[A Periwinkle mosaic today, photos - some old some new]
Wishing all A Happy Monday
You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or
eg the rite of afternoon tea). Welcome to Monday WRites #247: A Happy Monday to all ❧✿❧
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Blog hopping today with
Mosaic Monday
#81: Learning My Lessons (or a Garden Tour with Dad)
AND
Haibun Monday
Meet Piet
Kim's prompt today is this image which is to inspire a haibun from us.
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Structured colourful pieces fit so nicely, locking one end into another. No wonder kids love it. Leggo blocks I believe, are designed to fit the fantasy of every idealist I am sure.
If it cannot fit, it's not meant to be. No surprises, no challenges, no adventure, no revolution. Just the plain and simple square knot into the correct square hole.
And in this compelling game of bonding, grandparents and grandchildren loose themselves, regardless of weather or time of day. I reflect on pre covid days. I miss my granddaughter. A video call is just not the same thing as a visit.
floral patterns
on billowing drapes -
a crawling ant
© gillena cox 2020
Working from my lap top again HAPPY
REVISIT
25 May 2018
25 May 2017
25 May 2015
[GIF created in PicsArt background photo © gillena cox 2020]
Such a delicate flower, the pale pink petals are lovely. Happy MM, dear lady.
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Wish a nice day too. And a lovely mosaic.
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Happy MosaicMonday
Thank you Erica
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Aren't periwinkles delightful flower! Yours is lovely! Have a grand day!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Cathy :)
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Hello, pretty flowers and images. I wish you a nice day too!
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Thanks Eileen
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I love your pretty Periwinkle and the quote at the end is very good. We should all remember that! Take care my friend! Stay safe and healthy.
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...Periwinkle grows here too, but it's an annual that sometimes reseeds itself. Gillena, should a lovely soft pink color, Take care and stay well.
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A wonderful take on the prompt! I love the idea of a lego set coming out of that painting. You are right made for the ocd… everything fits perfectly! Love the haiku!
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Nice description: "If it cannot fit, it's not meant to be." I like the comparison to Lego blocks.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Frank
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I really like the Lego view. When I think of all the times my bare feet came down on one of those sharp edges while kissing the kids goodnight...
ReplyDelete😊Thank you for your appreciation Christine
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Hopefully you will return to playing with your granddaughter soon!
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Gillena - a delicate, pretty mosaic. And I liked the quote from Rumi. Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!
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Such an interesting ""take" on the image. It obviously evokes very varied responses.
ReplyDeleteSure does Bev😊 Thanks for dropping by to read mine
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I’m glad your laptop is working again, Gillena, I know what that’s like! Your take on the image is so much fun, and I can see why it made you think of Lego and how it is a lesson for children to learn: ‘If it cannot fit, it's not meant to be.’ I also agree that it’s a ‘compelling game of bonding’ – I like playing with Duplo, the big Lego for toddlers, with my grandson, and I miss him too. I love the way the free-blowing drapes and crawling ant in the haiku contrast with the rigidity of the Mondrian painting.
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The comparison of the photo to lego blocks is such a creative perspective. The pain of video calls not being as amazing as physical visits are so true. Your haiku added a flavor to your haibun. :)
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I like your periwinkle mosaic, Gillena :) I hope you can soon play Legos again with your granddaughter!
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Gillena, this is one of your best so far. I love the lego metaphor, and I love the distillation of the ideas in the paragraphs in the haiku.
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I loved lego as a child (still love it if I'm honest). There is something very satisfying about building and creating. I hope you and your granddaughter can build lego together soon.
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YAY! You have your laptop up and running. How fabulous.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest son was a huge lego fan.
Dawn aka Spatulas On Parade
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Oh... pieces of Lego ... I can see it now. Those basic colors, the structure, and how miss the children.
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Oh yes....I've enjoyed playing with both my children and their children with legos. I like to do free form with them rather than follow the patterns that come with the "kits"....it's amazing how creative you can get. And then the duplos which are the larger ones for toddlers too.
ReplyDeleteAnd then the movement from plastic blocks in the prose section to drapes billowing in an open window and a crawling ant. LOVING this post!
Glad you dropped by Lilian
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I like the comparison with Legos and find it particularly apt! Your periwinkle mosaic is pretty, too. <3
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An edited version of the haibun in this post has been accepted and is published in the online journal 'failed haiku A Journal of English Senryu Volume 5, Issue 57
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