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Ralph Rounds Up the Sheep

Ralph is FCS resident dog Ralph is one great sheepdogSheep do what he saysScroll down to the bottomSee what I do mean…. Baaaaa……. Don MatthewsNovember 2022

8 Billion People. Can the Planet Sustain This?

I have always been against the push for population growth.This is what the UN are currently saying The UN have just stated 8 billion isn’t too many There is a bigger problem facing us Overconsumption of resources by the wealthiest residents Focus on overconsumption of the planet’s resources by the wealthiest among us While thisContinue reading “8 Billion People. Can the Planet Sustain This?”

What You Get?

Imagination (vivid)Mind creative (very)Mix them up and what you get?Flippant, Comic, Serious G’day My drinking buddy Skip DM

Close Encounter

Happily paddlingKayak was IBlind to the big fishPassing me by Why did I kayakA shark shield without?What was I thinkingThinking about? A South Australian coastal beach is well-known for kingfish and snapper.Where there’s big fish there’s often bigger fish Don MatthewsNovember 2022

Get Ready

Get ready folksI’m coming homeGet ready forThe fall of Rome Don MatthewsNovember 2022

I Have a Lovely Dafter

A daughter (which I have)Emits a lot of laughterAnd as it’s spelt the sameWill now be said as dafter I have a lovely dafterWho does a lot of lafterI’m getting myself knottedAnd hung up from the rafter He’s getting worse…… My drinking buddy Skip…… DM

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Hallucinate

Write something incorporating the word ‘hallucinate’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO HALLUCINATE My name is Hal Al LucinateHal spelt back is LahI loocen up with music (yep)Tra lah lah lah lah Hal seems a happy soul Fan?…… Nice to have happies drop in on FCS andContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Hallucinate”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (London 1910)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (nicotine addiction)

There is never a timeto stop learning new things

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘ C (unknown band)

Comments I thought all our FCS followers would like this…….. I swear that was Fan I saw. You waltz beautifully…… The accordian girl. So sweet…… And the drummer. Really enjoying himself…… Yes. There you go again Fan…… Hasn’t she got a nice smile? And pearly teeth?….. Gosh! Terveen. What you doing there?…… LC . WhatContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘ C (unknown band)”