Second day of the Christmas Countdown
everyone knows , that soon this drum major will be
rapping out a tune on his drum – for
gooey chocolate cookies might be guarded by him
expecting little ones to go on a hunt
not knowing where the treasure is hiding
that’s something – the dear major is keeping under his hat
#fowc #basket
behind each little basket on Halloween night
a little munchkin , male or female, in a
spooky costume, and as the treats
keep on coming this receptacle
eventually fills all the way to the top
toffees, sweets and chocolates for spooky visitors
#Christmas #Hidden #Sweets
7th January 2019
I received an extra present yesterday.
I’d been wandering what dad was going on about when he mentioned an extra present at the end of Christmas time
I’d enjoyed seeing the brightly coloured baubles on the Christmas tree, especially the new larger ones. They were twinkly inside. I just guessed they were part of the decoration
Time came and each of the baubles came off the branches of the tree
and Dad told me of his secret….The twinkly baubles actually contained SWEETS. The foil wrapping reflected the lights off the tree
and in one of the big round baubles , all coloured red was my special surprise – a bag of vanilla fudge.
Stop press….it’s not just my dear old dad hiding stuff in baubles. My provider of hot chocolate has been at it too…delivered on 7th January. so now there’s another metal bauble for the Christmas tree.
Open up your bag and round
a quarter of sweets for half a pound a drumstick lolly that’s hard to beat lemon drops for a special treat chocolate footballs and fizzy drops the magic candy that fizzes and pops cola bottles and sherbet tubes candied shrimps and pineapple cubes Now , don’t eat them all now, they’re a treat, we agree but eat them all and you wont eat the fish and chips for your tea!18th August 2018
#chocolate
They’re the bits of your favourite chocolate bars
that didn’t quite make it past quality control
chocolate covered clumped raisins
meet up with lumps of honeycomb
and those dolly mixtures, that shot past the bag
but didn’t hit the factory floor
producing a chocolate surprise – white or brown
sold in bags in each and every town
no search for perfection here – its sold at cost price
but kids they go for it – it tastes just as nice!
Salford, 4th January 2018
That Tin box in the Christmas bag hides something
Really sweet and tasty
Everyone knows its something special
As you don’t have it to excess
Thing is – you can have some every day – after you’ve eaten your dinner
Served up in a glass bowl
Wonderful fruit combines with frosty ice cream
Everyone smiling as the bananas are
Enveloped by the Ice cold tastes of strawberry and chocolate and cream
Together – as they melt and mingle – they make a heavenly delight
The seeds of creativity
come from a blank page
ideas held in seed form
spread and grow in the mind
a pencil, sandwich and cream soda
the architects tools
as rainbows cast across lemonade seas
marshmallow clouds and fudge trees
provide perfect plates
for a teddy bears picnic
I.
Butter meets pan
Sugar melts in butter
Both held by cream
II
Sweet little cubes
settle down in the fridge
but don’t set like jelly
III
Chocolate, Cherry, Mint
Lined up in rows alongside Vanilla
Coconut – a favourite
IV
cubes of sweetness
transported to the tongue
heading for hips
Salford, 28th January 2017
A post for the weekly photo challenge –
Things reused for not what they were supposed to be…
This can be illustrated nicely in my office cum bedroom
Its a Tin, an old biscuit tin….regular readers of my blog might recognise it – but a couple of Christmas’s ago, it held much more than the mere coinage than it does today…
its contained everything from creamy vanilla fudge to chocolate mints.
but today? its a container for my spare change – the odd coppers that end up in my pockets of my trousers and coats. when its reasonably full – i’ll take it down to the local coin machine and pocket the proceeds…which I might spend on a box of fudge or chocolate – and being empty, the tin will be re used again
I was given this tankard on my 21st birthday. Now although I drink beer occasionally, I don’t drink it on a regular basis – and i’m more likely to drink out of a pint glass than a tankard. So, instead of my tankard gathering dust on a shelf (or more likely, collecting windswept desert sand from the nearby Trafford road) I’ve put it to some kind of good use,holding the art materials that I use to create drawings and such you might see on here 🙂 there maybe a time it gets reused as a pint pot – but it’ll be well cleaned before I use it for that ! 🙂
