Pottery Corner 11

Think Pink

Lady in the flirty pink skirt
All summery and pert
Flower print around your legs
Stopped the cars and turned the heads
Passed by like a summer breeze
Turned my sunny thoughts to sleaze
With your flappy wrappy happy dress
Which hugged your curves and more or less
Stole my breath and left me shattered.

She caught my eye that lady
In the flirty pink skirt
With her head aloof and curt
She stopped the traffic passing by
Well, okay – poetic lie
But she made me park my car
When she showed on my radar
To watch and pike and pry
Stealing glances on the sly
If she knew how I had lusted
Do you think she'd be disgusted?
Well at least I'd like to think
That the flirty skirty goddess in the pink
Might actually be flattered.

Shades of the Tree

One Tree. Many Views.

'Twas the night of Meg's Wedding

This is me toasting the happy couple with best Organic Cider.





Cheers, Mrs Meg and Mr Simon!

Here we go!

“The first thing you learn at Wall Street: Never catch a falling knife.” Max Kaiser.

Well, you we can't say we weren't warned. This is exactly what Max and Stacy at Karmabanque have been warning us about all year. Their predictions of a complete economic collapse, runaway inflation, collapsing share prices and soaring interest rates are starting to show up on the mainstream news.

Their warning to buy as much gold as physically possible makes all the other investment tips look like handy hints for the arrangement of table flowers on the Hindenburg. Max has long been telling us that gold is the only currency not based entirely on corruption and lies. Stacy has been patiently pointing out that although house prices may have risen every month, the REAL value of properties (measured against the value of gold) has been falling consistently.

We have a GDP that's supported entirely by loans and credit, and a currency that's backed by nothing and insured only against itself. The whole thing is about to come falling round our ears and nobody is going to be left rich.

This is positively, absolutely, definitely your last chance to buy the ONE commodity that will actually be worth something in a year's time. Sell your house. Sell your car. For God's sake sell your shares. Buy gold. Buy Silver. Hide it under the mattress, then sit back and enjoy the show as America and the evil corporations lose their strangle hold on the world and plunge the polluters into third world obscurity

I know I'll end up with nothing too, but it will be worth it to see the SUV and Pimms crowd sleeping on the streets.

While England Were Winning...

...We borrowed Grandad's tent and found a campsite with a pool. Much better than sharing; we had the place to ourselves. (well, for slightly over ninety minutes, at least!)