CARRY ON TUESDAY
http://carryontuesdayprompt.blogspot.com.au/
This is the final presentation from this blog. It has been one of my favourites but, as I know, blogs come and go. The quote is from the famous Italian song 'Partiro'
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
Are you sure it's time to say goodbye?
Some of us are wondering why.
Your prompts have given so much pleasure
Filling-up our hours of leisure.
So numbers dwindle! That is sad,
But think of the good times that we've had.
Quality over quantity counts
And we've got the former in large amounts.
I've seen other blogs fade and die,
Off to Dead-Blog Heaven in the sky.
But I thought yours' was more robust!
It seems that life is most unjust!
Of course, I know what you're going to say.......
'If you really feel that way
Start a similar meme yourself!
Take the books down off the shelf,
Pick a phrase and off you go!'
But there's more to it as you clearly know!
I could 'pick a phrase' quite easily;
It's the Linky business that stymies me!
So, because I am inept,
I feel must just accept
That this is 'Carry On's' last hurrah
And hitch myself to some other star.
All I can say is 'I wont forget you
And I am very glad I've met you.'
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Brenda Bryant
CRYSTALISED
The quote; A photograph is the pause button of life.
A photograph can capture Time
And make it last for ever;
Making a link in the chain of life
That passing years can't sever.
It pauses life for an instant,
And captures ones emotion;
The smell, the feel, the memory
Of a ship sailing the ocean.
The sun goes down a billion times,
As year gives way to year,
But only this sun, this eventide
Is preserved for ever here.
'The pause-button of life', they say,
A blessed preservation,
A hint of immortality,
And crystalised creation.
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PS
It's Mothers' Day here in Australia. My daughter sent me a greeting, and this old photo was attached. I'd forgotten all about it so it was a great thrill to get it. As Rebecca points out, Greg is also in the photo. He's the bulge!
1968
