a cooking pot and twisted tales
Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
I spy with my naked eyes…
The man in the pistachio green shirt,
taking the dark spring green leaves
to the neon green trash can
besides the corrugated green fence of the compound
with the Dartmouth green gate.
I even spy another pigment of green
across the road in the neighbour’s quarters
bordered by lush green trees and the palm green of the date tree.
How many greens do you spy?
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
I honestly don’t have the right words to describe my reaction when I took a long walk yesterday and came across this Caterpillar with the man fast asleep under it. Look at the left side of the photo. Under the heavy artillery is a mound of a human being.
I was STARTLED! First off, I was ALARMED. I thought he was dead! Then I stooped low and heard the grunts and snoring. I felt relief, sad and worried all at the same time. What if he inhaled sand and choked? Did anyone know that he’s under this heavy duty machine?
I looked around and saw another fellow sitting with a far away look in his eyes’ – unfortunately, he didn’t understand one word of English, but my pointing and gesticulating might have come across to him – or maybe he ended up thinking that I’m one crazy black woman.
71 percent of the Earth is covered by water and every living thing thrives on water simply because WATER is LIFE.
I have seen water in many ramifications, from the abundance of the Oceans to bottled water of varieties, rainfall in the Tropics to the aridity of living in the Desert and one thing that I’ve found is that every living thing seeks out water. Unfortunately, there are places that lack this bare necessity that many take for granted, which reminds me of a well-articulated post I read earlier, written by Robert.
One of the things that I miss living in the UAE is rainfall. It’s such a rare occurrence and buying bottled water is the norm because the desert lacks a generous abundance of potable water.
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On Thursdays, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple and you can find out more about it through this link.
It’s been a breezy busy week filled with this and that, that I found myself taking most of my photos either early in the morning or in the evening after the day’s runaround.
Here are several snips and snaps of my neighbourhood caught within the week.
Lady Lee offers you something to smile about.
The day’s job is done and as the Sun sets, it’s time to take a breather, sitting in a yoga pose and having a chit-chat.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Well, who says that if we can’t go to the exotic Island of Hawaii, that we can’t bring Hawaii to the desert and possibly have a good Luau while at it 🙂
Aloha!
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The junction – where friends meet to chit-chat and shoot the breeze.
I wonder how much cover from the sun that the Bougainvillea shade offers to these two sitting under it?
It’s a blazing furnace out here.
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a cooking pot and twisted tales 