Happy Birthday Nephew! for SL-Week 51: Two

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of Birthday
Photography /Poetry /Tale /Dialogue /Humour

Happy Birthday Nephew! for SL-Week 51

“Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Jim
Happy birthday to you.”

The Birthday Boy

“Dig into the cake son”
The father urged
His head turned
As the birthday boy
Was about to enjoy
The much deserved treat
Which was definitely not meat
But a juicy summer’s strawberry tart
Made by mom, straight from the heart

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Happy Birthday Nephew! for SL-Week 51: One

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of Birthday
Photography /Poetry /Tale /Dialogue /Humour

Happy Birthday Nephew! for SL-Week 51

“Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Jim
Happy birthday to you.”

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The Cake

The aroma of the strawberry cake
We all knew, that was not a fake
It was all done for the sake
Of the birthday celebration on this date

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Scale (WP Developing Your Eye II) Three

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Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue

Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size

* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.

Scale

“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin

Straight Line

“Who stepped out of the line?”

“Not I, Sir,
Not I!”

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Scale (WP Developing Your Eye II) Two

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size

* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.

Scale

“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin

Bonded

Together we may be bound
But a more stronger
A bond cannot be found

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Scale (WP Developing Your Eye II) One

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size

* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.

Scale

“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin

Left Standing

I am still standing
After all these years
The times have been demanding
Shed my share of tears
But growing stronger
The much longer
I here keep on standing

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Water (WP Developing Your Eye I) Three

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Photography /Poetry /Humour 

Day Three: “Water” — Image Orientation

* We all have stories about water: how it has saved or defeated us. How it reminds us of family vacations, outdoor adventures, or the hot summers of our childhood. How it symbolizes a place we’ve left behind, or one we dream of visiting.

Water

“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir” David Bowie

Drip Drop

“Drip drop
Drip drop…”

“This will not stop,
Before my ears will pop!
Damned pretty rain drops!”

“Drip drop
Drip drop…”

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Water (WP Developing Your Eye I) Two

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Photography /Poetry /Humour 

Day Three: “Water” — Image Orientation

* We all have stories about water: how it has saved or defeated us. How it reminds us of family vacations, outdoor adventures, or the hot summers of our childhood. How it symbolizes a place we’ve left behind, or one we dream of visiting.

Water

“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir” David Bowie

Sparkly

Sparkling tiny drops
Onto the leaf they popped

“Delivery here!
From the near by shop!
Your order as per requested,
Some freshly made rain drops”

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Water (WP Developing Your Eye I) One

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Photography /Poetry /Humour 

Day Three: “Water” — Image Orientation

* We all have stories about water: how it has saved or defeated us. How it reminds us of family vacations, outdoor adventures, or the hot summers of our childhood. How it symbolizes a place we’ve left behind, or one we dream of visiting.

Water

“I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir” David Bowie

Sea Otter

“More water,
I need more water”

Said the sea otter
As he played with Flotter
Getting even more hotter

“Waiter,
Where is that damned water?
I made the order
At least ten minutes ago!”

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Five

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Poetry /Humour /Dialogue /Photography 

Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Um, are we lost?

“Are we there yet?”

“I think we just lost the bet!”

“If it rains again,
We’ll get wet!”

“No sweat,
All we need to do
Is reset…
There done!”

And they were all gone!

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Four

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Poetry /Humour /Dialogue /Photography 

Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Yep, I am taller

“I am taller than you ha-ha!
You are shorter than me ha-ha!”

“In your face sucker!
I ate all the peanut butter!”

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