Noise and A Peek In The Men’s Beauty World…Echoes of my neighbourhood.

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha30 Comments

On Thursday’s, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.

I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple.

Every Thursday, share a photo of bits and pieces of wherever you are at any point in time. It could be houses, backgrounds of your neighbourhood, activities and so forth and you can tag it Echos of my Neighbourhood, add my link to your post so that I will get the ping from your post.

Every other Thursday, I will publish a post with the links of all those who participated the previous week.

This is just a fun way of getting to see more of the World around us through your eyes since we cannot all be at those places, we could at least, see them through you.

The beauty of Burj at night as we drive by.

This week’s echoes is a mix of several faces and places. From shopping for groceries to going with my bloke and the boys to get a haircut where yours truly spent some time being more observant than usual to the business of manly grooming.

I saw men threading their eyebrows to make it look less bushy. Lot’s of scalp shaving with a scary blade, massaging, barbing, shampooing and rubbing of scalps. Interesting outing I must say 😉

With the children on Spring break, a bit more leisure time so taking them to the cinema and some skating play time was involved.

Thanks to Kat, I got the idea to include a video of real echoes of my neighbourhood, which I will do from time to time. This was fun to do. We drove and I stuck the camera up to catch a one minute video.

Please watch and let me know what you think.

Thank you 🙂

Last Week Echoes gave us some peeks of different neighbourhoods, hop on let’s go see and we will be glad to see some of yours

Dr Meg Sorick’s A warm welcome to Meg. Meg shows us beautiful photos of her world and her good looking bloke. Please go over and say hello. She also offers visitors a tall glass of something good to drink 😉

Mind and life matters A warm welcome to Rashmi. I am loving our neighbours in echoes and Rashmi shows us beautiful snippets of so much love in her photos and the cutest tortoise ever.

Spring Lady Lee’s photos bursts in colours and interesting garden friends to keep artful.

Peregrine – Falcons of Norwich Kim shows us a poetic glimpse of the fastest flying raptor bird in the World.

Crossing the Brooklyn bridge I am not sure you’ve seen this detailed shots of the Brooklyn bridge. Well, I haven’t. Thank you Jazzy Tower.

A flowering evening pretty pictures that goes with sweet meats too 🙂

Cubicles of Individuality I totally enjoyed looking at this and I bet you would. Maybe you can tell which category you belong in.

How sweet life is Ralph When you go to Bus Terminal located at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, keep your eyes open, there’s a lot to see.

Thank you to all Echoes’ contributors. I am learning a whole lot from this challenge as well as having fun with it.

It would lovely to have you join us. Regards

Everyday Beautiful People #2

March 30, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha5 Comments

Lifestyle · Photographs · Uncategorized

Finding Bright Pops…

March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha28 Comments

Finding pop was not as easy as I anticipated. Hmm! The Photo 101 themes are getting tricky.

I had to look in-house and out-house for any relatively satisfying pop.

My meandering made it starkly obvious that we love rich, vibrant textures here and the shinier, the more attractive it seems.

Anyway, I managed to scrounge for a few popping items *at least in my eyes*.

The no access sign made this girl only more curious.

Something comforting about the rolled towels

The bones couldn’t fit in and I didn’t want to rattle anything

Whatever they are *floaters, I guess* they will certainly make a popping sound.

Personal · Photographs

Things That Make Me Go Hmm!…

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha33 Comments

Today’s theme for Photo 101 is bliss. Well, it falls in rather nicely today. Yesterday it rained ceaselessly that the school sent a mail of no school today, so yours truly started having bliss from last night at the thought that I don’t have to jump up at 4:30 in the morning. Yours truly lounged in bed. Now that is bliss 🙂

My source of bliss are derived from the simple satisfaction that I can find in the daily life around me.

I make a conscious effort to cultivate a heightened sense of contentment and each source depends totally on my frame of mind.

Something as little as seeing a happy dog, gives me a sense of joy.

Below are some things that signify bliss for me.

Putting up my feet on a lazy weekend and indulging in a good read with some nibbles.

Listening to my music and stealing in some wiggles.

A lazy day at the beach.

Eating out with my lovelies. We get to spend time chit-chatting and I get an off day from the kitchen.

Walk in nature and emptying my thoughts. Sometimes, I use that time to pray as well.

Just sitting and watch children play freely gives me joy.

Getting a pedicure with foot massage. Ah!

The sauna helps to work out the kinks in those bunched muscles. Toss in a good professional massage and I am in happy land 🙂

Cake!!!

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A Flash Dance…Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Poetry Challenge.

March 1, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha38 Comments

Ronovan knows how to pick the words. For this week, we got ‘Flash & Dance.’ I enjoy this Haiku challenge and I am glad I took it up. Thank you kind Sir 🙂

The flash of lissome thighs
As her skirt flounced with the dance
Set his spirits on high

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His flash of false teeth
And his toupee that flew with his twist
Made her dance steps falter.

Image credit: Google images

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Featured Blogs 8…Let’s Create A Fine Chain.

February 29, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha

Today’s featured blogs are:

Philip Craddock I enjoy reading Philip’s intricate words. Poignant, full of emotions that will give you pause.

Swritings gives out dollops of heedful ramblings and thoughts. A visit will tell you.

Mmcdonald Introducing Mark, whose Philosophy will set your hair on fire!

The best things in life Just like the name sounds, her articles are refreshing.

Ispeng1951 Fabulous and vibrant photos and posts from SP.

Please visit their blogs and say hello. A few minutes may gain you a friendly support.

Do you want more eyes on your words?

Well then, add your LINK into this loop.

Regards

P.S. Comments are disabled here. You can add your link through the link in the post. It’s easier to be able to collate them that way. Thank you.

Blog · Echos Of My Neighbourhood · Photographs · Travel

Souk Madinat, the Mosque and Others..Echoes Of My Neighbourhood.

February 25, 2016June 7, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha25 Comments

On Thursday’s, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.

I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple.

Every other Thursday, I will publish a post with the links of all those who participated the previous week.

This is just a fun way of getting to see more of the World around us through your eyes, since we cannot all be at those places, we can at least see them through you.

Last Week Echoes harvested quite new awesome peeks of different neighbourhoods, so board the flight with me and let’s go have a look see 🙂

What a good catch from dollops of heedful ramblings.

More of Copenhagen from Giggles and tales.

Dogs of our lives from Mandibelle

Fabulous shots from Jazzytower

This photos from Kat Myrman took me back to my former neighbourhood in Cypress – Houston. Sniff sniff

Harlem on my mind from Roaming urban gypsy.

I bet I saw a pirate in this shot from Writing in North Norfolk

Such cute sights from Never A Dull Bling, makes you wear a smile.

Fantastic Moosey shots from Honestme363.

Are we enjoying these views yet?

So, add a of yours? Pretty please with a cherry on top 😉

Regards,

Life · Lifestyle · Memes · Midnight motivation and musings

Midnight Motivation And Musings # 16…

February 24, 2016 jacquelineobyikocha21 Comments

Sometimes, it does seem that once you are on a set path to achieving certain goals, that is when life picks up extra ideas to set all manners of distractions along your way.

It’s however up to you on how you choose to handle the scenarios.

Sometimes, these distractions are those ones that we cannot help and are regarded as ‘life happens.’ In such cases, I always repeat this mantra in my head ‘and this too shall pass,‘ while trying to stay focused and above the water not to get carried away with the current.

Then sometimes, these distractions come by way of other unreliable and pessimistic humans whom we allow into our lives.

I don’t believe in playing nice with anyone whose primary ambition and pleasure is to circumvent my growth. I simply find a corner on my shelf that is dusty and disused and place the person there.

There is simply no time to waste with such wet dampening blankets around you.

Remember, you can choose those who dine on your table and send them forth quickly, but you’ve got to be very mindful about those whom you allow to dine in the inner courts of your heart.