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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic
This week show us something you’re optimistic about, or perhaps a talisman that helps you stay positive and hopeful, regardless of what life (and the weather!) throws your way.
“The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism” Brian May
Optimistic (The Daily Post) Four
Winter?
So what!
I don’t care!
I am feeling
Quite optimistic
Riding my bike
Sitting on a bench
So what if it snows
It’s almost June!
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic
This week show us something you’re optimistic about, or perhaps a talisman that helps you stay positive and hopeful, regardless of what life (and the weather!) throws your way.
“I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism” Sylvester Stallone
Optimistic (The Daily Post) Three
The hustle and bustle
The busy working life
Because I have
Holiday on my mind
And soon it will be time
To unwind
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic
This week show us something you’re optimistic about, or perhaps a talisman that helps you stay positive and hopeful, regardless of what life (and the weather!) throws your way.
“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud” Henry Rollins
Optimistic (The Daily Post) Two
Sunshine on a winter’s day
The nature’s showing a halo
The cold and snow to fade
And soon, it will be May
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic
This week show us something you’re optimistic about, or perhaps a talisman that helps you stay positive and hopeful, regardless of what life (and the weather!) throws your way.
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” Helen Keller
Optimistic (The Daily Post) One
Living, breathing, growing
Even if it is still snowing
Bending not breaking
Sometimes shaking
But soon it will be warm
After the cold and storm
Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel
A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.
“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour
This weeks posts, let’s visit Lanzarote of the Canary Islands in colour.
Enjoy!
Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
PART FOUR
Seaside and seagulls
Sailboats with long hulls
Blue waters and skies
Would have stayed longer,
But oh, how time flies!
Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
PART THREE
A land filled with rocks and lava
Taking it easy with a cup of java
Especially since it’s as hot as a sauna
But still, this is almost complete nirvana
Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin
PART TWO
A road trip to a nearby village
If we were Vikings, we’d certainly pillage
A quaint little place
A while everyone stays
But later it’s time to set sail
And back to the resort trail
Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel
“Vamos a la playa!”
PART ONE
Into the harbour and down to the beach
Plenty of scenery if that’s what you seek
Blue skies, sunshine and warm weather
How could the holidays get any better?
Posted in the Daily Incidents series
Poetry, Tale, Humour & Photography
Photo credits Google and YLE
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down” Oprah Winfrey
Door to Door Bus Service
“The story you are about to hear is true.
Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent.”
They say, Finland has one of the best public transportation networks in the world. But, who could have imagined such door to door delivery, and on a bus no less!
If it hails, rains, or storms
Just slam shut the car doors
Hike your way to the nearest bus stop
It’s easy as a skip and a hop
We are having the worst weather in Finland currently. Iced roads due to rain upon melted snow and rapid temperature rises from minus 28 degrees to + 2 degrees Celsius. This is causing what we Finns refer to as “skull weather” or in Finnish: “Pääkallokeli”. Yes, I know what you think; they have cold and snow there all year around. One could imagine they had gotten used to it and perfected the vehicles to run according. Alas no: Each year the snow “surprises” the drivers, train gears are frozen and heavy transports such as trucks and buses run amok on the roads.
Yesterday, this story on the news broke, regarding a bus hitting the wall of a building. Luckily the whole incident was managed with only a few minor injuries and some plaster off the wall!
In general us Finns are a no-nonsense no small talk people and we like to keep things on the factual level only. Our firemen are top of the line professionals and as we found out, in this case none the less so.
The reporter on site was interviewing the lead fireman, who was responding in his unique professional no-nonsense way.
The Fireman:
“We have five units on site. The injured parties have been taken to the hospital. The bus hit the building wall. The police is investigating the accident.”
The reporter:
“Who were injured?”
The fireman looking at the reporter in a “duh” way:
“The passengers.”
He then replied curtly.
End transmission.
