October: The month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry
“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt” William Allingham
The End of Colour
This is the end of colour
Of the pain and sorrow!
The October rain
Finally came
Lashed down the leaves
Now it’s just heaps
Of gray on the ground
No colour to be found
It is the end of colour
Poetry and Photography
Posted in Travel Words Bench Photo Challenge, the Bench Series
“I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench” Satchel Paige
A Bench to Sit on
I was looking for
A bench to sit on
What I hoped to score
Something close to a lawn
To lay my tired self
On a softer shelf
Then I saw it
The bench, made of stone
When I tried to sit
I felt it to my bones
Too hard for a fit!
Moving forward
I found one, made of wood
Maybe it wasn’t hard
Rather suitably good
Too soft for a fit!
So once again
I had to complain
But I knew, the right seat
Was just in reach
I just had to seek
A little while longer
As I moved along
The feeling now stronger
I knew it wouldn’t be long
I was close to finding
As I saw the metal shining
I finally found it
A bench made of metal
For me to sit
Soft as a petal
A purr-fect fit
Poetry and Photography
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” Jo Walton
Monday Morning Sunrise
Standing there, stunned
As the early morning sun
Making quite the display
When, lighting up the skies
In its unique and fiery way
But oh, how time flies
Still, wishing to remain
For a little while at least
But, unfortunately, duty calls
Oh, that necessary beast
Slowly making my way
To another mundane Monday
Secretly hoping of tomorrow
For another piece of beauty
To let me borrow
Photo101 Rehab, The Clinic: Week 43 Wrap Up
“Last year, after completing the Photo101 course, I opened the Photo Rehab Event in this blog, a ‘healing clinic’, for all of us who love photography (hobbyists, amateurs, pro-shooters and enthusiasts) who missed the course and daily interaction with other photobloggers.” Lucile De Godoy
Check out all the magnificent photographs for this week from Lucile’s site:
Week 43: Wrap up Photo101 Rehab
Also featured Rantings Of A Third Kind:
“Gun from Rantings of a Third Kind made me jealous of her Monday morning sunrise image from her office! No wonder that her photo was featured. If I get this view, I will apply for a job in Finland! ;-)”
Posted in week #12 of Camera Lucida Photo Challenge, Metal
“a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g. iron, gold, silver, and aluminium, and alloys such as steel).
broken stone for use in road-making.
“the work also involves dealing with rock aggregates for potential use as suitable road metal”
“I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off” Jesse Ventura
‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – METAL
Silver, copper, rust
Maybe even a little dust
Streetlights built of heavy metal
Into the lift, no need for pedals
Old machines getting a new start
As being cultured objet d’arts
The strongest of coffees
Brewed in a rusted pot
Down the drain the water flows
Where it goes, no one knows
Rantings Of A Third Kind 