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52 Weeks Photo Challenge:Week 15- Christmas

November 22, 2016Posted in Photo ChallengeTagged celebration, Christmas, christmas tree, fun, photo challenge, photos, white christmas8 Comments

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For: 52 Weeks Photo Challenge:Week 15- Christmas

#Tanka 8 – time and laughter

November 16, 2016Posted in tanka TuesdayTagged fun, poem, poetry prompt, tanka, time9 Comments

there’s always laughter
the time we spend together
memories we share
we also argue sometimes
but couldn’t live without you

For: Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka #Poetry Prompt Challenge #8 – TIME & LAUGHTER

Weekly Smile Week 43 #weeklysmile

October 26, 2016October 27, 2016Posted in #weeklysmile, Nurturing ThursdayTagged fun, holiday, nurturing, smile, thanks16 Comments

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Hello everyone! Hope you’re all fine. Lovely smiles from me this week. I’m packing my bag to go to Barcelona – viva Espania!!!! I’ll be meeting my cousin from Cologne and the other one from Dubai and we’ll stay for 5 nights, how cool would that be? Three girls with lots of things to talk about, places to see, tapas to eat and Cava to drink. It’s going to be great, can’t wait!

Also Him Indoors has just bought tickets for Beethoven Symphony 5 and Chopin’s concert and the other one for Amadeus (film with live music) at the Philharmonie Munich. They are our early Christmas presents for each other, not to mention the first lot for New Year’s Day for Beethoven Symphony 9. Cultural overload for me! I love them all!

Got to go now. I’ve got to carry on packing. Cheers everyone and smile!

For: Weekly Smile Week 43 #weeklysmile. Also for: Nurturing Thurs – Believe in Yourself

Snorkelling – Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner- 2016 Week #41

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016Posted in Flash Fiction for the Purposeful PractitionerTagged fun, poem, seascapes, snorkelling, water2 Comments

Great fun to be under the sea
Swimming with the fish and algae
Clear azure sea is amazing
Such adventure this snorkelling

Coral reef is another world
It’s like being in a dream world
I can swim for hours, that’s the thing
Such adventure this snorkelling

Saw a school of fish and turtle
Swimming with them is so blissful
Such a wonderful life, floating
Such adventure this snorkelling

Great fun to be under the sea
Such adventure this snorkelling

snorkelling under the sea
deep silence of nature
admiring life down under
fishes and corals
sharing experience
happy with
you!

For: Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner- 2016 Week #41 by rogershipp

Happy International Day of the Girl!

October 11, 2016Posted in dVerse Meeting the Bar, PoeticsTagged celebration, fun, girl, poem, poetry prompt31 Comments

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It is more than just girl power
It’s to make our future brighter
Global efforts and awareness
Education and freedom, that’s what we’re after

We can be whatever we want
To mother, sister, daughter, aunt
Ability to change the world
We can thrive coz we’re not simple tableau vivant

For: Poetic Tuesdays – A Cause For Celebration by Walter J. Wojtanik in Poetics

Razzle-Dazzle Me!

October 5, 2016Posted in dVerse Meeting the Bar, PoeticsTagged breeze, celebration, dance, fiction, fun, life, poem, poetry prompt, sparkling33 Comments

razzle-dazzle me, full of fun
energy – tons
such a delight
everything’s bright

indeed, life’s full of razzmatazz
all that is jazz
with pizzazz, too
and zest for shoes

come one, come all and join us here
got wine and beer
dancing all night
oh what a sight!*

* The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff

For: Razzle Dazzle Me! by Lillian in Poetics

Ottobrunn Street Festival

September 10, 2016September 11, 2016Posted in scenic weekends, Seasons, Skywatch FridayTagged celebration, fun, general blogging, Munich, photo challenge, photos, season, sky, skywatch, street16 Comments

Hello everyone! Lovely day here in Bavaria. We cycled to the next town to celebrate with them their Ottostraße street festival. It was nice to see the whole street celebrating. The mayor of the town opened the beer barrel to signal the opening of the festival, followed by music from the orchestra. There were stalls, balloons, food and drinks, grilled fish, sausages, bread, car boot sale, etc. Ottostraße is a very busy street with music schools, karate and kung-fu, car shops, community centre, etc and they all took part. There was a mini train ride and bouncy castles for the children. They closed the whole street and people just walked along. The local fire department gave some simulated shows, on emergency situations. Great Saturday!

For: Skywatch Friday – 8 September 2016 Edition, an island view…, SEASONS – SEPTEMBER MOVING ON … but not forget by Jesh

B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – August 20, 2016

August 20, 2016August 20, 2016Posted in B&P's Shadorma and BeyondTagged adventure, B&P's Shadorma and Beyond, experience, fun, holiday, India, jeepney, MindLoveMisery's Menagerie, shadorma, travel theme4 Comments

rolling hills
and tea plantation
landscape pure
foggy mist
fun adventure in a jeep
with rough roads and all

For: B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – August 20, 2016

Kerala Houseboat Tour

August 17, 2016August 20, 2016Posted in #weeklysmile, Nurturing Thursday, scenic weekends, thankful Thursday, wednesday watersTagged fun, general blogging, holiday, India, nurturing, photo challenge, photos, smile, thankful Thursday, thanks, travel theme, water13 Comments

We had an amazing experience the day after the wedding. We went on a houseboat tour. From Cochin we drove a couple of hours to Kumarakom where we had the houseboat tour. Master craftsmen of these houseboats is now numbering. Only a few have tremendous knowledge and experience for Kerala houseboats. Without a scale model or drawing, they build these magnificent and beautiful Kettuvalloms. The natural coir fibre once soaked in oil, seal the holes and at the same time yield a little bit on mild impacts saving the houseboats. The ‘valavara’ the roof of the Kettuvallom is made of split bamboo poles Coir ropes and bamboo mats. The art of roof making is specialty of certain villages in Kerala. We stopped to buy some crabs, prawns and fish and the chefs cooked them. They were delicious. On our voyage across these mesmerizing backwater of Kerala we caught a glimpse of the beautiful water lilies, lush paddy fields, coir villages, temples, rustic homes, and coconut groves. The people of Kerala living along these backwaters have a unique lifestyle and culture.