Parrot Limericks

Give away

There once was a bird who did go
all across Canada to and fro.
First college dorm:
bad taste was the norm.
This friend we were bound to outgrow.

It's time for someone to inherit
this lovely adorable parrot.
He's got every hue:
Red, yellow and blue.
Maybe he'll end up in Merritt.

March 29 Addendum:
My Mum just called to let me know the error of my ways.
As a result I will add this third limerick now...

There once was a mother who read
the blog of her daughter and said
That bird is a toucan
I think that you can
change it from parrot instead!
                                                            

Helmet Haiku

Throw away

can't give them away
did their job for many years
now to the landfill

Nine pairs of prescription eyeglasses and a Lazy Susan

Give away

These nine pairs of prescription eyeglasses are a walk down memory lane - of questionable styles - and  of the history of my eyesight getting a little worse every year over the past two decades.

Some of these glasses haven't been worn in almost  20 years! I don't know why I've held onto them for so long... Does everybody do this? What was I thinking?

I'm going to donate these glasses to http://www.onesight.org.

And yes, I am also going to give away the wooden Lazy Susan. Although it is doing a nice job of displaying the glasses here, it is actually quite useless. My husband bought it about ten years ago, and we have yet to find a use for it.

Chinese Lantern

Throw away

Something unexpected has happened with this give away/throw away project... My daughter is right into it!

In the past, if I wanted to clear up some old school project clutter, I would need to wait for months or even years before guiltily, furtively throwing out the item - and then hope that no one would notice.

Now, it's all out in the open. My daughter was thrilled that this Chinese Lantern was selected for the honour of inclusion in the blog. Ironically, since this particular school project was fast-tracked for destruction, it will be remembered much better than countless other ones that were hidden away in a closet or drawer for years and forgotten.

For the record, the Chinese Lantern was made by covering a balloon in glue, wrapping it in string, leaving it for 2 days, then popping and removing the balloon. It was pretty cool.