Given we have a plumber putting in radiators and a bloke musing over floorboards we are escaping across The Channel for a while. The place we are renting boasts…yes boasts…’occasional’ internet as a selling point in the particulars! Should be interesting. I shall not post at all for the duration yet will try to read posts and comment as ‘occasional’ internet allows.
So then I shall be back soon. In the meantime herewith one of my old poems written for the grandkids;
THE MAYFLY’S LAMENT
The problem with us poor Mayflies
Is living for just a day
We eat, we drink, we laugh, we love
But are careful when we play
The reason is quite obvious
It’s plain for all to see
If we play too rough and hurt ourselves
We might die before our tea
You see we only get to take tea
Just once in our short lives
Because after tea we’re grown ups
Because after tea we die!
Best of luck to one and all
- MIKE STEEDEN - 
Hope you have a good time/hope you are having a good time/hope you had a good time. 😀🔧🗼👒 All the best. Kris.
Well that just about covers all eventualities…thank you although presently I’m on painkillers following a unique yawn just last evening…calls for a glass or two of something red methinks!
Finally! I’ll have you know, I’m serving jury duty today and am having a hell of a time getting these set up on the state funded computers! I think I know what you may be in for with your limited internet access! By the way, I am currently having all poems converted to French. See you in a day or so!
Oh I do trust the trial isn’t a 6 moth murder…we’ll never hear from you again…and even now as I write The Golden Age of Verse is upon us and there’s you on jury service…what a terrible, unfair shame!
Oh yes, I got excused. Only now I’m hoping they don’t find me in contempt of court for the excuse I gave!
Presumably the convent excuse?
That’s the one!
Always a clincher that one is…I’ve often used it myself as it happens
Enjoy yourself and don’t worry one bit about turning your house over to plumbers and floor guys. I mean, after all how bad could it be? [snark]
True…the floorboards or more accurately the ‘Sorry mate I had to pop out on another job so couldn’t get this one finished’ worries me most upon our return!
Have a great holiday.
My thanks
I love “Almost Iowa”s comment!! Best of luck over there. Don’t worry about us – we’ll be here!!
Cheers – much appreciated
Enjoy your break and thanks for your support on my blog! Lovely poem.
Enjoy the unplugging!
enjoy your break !
Cheers…I shall do my level best with the aid of plonk and smelly cheese!
Have a blast! I’ve got a 3-week hiatus with “occasional” access scheduled for later in the summer that I’m anticipating/dreading –it should generate a ton of material, though. Put your feet up and turn your brain off.
Cheers…it is true what you say for last time I disappeared to France and somewhat the worse for red wine I invented a couple of new characters for skits…sadly I worked them to death though!
Excellent poem, and so very true!
c’est si bon
Enjoy! BTW, I’m a huge fan of your work. There’s always something I learn reading your stuff!
Thank you Sir – that means a lot to this most ancient old fool
Leave the plumbing and flooring! Enjoy! Escape for a while. Have some wine and be merry.
Thank you…although this today I shall a whine noting that the pain from a unique yawn on Monday evening still curses my jaw…that aside happy driving!
Thanks Mike! Hope your jaw relaxes!
Sob, sob, sob……
Smelly cheese beckons me once more…I shall return to old Blighty with socks full of the stuff and Farage will put a contract out on me!
I will sort him
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if you accept, you need to post a quote for the next three days and nominate three more bloggers along the way!
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un vrai de vrai
Miss you, Mike
Take care!
Cheers
THIS IS AWESOME! Now I think you need a book of adult poetry and a separate book of poems like this one. Have fun in France, mon ami. Bon voyage and bon fortune! ❤
Watcha Rachel! Glad you liked this kids once. I’ve quite a few of these in the locker – some I blogged ages ago some still on ice. Just not sure about what kids age group they are aimed at! Still I am typing on a tablet that keeps presuming what it thinks I want to type so I may have to stamp on it!
LOL! Let the parents worry about the age appropriateness… With all the popular zombie things parents are subjecting their kids to, these are rather tame… And with the big words, they’re educational, too.
maybe they meant “sporadic” internet, lol. Hope you enjoy your break.
Hope your having a swell time Mike
Hi Mike. Have a good break. Thank you for liking my poem Ripple! Be Safe and Well. The Foureyed Poet.
awh, ha ha Mike, lovely thank you
Niki