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hope rolls in
mundane days cower before
pink poui
© gillena cox



inspiration for today's digital art piece: Poui in bloom around The Queens Park Savannah Port of Spain Trinidad




Revisit
Easter breezes
i know
through


I'm blog hopping today at
Week 5 Year 5



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Carpe Diem #703, Karma

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MacDonald's; Cipriani Boulevard, Port of Spain Trinidad, 2015

encouraging
the morning on -
kiskadee's song
© gillena cox




Revisit
days of
signs
when they



I am blog hopping today at
signs signs


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Thursday's Challenge"TWO" (Twins, Two of Anything,...)

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viewing lotus -
with quiet grace the ducks
skim the water
© gillena cox

Revisit
cover
La Vega
round leaves


I am blog hopping today at Carpe Diem Special #141, Kala Ramesh's "lotus viewing"

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Easter joy
she shares a cheesey smile -
all her eggs dyed

❧✿❧

back against the wall
refusing to rise,
the homeless man
will this be
his abode for the night
© gillena cox -TT


Easter morning
the sheets pulled back
on the empty bed
© Michael Baribeau - USA



Revisit
nightfall
dawn
Sunday Lime 1




HAPPY EASTER 2015 FROM ZURI AND GRANDMA GILLENA, SUNDAY SMILES




How is your Sunday going? Today is #29 in the series 'Sunday Lime' To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below





I am blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 246

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photo courtesy Tomislav Maretić: haiku poet/friend

shroud of dawn -
the Good Friday procession
begins
© gillena cox


Revisit
Good Friday 2011


A HAPPY HOLY GOOD FRIDAY TO ALL MY LUNCH BREAK VISITORS

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image courtesy The Telegragh



holy week -
in the see-again-movies list
Ben Hur
© gillena cox


Revisit
Oz...
queue
holy week



I am blog hopping today at Carpe Diem #698, Chariot

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image courtesy Carpe Diem



Hokku:
such a malice
cherry blossoms in full bloom
the Spring wind!
© Chèvrefeuille

enthralled by the Poui trees
blooming in pinks and yellows

Holy week
the glory captivated
in seasonal bursts

all the sadness remembered
yet this joy to ease the soul

savannah breezes -
blow a tempo right
for kite flying
© gillena cox



Pink Poui in bloom - Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain Trinidad.



Revisit
mountain side
father's will
Pink Poui


I am blog hopping today at Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #41, Soliloquy No Renga "the spring wind!"

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lusty hosannas
the beat of
Palm Sunday

❧✿❧

palm Sunday Parades
often it is asked what colour
should i wear
pristine white of wafers
a day-moon-lingering sky
© gillena cox


Revisit
folded palms
palm branches
Sunday Lime 1



Palm Sunday Smiles


How is your Sunday going? Today is #28 in the series 'Sunday Lime' To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below







I am blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 245


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Carpe Diem #695, Fashionista (or fashion-queen)

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"went to Holy Week Art Exhibition"


at the door
enchanted, blossoming poui -
push to enter
© gillena cox



I am blog hopping today at 6WS

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Bought a bag of tangerines today, ate the smallest one, took a photo of the largest one and started with this, as the focus of my inspiration for this piece; enjoy!!! a mix of photo and digital drawing.

so fragrant a tree -
a mystery to unnamed birds
wondering about
© gillena cox





Revisit
portugals
leaned
ripe clouds


I'm blog hopping today at
Week3 Year5



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will link also to
Monday Mellow Yellows


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i heart macro

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hummingbird's visit
so swift so short; i talk to
my new potted plant
© gillena cox



Revisit
the furl
first blossom
the baleria



I am blog hopping today at
Carpe Diem #694, Experience



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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - 'baleria'

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Pink Poui in bloom - Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain Trinidad. Click for larger views






outburst of poui -
now arcs of traffic move through
a splendor of pink

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they blossom
they fall
so beautiful
the pink poui
© gillena cox



Revisit
clouds drift
trees of
centers of



I am blog hopping today at
Ruby Tuesdays Too


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Carpe Diem "Haiku Writing Techniques" #12 Resume


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will Link also to

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image from public domain, text and frame added to make this haiga


no match for a snail
the bonsai tree
aged and twisted
© gillena cox




I am blog hopping today at
Carpe Diem #692, mud snail


en hana ya jyôzu ni magaru katatsumuri
verandah flower--
making a skillful turn
a snail
© Kobayashi Issa


hiroinokosu tanishi ni tsuki no yûbe kana
mud-snails:
a few remain uncaught
under the evening moon
© Yosa Buson


sode yogosuran tanishi no ama no hima o nami
with dirty sleeves
farmers-turned-fishermen pick up mud snails
ever so busy
© Matsuo Basho (at the age of 39)


slowly, but slowly
the mud-snail finds its way
after the heavy rains
© Chèvrefeuille

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Resting my eyes; taking some timeout

Enjoy 'Red Hibiscus' online jigsaw puzzle; you can choose to change the number of pieces as well as the style of the pieces when you play the puzzle

Red Hibiscus Jigsaw Puzzle



much love

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this papaw
gift of
sweet relish
© gillena cox


my gardener gifted me with a huge papaw from his garden, i'm wrapping it in news print and leaving it to ripen





I am blog hopping today at 6WS



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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - 'a gift'