1213

morning sunlight...
soundless shadows of wind chimes
behind the drapes

where the heart
of friendship throbs
the music is still heard
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox


“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,That we may record our emptiness.”
― Kahlil Gibran

June ends today; to all Lunch Break visitors wishes for a happy and creative July

Sunday Smiles




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tag 2 Shadow Shot Sunday
tag 3 Kaleidoscope Sunday
tag 4 Sunday Scribblings
tag 5 Lovely Sunday Quotes
tag 6 Sunday Whirl
tag 7 Issa's Sunday Service
tag 8 Sunday In My City
tag 9 Silly Sunday


Today is #76 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #75 share your Sunday something email me post a COMMENT or post a URL

1212

Manzanilla Jigsaw Puzzle
Click to play and Enjoy the online Jigsaw Puzzle; relates to 1207

alighting
from the bus...
sea breeze
--gillena cox


Linking today to Orange You Glad Its Friday And Sky Watch Friday And Friday Fences And Recuerda Mi Corazon - Haiku My Heart Friday And Scenic Weekends

1211

Atlantic Ocean...
also there in your depths pain
of greed and torture
--gillena cox

Series Picture Post Cards #33; relates to 1207; revisit #32

Linking today to Waterworld Wednesday #62 yr1 And
Outdoor Wednesday #223

1210

signs...
distracting
to save lives
--gillena cox

Linking today to Ruby Tuesday

1209

This photo was taken in May revisit 1177

IN THE WILDS

there are no answers
when at the edge of complex
pale moons

the forest tracks
lie in the face of mists
still he files pass

this strange lizard
in a class of his own
a mess of guesses

who he be or should be
gas lamps have their place in the wilds

--gillena cox


Linking today to Monday Mellow Yellow And Sunday Whirl Wordle #114

1208

sleep interrupted
a giant moon lights my sky...
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox

Its daytime Sunday, and the sky is azure, with no moon; however the awesome big roundish moon i spotted on Friday night was so remarkable i had to share. My calendars indicate the full moon tonight (in some time zones it would have been last night). Astronomy describes tonight's full moon as a perigee-syzygy; some folks say a Super Moon; the next one will be August 10, 2014; revisit Super Moon 2012

Sunday Smiles



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Today is #75 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #74 share your Sunday something email me post a COMMENT or post a URL

1207

'BOOK CLUB BUS RIDE SATURDAY BOOKMARKED'

Linking today to Six Word Saturday And Scenic Weekends

Last Saturday, June 15th, The Nalis St James book club ventured out on a PTSC cross-country bus ride. We boarded the bus at the city gate terminus. Before leaving the compound, we were introduced to both our driver and to our guide, who assured us that our safety and satisfaction were their main concerns. We were each given a copy of a map to follow our cross-country progress.

Our guide shared with us several historical tidbits concerning PTSC compound and its environs.
This PTSC compound, housed the city railway station of 1842 where the trains ran from 1846 -1968; it still carries the country's oldest steps, and still carries its emblem TGR outside its Victorian styled edifice. Our journey started along the 'Bus Route'

The Bus Route or Priority Bus Route as it is known today was constructed from its terminus to San Juan 1977, extended to Curepe in 1979 then to Tunapuna in 1983.

Leaving the terminus: spotted ...the repairs area of the PTSC compound; ...the corner of Charlotte and South Quay (there a slave torture chamber used to be); ...Tamarind Square was an old slave market; ...flow of the Dry River built in 1786 using slave labour; ...Broadway (formerly Almond Drive used to be a lover's lane); ...The Port of Spain Lighthouse......a purple heart wood post dated 1842 associated with telegram lines; ...Angostura Building where our world renown bitters is manufactured; ...Fernandes manufacturer of rum and by products and largest warehouse in the country; ...The Picton area in the hills where two large WASA tanks carry a painting of our national birds; ...The Laventille Hills (formerly Laventilla-place of strong winds) hometown of the founder of the steel band Winston Spree Simon; ...former areas of Shanty town and Donkey City and a marker where a watering hole for donkeys used to be...

The path outline in red on the map, is my noted indication of the route and not a part of the map as given to us.

Our route: Port of Spain - San Fernando - Princes Town - Rio Claro - Mayaro - Manzanilla (Beach) - Port of Spain (through Sangre Grande).


serpentine road...
all the bird of paradise
swooned in a huddle
-- gillena cox
#bird of paradise plant - Strelitzia reginae

1206

the empty bus...
miles and miles of road
to fill our day
--gillena cox

Linking today to Friday Fences #86 And Recuerda Mi Corazon - Haiku My Heart Friday

1205

youth eternal as
the murmuring ocean...
life iterates
--gillena cox

Linking today to Outdoor Wednesday #232 And Waterworld Wednesday #61 And Shadow Shot Sunday

1204

Series Picture Post Cards #32

filling spaces
the blare of loud music...
market day
--gillena cox

revisit Series Picture Post Cards #31


Linking today to Ruby Tuesday 2

1203

Linking today to Sunday Whirl Wordle #113

CHALK AND DUSTER

in the wake of chalk and duster
knowledge confounded

a cave cut
in the hillside of mischief
a load of dynamite

shatters the status
of anything
that makes sense

the chattering
at recess pours in
after the bell

they giggle
whispering the scoop
from cupped hands

trying to drive
the teachers crazy
their splits

moonshine
island children sanction
anancy tales

--gillena cox

1202

plumerias
white in the night
his baby's first teeth
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox

Today, Lunch Break salutes all fathers; wishing an especially lovely day to my son Khama Cox, and all others, celebrating fathers day, with the blessing of a first baby; Sunday Smiles



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Today is #74 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #73 share your Fathers Day something email me post a COMMENT or post a URL

Happy Fathers Day from Lunch Break; revisit Fathers Day 2012

1201

Yesterday, i welcomed an unexpected visit, from one of my first cousins - Gregory and two of his children - Justin and Sage; who though they live in Trinidad i do not see often, and too, one of my uncles - Francis who lives both in London and in Grenada; super lovely visitors; this morning i am entertained by the cadence of raindrops

rainy morning...
the cheer of a little boy and girl
remains
--gillena cox

Linking today to Orange You Glad Its Friday And Recuerda Mi Corazon - Haiku My Heart Fridays and also Shadow Shot Sunday

1200

West Mall Jigsaw Puzzle

Enjoy! click to play the jigsaw puzzle online

resting in a bud
all of the delights
of a new blossom
-- gillena cox


Linking today to BlueMonday

1199

'we beat' recurs
banners furl festive...
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox


Today is the first Sunday in this year's 'we beat' festival June 7-16, 2013
revisit 'we beat' postings 2010-2012 here at Lunch Break

Sunday Smiles



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Today is #73 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #72 share your Sunday something email me post a COMMENT or post a URL



Linking today to Sundays In My City

1198

'Sewdass Sadhu Shiv Mandir'; this photo was taken in March 2012

Its Renku Saturday #40; revisit Renku Saturday #39

visitors to the mandir
barefooted carry their awe
--gillena cox

spreading as far
as Hokkaido...
Buddha's law and blossoms
-Issa, 1812

Linking today to Scenic Weekends and Back Linking to
Recuerda Mi Corazon Haiku My Heart Fridays

Today is World Oceans Day Have a great day....much love

1197

Back linking today to Sunday Whirl Wordle #111



Starched Can Cans

a bee
at the throat of a blossom...
sweet rapture

wind through praire sweeps
wild flowers this way that way

eager faces...
the excitement of children
running limbs carry

choo choo..
the train of thought
another busy day

each swirl nimble needle points
in hushed halls where vaults secure

they crave
the passion of
open fields
--gillena cox

1196

a statement of
caladiums...
again the rains
--gillena cox


Back linking today to Monday Mellow Yellow & Haiku Songlines; and Linking to Ruby Tuesday


A Happy Rainy Season to all...Much Love




to revisit other 'Caladium' postings just click on the the word Caladium in the list of labels below

1195

their frolic their flight
two bluebirds...
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox


Welcome month of June; today is the first Sunday of the Month of June, and the Sunday just after the homage of Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi in T&T is the rainy season marker, so to the pedestrian thought, without the instruction of the Met Office, the Rainy Season has started revisit Corpus Christi 2012

Sunday Smiles




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Today is #72 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #71 share your Sunday something email me post a COMMENT or post a URL

1194

the street sweeper's broom
in early morning toil...
bird songs approaching
--gillena cox

dawn--
mimicking me striking fire
croaking frog
-Issa, 1819


Its Renku Saturday #39; revisit Renku Saturday #38
also revisit #1176


Linking today to The Weekend In Black And White