OCT 13, mammalian wildlife: beavers (DTm)

a) reprise from October 2020

OCT 13, mammalian wildlife: beavers (Rod the rodent)

You can review the whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive post on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

b) Decorative Touches

                                                                fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 12, dental feelings (sentimental verse): amalgam

 

Authors' Note:  Although standard dental amalgam is an alloy of mercury and silver, routine removal of these fillings is not routinely recommended. Ask your dentist.

OCT 11, Ontario nostalgia: stormy Ashbridge's Bay

 

reprise from October 2020

Ontario nostalgia: stormy Ashbridge's Bay (Lake Ontario waterfront at Toronto)

 

OCT 10 (2023), singable satire: Julie Andrews sings "EWE-YEW-YOU" (the English homonym medley)

 PARODY-LYRICS 

ORIGINAL SONG: "Do-Re-Mi", as performed by Julie Andrews and the cast of von Trapp children in the 1965 film version of the musical hit "The Sound of Music". The song was composed by Rogers and Hammerstein for the stage version of the iconic American musical, that premiered in 1959 featuring Mary Martin in the lead role of "Maria". 

  

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2014; the medley, in fact, contains two spoofs based on the same original song. The parody-medley was added to Giorgio's predecessor blog "Giorgio's Ukable Parodies" as one of his earliest parody-songs.

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PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "EWE-YEW-YOU (the English homonym medley)" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

EWE-YEW-YOU

(to the tune of "Do-Re-Mi") 

Dough -- it's paste I knead for bread

Rey -- the Spanish word for "KING"

Mea culpa -- Latin guilt

Fa't -- it's so embarrassing

So -- an adverb meaning "MUCH"

LA -- Louisiana mail

Tee -- a shirt for golf or such

Dough -- there's what I'll need for bail.

Dough, rey, mea, fa't, so, LA, tee, dough !  

Ewe -- a sheep, a female sheep

Yew -- a hedge that's evergreen

You -- a name to call yourself

U- -- a turn to leave the scene

Hugh -- an entertaining guy

A job that's carving wood -- that's hew

Hue -- a tint to catch the eye

And that brings us back to ewe. 

Ewe, yew, you, U-, Hugh, hew, hue, ewe !  

Editor's Note (added April 2024):

"When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything."

(The melody and words of this delightful song remain with us as an "earworm".) With this fact in mind, we have concocted another pair of spoofs dealing with the French version. We have labelled this effort, a French homonym song, as "Jeux-de-Mots". (Click the link to enjoy it, available in mid-April 2024). 

Solfège system of naming musical notes, shown here for key of C

OCT 9, poets' corner: authorly skill (DTk)

 

a) reprise from October 2020

OCT 9, poets' corner: authorly skill

You can find lots of other verses on this blog under the listing "Poets' Corner".  Click HERE.

b) Decorative Touches 

Gaudi Bench

 fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 8, Canadiana: Canadian Thanksgiving (ph)

a) reprise from October 2020

OCT 11, 2020 , Canadiana: Canadian Thanksgiving

 Get ready for the festivities (by Zoom and other online modalities).

Authors' Note: 

Acadia (uh-KAY-dee-yuh, as here, or uh-KAY-dyuh) or  l'Acadie: (French), name given in colonial times to the region corresponding to today's Atlantic Canada (the Maritime provinces)

tofurkey: a vegetarian substitute for turkey made from tofu

Action de grâce (ak-syon-duh-GRAS): literally action of grace;  name derived from continental France for a harvest festival

habitants: French colonial settlers, a term honored in the title of Montreal's professional hockey team

   Thanksgiving Day, or Action de grâce, is a statutory holiday in the majority of Canadian provinces and territories, observed on the second Monday of October.

You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog  "Edifying Nonsense".

b) Incidental photo: "Autumn Sunrise -- 7 a.m." 

OCT 7, Toronto oases: Leslie Street spit (DTj)

a) reprise from October 2020

OCT 7, Toronto oases, Leslie St. Spit photocollages #1 to #4

 

You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about  the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

b) Decorative Touches

 fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 6, binomial phrases (extended): "healthy, wealthy and wise"

 

OCT 5, exemplification: synonymous (equivalent)

 To review our whole collection of "exemplary exemplifications", click HERE. 

OCT 4, new world palindromes: wordplay maps (#39,#40) (DTi)

a) reprise from October 2020

OCT 1, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#39,#40)

 

You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE! 

b) Decorative Touches

Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches", (fabric artwork), September 12, 2023. 

                                                         fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 3, magical palindromes: a man, à Paris (DTh)

 

a) reprise from October 2020

OCT 3, magical palindromes: 'A man à Paris'

You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found  on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

b) Decorative Touches

Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches", (fabric artwork), September 12, 2023. 

Provence:

                                                                                  fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 2, birdlore: more pigeon-porn photos

EDITORS' WARNING: You must be at least 12 years of age to view this post!

 

In relation to our poem and brief video posted on September 27 (five days ago):

And HERE's a fine British you-tube video showing a much more protracted version, including extensive foreplay, i.e. 'billing and cooing'. It lasts about a minute. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Moiesnn7bI

You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLIFE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

OCT 1, chemical states (and provinces): U.S., western

 

 You can view the collection of posts on this topic with this link to our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- click HERE.

SEP 30, insects: yellow jackets (DTg)

 

a) reprise from September 2020

SEP 30, insects: yellow jackets

Authors' Note: A million Emergency Room (ER) visits per year in the United States are caused by concern over stings from insects of the order Hymenoptera; stings can result in significant local reactions and even anaphylaxis. Many people attribute these incidents, without differentiation, to 'bees'. In fact, the common honeybees and bumblebees are considerably less aggressive than yellow jackets, such as Vespula maculifrons; these pesty wasps make us miserable in the summer and early fall, particularly at fairs and other outdoor events, by their relentless search for sugar-containing foods. Vespine is the adjective relating to wasps.

 

You can review Giorgio's other verses about pesty and occasionally beneficial insects, as  collected in 'Buzzwords: Verses about Insects' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

b) Decorative Touches 

 Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches", (fabric artwork), September 12, 2023. 

Kimono:

                                                                              fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

SEP 29, postal places, Canada: Antigonish, NS

 

Authors' Note: NS is the official abbreviation for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in which the town of Antigonish, population 4,700, is located on the shore of Northumberland Strait, a source of excellent local seafood.

Based on an aboriginal Mi'kmak name, the town was founded in 1784 by a land grant from the British crown. It is now the home of the annual Antigonish Highland Games, and of Sir Francis Xavier University, highly reputed on a national level for undergraduate teaching.

 At one swell foop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

SEP 28, pandemic poetry: D.Y.O.D (DTf)

a) reprise from September 2020

SEP 28, pandemic poetry: 'D.Y.O.D.'

Authors' Verse: 

BYOB: bring your own booze
DYOD: do your own dishes, an analogous motto proposed for software-enhanced 'remote get-togethers' via internet
Zoom: software for interactive on-line meetings

Other verses by the author relating to the viral pneumonia pandemic of 2020 (COVID-19) include attribute, calamari, cetacean, confinement, and dine in.

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Pandemic Poetry' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

b) Decorative Touches

   

  Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches", (fabric artwork), September 21, 2023. 

Tulip fields:

                                                                              fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

SEP 27, birdlore: pigeon-porn (billing and cooing)

EDITORS' WARNING: You must be at least 12 years of age to view this post!

Authors' Note: The author recently obtained a photo-exposé of the activity as performed on a nearby sidewalk. He finds it appropriate to describe pigeon-mating in writing with the aid of binomial expressions (italicized in the above verse). You can find out a lot more (several collections of illustrated verse) about these grammatical gems by clicking HERE.

Those readers with a prurient interest in pigeons can find more photos by checking out our later post of October 2. Click HERE. 

You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLIFE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

SEP 26, Toronto oases, Humber Bay park (DTe)

a) reprise from September 2020

SEP 26, Toronto oases: Humber Bay

You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about  the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

b) Decorative Touches

Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches" (fabric artwork), September 12, 2023. 

Shem Creek vista 

                                                                                fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks