COUNTIN' CROWS - ...gathering my thoughts

As I was pondering what to write about this week...I wandered around my home and came up with unlimited silly stories that I could write, about one thing or the other, until I paused in front of this stitchery that normally graces my loungeroom wall. This week,.... I thought.... I will do something entirely different.....dare I say "risque" and consider writing something...wait for it....SERIOUS??? Serious! ...Serious???? I hear you say!!...Me?..... be serious.....well maybe for a minute or two I could manage it!! .......So,  I sat down at my computer, uploaded the photo, and started to think about my mum. My dear sweet mum! ........Where would I start....how would I describe her....well two words kept coming to mind.....BEST FRIEND! Then on thinking back I realised it hasn't always been like that (well it has, but I guess I just lost sight of it at the time). As a teenager we went through a bit of a bit of a rough patch. Of course we never stopped lovi

Oh boy....am I gunna be in big strife this time or what??...lol Above is a picture of my recent imports from the states, supposedly to list for sale on either of my websites.....but "lansakes" (just thought I would keep my cursing in line with the era..lol) I dont want to part with any of them. As a matter of fact....one pair has already made its way into my prim home and been added to my already indulgent collection.... .....but hey....you HAVE to be honest....who could resist these little gems???? Wow...where have they been...? What have they experienced.....? Well.....you're gunna be sorry but........here is my theory..... (stop rolling your eyes Jackie and just cue the dreamy music and smoke haze!) "...they belonged to a boy or a tom-boy (had to have.... coz surely no self respecting little girlie-gal's boots would have ended up like this...lol)...but my bet is with a boy. His name...probably Isaiah, Elijah ....or Jebadiah. He woul