UBC Day 27 - Paying It Forward

Ultimate Blogging Challenge Day 27

Almost at an end

Many new blogs discovered

Travelling is fun

The April Ultimate Blogging Challenge and the A to Z 2014 Challenge is nearly at an end. I discovered many new blogs but the ones I enjoyed a lot were the travel blogs. So here they are:

Eli's blog Expatliv 

Debbie's blog The Doglady's den

Rajlakshmi's blog Oh Snap

But I must also showcase the following blog, described in my haiku

And then there were dogs

Hope in times of great despair

Carol's Battered Hope

Do check out these awesome blogs.


The Jigsaw Pieces of my journey so far

Check out some blogs participating in the AtoZ Challenge


Written for: The Ultimate Blogging Challenge


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UBC Day 20 - Paying it Forward

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle. Each little piece is an aspect of our journey through it. And when at last we find that last piece and fit it into place, we eventually see the meaning of this life.

Some old and some new

Bloggers known or discovered 

All hidden treasures

Featuring some bloggers from the AtoZers group. Some bloggers I've known for a while and some I've newly discovered

Janaki - I love Janaki's poetry but I'm also enjoying her AtoZ prose

Jean's fake words and fake meanings and some awesome sketches

Sulekha's story in 26 parts each starting with a letter of the alphabet and written in 55 words

Nabanita's short stories with emotions beginning with the letter of the day

Cynthia's series on Sermons in Stones - voices that speak

Vasudha didn't reveal a theme but her posts usually have a social or cultural aspect to it.


Do drop by and enjoy these blogs


Written for: The Ultimate Blogging Challenge


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UBC Day 13 - Paying It Forward

UBC Day 13

Stories and fiction

Books, authors, weddings, guest posts

This week's ensemble

The A to Z group on facebook have divided the bloggers into groups so this week I thought I would feature some from my group:

Tulika is featuring authors and their books - Loving this theme heaps. So many new authors and books to explore

Sitara is weaving an extremely interesting story around Indu - can't wait for the remaining parts

Archana's theme is fiction fragments - her K post was a real killer

Shiva is educating us on the fineries of the Indian marriage - one of my favourite theme's this challenge. Loving each moment of the Indian marriage.

So that's the round up this week from my group.

But I'm also going to throw in a post that touched my heart. Please check out this post from Kim who was Corinne's guest at Everyday Gyaan:  11 things I learned


My A to Z theme: Life's Jigsaw


Written for: The Ultimate Blogging Challenge


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Day 6 - Paying It Forward

UBC Day 6

Paying it forward

Some blogs that I have enjoyed

Sunshine in my day

Here are some blogs that are participating in the A to Z Challenge that I am enjoying:

Roshni's theme of Weird Words

Shilpa's 55ers on Marriage

Psych Babbler's 26 ways in which she lives her life (over cups of coffee)

Dagny's 26 reasons to Step Out 

Kajal's Movie Masala


More blogs to be featured in a week's time.


My A to Z theme: Life's Jigsaw


Written for: The Ultimate Blogging Challenge


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UBC Day 27 - Useless

Written for Haiku Heights prompt Useless

Growing collection

Neither use nor ornament

Time for a spring clean

image source: google images

Check out these awesome bloggers who are also taking part in the UBC challenge:
  Shilpa  Kajal  Richa  Jairam  Sheethal  Kathy  Swati  Michelle  Nabanita

My previous UBC Jan 2014 posts here

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UBC Day 21 - Sharp

Day 21 Ultimate Blogging Challenge

Written for Haiku Heights

Sharp pointed pencil

Smoothly glides across paper

Creates Zentangles

Haven't done a haiku in a long time and Zentangles seem to be on my mind.

Have a Zen day.


Check out these awesome bloggers who are also taking part in the UBC challenge:
  Shilpa  Kajal  Richa  Jairam  Sheethal  Kathy  Swati  Michelle  Nabanita

My previous UBC Jan 2014 posts here


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A Very Berry Haiku

baby berries peep

refreshed from nurtured slumber;

warm leafy cradle.

Written for the Write Tribe Contest: picture haiku - interpret the picture through a haiku.

Update 26/10/2013 - 
So chuffed that Kathy The Giggling Trucker's Wife and I won the contest - see Results at the Write Tribe
Check out Kathy's post The fate of the berries


Warm Regards


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Haiku - Rain

This week's prompt at the Write Tribe is Haiku:

We will use a “Kigo” as our prompt. And since it’s the rainy season (at least here in India!) what better prompt can there be! So write a Haiku, with some element of the Rains in it. Your “Kigo” can be anything, clouds, raindrops, frogs, paper boats …. Let your imagination soar!

Here's  one I wrote sometime ago so sharing again

Raindrops splashing down

Creating puddles of fun

Children jumping in

And some new ones

Nectar from Heaven

Flowers reaching for the sky

Riot of colours

Wet pitter-patter

Face looking skyward refreshed

Thirsty earth relieved

Warm Regards

Write Tribe - Three Friends

image source: http://www.fotolia.com/Info/Images/FreeImages

A lonely brown door

Waiting for someone to knock

Waste not a felled tree

A pretty blue line

Outlines the lonely brown door

Pretends to be sky

A little cactus

Enhances beauty of door

Three friends beckoning

Written for the Write Tribe Photo Prompt.

Warm Regards

UBC 26 - AtoZ - Waterfall

Day 26  of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and the letter  W  for the  AtoZ Blogging Challenge.


W is for ... WATERFALL

Linking to Haiku Heights Waterfall prompt

Horseshoe or Canadian falls taken in Summer

Oh Niagara!

Thundering, tumbling waters

Demanding respect

The Niagara Falls are truly a sight to behold. I've been there twice - once in Summer and once at the tail end of Autumn.

Here are some more pictures of this grand waterfall

American falls in Summer

American falls in Autumn

Horseshoe or Canadian falls in Autumn

Rainbow bridge in Autumn

Canadian falls from inside the tunnel behind the falls

So grateful to have seen some awesome forces of Nature and the colours of Autumn that are spectacular.

Have a wonderful day

Warm Regards

UBC 21 - Tree - Haiku

Day 21 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge

Haiku Heights and Sensational Haiku Wednesday = Tree

Pohutukawa

Graceful, pretty, big and bright

Shelter from wind rain

picture source: wikipedia

The Pohutukawa is a native tree of New Zealand and is fondly called the New Zealand Christmas Tree as it flowers during Summer (Dec - Feb).

There are many Pohutukawa trees down my street and one near the bus stop provides shelter on windy or wet days.

Today's Haiku is dedicated to that tree.

Grateful for the Pohutukawa that provides shelter.

Have a fun day.

Warm Regards

UBC 14 - WIND - HAIKU

Day 14 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge

Haiku Heights and Sensational Haiku Wednesday  =  Wind

A whispering wind

Cheers me on in challenges

Stops me giving up

A whispering wind

Clears the cobwebs in my mind

Places thoughts that spur

A whispering wind

Channels the words to present

Guides the way to blog

Have a breezy day!

Warm Regards

UBC 7 - Active

Day 7  of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge

A short post today. Haven't written a Haiku for a while so here is one for day 7 using the 5-7-5 format.

Sensational Haiku Wednesday and Haiku Heights - Active

Mind overactive

Blogging challenges taxing

Time to hibernate

Grateful for time to relax and unwind - Thankful that the AtoZ challenge has a day off today.

Warm Regards

Day 27 - Haiku - Rescue

Day 27 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge

Haiku Heights - Rescue

Image courtesy of porbital / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Rain rescues dry plains

Precious water gives relief

Earth finds nourishment

Sun melts Winter snow

Rescues slumbering flowers

Earth colours emerge

Gentle sea breezes

Rescues us from scorching heat

Earth finds cool relief

Warm Regards

UBC Day 22 - Haiku - Dusk

Day 22 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge

Haiku Heights - Dusk

Light fights to survive

That moment before nightfall

Dusk marks the cross over

Twilight fading fast

Crimson line, an eerie glow

Dusk blends into night

Dusk the end of day

Peaceful drifting into sleep

Wind down and relax

Warm Regards

UBC Day 2 - Haiku - Onwards and New

Ultimate Blogging Challenge - Day 2

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. 

~ Robert Frost 

It's been a while since I wrote some Haiku so thought it was time to get back into it.

Haiku Heights - New

Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Onward

A Happy New Year

Onwards to your dreams come true

And love, peace and joy

Let the past stay there

Look onwards to the future

New dreams, goals and hopes

Rising to new heights

Belief in self to achieve

Onwards and upwards

picture taken from Google images

Warm Regards

Blogfest - The Boy

Daphne Palmer Romero is the host of this prompt for Blogfest 2012

The prompt is to write about this picture:

The boy gazes far

His destiny expansive

Like the vast ocean

His feet planted firm

Yet ready to take that step

When destiny calls

He hopes destiny

Is calm, gentle like the sea

Yet solid like earth.

thought I would haiku on this picture

Warm Regards

Blogfest - Insomnia

Today's prompt for the Blogfest is hosted by Susan at Today's Working Woman

Last night I thought about this prompt and came up with a complete blank. And then on my way to work this morning, a little haiku started to form in my mind and then the verses just flowed. So here are some haiku verses on Insomnia.

Oh Insomnia!

No peace for my restless mind

Seeking some answers

Oh Insomnia!

Tired mind cannot relax

Sad exhaustion grows

Oh Insomnia!

Anxiety, thief of peace

That heightens my fear

Oh Insomnia!

In God I find my refuge

And sleep reigns once more

Have a peaceful, restful day and night

Warm Regards

Haiku - Grass and Escape

Haiku Heights - Grass

Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Escape 

A blade of grass, cut

Wisdom from the ancient texts

Universe quivers

Grass, sea and the sky

Earth, the playground of the Gods

And youthful escape

In the tall lush grass

The tiger swiftly escapes

Man shows no mercy

Releasing life's stress

An escape to paradise

Meditation rocks

Warm Regards

It's the time to Haiku - Colour

Haiku Heights - Colour  

  

Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Freestyle

 (which I take to mean "any topic")

Colours of my life

Resemble nature's seasons

Blended together

The artist's paintbrush

Splashes of colours transform

Brings canvas to life

Pink and red roses

Sparkling eyes and tender smile

The colours of love

Warm Regards