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Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
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 a house, 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.
Each weekend, I try to fit in some outing/entertainment activity in our lives to balance work, school and other things.
Last week Friday found me dragging my troop on a day trip to Sharjah for an exhibition. It was an hours drive from home *counting in traffic*, though the traffic inside the city is quite tight.
The Emirate of Sharjah is one of the states of UAE. It’s not as glitzy as it’s sister state Dubai but leans towards history and culture. There are several museums in this place and they all beg for exploring.
Sharjah was declared by UNESCO as the capital of Islamic Culture in 2014 and it’s rich heritage museums show it.
However, on this trip, we focused on the Calligraphy Biennial exhibition which took the better part of the day. Other museums will be explored at later dates.
Whenever I say museum, my children mumble under their breaths, but they get to enjoy it and learn from it. As usual I took lots of photos but will only share some with you for now.
We sat in our homes and travelled to many exotics locations. Hop on let’s go and see 😉
Cycling, breakfast and teriyaki Lady Lee’s pictures are what I call soul satisfying.
English Civil War re-enactment: Maybe because history was one of my fave subjects in school, I totally enjoyed these enchanting scenes captured by Louise. Thank you Louise, for joining us this week 🙂
The red-hot kettle, Seagulls, and the pretty tops Great pieces for your eyes.
Lush, beautiful Denmark as enchanting as ever. Europe is calling me in the winds.
Echoes from Adelaide, South Australia, a tale of the storm, the beautiful big red and the golden shovel from Raili. Zoom to Adelaide 😉
We love armchair travelling, do share a bit of your World with us.
Thank you and have a great day today 🙂
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
“I love books. I love that moment when you open one and sink into it, you can escape from the World, into a story that’s way more interesting than yours will ever be.” Elizabet Scott
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” Unknown
That book she’s reading must be some good stuff 🙂
There are books that are such compulsive reads that when you sink your teeth into them, you are lost in them and you keep going until it’s finished.
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
I hear you in my thoughts…
Your words of wisdom,
of love and encouragement…
They are etched upon my soul.
They keep me warm.
**
*an excerpt from my poem*
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Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Dance my handsome Prince
to the beats, that are born within you.
A rhythm that cannot be drowned nor denied,
that rouses emotions of times untold,
bringing the tears coursing down ruddy cheeks.
**
*an excerpt from my poem*
In a typical year, if your commute to work is 60 minutes to and fro, cumulatively, you would spend an average of 20.8 days or more just on commuting.
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These folks commute to work each day on these open boats.
As much as I like water, I doubt if this would not frighten the jeepers out of me having to sit like this on an open boat, day in, day out and without life vests.
For me, it’s only good for a one-time adventure. Well, I guess they’ve got to do what needs to be done.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Brand me whole as only you can
That the entire score of me
Knows nothing but the fullness of you.
Sometimes, miracles come in pairs or even more.
“Double the giggles, double the grins. Double the trouble, when you’re blessed with twins,” Unknown
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Quite an interesting incident to go to the shops and run into several twins on the same day and in the same store.
I wondered if it was a “bring your twins shopping day,” but the cashier said that such a thing did not exist.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Never leave me lonely on these shores
Where no one knows me
Where I stare at strange forms
Trying to find you somewhere there in their midst.
“Working hard is very important. You are not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.” George Lucas
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days that you feel good.” Jerry West
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God bless the hands that work. May they receive their worthy wages and may doors of opportunities open up to them.
Have a great and wonderfully satisfying week.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Enchant me with your expressive eyes, that crinkles in laughter as you speak
that I may find myself ever caught between
the reflections of your pupils and there shall I remain.
*an excerpt of my poem
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.
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We came across this passage during our weekend meandering and I would have loved a little more wandering, but my dear Himself reminds me that I am not Hercules Poirot nor Christopher Columbus and I partially satisfied my curiousity by taking a photo from the entrance.
I still can’t help wondering what’s behind those walls. I think my interest is stoked by the lamps that light up the passage since it was getting dark 😉
Do you ever get seized with curiousity that you need all your common sense to squelch?
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Enchant me with your expressive eyes, that crinkles in laughter as you speak
that I may find myself ever caught between
the reflections of your pupils and there shall I remain.
*an excerpt of my poem*
“The World is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.” J.K. Rowling
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Naturally, my eyes are easily drawn to vivid colours. Purple is a beautiful, rich and trendy colour.
I wonder where she’s off to with her lovely purple box which incidentally matches her pillow and scarf?
Knowing myself, I would have asked her, alas, sitting behind the wheel and waiting for the light to change denied me the pleasure 😉
It’s Friday this way. Have a great weekend ahead.
Be good to yourself. Blessed be.
Jacqueline
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
The air’s so crispy
The birds are quite chirpy
The magic of nature abounds
As I imbibe all the sounds.
**
*an excerpt of my poem*
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 a house, 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.
A birthday in the family is a good excuse for a little treat, so my little man’s birthday gave us a good excuse for some good grill at Waldorf Astoria Dubai which is located on one of the fronds of the artificial Archipelago of The Palm Jumeirah.
The Waldorf Astoria is an exquisitely finished luxury hotel with lots of restaurants. We chose the Island grill where each seating canopy is positioned in water The ambiance is fabulous and it was a good treat. The food is great, but my opinion is that the service was a bit too fussy for hungry people.
I am not one to have the waiter hovering over my shoulder all evening, but all in all, it was worth it.
Last Week Echoes took us to different neighbourhoods, hop on let’s go see and we will be glad to see some of yours.
Such a lovely day: A beautiful day in Bavaria like the title says. Now I want a Tortoise in my garden 🙂
Gorgeous Gardenias and more Have you ever watched a minute-by-minute unfurling of beautiful gardenia’s?
Blooming cherry blossoms these would inspire a poet out of you 🙂
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Never leave me lonely
With words left unsaid
You walk away into the dark
Like a mist that melts away
a cooking pot and twisted tales 