Countdown to Carnival 2011

One week from today it will be Carnival Tuesday and the biggest show on earth will take to the streets of Trinidad and Tobago for the second day running.

The music trucks will be on the road

 

accompanying the colourful bands

as they make their way

 through the streets of Port of Spain

 and bands will gather into their sections as they come to judging points along the route

and then they will 'jump up and wave' until they get to the 'big stage' in the Savannah which has been given back to masqueraders by the new government'

And here is a short clip of how it comes together and how it all happens.  The singer is Machel Montano and the song, Advantage is tipped to be Road March 2011.

Oh What a Night!

Let's hear it for the Brits!

If you haven't seen the film - it's brilliant!  I'm not biased at all. The competition was stiff and I wouldn't have been surprised had there been an 'upset' as with the Oscars, one never knows.

I am so pleased that Colin Firth won Best Actor.  He accepted with typical British understatement!

Sandra Bullock was so gracious - is it a year since that fiasco after she won??

Jennifer Hudson the one who, in case you didn't know, was sent home from American Idol after being told she didn't have any talent, standing there looking amazing in tangerine - a few hundred pounds lighter too.  Eat your heart out Simon Cowell!!

That's it for another year - a year when there were some excellent movies on the list and a year when I'm sure it was hard to make choices.

BTW. did you see those dresses on the Red Carpet?

Our House - Sunday Lunch

Lunch today was French (actually it came from New Zealand!) roast leg of lamb which I cooked with rosemary and garlic.

Three quarters of the way through cooking my husband took the lamb out of the oven (he's helpful like that!!) so that I could put the potatoes around it, to roast.

As I was doing this, I saw my husband pricking (more like stabbing) the meat with a very sharp pointed knife.

Me in horror:           What do you think you're doing to my lamb?
Husband calmly:      This lets it breathe
Me:                         Breathe? It's DEAD!!!!!     

Ushers Wanted!

On the 16 February I posted a blog, 'A Dire Prophecy?' on Blogger and then exported it to Multiply!  It was about a predicted earthquake by a man no one has heard of. No problems on Multiply but on Blogger!?? Phew! Lord preserve me from illiterates, idiots and religious fanatics!

My blog coincided with a visit to Trinidad by the false prophet Benny Hinn.  I happened to give him a four line paragraph at the end of the post. That, together with his prediction of the earthquake hitting Trinidad at 6.00am today and my post wherein I quoted a so-called prophet predicting an earthquake of major proportion here in 2011, has caused havoc on my Blogger site with two thousand plus hits over the last 24 hours!

Come and read it by all means but before commenting make sure you have read it properly!  I did not make the prediction - I merely wrote about it and tied in a little history of earthquakes in Trinidad and said that given location, seismic research etc.., it stands to reason that we may have 'the big one' at any time.  Last year alone we had over one hundred and this month we have had two. the last measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale.

I did a little research and found that if one types in 'earthquake Trinidad 2011' up pop my blogs! And, some 'bright sparks' have now taken my address and linked it into two Trinidadian websites. Result:  a couple of thousand views and in true Trini style, total commotion with a few comments some of which I have had to delete! The religious fanatics are onto me! They have tried to turn my post into a religious debate and left comments such as 'repent', 'turn to Jesus', 'do you believe in the Bible?' and asked other personal, intrusive  questions.   I will now go to my settings and ensure that no one can find my blog through any search engines!

But, in the meantime now that the secret is out I'm off to set up my white tent, 2,000 chairs, music ministry and sound system.  Prophecies start at 9.00pm sharp.  Bring money! Plenty of money! Ushers wanted!

Eat your heart out Benny Hinn! I have arrived!

Pieces of Life

Magpie 54

 Photograph courtesy of Tess Kinkaid, Magpie Tales

Pieces

Straight pieces

For the outside

Look for the

Straight pieces first

Complete

The rectangle

 Or

The square

                

Pieces

Irregular pieces

For the inside

You don’t have

To look for

The irregular pieces

Because

Like it or not

They’re there

Pieces

Different pieces

Some slotting into

Each other easily

Others

Out of kilter

Not belonging

Here

Nor there

Pieces

Jigsaw pieces

Some in colour

Others black and white

Carefully

Being put together

To form

The tapestry

Of life

Barbara M Lake

Trinidad

February 2011

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The Invisible Woman!

Yesterday, a good  friend sent me an e mail entitled 'Invisible Woman'.  As I read it I could see myself here at certain times in my life - more in the context of being someone's daughter, someone's mother, someone's wife, someone's friend, someone's boss - always being attached to 'someone'.

I enjoyed the read so much that I was intrigued as to who wrote it.  So I went to good old Google and found the 'owner' of this piece is Nichole Johnson.  I also found the following which I do hope you'll enjoy as much as I did.

Renewed and Loved

MAGPIE TALES 53

Photograph courtesy Tess Kinkaid Magpie Tales

My new mistress

Picked me up

At a house sale

Where my previous owner

Did not know my worth 

My new mistress

Has an eye

For quality and saw

That I am  Swarovski

One hundred percent lead

My new mistress

Took me home

And cleaned me up

So now every facet

Sparkles in the candle light

My new mistress

Tells who asks

That I came  cheap

As I am no longer

Part of the required pair

My new mistress

Does not know

How my other half

Ended its pepper days

Smashed against a wall

My new mistress

Fills me up

With pure table salt

As I’m turned and shaken

I know I’m loved once more


Barbara M Lake
February 2011
Trinidad WI

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