General Chat

" Memories
Light the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me - Would we? Could we?

Memories
May be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were

So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were "

that's cheered me up no end!!! here I am, all on my own, just like Christmas Eve!!! Not that I care - hate NYE

You are not alone Ann, we are always with you.......x

lol Sorry Ann....if it is consolation I am on my own also....and to compound the misery I have just watched (again) part of 'Love Actually'..the sad bit lol

xxx

that's very kind of you - thank you!!! doesn't bother me tonight, it just got to me on Christmas Eve, but I got over it!!!! My friend is on holiday in Cape Town and she sent me a New Year Message by phone!!! they are two hours ahead of us

I'm watching QVC shopping channel - says a lot for the TV programmes if that's the best I can find!!!

There's not much on Ann it must be said ... so i am delving on Ancestry and just looking at tv as I pass through on my way for another coffee .

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way

Mary Hopkin - Welsh you know!!!!

here's a nice cheery one!!!!!

When I was a lad
And old Shep was a pup
Over hills and meadows we'd stray
Just a boy and his dog
We were both full of fun
We grew up together that way

I remember the time at the old swimmin' hold
When I would have drowned beyond doubt
But old Shep was right there
To the rescue he came
He jumped in and then pulled me out

As the years fast did roll
Old Shep he grew old
His eyes were fast growing dim
And one day the doctor looked at me and said
I can do no more for him Jim

With hands that were trembling
I picked up my gun
And aimed it at Shep's faithful head
I just couldn't do it
I wanted to run
I wish they would shoot me instead

He came to my side
And looked up at me
And laid his old head on my knee
I had struck the best friend that a man ever had
I cried so I scarcely could see

Old Shep he has gone
Where the good doggies go
And no more with old Shep will I roam
But if dogs have a heaven
There's one thing I know
Old Shep has a wonderful home

Ann! I am NOT even going to read past the first line of that lol...I can't watch Lassie films either

xx

I have cried buckets over Lassie films when I was a kid - and did you ever see The Yearling!!! throat cutting that was. In fact I never watch nasty films, or sad films - the films I watch have to have happy endings and good must triumph over evil - the baddies have to get their comeuppance!!!!

anyone think of a sadder song than Old Shep? Honey by Bobby Goldsboro maybe?

oh Lord Ann yes I saw The Yearling...and Black Beauty.... can't cope with animal films now lol

See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it, was just a twig
Then the first snow came
And she ran out to brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came runnin' in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt herself
And I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
And it would sure embarrass her
When I came in from workin' late
'Cause I would know
That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'
Over some sad and silly late, late show

And honey, I miss you
And I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could

She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early Spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away

And honey, I miss you
And I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could

One day while I was not at home
While she was there and all alone
The angels came
Now all I have is memories of Honey
And I wake up nights and call her name
Now my life's an empty stage
Where Honey lived and Honey played
And love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed
That Honey loved

And see the tree how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long
It wasn't big
And I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted it, was just a twig



pass the sick bucket!!!

think I was about six or seven years old when I saw The Yearling - never forgotten it

spent many sleepless nights after I saw Spartacus - the bit where Jean Simmons held the baby up to touch Kirk Douglas's feet!!! OH and I both came out of the cinema with red eyes and headaches

Frank Sinatra dying in 'From here to eternity '

heard this years ago on Family Favourites one Sunday lunchtime - guy had it played for his wife who was dying!!!! OMG - cried all the afternoon
- had heard it many times before but in that context it was gut wrenching

I'll take you home again, Kathleen
Across the ocean wild and wide
To where your heart has ever been
Since you were first my bonnie bride.
The roses all have left your cheek.
I've watched them fade away and die
Your voice is sad when e'er you speak
And tears bedim your loving eyes.

Chorus:
Oh! I will take you back, Kathleen
To where your heart will feel no pain
And when the fields are fresh and green
I'll take you to your home again!

I know you love me, Kathleen, dear
Your heart was ever fond and true.
I always feel when you are near
That life holds nothing, dear, but you.
The smiles that once you gave to me
I scarcely ever see them now
Though many, many times I see
A dark'ning shadow on your brow.

Chorus

To that dear home beyond the sea
My Kathleen shall again return.
And when thy old friends welcome thee
Thy loving heart will cease to yearn.
Where laughs the little silver stream
Beside your mother's humble cot
And brightest rays of sunshine gleam
There all your grief will be forgot.

Happy New Year xx