World Wide Wednesday 2015-12-30

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel

“It is better to travel well than to arrive” Buddha

World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.

Posts so far:

Around the World in Black and White, First Edition

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part One

Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fifth Edition: Cyprus

Around the World in Black and White Presents: London in the Rain

Around the World in Black and White Presents: London

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Natural History Museum, London

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Athens, Acropolis

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Four, Night

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Finland, Espoo, Suburbia

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Two

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Three

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Four

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Five

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Six

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Eight

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Verbania, Athens

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Manaus, Rhodes, Cyprus

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Brazil, Cyprus and Rhodes

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Three

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Gun Roswell

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Three

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Three

“The Natural History Museum in London is a museum exhibiting a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history”

If you are in doubt
Then go and check out
Visit the place of history
And follow the whole story
Of where we came from

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Two

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Gun Roswell

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Two

“Travelers repose and dream among my leaves” William Blake

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part Two

Over the rooftops
To the hustle and bustle
Of the streets of London
In just a few hops
A few old castles
And a famous dungeon
Hop on a bus
Without much fuss
Follow the lines
And you’ll be fine
Eyes wide open
Seeing more than hoping
In the evening
You are dreaming
Of how much more
The next day has in store

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part One

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Gun Roswell

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part One

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train” Oscar Wilde

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Part One

Rain, rain, rain
Running down the drain
Around in the City of London
Without the feeling of boredom
Too many things to see
Face lit up with a glee
Never mind the sad bad weather
My skin is made of thick leather
A few raindrops do not harm
Even a little storm
Won’t keep me away
From the London sway

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-29

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in A Quote a Week Tuesday

“Tragedy is a close-up; comedy a long shot” Buster Keaton

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-29

Today’s quote often comes to my mind, when I try to write my tales with a comedic twist.

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard” is supposedly a death bed quote attributed to character actor Edmund Gwenn.

When director and screenwriter George Seaton visited Gwenn as he lay in bed ill, George Seaton said to Gwenn “This must be terribly difficult for you.” Edmund Gwenn is supposed to have replied:

“Dying is easy, comedy is hard”

Week 52: Wrap up Photo101 Rehab

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Absolutely great ending for Year 2015! Go and check our for yourself!

An Homage to Dame Maggie Smith, Many Happy Returns!

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Gun Roswell

An Homage to Dame Maggie Smith, Many Happy Returns!

“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes” Maggie Smith

An Homage to Dame Maggie Smith, Many Happy Returns!

A voice distinctive
A resume most impressive
Shining in theatre
Radiant in features

With your pal Judi
An impression truly
Being quite daft
But making us laugh

You starred with Angela
In a movie by Agatha
One of my favourite Dames
You will most certainly remain

On this day of joy
Shouting ahoy
And wishing
Many happy returns

Basking in the Sun (Daily Photo 2015-12-28)

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
Poetry & Photography

“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Basking in the Sun (Daily Photo 2015-12-28)

The working day has begun
Must admit it, just no fun
Looking out the window
Seeing cold weather and snow

Just for a moment
My mind wanders
Back to holidays
Back to the time
When I was
Basking in the sun

Dolls (Mundane Monday)

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.”

MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #39

“Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that” Benedict Cumberbatch

Dolls (Mundane Monday)

Eyes staring
Almost glaring
Never moving
Only viewing

Toward the future?
Or into the past?

No one knows
What on goes
In a doll’s mind
Just be kind

You may be surprised
Or even, hypnotized

They may be mundane
Objects d’art even
Dolls in the window
But no one really knows

An Homage to Nichelle Nichols, Live Long and Prosper!

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Gun Roswell

An Homage to Nichelle Nichols, Live Long and Prosper!

“All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world” NICHELLE NICHOLS