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Saturday morning Jigsaw Puzzle
Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!

revisit Part 3 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'


Saturday morning...
in the silence
sunlight emerging
--gillena cox


A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering.
--Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)


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Forest Trek Jigsaw Puzzle

Thoughts and prayers for Oklahoma after the tornado;
wishes for the promise of paradise on planet earth


Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!

Linking today to Outdoor Wednesday

revisit Part 4 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'

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rainforest spirits...
clearly your ardor for love
knows no bounds
--gillena cox


We all love a happily ever after story, be it myth or true life; well, we were surely entertained by the forest myth about a plant we now know as 'hot lips'. And the story goes... should a young man spontaneously and unprompted, touch his lips to the bright red bracts of the 'hot lips' he will in turn win the woman he desires.


Other attractions as we treks include; the herb garden; an enormous ant hill created by bachacs(leaf cutter ants); the monkey ladder - which starts on the ground and vines its way up into the trees, becoming woody as it matures, its is used to make very pricy furniture pieces; 'the wait awhile', an unassuming little palm - the underside of the leaf grabs and holds (we were given a demonstration of this), its can be dangerous to persons moving swiftly or even running through trail, it can grab and rip away bits of one's face, it is used in the construction of tapia houses; and, the wafts of sweet fragrance from the incense trees.
Only a slither of the wonders of our rainforest trek; just saying....














This is Part 5, end of - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'

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careful footsteps...
where once our ancestors
trod with such ease
--gillena cox


The trek into the forest with our guide Joel proved to be every bit interesting and informative; we step carefully, staying on the path, avoiding the the dense rooted areas of balisier and other heliconias, for there in the snakes lurk.



As luck would have it we were able to spot, hummingbirds, the white bearded manakin also referred to as the 'forest no good', responded to the guide's finger clicking and appeared low in the trees, looking like round balls of white cotton; the golden headed manakin also referred to as the 'forest Michael Jackson', (the male so dubbed for their courtship dance); the collared trogon, and we were enthralled into silence, to see the bearded bellbird after hearing his compelling resounding thunk thunk thunk sound. We even got a display of his fanning white tail feathers










A bit of the history informs, the original house built circa 1908 known as Spring Hill Estate was a privately owned cocoa, citrus, and coffee estate. Loaded with ephiphytes a tangerine tree, aged at more than 70 years still stands rooted



as this trail, wends its way,



we make 'a walk back in time' our footsteps trod portions of the formerly and originally first 'Arima Main Road'




This is Part 4 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
... ends tomorrow


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red cat tails...
wandering through minutes
the drizzle
--gillena cox

















A break for lunch, from readings, allowed time to refresh and recharge.
Wandering around the compound to lush treats of flora, birds at the bird feeders, and lizards filled the break. As well, there was the pocket museum to visit. The view from the museum's veranda is nothing short of stunning

from here to there...
all the words a poet
strives to pen
--gillena cox





This is Part 3 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
... continues tomorrow

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inbreath...
a swell of the Northern Range
spans the window
-- gillena cox

...we were housed at the Hibiscus Cabin. where we settled in for our morning indoor poetry readings. After a prayer; our ice breaker was a game of 2Truths and 1 Lie; what fun; each person stood up and said 3 statements about themselves, 1 of which had to be untrue; the rest of the group had to guess which was the lie; (well, each person, except our youngest member of the group, 17month old, Gracie)



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This is Part 2 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'





... continues tomorrow

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Nestled in the Northern Range, is The Asa Wright Nature Center, a non profit Trust established in 1967 by a group of naturalists and bird-watchers. It protects and conserves wild life in that part of the Arima Valley and surrounding rainforest.
Yesterday, Saturday 4th, a few members of The NALIS St James Book Club joined The NALIS Arima Book Club for a Poetry Picnic and eco trek at the center; we were housed at the Hibiscus Cabin. Today starts the mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'


approaching mist in
yesterday's rainforest trek...
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox

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