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Aunty’s Birthday

Today is aunty’s birthdayThis lovely card I sentWith special font to show my loveA font with lean and bent…. Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Baker

I am a happy bakerCome see what I’ve gotFour and twenty blackbirdsBaked up nice and hot…. Where’s the blackbirds?…… Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Kick the Ball Son

Come and kick the ball sonKicking’s lotsa funKick it back to me nowKick it back now son….. What’s the problem son?…… Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘I Could Never Sing the Blues’ Michelle Birkballe

Michelle Birkballe is a Danish singer , guitarist and composer. Birkballe grew up in the village of Thorsager on Djursland , as number four out of six siblings. As a 16-year-old, she traveled to Wales , where she worked as a shepherd , until she moved to Aarhus at the age of 18 to become a full-time musician. Don MatthewsMay 2021

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Talk is cheap becausesupply is greater than demand

Tall Poppy

I’ve just started to blossomJust broken through the groundHave to watch the mowerKeen to cut me down…. Some potential tall poppies given support and attention develop into true tall poppies as illustrated at back Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Stan Solves a Bin Burglary Problem

Was called to solve a problemOf someone burgling binsSo built a gate to stop themStop them getting in….. Boss?…… Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

We of the Council Roadworks

We of the Council RoadworksDo care for you who walkPlease read this sign real carefullyBefore cross road you walk….. Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

Birthday Cake, Masks and Covid

I’ve just had my 50th birthdayBlown out all the candles on cakeCut cake into 50 small slicesPlease take off your masks and partake For he’s a jolly good…… Funny ? I’ve been tested positive ?……. So have I ?…….. And me ?…….. Don MatthewsSeptember 2021

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Everyday People’ Sly and the Family Stone

Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, and included Stone’s brother and singer/guitarist Freddie Stone, sister and singer/keyboardist Rose Stone, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, drummer Greg Errico, saxophonist Jerry Martini, andContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Everyday People’ Sly and the Family Stone”