World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart” Confucius  

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

Rhodes Island, Greece
A small piece
Of our history
Beyond the centuries
The old town
Considered the crown
The beach
At your reach
Ixia, Kamiros or Lindos
A small drive with the bus
Everything you need
On the small island of Greece

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” Saint Augustine

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees” Paul Strand

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

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World Wide Wednesday: Rhodes Island, Part One

Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“The single most important component
of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” Ansel Adams

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part One

Travelling around the island
In the colours of black and white
What could be more inspiring
Or feeling more right

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Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part Two

In honour of Caturday and all cats everywhere

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“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat” Edgar Allan Poe

Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part Two

Bitty of a kitty
Playing with water
How could I fault her
She is quite dear

I am quite dotty
For my little pretty kitty

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Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part One

In honour of Caturday and all cats everywhere

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“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat” Ellen Perry Berkeley

Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part One

My little black kitty
Sitting on the potty
Looking very pretty
Acting quite the witty

I am quite dotty
For my little pretty kitty

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Swans

Poetry & Photography
An homage to the Swan, the national bird of Finland

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“The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood” Heinrich Heine

Swans

Majestic and regal
Equal to an eagle
A bird of the royals
Worthy of the nobles

Beauties in flight
Whitest of knights
From the blue skies
Watch the dive

The black swan
Swimming at dawn
Her dark shadow
Contrast to snow

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Elevator Selfies

Posted in response to Minttu Gustafsson’s Facebook challenge:
A three day three selfie challenge
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“I am who I am, your approval isn’t needed”

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Selfies

Self-imposed snaps
When ever, where ever
Is a matter of fact
Never say never
You might get caught
In selfie pose of sorts

With the camera
Held in your hand
Lens facing yours
Was it planned?

Never mind, I won’t tell
No breaking the spell
Selfies are the now
And then

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Caturday, 2015-11-21

In honour of Caturday and all cats everywhere
Photo credits: Miranda Kuusisto, Jessica Solingius, Minttu Gustafsson, Fabulousinstacats

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“Time spent with cats is never wasted” Sigmund Freud

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Cats in stripes
Cats all white
Cats that are black
Cats which are gray
Cats in a six pack
Cats who are stray

Take one home
You’re never alone
The time spent
With your cat
Even if a chat
Is never complicated
And never wasted

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MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #33, Phone Home?

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 #33

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“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

Phone Home?

A dialer device
From a different era
Had to suffice
Let me tell ya
An analog connection
No visual perception
No texting
Sure no sexting
Just a calling machine
The only mean
For ancient times
But oh how time flies
Now we all have
A mobile device

Que Sera, Sera

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