It is Pina Colada time baby!
(If your Pina Colada looks like this you have done something wrong!)
The year is slowly winding its way down and coming to an end for the 27th time for me. 27 times the numbers on my clock have turned back to zero to start all over again and a fresh, clean slate presented like some great award at a fancy ceremony. Thoughts have been bouncing around excitedly - "What will you do with it? What colours will you choose to paint it with? What pictures will you put onto it to make your collage of life ever more beautiful?" And life is
beautiful?
isn`t it
So as the days turn to hours that begin to start their merry dance and welcome in the new year I thought I would stick a great big ear on my fresh new canvass. That ear symbolises my new-January resolution. (New Year resolutions are hard for me to keep to so I try and make new-January ones instead and just hope after 30 days the habit sticks!) One that will hopefully remind me to listen more. There are so many sounds out there that we miss because we don`t listen. Have you ever noticed how differently the world sounds when you have a power cut? Or when the night chases away the day and the darkness consumes the world?
SO I`m starting the celebrations a little early - carry on the party into the wee hours of New Years day - its going to be a big one! Jamie Cullum is playing away on the CD player, the light from the candles is flickering around the room and the blender is whizzing up some pina coladas. It`s a fancy dress party this one - come dressed as your new years resolution. Don`t you like my earring? It is a bit dangly, I may have to take it out incase I trip over it after a few of these cocktails.
(Oh yes if you want a recipe for Pina Colada's:
Blend together Bacardi, Malibu, Pineapple Juice, Pineapple Pieces, Cream, Coconut Cream and Ice. Serve in a Pina Colada glass with Cherry and Pineapple to garnish.)
(If your pina colada looks like this you have probably had too many!)
Ars Poetica
I've never made a pina, i have no idea, so i'll take your word for it... *sip* mmm that's all i care about, tastes gooood....
loved reading 'The Walrus and The Carpenter'
there is many kinds of listening, but more about that later... life can be beautiful sometimes, oui!!
~Lily
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That`s ok we will stick you up the front of the room and we can do the sticking of the inspiring thing. Hopefully you will be able to get out of bed so that you can join in the festivities. It would simply not be a party if you weren`t there.
I love 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' - 'tis a tale with many lessons to be learned.
Oui, oui mon amie, c'est tres vrai! Life is beautiful some of the time. We can get to that discussion in the wee morning hours, as the sun begins to tint the sky of a brand new day.
Enviro Warrior
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Brrrring Brrring
Brrrrng Brrrrring
Brrring Brrrrng
"hello"
"hi Ash, just a quick call as I'm still organising my costume... but had just seen my invitation...although I understand it's open to everybody too... how great!!!! ...
anyway, blabla bla bla *had a few wines* ummmmm..... forgotten what I was gonna say... ooh yeah, that Pina Colada [the second one?] looks exactly like the last one i had on Christmas Day *giggle* .... I'm gonna bring some rum okay? that was the other thing I wanted to say... my Husbane bought me a pre-mix pina colada of rum, coconut juice and pineapple juice... your's is different... so is it okay if I bring Rum and not Bacardi... I mean I'll try yours...sure
Ars Poetica
yaaaawn... hey Ash.. i'm still coming, i just .. yawwwn... fell asleep for a bit.. blink blink...
have you seen how starry it is out there tonight? we must do some star-gazing when i get there, k sweets?
~Lily
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You can bring whatever you like. I am on the wine and quite
enjoying the stuff actually - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmm
mmmmmmmmmm
if you would like to briiiiing brriiiiing your pina colada mix thats fine
I`m sure I can manage to find something in my RECENT EX`S STASH
of drinks!!!! Yes We have some Rum and Malibu so there are LOADS
of cocktails we can make!
Jamie Cullum was getting a little boring so I have pumped up the volume!
ITS DANCING ON THE TABLES TIME LADIES!!!
Ash
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I put down too many MMM`s
there HELP I dunno how to
fix the page!!!! Sorry I`ve
messed up the party now!
I cant find out how to fix it in my profile
like you said before Lilla!
ARGH!
Ash
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GUESS WHAT? I have a telescope
AND a new star gazing book! How
conincidental! (gee that`s a long word
to spell with one eye!)
I will take it into the garden
although I`m not quite sure we are
finished with the rain here yet.
Ash
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you been sippin' before we even got here, haven't ya gerl lol
you haven't wrecked the party, you just took out some
furniture to make more room for dancin... clever you..
get out!! you have a telescope? i'm so jealous... put it under the balcony and lemme see... oooooooh... i can see Venus -- and look that's a new star, haven't noticed that one before
~Lily
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How did you guess? Was it the sway in my step
or the slight shhhhhluuuurrrr in my words that gave
it all away???
Yeah I have a telescope, not a fancy shmancy one but
it does the trick! I don`t have a balcony but I do have
water at the end of my garden. We can go on the
grass and check out the new additions to the sky.
When I was young I went on a camp and we went to
an astronomical place (hehe - if i couldnt spell coinc....
I`m not even going to GO down astronoiwqhgf9uh)
and we say Saturn and all its rings! AWESOME!
Shall we try to find it again?
Ash
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conincidental! (gee that`s a long word
to spell with one eye!)
say that again please... haha
Ars Poetica
did you see that shooting star?
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We need to find an inspita...inspora...INSPIRATIONAL word (do you know how long that took???
Oooooh Lilla has passed out under the table. Seems she is worn out from the Christmas festivities
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I saw that shooting star and made a wish
*******did you??******
Ars Poetica
*puts a soft blanket over Lilla*
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...go back to mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm post and reduce them to fit within the normal page width and then add a space break and continue or delete remaining mmmmmmmmmmmmm's
Goota go
Lilla...
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i just liked the look of those stars...
follow the stars to the moon..
it's a silver trail, stepping stones
across the big ink river
jump from one light to the next
jump off at the moon
how i love the moon...
it's a sad and happy place
i meet the sun there
he likes to visit too...
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That`s SO much easier to say!
I have a pillow for Lilla too, and her little Leprechaun. He seemed to follow her in under her rainbow costume but that`s ok this is a party for all and his gold is safe!
Ars Poetica
lol
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I have tried to put the modify thing on this web page but i can`t find it. Will have to have a chat with Jon to find out what`s up.I think because this particular blog isn`t a domain blog I don`t have all the bits and pieces like I do on my domain one. Not sure. Shall continue to invesitgate!
Ash
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one.. make him feel welcome... he might even sing us
some tales of olde...
Lilla looks colour-full and comfy
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*gasp* that`s not fair! Lilla used small words!
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We left you a comfy blanket and pillow. Hope you are comfy down there under the table. If not I have a spare room where you can curl up on the bed.
Sweet dreams
Ash
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i think she's dreaming of
sweet smelling roses
with fresh born rain
not a storm cloud in sight...
i have a visitor coming over soon Ash
Angela Anaconda.. i'll see if i can coax her through
the door...
~Lily
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I have found....no wait for it...not only an insiro word, but a WHOLE quote! I know, I know I have out-done myself, but for my pals....anything.....
If you would create something,
you must be something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Ars Poetica
to answer that, it's the 'something' i'm puzzled about
i love the word create
it conjurs up more creation
like words; words that spill
from the soul...
i must make a quote post...
there are so so many good ones...
nudge, i think the leprechaun would like another
he's irish after all... give him the bottle yeah? lol
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but she should be on TV.. she's a natural born
comedienne/performer/poet/musician and mostly
my kindred -- i love her dearly...
spending time with your godson..
how many people do that...
i just love you for that...
he will love you for that...
'can i play the flute'? no dear Leprechaun, can you?
you can?.. oh play us a merry tune, please...
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You have a talent, friend, for finding the right
words to fill the page with. If you were living in the times where ink and quill were used we would find few blotches on your page.
Ah yes I have a few Irish lines running through my veins - there is always plenty - help yourself dear friend
MI CASA ET SU CASA
(dont even go there - I spelt it how I thought it!
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************Oh please Jon reply soon on how to modify, I`m making a mockery of myself here! **********************
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I have 3 Godchildren and 1 more in the womb. I would love to have children of my own, but my life has not crossed that path yet (I`m considering a visit to the sperm bank and telling my friends that my partner 'travels a lot'). I have followed different paths and my Godchildren are preciousl people in my life - you have to take time to spend with the precious people in your life!
The Leprechaun is telling us a tale while Ange plays us a merry tune - what a perfect night as the stars twinkle in the background.....
Ars Poetica
your modify button may magically appear again...
or it may stay completely off the screen to the right, never to be retrieved again... will you cope?
i know i am.. dunworryabout it darlin'....
lordy Ash, i hope you don't see me as a spelling nazi..
whilst i am good at spelling; i fall down when it comes to writing fluid paragraphs, i have limited focus and often fractured writing... i admire you for that...
thank you so much for smiling upon my 'something'
Ars Poetica
am charmed by the lyrics
of children, playing hide
and seek, and ring around
the rosey, then bounding
into Ash's kitchen, rosey
cheeked and panting
looking for love and food
from your arms..
remember?
it's beautiful... i am lulled..
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on strike. I did post a question in the
Writers Forum to Jon - hopefully he
can let me in to the secret - I`m not
sure If I can cope or not
It certainly makes everyones
writing look very poetic doesnt it!?
Nah you not the spelling Nazi
More like the Word Guru
There are so many millions of
zillions of words out there and you
have a way of stringing just the
right ones together.
I love it!
Don`t you worry my focus
runs very short, thats why
I never write I ramble! And that`s why
I am dressed as an ear tonight ...
or perhaps I should have come as
a finger....so I can type slower!!!
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Their comments ...spo-ken so loud,
It is honesty... they speak,
Yet their intentions...so meek!
Rosey cheeked and smiling,
In my kitchen, ... keep on filing,
I am lucky, to have such joy,
In Afrikaans..., "Dis Mooi"
(the Mooi is pronounced MOY - so it rhymes
with joy)**** Lol!***
Ars Poetica
rambling means we don't check ourselves
or think too much; open the gates and go...
to me; the best kind of writing...
i've been reading your blog today..
your new one?.. found me nodding
big time... let me tell you of all consuming anger
another time... for now i can say you have a friend
who understands what it's like to find their fingers
curling...
i decided to come as a snail; as my new years
resolution costume; to remind me to slow down
next year.. perhaps my fractures might piece together
a lil..
keep star-gazing Ash, i'll be back tomorrow, k
i'm sure Lilla will wake up refreshed with Happy Feet...
~Lily
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as are you
i wish i had some Afrikaan to bid you adieu
but all i have is [i]merci, thank you[i]
sweet dreams of travelling to moons and
deep space.. explore on troubador....
~Lily
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Yes self-destructive paths are not good ones
to go down. Anger is something I am not proud of, yet
I experience often. I am trying very hard to control
it - its an U-G-L-Y emotion!!!
I love your costome! Just please don`t leave any
slimy trails on my lounge suit! he he
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Bon nuit!
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sniff sniff
Is someone making coffee? yes please! and water...just bring the hosepipe in!
I thought I turned off the stereo before I went to bed last night.....oh it`s the throbbing in my head that`s making all that noise....
A Simple Christian
THe fog o' the moors is beset all sides o' me,
the call o' sheepies echo in this place,
a low dull light o' the sun risin'
this place is quiet, but no' wi' silence.
Ah smell the dew, Ah smell the air,
'tis a fine thing tae feel the ground 'neath me paws,
tae run naked save for fur,
These fine wee things, sae precious tae me.
I've come as a border collie. Far too poetic an animal.
JZ
(not a drinker though, so if you guys need a DD I can take care of that)
Ars Poetica
one long tall and strong
Dark Mistress;
black coffee
with milk and sugar
on the side;
just in case
one glass;
one jug of chilled water;
and the essential
panadol....
g'mornin' Ash...
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However, please feel free to be poetic, it's much better!
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You are a life saver! Just a drop of milk will do me fine thanks. I will save the panadol for later, I think there are enough toxins racing around my body at the moment - lol - see if the water does the trick.
The ducks are waiting impatiently to be fed. I can see them skimming down on the water out there.
That telescope should be pointing at the stars Lily, not across at those houses. What have you been looking at? *peers through the lense* ooh I never noticed him before, mmm ok....
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HEEEEYY !! HAPPY NEW YEARS !!!
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Welcome to the festivities - a public Orble Blogging Block Partay!!!!!! Everyone has gone to do their various things for the day. Pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink...the music is on and the countdown to New Years is ticking closer.
Ash
I LOVE THE PARTY !! HAPPY NEW YEARS !!
- Anthony
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Ash, who's that playing on the
stereo o o o oh ???
bbl (be blinkered err back laterz)
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it's the kneeees darlin'
also the last time i... never mind
Bops!!!
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I figured this joint would be BYO, I just bought a six pack along - that's all I need to keep happy. And make sure the table doesn't fall over, Ash.
Bfore the night begins, sobriety reigns
Even as breaking daylight reveals our sins
The good times will remain...
Ars Poetica
i'm just sitting here sipping a Merlot,
checking out Ash's CD Collection..
she got some good stufffff..
incomudacado .. deprived?
be not deprived here among friends
mirth and merriment and dancing hens
well i'm off to pick up the apples
i'll put some wings on them
they'll think that's just great
cause they get to stay up LATE !!
~Lilly Pilly
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And I'm not invited
The weather here is akin to winter
But the vibe is of excitement
What's a wee merry honest face to do
In the face of disappointment and guilt
But to drink heartily with another person, or two
And hope none of the drinks get spilt
Are we getting takeaway? I'm happy with Thai
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Thai sounds lovely, OO
stay and drink with the merry ones
i hope you aren't disheartened for too long
all sorts of creatures may arrive...
or it could just be .. you and i
i have stories of olde
and intergalactic ones too
how about you?
wings on......
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This Merlot is tasting great...hhmmmm. I`m exhausted after all that dancing on the table I may just sit for a while.
CD`s galore - loads of music found in funny places - choose something to put on that Jambezi CD is going to get burnt its been replaying so long!
Did you catch the sunset tonight? I think every type of cloud was dancing in the sky to wish 2006 farewell. It was better than any fireworks display....
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No need to feel deprived here - pull up a cushion, grab a glass and sit back and relax. It`s only a few more hours until 2007 begins ticking its little clock....
Thai is sounding really great
For the hunger pains to sate
The candles flicker on the wall
Dancing a merry jig for us all
Good friends we have gathered here
The end of '06 is near
So grab a glass and sing along
Loudly, joyfully to this song!
Ars Poetica
pastas on the boil
carbonara
without the charcoal..
me too Ash, so tired... it's like the whole year
just came and sat in my lap today, ya know?
hey i like this song... sing for us?
smiles
Ars Poetica
as the daughties were climbing
their favourite tree
'you can see the city from here'
they tell me
i'll send them back up again at 9ish
hope we can see the fireworks in the city...
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Yes these last few years have been rather hectic ones - I always feel very optomistic on New Years Eve - a whole new year, a fresh start, a new mind set - it`s like setting out on a new adventure - hopefully it will be a good one...
I was thinking of heading back up to your spot on the moon to watch the world come alive with the fireworks and parties - starting the new year from a different vantage point may set it off to a more colourful start...
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I fell asleep beneath the flowers
For a couple of hours
On a beautiful day
Daydream
I dream of you and meet the flowers
For a couple of hours
Such a beautiful day
Ars Poetica
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I wish you all much love, much happiness and all the very best for 2007
I took my seat on the moon
'06 being ushered in real soon
The earth came alive with sparkly light
Colours dazzling...what a sight...
May 07 be one filled with fun
And memories of 06 said and done!
Love, blessings and peace to you all
Love
Ash
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I gotta say, I enjoy writing the tragic, but I should have said incommuda triangle rather than "incommudacation mode" or whatever it was.
A friend recently provided me with tequila mixed in a sprite bottle and a party to go to... and nice, they have the net. And I've recently convinced the peoples to play some chilled hiphop.
HEY 2007 is here, but where are we? I'm just around the corner Lily, and Ash i think you're just across the border there somewhere. Luv you, never leave me, etc
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Pina Colada (or sprite and tequila, your choice) time is over, goodnight children of the earth.
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Nah this land is way to fun to leave you! Our little group of Orble pals. I was down at the beach for new years - great night under the stars, watching the boats bobbing in the sea and the fireworks at midnight. Rather too many of the drinks and feeling a little ill this morning....ok a LOT ill this morning ! Pina Colada time is over for sure - I think we need a cleansing party now - for at least the whole month of January actually! It`s been a hectic few weeks around here.
Thank you all for coming - it has been great fun. May 2007 overflow with love and laughter for you all
xxxxxxxxxx (see I only did a few this time after my mm disaster!)
Kalikapsychosis
"Listen not just to the sounds....but to whats behind the sounds."
Very important. I love all your writing ash, I hope you get those poems published soon!
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Daydream
I fell asleep beneath the flowers
for a couple of hours
such a beautiful day
you know it, right??