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Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
I found these beauties while window shopping. 🙂
For the life of me, Transmogrify is certainly not a word that features in my everyday English so it was a little bit challenging to find photos that would fit into the description “to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.”
Anyway, yours faithfully doesn’t believe in throwing in the towel so easily, so here I am with my offerings.
Buy her a pretty bouquet
and watch her face transform
with a smile 🙂
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.
My week has been a bit downcast, but I still tried to pep it up by doing something that I enjoy (walkabouts) to take my mind off things.
Over the weekend I stole time to take a 2 hours train ride from one end of town to the other and was privileged to ride right at the front coach – the opportunity is always scarce with many people queueing to inherit any vantage space.
I honestly don’t know what it is about trains that make me feel as happy as a little child, but it’s certainly a refreshing way to view the city. It was also interesting to talk to absolute strangers and gain some inspiration.
So, what have you been up to recently? Lady Lee takes us to fun-filled Oktoberfest in Munich. Join the fun 🙂
Jacqueline
In a World that has been increasingly hectic with ugly and disturbing news, I make it a point to look out each day that I’m opportune for that little thing that makes me smile. It may not seem like much, but these little things warm my heart.
Watching this dad adjust his daughter’s tie, rearrange her hair and hold it up with a scrunchy, is one of such smiley moments for me.
Find something to smile about today 🙂
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Today’s featured blogs posts are:
Cologne from the magnificent Cathedral to chocolate factory: Magnificient architectural edifice. Such wonderful structures make me feel humble with regards to what man can achieve and has achieved, yet we take it for granted.
Birther or non-birther give it up: Like Rixlibris I’m glad that we can now move on from the birther issue to other (sensational) things 😉
Sensory processing disorder in the classroom: A well-articulated blog post on pragmatic ways of handling the daily needs of a special needs child. Worth reading Jsack’s mom’s blog.
Strength in fragility: our strength lies not in being strong during the stormy season, but in our grace to bend and roll with the waves. Short, beautiful, thought-provoking poem.
Oh you World, now you envy: a delight to read while sipping my cup of tea.
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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.
My title makes me hum the nursery rhyme: To market, to market to buy a fat pig – in this case a fat fish 🙂 This week has been slow due to the Eid holiday over here, so I took the opportunity to go bulk shopping for certain food stuff.
The drive to the Fish market is about 40 minutes drive from my house, but it’s worth the effort. I buy fresh stuff, clean them and keep in smaller Ziploc packs to use as the need arises.
Don’t buy from the very first stall you step into. Traipse around a bit from one stall to the other and haggle over the prices for the best bargain. You can also pay a little change to the jobbers to clean the shrimps et al for you if time is a constraint.
This saves a whole lot of time for me as a family woman – I don’t have to go dashing to the stores every five seconds to buy one thing or the other. Also, it helps my menu planning.
Lady Lee’s photos and her family Tortoise will put a smile on any face.
Have a great weekend ahead.
Jacqueline
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.
Looking at this shrub that jutted proudly and stubbornly out of the half cemented, sandy patch brought a lot of thoughts to my mind in relation to human life and I’ll share a few:
My mother always says that “when the beat to the dance changes, you change your rhythm or you are out.”
When life gets uncomfortable one just doesn’t give up, but they look for other ways of turning the discomfort into a comfort zone. That’s the only way to survive, for surely harsh times will come, but might not endure.
When others are planting shallow roots, take the extra time to make yours several inches deeper, because a strong foundation withstands more turbulence.
Sometimes, when our circumstances change, we should take our eyes away from the immediate picture that doesn’t look too bright and focus on the strength within as well as the bigger picture ahead of us. Like is said back home “that food that is hot right now, will eventually cool down, for no condition is permanent.”
It’s amazing how a small, jutting proud piece of grass made me philosophical, but what is the alternative to standing one’s ground?
Giving up?
That’s not an option!
Have a great week.
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