forever. Benchman was on hand to witness an occasion of catching the moon one […]
Not one bench, but two. An Autumnal day and the sun is shining, waiting on a friend. Someone who no longer lives in the material world, but in the ethereal one. With a bench, you truly have the Universe. You can sit wherever you want and whenever you want, night or day. There are no […]
The First Day Sweet maiden’s first day serenades,Her promise for the year,A descant laced with hopeful song,Her landscape, flushed with... The post The First Day first appeared on Gloria Smud.
Desperate Measures It’s not the great beer that draws us all here,It’s not classy wine that tastes so damn fine,It’s... The post Desperate Measures first appeared on Gloria Smud.
The Best Apple An apple hung upon a tree,It stood out from the rest.Ruby red, sun ripened skinI knew I’d... The post The Best Apple first appeared on Gloria Smud.
Playing The Guitar
Playing The Guitar
Playing The Guitar
Playing The Guitar
Playing The Guitar