Happy Place, Poolside (Part One)

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Gun Roswell

PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters” Audrey Hepburn

Happy Place, Poolside (Part One)

Don’t worry, be happy
And yes, do make it snappy
I know you’re not in a hurry
And you needn’t worry
The happy place
You were looking for
Never really stays
In one place for too long
Don’t try to act like a nut
But get off your butt
Hit that road
Follow the toad

Oh, but wait!
Happiness starts at home
So, don’t hesitate
Get into the zone
Forget for a while the rules
And just dive into the pool

October Saturday, Part Two

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Gun Roswell

October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry

“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again” Hal Borland

October Saturday, Part Two

Standing in the sun’s light
Between the tall shadows
Selfies of a different kind
Listening to the echoes
Before the end of twilight
And the rising of the moon
Night time falling soon

October Saturday, Part One

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Gun Roswell

October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry

“October sunshine bathed the park with such a melting light that it had the dimmed impressive look of a landscape by an old master” Elizabeth Enright

October Saturday, Part One

Finally, weekend
Truly a godsend
A time to enjoy and relax
Lift your feet up and chillax

But, being my usual self
Could not just sit down
Grabbed the camera from the shelf
And ran down town

Sunlight on Saturday
Watching the shadows play
Colours of leaves in abundance
The birds and flies doing a dance

Sun warming the air
Not a time to despair
The cold and damp weather
Replaced by light and high pressure

Caturday, 2015-10-17

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Gun Roswell

In honour of Caturday, for all cats everywhere

“The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat” Jules Renard

Caturday, 2015-10-17

I am a tiger cat
Hear me roar!

My furry stripes
I am wearing proud
Sometimes picking a fight
‘Cause I like being loud

But when groomed and fed
And safely resting in bed
I am a cute little kitty
Without any hissy fitty

I am a soft kitty
Hear me purr

Fav Foto Friday #13

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Fav Foto Friday #13

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!”

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it” Ansel Adams

Fav Foto Friday #13

How to choose a favourite
Do I even dare of it?
I love all “my offspring”
From early morning
To late of the night
I keep up the good fight
For my photographs
What more could I ask

Throwback Thursday: Gun Roswell

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Gun Roswell

“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful” Kailash Satyarthi

Throwback Thursday: Gun Roswell

The year was nineteen sixty eight
Life still at stage wait
I must have been no more
Than three years of age

Little Red Riding Hood
Yes, I knew I could
In the borrowed red elf’s hat
Cutest thing you ever saw
Prettiest princess of them all
How could I ever top that!

Now, forty seven years later
Oh life, you’re such a traitor!
I still love red of course
Now I wear it with horns
In the mighty stiletto heels
Life is as good as it feels

In memory of my dear departed brother Jan-Erik

Wednesday in October Part Two: Evening

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Poetry and Photography

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” Chad Sugg

Wednesday in October Part Two: Evening

The evening falls
The sun is setting
Soon it is time to crawl
Into the bedding
But before that
Taking a few snaps
Of the setting sun

Wednesday in October Part One: Day Time

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Poetry and Photography

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” Chad USG

Wednesday in October Parts One, Day Time

Type, type, type
Work, work, work
Finally, a break
Looking out the window
The sun beckoning
Stepping outside
Half way through the door
Something hits me
Like a lightning
It’s cold outside now
It’s after all, October
Time to put a coat on
Stepping out, first step…
But wait!
Don’t forget the camera!

World Wide Wednesday 2015-10-14

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gun Roswell

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” Susan Sontag  

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, Second Edition, Part Three

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: Mallorca, Part Four, Night

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gun Roswell

“Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.” Rick Steves 

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Four, Night

The evening filled
With colourful lights
Cool wind chilled
Time to head inside
The Aquarium a choice
Listening to sealife’s voice
Sharks swimming in tanks
Where a ship had sank
Luminescent jellyfish
But not served as a dish
Enjoying the night life
Of this little town in south