Robert Burns' birthday

Liked that, gracesmum! And very true!

Trains all booked Gillybob and I are travelling up together, looking forward to seeing you all.

Wish with all my heart that I could join you. I shall have to make do with being there in spirit.

You'll be missed, soop, for sure.

"Twinkle toes"...

soop - ! Baby elephant more like!

Don't be daft! Lovely lady...lovely disposition.

You're doing my street-cred no end of good, soop!

Hope you all have a fab Burns celebration

We'll raise a glass to absent friends, moomin!

Don't finish work till half four. What does pmed mean?

It means private message!! Got it and have replied.

The way I feel I could toast even Burns can't stand things in dialect since o level T am O' Shanter and would love to celebrate anything. But I draw the line at haggis and feel whisky is only for colds with sugar and hot water.

I did tam o shanter as well.
The prisoner of Chillon
Sohrab and Rustum
Xanadu
And some others!

Yes same year I,m sure and Flipping Isabella and her ghastly pot of basil which never fails to surface like a pustule when I'm making pesto and st. Agnes eve with" they are all here tonight the whole bloodthirsty race "when ever there is a family reunion( on my husbands side I hasten to add)

The last dead leaf, the last of its clan! I don't remember the pot of basil?

jeni, obviously we didn't go to the same school but it sounds as if we used the same poetry book. By Xanadu, I assume you mean Kublai Khan.

In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river ran
Down to a hidden sea

'.............................................ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.'

The pot of basil had her "beloved"'s head in it didn't it? I wonder if that's why mine never does particularly well?

I love
Was woman wailing for her demon lover

Yes, that line certainly sends a shiver up the spine, as does My Last Duchess:
"I gave commands
Then all smiles stopped together."

gracesmum - Mine is looking a bit weedy too. Have you got anyone's head in mind?

Have a lovely time on Friday ladies! I'll raise a glass (or two ) and will be thinking of you.

To "the immortal memory!"