Happy 73rd Birthday to Dame Helen Mirren

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Celebration/Fandom

“I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous” Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren

The star of everything that matters
Stating this not just for the sake of flatters
The Queen, the Chief Inspector, a tart
Playing them all with very much smart

She is definitely not a prude
When prancing in the nude
Not afraid to speak her mind
Even if it meant to be a little unkind

A naughty word here and there
To make her point, if you weren’t clear
Pure perfection of talent and beauty
Always with the sense of duty

A rose by any other name
Let’s all hail to our Dame:
Happy 73rd birthday!

World Wide Wednesday in Evia, Greece

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in World Wide Wednesday

“We travel,
some of us forever,
to seek other places,
other lives,
other souls.”
– Anais Nin

Evia

No sun a shining
When the storm clouds
Fill the horizon
Time to sail ashore
Before the all mighty Thor
Hits his hammer

The wind’s subsiding
The mist arising
It’s all calm
After the storm

Blue skies
Blue waters
No need,
To go any further

Simply Red in Mundane Monday

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Mundane Monday

“I have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.”
― Tana French, Broken Harbor

Simply Red

Simple it the word
Easily slurred
But for a mundane day
The colour is grey
With a touch of red
Unravelling the thread

Seat in the Rain for Seat Sunday

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Seat Sunday

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet”
Napoleon Bonaparte

Seat in the Rain

Night falls
Time stalls
Rain falls
Time towards
The home to hall
This bench
Was none too comfy
Anyways

Mr Diesel’s Adventures for Caturday, part 6

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Caturday

Caturday presents the honorary cat Mr Diesel and his adventures

Mr Diesel’s Adventures for Caturday

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
—Roger Caras

Ready for my profile pic

Stating this fact as my gospel:
“I am ready for my close up, Mrs Roswell”
Nuff said!

All creatures, Great and Small for Fav Foto Friday

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Fav Foto Friday

“Contrast is what makes photography interesting” Conrad Hall

All creatures, Great and Small

Squirrels, birds and cats
With and without their hats
Kitty sitting on the potty
The vigilant bird on watch
The squirrel named Dotty
Living in the lodge

Fool me Once, or a Few more Times in TBT

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Gun Roswell

Posted in Throwback Thursday

“Fool me seven times, shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me” Amy Futurama

Fool me Once, or a Few more Times

I may look like the fool
But I am actually cool
I may act like a tool
But I got schooled
So don’t be too cruel
And abide by this rule
Fool me once
I will bounce
Fool me twice
Oh, you got spice!
Fool me a few more times
And I will show you in rhymes
How you have to show your dimes
And pay, for your crimes