OBW 164 ~ Bloom

See the flowers bloom
Get rid of the gloom
Our days are getting longer
Warblers are singing
And we’re out biking
And the sky, is it clearer?

Tortoises are out
They’re walking about
Crocuses and daffodils
Tulips and snowdrops
Garden as backdrops
Just to be out give us thrills

(c) ladyleemanila 2016

For: OBW 164 ~ Bloom, Our World: 12 September 2016

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Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 7th 2016 tribute to Jane Reichhold.

wild flowers abound
grass so green and sky so blue
beauty around us

frame of nature
the gentle waves of the sea
watching the sunset

coconut trees sway
paddy fields in the background
birds chirping sweetly

(c) ladyleemanila 2016

For: Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 7th 2016 tribute to Jane Reichhold.

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Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #85 Back in time: Use that quote

I love to challenge you with a quote by Lord Byron:

” There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where 

none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” 

Quote by: Lord Byron 

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magnificent things
rolling hills and waterfalls
nature at its best

the clear blue sky
the wind brushing my hair
birds sing as I walk

the autumn leaves
the colours of the rainbow
make my day all bright

(c) ladyleemanila 2016

For: Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #85

SEASONS – Happy Mother’s Day!

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My mother is my favourite subject, as I blog about her most of the time. She’s beautiful, a classic beauty one can say, a real Filipina, with her long black wavy hair, which she always brush with a natural bristle brush. She goes out with elegant trousers, silk blouse or fine dresses with intricate prints, like batik. She’s always smartly dressed. She’s in dire need of being complimented, i.e. we always compliment her looks.

She used to work as a Probation Officer, so no one can screw or mess around with her. She’s a tough cookie! She knows that several factors impinge on civil liberties and strike at the basic tenants of judicial system. She also doesn’t bombinate in a vacuum of data, caught between inevitability and uniqueness. That’s one of the valuable lessons she has given us, to be lawful and be aware of our human rights.

What else have we learned from her? Well, we should look after ourselves and our belongings. She’s very observant, like she’ll remark on how slanted the rays of the sun through the window and spilled into the room. Or how animal tunnels when incorporated into the design will also allow local wildlife to cross. She’s good with details like this, that’s why we love her so.

Oh mother dear, let us tell you something
You’ve always supported us come what may
With your soft smile and the joy that you bring
You’ve redirected us when we’re astray

With your love you’ve kept us safe through the years
Sacrificed your needs in favour of ours
You’ve shared with our achievements and our fears
You haven’t shown us your tears and your scars

What you drummed in on us we remember
You have brought us well, that’s why we love you
You have been a big part of what we were
You’ve been our model, look how we all grew

The centre of our lives, our rock and heart
For us you always have a special part

Oh Mother Dear, with your eyes twinkling like stars in cloudland
Your breath sweeter than sampaguita as we string them into a lei
Your love, patience and smile, always there as you give us a hand
Oh Mother Dear, with your eyes twinkling like stars in cloudland

We cannot show enough gratitude for bringing us up first hand
Your tenderness, completely and sweetly given to us like a bouquet
Oh Mother Dear, with your eyes twinkling like stars in cloudland
We love you to the moon and back and all planets in the milky-way

Her beauty astounds us all
Life’s always a breeze so she flits
Broke into one and a million bits
Of love and care, to us her kids
Of time and devotion, no problem
Always there, served with a smile
And so this is the time to say thanks
And the mission for which it was due
We love you to the moon and back
Our dearest Mom – thanks for everything!

For: SEASONS – Moms Day in MAY by Jesh Stg , #MySundayPhoto – Mia  and KOA Campgrounds in Petaluma ( Sundays In My City)

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Beach – Daily Prompt

Hello. For us, one of the most beautiful places on earth is in the island of Coron, Palawan, Philippines. Club Paradise Resort is on a secluded island about 60 minutes from the airport by land and sea. Once on the island, we were on a beautiful tropical paradise with a nice sandy beach and simple but clean facilities. The beachfront cottages have gorgeous views of the ocean. Snorkelling was fun and exciting! House reef was fantastic. Sea water was crystalline and very clear. Saw a school of fish, barracuda, angel fish, sting rays, jelly fish, small shark, and fish of different species and colours. We basically snorkelled most of the time that we were there. It was just amazing! We also enjoyed hiking up the Eagle’s Point and nature watching, like watching for the monitor lizard to pass by or the bats flying, not to forget the beautiful sunset outside our cottage.

For: Beach

Proud and Beautiful by Carl Sandburg

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AFTER you have spent all the money modistes and manicures and mannikins will take for fixing you over into a thing the people on the streets call proud and beautiful,

After the shops and fingers have worn out all they have and know and can hope to have and know for the sake of making you what the people on the streets call proud and beautiful,

After there is absolutely nothing more to be done for the sake of staging you as a great enigmatic bird of paradise and they must all declare you to be proud and beautiful,

After you have become the last word in good looks, insofar as good looks may be fixed and formulated, then, why then, there is nothing more to it then, it is then you listen and see how voices and eyes declare you to be proud and beautiful

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For: Nurt Thurs – This Morning

Art & Plastic Surgery – Picture Prompt #12 and Wordle 192

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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
The concept of beauty is important
For both artist and plastic surgeon
What is considered beautiful changes with
Time and fashion and cultural differences
Art and plastic surgery, art meets science
The plastic surgeon performs some miracle
To change the fate of burn patients
So people can see them and don’t panic
It’s always good to have a choice
Or acquire some help when needed
Art is necessary, a thousand times
To separate an artist from a technician
A respectable quality one must have
Having a plastic surgery, we can talk
The emphasis is on maintaining form
Manipulation, repair and change
Of skin, soft tissue, bone and others
No sweat, no snag, high time too

by brenda warren
by brenda warren

https://theblogpropellant.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/picture-prompt-12-art-plastic-surgery/
https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2014/12/21/wordle-192/