The Dancing Fountain and Echoes of A Celebration

March 16, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha14 Comments

Someone please grab the tail of time and tie it to the end of a strong tree.

Phew! It’s a week already. Immersed between a lot of this and that and reading for an exam that’s taking place today – maybe I will be in the exam hall sweating my French as you read this – this echo will be sweet and brief.

Nonetheless, in the speed of time, I still found time to celebrate my birthday at my favourite Italian place. I had a craving for yummy pasta and the children wanted pizza. Their Ravioli Al Porcini, Capricciosa and Valtellinese pizza are just so fresh and delicious.

It’s a good thing we ate after the jumping and not before ‘cos I was just stuffed.

I took a short video of the beautiful burst of colours of the water display 🙂

Fresh garlic and olive bread. Oh my goodness!

Photographs

Stark and Beautiful…

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha4 Comments

My main attraction was the young tree that had nothing much to show in the name of leaves caught in-between two richer siblings and I wanted to pay her starkness some attention because I found her beautiful nonetheless.

I simply love the juxtaposition with the building which wasn’t the initial plan.

Mundane Monday

Sap It Is…

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha4 Comments

Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

It’s simply a tree bark, yet it’s gorgeous in its rough and crumbly texture with the sticky sap oozing out of its pores.

The sap must taste like caramel toffee or a sip of nectar ‘cos I saw little ants running up and down the length of the trunk, fetching and carrying little bits of dried sap that’s 3x their size.

Did you know that plant sap is rich in sucrose?

Poetry/Poems

The Waterside Bloom…

March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha18 Comments

Walking by the waters calms me,

it humbles me to see the expanse of nature’s’ beauty that abounds before me and

to realise that, I’m one of nature’s beauty and bloom.

Jacqueline

Echos Of My Neighbourhood

Voilà- Echoes of my neighbourhood

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha10 Comments

My echoes of the week have been between slow running through life and fast sprinting to catch up with time trying to keep the loose ends tied up.

A better part of my week has been spent at Alliance Francaise, Dubai. I have a French Translation proficiency test for a program that I am considering and my French is getting a bit rusty from insufficient use;

donc j’ai decidé d’aller à l’Alliance pour quelques jours pour faire un peu d’immersion (therefore, I decided to go to Alliance for a couple of days for intensive catch up).

I am partial to things French and since I can’t go to France right now, let me enjoy the ambiance of little French around me.

Back to class. What are you up to?

Bon journée

Gazing at the books and wishing the words would fly into my head and make the process short.

An interesting re-purposed wooden reel used as a table

Savouring a piece of ham and turkey quiche with salad.

A Click A Day · Mundane Monday

Beautiful Grid…

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha9 Comments

Mundane Monday challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

The way the runner plant is all twisted around the ceiling grid is just lovely.

To create beautiful surroundings takes only imagination.

∞

Jacqueline

Echos Of My Neighbourhood

Festival of Lights, This n’ That – Echoes of My Neighbourhood

March 2, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha11 Comments

This week zoomed past before I could say hey presto. Phew! I’m trying to exhale and catch up with lots of things.

We’ve had unprecedented drippy weather that I anticipate the heat will heat us soon with disgusting enthusiasm and my week has been a mish-mash of this n that.

From going to view the display of city lights for the festival of lights in Sharjah, to attending a jet-ski race on Dubai marina – those machines are powerful and the riders have gumption – sometimes life seems to be hurtling along on a speed train.

Have you seen the movie John Wick Chapter 2? I went to watch it over the weekend and it was a blast. I wrote a little review on it in Niume. Have you joined yet?

Do share your neighbourhood with us. To join the fun, check this link.

It’s a beautiful new month, let’s make the best of it.

Illuminated Mosque changing lights and interesting patterns

Families are out till late enjoying the ambiance of excitement

Fascinating. The pots, kettles, pans and what not are used as decorative pieces with the bulb holders

Mundane Monday

A Piece of Fluffy Texture…

February 27, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha7 Comments

Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

The photo was taken lying down lazying around on the rug with the kiddos’.

I like how it turned out. The outstretched appendage belongs to my son 🙂

The Daily Post

Great Complements…

February 25, 2017 jacquelineobyikocha2 Comments

Nothing complements each other like a celebration with good friends, good food, great conversation, and laughter. An excellent combination that memories are made of.

A good match – The Daily Post