Getting to know you and me…

A friend of mine posted these questions on her facebook page.  To answer I thought it would be nice to post here and invite anyone in the blogging community to participate…skip some if it feels too personal.

 

 

  1. Favourite smell? A newborn’s skin,  home baked bread and leather
  2. Last time you cried? Two nights ago

  3. Favourite Pizza? Mushroom

  4. Favourite flower? Daisies

  5. Favourite animal? Not fair because it’s equal…cat and dog

  6. Did you go to college? Yes, university

  7. Untie your shoes when taking them off?  Sometimes

  8. Roller coaster? Definitely NOT

  9. Favourite ice cream? Laura Secord chocolate chip

  10. Shorts or jeans? Jeans

  11. What are you listening to? Lady in Satin, Billie HolidaY

13) What Christmas cds are you listening to this year?  Aretha Franklin – Silent Night

  1. Tattoos? Not yet
  • Hair colour ? Silver\blonde

  • Eye Colour? Blue

  • Favourite food to eat?  Langoustine and rice

  • Favourite holiday? Easter

  • Beer or Wine? Organic beer

  • Night owl or morning? Night owl

  • Favourite day of the week? Sunday and it is also the day I was born in my Grandmother’s bed

  • Do you have a nickname? Cher, Lynn and my grandmother called me “La Grand Jaune”

  • Favourite season? Spring because I was born in March…a rebirth every year

  • Favourite place to get away? California

  • Missing someone? My mom (especially this time of year)

  • Dream vacation? Southern India, Southern Ireland, Australia and Brazil

  • What would you do if you won the lottery? Buy a house for both my adult children, set aside a trust fund for my grandson when he turns 25 or if he goes to college; buy a studio condo in Montreal, a cottage in Easter Townships and studio in southern India (Kerala) and another studio in California – Mendocino county.

  • Regrets? Yes, and have learned from them and I’ll probably come back to right them in another life

  • Middle name? Patricia

  • Go back to secondary school? Not really

  • Ocean or lake? Ocean

  • Who do you think will do This? Not sure but it is fun

  • Copy and paste into your status and change my answers if you are posting this in Facebook.

    Silent Sunday – 7 Days of B & W Photos

    I was challenged last week to post 7 days of B&W photos, with no people or comment on Facebook. Here are the 7 days where I will describe briefly where the photo was taken.

    Day 1 of 7 B & W Photos – shop on boulevard St Laurent, Mile End, Montreal, Qc.

    Image may contain: 3 people, bicycle and outdoor
    ©Clr’17/12/01

    Day 2 of 7 B & W Photos – view from my birth home – Yamaska River, Farnham, Qc.

    Image may contain: cloud, sky, tree, outdoor and nature
    ©Clr’17/12/2

     

    Day 3 of 7 B&W Photos — rue St Denis, Montreal, on my way to work

    Image may contain: tree, plant and outdoor
    ©Clr’17/12/3

     

    Day 4 of 7 – B & W photos – boul de Maisonneuve, Montreal facing le Pont Jacques Cartier

    ©Clr’17/12/4

    Day 5 of 7 of B & W Photos – my front balcony

    Image may contain: table, plant and outdoor
    ©Clr’17/12/5

     

    Day 6 of 7 of B| & W Photos – My home with my BFF (best feline friend posing)

    Image may contain: one or more people, people sitting, bedroom and indoor
    ©Clr’17/12/6

    Day 7 of 7 of B & W Photos –  The restaurant in my office building (Mile End, Montreal, Qc.)

    Image may contain: one or more people
    ©Clr’17/12/7

    Oceans ailing (Troiku)

    Icicles hang
    beneath the boardwalk
    the lonely ocean

    Icicles hang
    waiting
    for the storm

    beneath the boardwalk
    a child’s pail and shovel
    forgotten

    the lonely ocean
    too many fish
    are dying

    ©Tournesol’17/12/04

    Haiku Horizons: Ocean

    city mornings (troiku) Daily Moments December 4, 2017

    (c) Clr ’15 Métro Bonaventure

    (troiku)

    early morning start
    Monday in the city
    people watching

    early morning start
    unaccustomed
    autumn dark skies

    Monday in the city
    rush hour push and shove
    coins drop in tin cup

    people watching
    one by one they shuffle by
    empty cups in hand

    ©Tournesol’17/12/03

    zoo (a cherita ) Daily Post November 30 2017

    ©TorontoStar 2017

    no more elevator music on your shopping sprees

    spitting Christmas carols like popcorn
    lyrics barely touch the souls

    push, shove, grabbing the best deal
    toddlers missed their mid-day nap
    wailing in this zoo

    ©Tournesol ’17/11/30

    Daily Post: Zoo November 30/17

    birthday blessings (tanka ~naani)

    © Clr’17

    November 29th Birthday wishes to three friends

    What joy to see I had three friends to wish them joy on their birthdays today…

    (tanka)

    as the sun rises
    thousands of birds migrate
    on Loktak Lake
    the wind whistles through the trees
    birthday wishes…

    friends are forever
    whether near or far away
    Saint Lawrence seaway
    to the Pacific Ocean
    echoing birthday blessings

    (naani)

    as I meditate on those days
    two women discussing life through tears and laughter
    growing spiritually more and more each day
    learning from each other – old souls connecting

    wishing my friend a blessed birthday
    today is her lucky year
    may the sun rise and set
    smiling on her each day…

    ©Tournesol’17/11/29

    Micro Poetry Month #29

    old man walking – Troiku – Daily moments November 26 2017

     

    old man walking
    heading to his last demise
    knows not what’s ahead

    old man walking
    hoping for a better draw
    winnings from his game

    heading to his last demise
    his pockets bare, he lost again
    heart filled with despair

    knows not what’s ahead
    stepping off the curb to cross
    crashing to his fate

    life is filled
    with obstacles to grip
    do at what you may

    life if filled
    compassion is the game
    despite miseries

    with obstacles to grip
    chance to live and learn
    turn your life around

    do at what you may
    if you can get it right this time
    paradise awaits

    ©Tournesol’17/11/26

    MicroPoetry Month #26

    sinners in red (Quadrille & senryu) Micro Poetry Month 25 & First Line Friday

    sinners in red Quadrille & senryu Micro Poetry Month 25

    Below them,
    the dark streets beckoned
    with crimson light
    men walking in secretly-
    coming out with pure delight
    inked red upon their lips

    the townspeople knew all too well
    the going’s on in this house of sin
    lust seekers who’ll be going to hell.

    who are you
    to judge
    casting the last stone?

    we are all sinners
    in the eyes of the Creator,
    self-righteous one!

    ©Tournesol’17/11/25

    At Micro Poetry Monteh #25, we are asked to write a quadrille, a poem of 44 words. I have included the First Line Friday from MindLoveMiserysMenagerie which you see in italics to form my quadrille.

    night reflections (troiku)

    day after day
    waiting
    still – no sunrise

    day after day
    Time passes
    without  me

    waiting
    under the weeping willow
    shadows mocking

    still – no sunrise
    Mother Earth can’t even rescue
    she’s stopped  spinning

    Daily moments – Nigh reflections November 25/17

     

    Daily Moments season’s cold breaths

    ©️Clr’17

    My hands are cold
    My heart is numb and silent
    My eyes keep swimming

    Aiming to the surface _ yet
    the light’s so far away

    Hunching forward
    Shrinking to the fetal state
    turning to my heart

    tomorrow
    is another day
    …so they say

    ©️Tournesol’ 17/11/25

    November 25/17 Daily Moments  cold breaths of autumn