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Posted in Fav Foto Friday
“The only photograph I regret, is the one I did not take”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-01), Verbania, Italy
In this post, a trip to Verbania, Italy, enjoying the lake and some sailing.
Photography and Poetry
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday
“The only photograph I regret, is the one I did not take”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-01), Porvoo, Finland
In this post, a trip to the beautiful old city of Porvoo, Finland.
Photography and Poetry
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday
“The only photograph I regret, is the one I did not take”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-01), Manaus, Brazil
In this post, remembering the trip to Manaus, Brazil.
Photography and Poetry
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Share each Friday, on your own blog, one photo…or maybe even a gallery of some of your favorite photos that you have taken during the week, that make you smile or that was a great photo capturing opportunity…anything really! And as photographers are often known to say, “The best camera is, the one that you have with you!”
“The only photograph I regret, is the one I did not take”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-01), London, England
Happy 2016 Everyone!
Those of you snapping pix, know this to be a tedious task, since to be honest, they are all favourites of the moments they were taken, why else would you have shoot them in the first place, right? Trying to limit the number to just one or two photos is difficult for any post, but trying my best here from the several thousand photos shot and posted during 2015 😉
For this week’s Favourite Photo Friday posts, I have decided to walk through 2015 and choose a few of my most favourite ones during the coming weeks. Hope you are having some fun during the walk down memory lane of 2015 in photographs!
And, as the quote says: “The only photograph I regret, is the one I did not take”.
For this particular post, I have chosen two taken in England, London.
Continuing on the travel theme, more 2015 favourites in parts two, three, four and five.
Go and check them out!
Enjoy!
Posted in Holiday Celebration and Daily Photo (2016-01-01)
“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals” Melody Beattie
Happy 2016!
Out with the old, in with the new
May all your dreams, hopes and wishes
For the year 2016 come true!
Happy New Beginnings to You All!
Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography
Today is the time for the final Daily Photo of the Year 2015!
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass (Daily Photo 2015-12-31)
Sunrise or sunset
High up for a reset
Destination, unknown
Flying, to a different zone
A new year
New destinations
There is no fear
Only new sensations
Staring out the window
Reflections of the past and now
Mirrored in the looking glass
Knowing only, time will pass
New year
New hopes
Prepaired on full gear
Despite the slippery slopes
Posted in Holiday Celebration
Poetry & Photography
“Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won’t have to chase your dreams; they will come to you.”
Bread and Circuses or Happy New Year!
Bread and Circuses
For any and all purposes
Lights and fireworks
Maybe with some quirks
No time to waste
It is time to celebrate
Let us all unite
Leave our differences, aside
The New Year
We hail
Following
A different trail
Past and present
Already spent
To the future
From now on
We all ascend
Posted in the Throwback Thursday Series
Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!
Happy New Year to One and All!
“I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That’s all any of us can hope for”April Winchell
Throwback Thursday 2015-12-31
The last day of the year! What better time for a walk down memory lane again and dig into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind since the beginning of time. Well at least from the beginning of this blog 😛
Here are a few of my favourites from this year:
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, and some more Coffee…(Repost for TBT)
Service or no Service, That is the Question (Repost for TBT)
Star Trek Wars (Repost for TBT)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, and a Writer (Repost for TBT)
Let the Rantings continue and a Very Good and Prosperous 2016 to You All!
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Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!
“I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character” – Alfred Hitchcock
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, and a Writer
Looking into
A writers mind
You may phew
On what you find
Look in,
Carefully
Surprisingly
Lurking
Emerging
A
Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Sailor,
Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief
Peeping Tom, Stalker
Pervert, Prude
Sister, Brother
Loud Mouth, Mute
A
Antagonist
Protagonist
Killer, Saviour
Bad behaviour?
Winner, Looser
Coward, Hero
Or simply a Zero?
Storyteller, Liar
Truth teller, Denier
A questionable character?
Or just a clever Actor?
Psychopath,
Or, on a Path?
Writer, Politician, or a Crook?
Did I get you hooked?
Posted in the Throwback Thursday Series
Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!
“There really is no life before the first pot of coffee in the morning”
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee and some more Coffee…
Since the dawn of time when humans first dropped down from the trees and started walking, their first trip must have been to the closest Starbucks for some coffee.
Remember the classic film “2001: A Space Odyssey” and first scene where the prehistoric man is bewildered when a big black block lands before him? What if instead of the monolith a giant cup of coffee would have landed? I think we would have evolved much faster and would be more advanced today if that would have been the case 😉
But let’s move forward in time and to present day.
I have dropped in a quite a few suggestions (read request) in our office “suggestion box“: Add to the list of necessary office supplies an IV drop filled with coffee. Each worker would then be hooked into the IV every morning and during the day; a dedicated person would circulate around the office and re-fill the empty ones.
But seriously, coffee is the one good drug that keeps this world up and running. Here is an example of an ordinary working day:
1st cup: 06.00 AM: Eyes barely open reaching for my glasses on the night stand sniffing for that precious aroma. Nothing yet! Half running downstairs praying the automated coffee maker has not suffered from any kind of electrical stroke during the night and my coffee would be there waiting for me.
It is! Hallelujah let the day begin!
2nd cup: 06.20 AM: Morning ablutions behind me, standing fully clothed ready to take off to work, gulping the second cup of coffee while reaching for the door.
3rd cup: 07.00 AM: In the office, turning on the coffee machine before even reaching for the lights in the darkened office. Impatiently waiting while the machine is making its morning sounds before I can insert my coffee capsule into the damned thing and get my coffee (Note: It’s a double shot just to make sure I don’t run out before I can tackle today’s pile of work).
4th to 6th cup: 08.00 to 11.00 AM: A steady flow of “double shots” for each cup to keep up the pace of the day and a smile on my face.
7th cup: 11.30 AM: A cup of coffee to complement a tasty lunch, of course 😉
8th to 9th cup: 12.00 PM to 02.00 PM: One for each scheduled meeting for the afternoon.
10th (to 11th) cup: 02.15 PM: It is finally time for the afternoon coffee break! (In reality this is a very large cup so guess it counts for two or more…).
12th cup: 03.00 PM: Last squeeze (and cup of coffee) before the day’s work is done!
13th cup: 04.00 PM: Time to leave for home, one more for the road…
14th to Umpteenth cup: 05.00 PM to Midnight: After a full day of work, I managed a full hour of exercise, went grocery shopping and vacuumed the whole house. Albeit I was so perked up from all the coffee I managed to get to bed early (around 2 AM) after cleaning a few closets and taking the dog out three times during the evening for a brisk walk and of course, having a cup of coffee here and there; P
The lesson learned: There is no such thing as too much coffee!
By the way, last time I had my yearly check up at the doctors, the conclusion was: there was far too much blood in my caffeine circulation!
