Today's Sunset

 

Memories of Fujairah - UAE

 

MEMORIES OF AL AQAH MOUNTAIN RIDGE, FUJAIRAH, U.A.E.

This was one of our favourite picnic spots during the years when we lived and worked in the UAE. The pictures shown above are taken nearly 40 years apart. A lot of changes have taken place in the interim, but the backdrop mountain ridge line has not and has remained as defined as ever. Now there is roundabout nearby where we pitched our tents and umbrellas, and the sprawling beach is thriving with numerous holiday resorts all along the coastline.

Tonferns Rhapsody : Playlist 3 - Its Time To Disco

Who doesn’t love a classic disco tune? A perfect way to get people singing the lyrics and showing off their dance moves! Here are some of my favourites. Drop a fun disco tune or memory you love in the comments below!

Here's my Playlist No.3  

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-rv8k97NJAnyJWvAkVKAVX7ryw8Qyu9Q

Coal Iron - Goa, India

 

The charcoal iron was widely used to press laundered clothes prior to the times of electric power in the villages in Goa. It was heated by smoldering coals which were taken from a fire and placed inside the iron. Fast burning coconut shells was one of the quickest way to get this gadget started. I remember    using this type of iron in my early teens. It had holes as air vents along the sides to allow the coals to continue burning. The lid of the basic box was hinged at the rear and fitted with a wooden handle to hold the iron in the process of ironing out creases from various types of clothing or linen. It remained hot as long as, or a little longer than the dying embers of the coal. It was available as cast iron or brass.

Tonferns Rhapsody/Time to Cha Cha/Week 2 Playlist Curation

 

We are on to Week 2 🎵 of my “Tonferns Rhapsody” playlist curation! I always thought mid tempo cha-chas were a great way to switch up the pace on the floor. To listen please click on the picture above or on the link below:

TIME TO CHA CHA WITH TONFERNS RHAPSODY!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-rv8k97NJAnHVMq3jNkCxj5_XTxwUpcq

Here's my Playlist No.2

Tonferns Rhapsody #1 Party Starter

 

I spent a large part of my life DJing shows on the weekends for parties, special occasions and events under my alias "Tonferns Rhapsody" both in the Middle East as well as Canada. I have such fond memories and met so many incredible people along the way. That DJ journey got even cooler when my youngest daughter, Dahlia Fernandes of Dahlia Music started to co-DJ with me in her late teens and started to book her own gigs. She called me a couple of weeks ago with an awesome idea to have my legacy live on!

I will be gifting to you all, years of archived collections from my library with weekly playlists. I am very excited to still continue my music curation online. So stay tuned for my weekly YouTube and Spotify Playlists for your listening and dancing pleasure!

Tonferns Rhapsody has returned! Share and Like away!

This is Playlist #1. There more to come. Enjoy!

First Up we have my signature opening collection "Party Starter" with some great Fox Trot & Jive selections.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-rv8k97NJAni7Nt5K7JKZ3jKvhKvPZum

GOAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

 

AT  LAST!

The Global Goan E-Magazine

Here below are the links to this month's issue.

Cover with individual page flip feature:

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/zfqh/#p=1

My Poem: Goa in the Rains

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/zfqh/#p=43

My Article: Duh-Dum Shing Duh-Dum

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/zfqh/#p=53

Compliment from the Editor:

Google Doodle Celebrates Canada Day

 

HAPPY CANADA DAY

 

In Memoriam - Avril Isaacs (Paddle Your Own Canoe)

A heart of gold,

a smile of pure joy,

a kindness that

extended to all she knew.

A beautiful Funeral service for Avril Isaacs

was held on Saturday June 26th at 10:30 EST. 

at St. Martin of Tours, Mississauga, Ontario. Canada,

attended by family members and friends.

Mass Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Gijo Muthanattu, O. Carm (Pastor)

Avril will forever be remembered by her husband, Vincent, of 50 years, her two children Giselle (Christian) and Geoffrey (Karen) and her five grandchildren whom she was so proud of, Ariel, Michael, Safia, Tyler and Lauren. Sister to Yvette (Malcom d.) Andrews, Robin (Brenda) Werkmeister, and Christopher Werkmeister. She will also be fondly remembered and missed by her friends. Avril was an amazing, strong, genuine and courageous person, kind and generous to those around. These qualities are present in the grandchildren she helped raise and whom she loved unconditionally. Everyone who had the good fortune to meet and get to know her, knew how she always made them feel loved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8irc83hM2w

STRAWBERRY MOON IN JUNE

 

STRAWBERRY MOON in June last evening was hard to capture. The sky was cloudy as the full Moon rose gently above the horizon. June’s full Moon - typically the last full Moon of spring or the first of summer - is traditionally called the Strawberry Moon. This name has been used by Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota peoples, among others, to mark the ripening of strawberries that are ready to be gathered. As flowers bloom and early fruit ripens, June is a time of great abundance for many. Photo by Tony Fernandes

GOAN GONE ABROAD

 

Dubai Skyline 1997

Dubai Skyline Panorama 1997

View from Naad Al Sheba.

Photo by Tony Fernandes

Lineart/Stippling - AJMAN UAE FORTRESS - A PALACE -A MUSEUM

Palace of the Ruler of Ajman,

United Arab Emirates.

Line Art drawing/stippling

by Tony Fernandes (TonFerns Creations) 

This beautiful 18th century fort served until 1970 as the palace of the Ruler of Ajman, one of the smallest of the seven Emirates. The old fortress was converted into Ajman Museum in 1991.

Happy Father's Day

Rustic Goa

 

Rustic Goa

Water Colours by Tony Fernandes

Waxing Moon Crescent in June

MOONwhile in Mississauga, the moon in June was seen as a Waxing Crescent on a clear western night sky. Photo by Tony Fernandes.
 

Waxing Moon Phase in June

Waxing Moon Phase

in the month of June 2021 

Cabide (Clothes Hanger) - Goa. India

 

Hurricane Lamp - Line Art Drawing

Hurricane Lamp

Kerosene lamps with glass

chimneys protecting the flame.

 ideal for outdoors use and nightly walks

in the villages. Goa of the 1950's.

 

New Song - BETWEEN US RELEASE - by Dahlia Fernandes

Here's some good news, so excited to share our daughter Dahlia’s of Dahlia Music new song released today “Between us”

You can click on the song link to hear and purchase. Thank you for your continuous love and support for her music. God bless you all.

https://song.link/dahliamusicnow

Hard to find Cookbooks

The above clipping appeared in Navhind Times, Goa, written by journalist Frederick Noronha about my wife's Recipe Book “Savour the flavour of India”. This Recipe book, along with my book “Goa - Memories of my Homeland”, were first published in Year 2004 in Ontario, Canada. The 2nd Editions of both books were published in Year 2005 at Pilar Printing Centre in Goa, India. These books were available at Broadway store in Panjim, and at various Book stores in Mapuca & Panjim. You could even grab a copy at the Dabolim Airport Book store. Unfortunately, they are both sold out, although Frederick Noronha did offer to publish them as he owns a publishing company.

However, in Canada these books can be ordered online through Edna's Pickles website: www.ednaspickles.com

Also available are 2 new ones:

Savour the Vegetarian Flavour of India

by Edna Fernandes (A collection of over 80 recipes)

 & my new publication, namely,

'A Line in Time'

(a collection of line drawings that are reflections of all things Goan, scenes of the U.A.E., as well as landscapes of Canada. The booklet contains 136 pages of illustrations and descriptions of drawings that were sketched over my lifetime).

Goan is actually a listed culture on 2021 Statistics Canada survey!

 

The Goan Sala

A sample of twin pages (Pg.14& 15) from my 2nd book 'A Line in Time' - a collection of line drawings that are reflections of all things Goan, scenes of the U.A.E., as well as landscapes of Canada. The booklet contains 136 pages of illustrations and descriptions of drawings that were sketched over my lifetime. Published in Sept. 2019. This book can be ordered on line in Canada only through www.ednaspickles.com. 

The Global Goan June 2021 Issue

THE GLOBAL GOAN

JUNE 2021

 Vol 2 - Issue 6

To read please click on the picture

or the link blow.

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/yceh/?fbclid=IwAR1b58YFit8qj8hqyGcaP1cjO0QLBpnrIWx-dczE5TMyw1wLEn1zagABjDA#p=1

Four Poster Bed - Goa. India

 

Shrine at the Mandovi - Promenade, Panjim, Goa.

 

 

Full-size wooden cupboard

(popularly known as almirah)

with mirror and drawers.

Flower Full Moon

 

FLOWER FULL MOON

Meanwhile, in Mississauga last night, the sky was clear to view the Flower Full Moon, after an overall cloudy day. In folklore, the full moon in May is known as the flower moon because it occurs as spring blossoms in the Northern Hemisphere. The term was popularized by the Farmer's Almanac, which attributes it to the Algonquin people of North America.

Bread Bag Tie Art

 

‘Snowy Day in Canada’

 - a creative work - 

by my granddaughter Aysha and myself.

Bread bag ties glued on cardboard. Size 13” x 9”.

GOENCHO ADEUS

GOENCHO ADEUS

Ugddas maka

Mojea burgeaponnailo sodanch eta, 

Jednam viaj marun amcho xezari

Porot bailea gavan voiche adle ratri

Bolkavant zatali zoma vaddeantlea lokachi

Ani dukhest asle zaite-se dusre xezari.

Burgo asslom aum, auchit vollon nodor moji poddli

Tor tednam disso maka

Ghorchim kortat gai munn Devak

Kherit aplim magnnim

Polloun pustalin munn aplim dukam

Chodd dukh maka bogtali.

Astanam ami 

Amchea Goeam

Aikonk naslem 

‘Mortgage’ kitem gai munn tednam

Zolmolelea ghara bhair 

Dusrem ghor naslem amkam.

Atam zalim thoddinch vorsam

Amchea vhoddilanchem baxen

Bailea gavant 

Khud paulom aum atam

Ani ekach xarant ravon sarlim

Zaitim khuxealborith vorsam.

Punn chintun atam niall aum kortam

Sabar dis zalet passar

Ravon aum hea porkea ganvant

Chintlem vochonk dusrea gharant

Punn darantlo bhair aum sodhtam tednam

Goenche baxen xezari kiteak mellonk heunk nam makam?

Vorsam zaitim zalint atam

Burgeaponnailo ugddas 

Auchit anink ek pautt ailo makam

Jednam nodor moji poddli

Xezari aplea dharantlem tond

Katortalo mixinant tednam.

Aplem mixin bond korun

Tanklenam xezareak mojea,

Adeus korunk maka;

Chintun hea gauncheo thoddeo riti

Anink ek pautt vhodd dukh bogli maka

Pussunk poddlim avem mojinch dukam.

Adeus mojea

Goenchea xezarea

Pois thaun chodd tuzo ugddass eta maka

Kallzan thaun Deu Borem Koruum munntam

Magun bori saud ani bolaiki

Devan dhuincheak tukam.

Tony Fernandes                       July 2017  

Twin Pages Samples of 'A Line in Time"

 A sample of twin pages (Pg.36 & 37) from my 2nd book 'A Line in Time' - a collection of line drawings that are reflections of all things Goan, scenes of the U.A.E., as well as landscapes of Canada. The booklet contains 136 pages of illustrations and descriptions of drawings that were sketched over my lifetime. Published in Sept. 2019. This book can be ordered on line through www.ednaspickles.com

SAME PLACE - DIFFERENT TIMES

 

SAME PLACE - DIFFERENT TIMES

48 YEARS APART

ARTFEST KINGSTON - TONFERNS CREATIONS

 

The Global Goan - May 2021 Issue

 

The Global Goan - May 2021 - Vol 2 Issue 5

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/luce/?fbclid=IwAR3jvAWI9zpQ9nFCVJP5EZsMrarsZmsky2QGkW-KRwTVYXVQ_6w_Cj8Itys#p=1

To read please click on the picture or the link above.

Twin Pages Sampling of 'A Line in Time'

 A sample of twin pages from my 2nd book 'A Line in Time' - a collection of line drawings that are reflections of all things Goan, scenes of the U.A.E., as well as landscapes of Canada. The booklet contains 136 pages of illustrations and descriptions of drawings that were sketched over my lifetime. Published in Sept. 2019. This book can be ordered on line from www.ednaspickles.com

PINE MEADOW HOME DECOR

 

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies of Tony Fernandes

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtTW8P1ki5o

3-layered Art - Water Colours

 

Pyrography on Coconut Shell

 

Pyrographic designs hand-etched

on coconut shell by Tony Fernandes. 

 Theme: 4 sailing ships all around. 

Polymer coated.

 Home Decor.

The Global Goan - April 2021 Issue

To read please click on the picture

or the link blow.

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kdhdu/wvdh/?fbclid=IwAR1aUdLX10uY1H9y-NcMXCS1tlJAXyQbS1J_dZ_8ghKnXABubh_iksAQQJY#p=1