A THURSDAY THOUGHT

My dear blogpal Elsie (CLICK ON HER NAME TO VISIT HER BLOG)sent me this picture in a recent email and after the computer problems I've had/am having perfectly sums up how I've been feeling WITHOUT all the swear words...LOL

ABC WEDNESDAY - T

Posting from a friend's computer so hope this works.....

T IS FOR TINY

and here are some of the TINY plants in Wisley's Alpine House

TIS ALSO FOR TOADSTOOL

these were for sale at Wisley...aren't they fabulous!!!!

abc wednesday

T IS ALSO FOR THURSDAY

so while I'm on a computer here's my Thursday Thought for Tomorrow (tomorrow starts with T too!)

Four times a year we get a small free magazine called the CORNARD NEWS. The Winter edition arrived last week and when I saw one of the articles I thought what a perfect Thursday Thought it would be...............

A.A.A.D.D. - AGE ACTIVATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

This is how it manifests itself;

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start towards the garage I notice mail on the table that I'd collected from the letter box earlier. I decided to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, open the bills and put the junk mail in the recycling bin and notice that it is full. So I put all the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post box when I take the rubbish out I may as well write out the cheques for the bills and get them posted.

I take my cheque book off the table and notice there's only one cheque left. My new cheque book is in the desk drawer so I go over to my desl and find the can of Coke I'd been drinking earlier. I'm going to write out my cheques but first I need to move the can so I don't accidently knock it over. The Coke is getting warm so I decide to put it in the fridge.

As I head towards the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye --they need water. I put the coke on the worktop and find my reading glasses that I'd been searching for the day before. I set the glasses back down and fill a container with water. I suddenly spot the TV remote control has been left on the kitchen table.

I realise that when we watch TV tonight I'll be looking for the remote control but won't be able to remember that it's on the kitchen table. So I decide to put it back by the TV where it belongs; but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the vase but some spills on the floor...so I put the remote control back on the table while I wipe up the spill.

Then I head back down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

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  the garden's not watered
  


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  the car isn't washed


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  the bill's aren't paid


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  here's a warm can of coke sitting on the worktop

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  the flowers don't have enough water


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  the bill's haven't been paid


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  the recycling bin is still full


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  I can't find my glasse


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  I can't find the remote contro


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  and I can't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired.

Don't laugh...if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.

GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY

GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL

LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC

Sorry I'm so out of touch with you all at the moment...normal service will be resumed A.S.A.P.

so one last 'T'......Tatty Bye for now!

THURSDAY THOUGHTS

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
~Chinese Proverb~

I'm doing a lot of thinking at the moment.........

In 'student mode' I'm thinking about the next Literature Assignment I have to do.."Compare and contrast the presentation of childhood in works by William Blake (Songs of Innocence and Experience) and George Eliot (Silas Marner)".

In 'teacher mode' I'm thinking..." I wonder how the Maths Afterschool Club will go this afternoon?"

In 'gardener mode' I'm thinking I really need to get into the garden and finish clearing away the frost-bitten plants.....
I'm also thinking...."how on earth have these roses still managed to bloom?


despite the cold temperatures...........................

at the same time as the Winter Jasmine's started flowering"...............In 'hungry mode' I'm thinking ...."I need to cut some soldiers to dip in my boiled egg!"

But most of all I'm thinking......................

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY AMERICAN BLOGPALS

A THURSDAY THOUGHT

WHEN YOU PUT "THE" AND "IRS" TOGETHER, IT FORMS "THEIRS".

COINCIDENCE?

I BET MY AMERICAN BLOGPALS DON'T THINK SO!

*The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the United States federal government agency that collects taxes and enforces the internal revenue laws.

P.S. Quite excited as my Christmas Cactus has opened it's flower......the petals are like silk. Isn't Nature wonderful.........

BTW....if anyone wants the answers to yesterdays Quiz just click on the question mark below.

A THURSDAY THOUGHT?????

My Thursday Thought this week is more of a question....

WHAT SEASON ARE WE IN?

The view from the bedroom window is Autumn....

But I took these photos in the garden at the weekend........Spring? Summer?

Another thought is that my Blogposts may have to be confined to ABC WEDNESDAY, A THURSDAY THOUGHT and SKY WATCH FRIDAY....all posts I can do in draft over the weekend and just added to if/when I have anything else interesting to say. The pace/workload has upped now we are out of the Key Concepts stage. Who would have thought that a few weeks ago the nearest I got to literature were my blogposts...now I'm doing various critical anlayses (is that the plural of analysis?)...or should it be analysi...like octopus and octopi? Also "Exploration of attitudes and arguements" essays, "Compare and contrast" essays, I need to re-read Silas Marner (this time not for pleasure but looking at the theme of childhood), look at a couple of fairytales to see how they underpin gender identity (and do the same for advertisements) plus conduct an interview with a parent (must be someone I don't know?) to make observations in a non-judgemental way on how they parent....plus whatever else comes our way in the future lessons leading up to Christmas. If you don't see my name in your comment box or I've not answered your email you know why!!!

BTW....loving every minute of it!!!!!!!!

Speaking of Christmas.....you may be interested in an lovely idea I saw at Mary's Writing Nook; She would like you to come up with an idea that will enable you to reach out to someone in need during this Christmas season. If you are already involved in some type of Christmas giving tradition, she would like to hear about that too. Just click on her name (in yellow) or the logo below and pay her a visit.

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WHAT IS A FREE GIFT?

AREN'T ALL GIFTS FREE?

I do have a few more Wisley photos but I'm saving some of them for the letter "T" for ABC Wednesday! Just to keep your appetitie wetted though here are a few reminders of what a fabulous place Wisley is..... .

Just to clear up any confusion it was not "I" who defended my thesis etc in yesterday's post but one of my blogpals "Moi" My course doesn't finish until the end of June next year.

A THURSDAY THOUGHT

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old.

You grow old because you stop laughing."

~Michael Pritchard~

and we certainly laughed at the name of this Dahlia on the trial grounds at Wisley...

(bet you wondered how I'd find an excuse to put more Wisley photos on my Thursday Thought post!)

This time of year it was mainly the Dahlias in flower...

these were a few of our favourites......we had a few more laughs watching the antics of the bees as they buzzed from flower to flower..There was a fine display of Pampas Grass being trialed.....
and lots of Chrysanthemums.....
Sadly my camera wouldn't zoom enough to get a very clear photo of this butterfly....
such a shame as it was a beautiful Peacock......

Believe it or not I've still a few photos of Wisley left for another day but I must get into the kitchen soon as Leanne & co will be arriving this morning...I'm sure they'll be hungry!!

p.s. I've had a few comments lately saying my blog is difficult to get into sometimes just a white page or only photos but no text shows. Anyone got any ideas why this should be???

A THURSDAY THOUGHT

IF SOMETHING "GOES WITHOUT SAYING"

WHY DO PEOPLE SAY IT?

I'm on quite a high today as my first Literature and History Assignments were returned yesterday and I saw the glorious PASS rather than "referral"; I'm really pleased with the comments the tutors made with smatterings of "excellent", "flair", "intelligence" and "clear articulation"...YIPPEE! I know that what we've done so far is only the Key Concept stage and things will become far more difficult but I feel like I've jumped the first hurdle safely. Maybe those nightmares that I get thrown off the course will stop now! We do have Literature and Sociology homework over the half term but I'm giving myself a few days off before I tackle it. This weekend I will be away from home for the first time in two and a half years.....I shall be visiting Lynn and Steve (not forgetting Max the dog). It will be an emotional time for all of us...the first visit ever without Mick.. but Lynn (bless her) is making sure it's something special and has arranged for a visit to Wisley. This is one of the dreams that Mick and I had and I'll be doing it for both of us now.

A THURSDAY THOUGHT

WHY DO THE NUMBERS ON PHONES GO DOWN

WHILE THE NUMBERS ON CALCULATORS GO UP?

That'll give me something to think about and take my mind off where I'm going today....here's a clue.................

Something else that gave me food for thought was Max-e's ABC Wednesday post L is for Landmines.......a reminder of the monstrous legacy that still lies in our earth.

A THURSDAY THOUGHT

IF MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES,

WHY DO BANKS HAVE BRANCHES?

Mrs Nesbitt has passed along this award

she has kindly passed it on as an open award....no tagging involved....please feel free to copy it yourself and add it to your own blogs......after all you are all FABULOUS aren't you!...I think so.

Thanks also to MrsN for reminding me that it's

Just click on the logo above to learn more. One poem I remember well from my schooldays was this one by Siegfried Sassoon........

THE DRAGON AND THE UNDYING

ALL night the flares go up; the Dragon sings
And beats upon the dark with furious wings;
And, stung to rage by his own darting fires,
Reaches with grappling coils from town to town;
He lusts to break the loveliness of spires,
And hurls their martyred music toppling down.
Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,
Vocal are they, like storm-bewilder'd seas.
Their faces are the fair, unshrouded night,
And planets are their eyes, their ageless dreams.
Tenderly stooping earthward from their height,
They wander in the dusk with chanting streams,
And they are dawn-lit trees, with arms up-flung,
To hail the burning heavens they left unsung.

A THURSDAY THOUGHT

IF YOUR FEET SMELL AND YOUR NOSE RUNS;

ARE YOU BUILT UPSIDE DOWN????

A THURSDAY THOUGHT - THAT'S NEW TO ME!

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR GREY WATER;

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I must also wish Suzi-k at Arty Fartying Around a Happy 1st Blogaversary...a really exciting day as Suzi-k also has the imminent arrival of a new grandchild to look forward to.

I've a mixture of emotions about starting college tomorrow...part of me is really nervous but another part is really excited. I bet you anything though that tomorrow morning when the alarm goes off it will be the first time for years that I'll want to stay in bed!!!!

Anyone know a good good cure for butterflies in the stomach????