Monday, January 5, 2026

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[red ixoras from my garden, they luv blazing sunshine]

Happy New Year

The sunlight is really bright. For more than half of the day i stay away from two rooms in the house, even though they have curtained windows.

The sunlight just takes over. Besides being hot the brightness is overwhelming. What the sunlight is really saying is, it's Carnival time. 

The music on the radio is hotter, saucier. The parang rythms are stored away for another Christmastime

tap tapping

my first haibun for this year

Happy New Year 

© gillena cox 2026






HAPPY NEW YEAR

Creche 2025 at St Mary's RC Church here in St James, Trinidad 🇹🇹

Fireworks in my neighbourhood 🇹🇹
midnight booming in 2006

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16 comments:

  1. Jae RoseJanuary 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM

    I love the joy in your words - and a happy new year to you too! Jae

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Jae

      🎇much love

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  2. Frank J. TassoneJanuary 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM

    There's an epiphany in that realization of Carnival coming, isn't there? Happy New Year, Gillena!

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 5, 2026 at 10:58 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Frank

      🎇much love

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  3. Dwight L. RothJanuary 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM

    A nice one, Gillena.

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  4. ms_liliJanuary 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM

    Gillena, I love the bright photos. So difficult to imagine how the sun takes over there. Wish you could send some this way. Happy New Year!

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 6, 2026 at 5:08 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Lisa

      🎇much love

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  5. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM

    A haibun full of joy! Thank you Gillena, and Happy New Year to you too.

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  6. Gillena CoxJanuary 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

    🎇much love

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  7. Kim M. RussellJanuary 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM

    Such a joyful New Year haibun, Gillena, and I love your ixoras, such a rich colour, reflecting the brightness of your prose, and the thought of music on the radio being hotter and saucier.

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  8. Gillena CoxJanuary 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Kim

    🎇much love

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  9. Mrityunjay DixitJanuary 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM

    Happy New Year, Gillena! I'll love to bask in that hot sunlight.

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  10. Yvette M CalleiroJanuary 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM

    Great haibun, Gillena! I have a room that gets super hot midday because of the sun.

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)
    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

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  11. Gillena CoxJanuary 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Yvette

    🎇much love

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