The Easter Parade 2011 ends

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Oh what beautiful kisses

Yesterday April 29th the world witnessed the union of Kate Middleton to (a son of the Late Princess Diana), Prince William;
and now, (drum roll..........) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; all Gods blessings

spring wedding -
the sun shines on
the royal couple
--gillena cox, T&T



image, cropped from a greeting card i received

unfurling
greetings
Easter Blessings
--gillena cox, T&T


The Easter Parade 2011 has come to an end, Thanks to Devika Jyothi, India; Diane Mayr, USA; Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; Keith A. Simmonds, T & T; Lorraine Renaud, Canada; Patricia Lidia, Romania; Taro Kunugi, Japan; and Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia. Poem copyright remains with the individual writers

much love
gillena

The Easter Parade 2011 #5

easter lily images from


hiding behind
a mass of cloud -
morning sun
--gillena cox


Biblical legend tells us that the lily flower came from Eve's tears when she and Adam were banished from the Garden of Eden.The lily is also the traditional flower of spring and is highly regarded as a joyful symbol of beauty, hope, and life.read more here...


Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises
was oftentimes filled with your tears.
--Khalil Gibran(1883 –1931)





The Easter Parade 2011 ends tomorrow; Poem copyright remains with the individual writers
much love
gillena

The Easter Parade 2011 #4

image copyright triniview.com

radiating smiles -
the Easter extravagance
of flashy bonnets
--gillena cox, T&T


An Easter Bonnet represents the tail-end of a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption.


sun instead of rain
wearing as planned
my new Easter dress
--Adelaide Shaw


'The Easter Parade' 2011 continues to April 30th; Poem copyright remains with the individual writers
much love
gillena

The Easter Parade 2011 #3

opening haiga
--Diane Mayr, USA



Nebo je nisko .......... the sky is low
sivo mutno talasa.......... the grey sea is ruffling
pena grli lade......... crests embrace the boats
--Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia


overcast sky -
a yellow butterfly skips
over yellow shrubbery
--gillena cox, T&T


school yard--
streamers in tangles
around the maypole
--Diane Mayr, USA


'The Easter Parade' 2011 continues to April 30th; Poem copyright remains with the individual writers
much love
gillena

The Easter Parade 2011 #2

opening haiga
--Diane Mayr, USA


fasting after feast
new wine
in old wineskins
--Devika Jyothi, India


note to self –
chocolate eggs
not laid by hens
--Patricia Lidia, Romania


the egg yolk speckled
with black pepper; Easter morning
breakfast
--gillena cox, T&T


now there's also'easter eggs' tech talk click to read more

The Easter Parade 2011 continues to April 30th
much love
gillena

The Easter Parade 2011 #1

opening haiga
--Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania


a cherry tree
in full blossom, dreaming of
a caribbean breeze
--Taro Kunugi, Japan


Welcome to 'The Easter Parade' 2011 at Lunch Break


Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday has been cited as the earliest precursor to modern Easter parades



--Lorraine Renaud, Canada


the empty tomb:
freedom for all mankind
embracing the light
--Keith A. SIMMONDS, T & T


'The Easter Parade' 2011 continues to April 30th; Poem copyright remains with the individual writers
much love
gillena

Happy Easter 2011

Happy Easter to All


revisit Easter 2010


From tomorrow, Monday, until the last day of April, i will be hosting a collaboration here titled 'The Easter Parade' e-mail me your sharings- poems, quotes, Easter impressions, and images; or you can also share at comments, and i will repost it up front

Have a Blessed Easter Sunday; much love

late awakening -
already the sun brightly
spread over birdsongs
--gillena cox

the photo i used for today's post, i took in 2006; of a Pink Poui tree blossoming at the Hollows; Port of Spain, Trinidad

Forecast

revisit Glorious Saturday 2010

Good Friday

a 2009 haiga now posted

revisit Good Friday 2010

revisit also The Way 2008 slideshow

Umbrellas

Holy Week

read more here...(John 13:34-35): A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you...by this everyone will know that you are my disciples...

Palm Branches

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In some towns in the north of England and parts of Scotland there is an old tradition among Catholics and possibly Anglicans, of referring to Passion Sunday as Carling Sunday...A ship carrying food to help relieve the famine ran aground off the coast and broke up. A few days later its cargo of peas washed ashore and crowds flocked to the beach to recover them To commemorate the event people began the annual custom of serving peas soaked in salt water....read more here...

revisit Palm Sunday 2010

Near Midday

Blue Grey Tanager also called Blue Jean

near midday
a blue jean disappears
into the thick shrubbery
--gillena cox 2011

A Little Brown Dove

internet image from...


on the wall a dove preening
a street sweeper passing
--gillena cox

Diner Plate Aralia

DinnerPlateAuralia Jigsaw Puzzle

Grey Day

Clear Skies

Yellow Dragonfly

Moon Smile

Evening Song

A 2009 haiga now at Lunch Break


Listen to the kiskadee...

Crowing And Honking

Windchimes

Chacachacare Saturday 7

This ends the series "Chacachacare", to view the entire series again, click on the label Chacachacare.



folks keep saying to me "you tell us about more photos but we cant find them"; so here's what i have edited and named all associated photos 'Chacachacare Saturday', for easy reach

Chacachacare Saturday 6

folks keep saying to me "you tell us about more photos but we cant find them"; so here's what i have edited and named all associated photos 'Chacachacare Saturday', for easy reach

April Fool 2011

...References to April Fool’s Day can be found as early as the 1500s...The puzzle that April Fool’s Day presents to cultural historians is that it was only during the eighteenth century that detailed references to it (and curiosity about it) began to appear...Shakespeare, writing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, made no mention of April Fool’s Day, despite being, as Charles Dickens Jr. put it, a writer who “delights in fools in general.”...Many theories have been put forward about how the tradition began. Unfortunately, none of them are very compelling. So the origin of the “custom of making "April Fools" remains as much a mystery...read more here...

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it. [Jack Handey]


Daikon is an essential part of Japanese cuisine

Continue to pray for Japan

“The act of praying is the very highest energy of which the human mind is capable..."[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]

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