Fabulous Friday, 2015-12-25

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the Friday series “Fabulous Friday”
Live, from Lanzarote, The Canary Islands!

“When you travel, you are on the road, right?” Gun Roswell

Fabulous Friday 2015-12-25

Rocking around
The Christmas pool
Having a happy holiday!

The sun above
Up in the sky
Shining all so bright
On this gorgeous day!

It’s a Fabulous Friday!

No elves, reindeer
Nor Santa in sight
They must have
Taken a flight
Either to
The North Pole
Or maybe even
Hitting the pool!

Never mind
Where they are
They couldn’t have gone
Much too far

The holiday tree
Is set for thee
Maybe even
Something free

Happy Holidays and a Fabulous Friday,
One and All!

Christmas Celebration in a Different Style (Daily Photo 2015-12-25)

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Holiday celebration (Christmas season)
Poetry & Photography

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas”

Christmas Celebration in a Different Style (Daily Photo 2015-12-25)

Warmth, happiness, sun light
What could be a merrier Yuletide
Than spending the holiday
On this most gorgeous day
The one special day of the year
At the pool, beach or a pier

Mrs Claus (Daily Photo 2015-12-24)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Holiday celebration (Christmas season)
Poetry & Photography

“Santa has it great. I buy all the toys. He gets all the credit.”

Mrs Claus (Daily Photo 2015-12-24)

Mrs Claus
Without applause
Doing her bid
Without a quid
Yuletide
Without the bride
Of Santa
Would be banter
No jolly
Or celebration folly
For me
Or you

In the Here and Now

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Gun Roswell

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Now

Sometimes, we get caught up in nostalgia, future fantasy, or both, and we don’t embrace the “now.” For this week’s challenge, take a moment to notice your present, and share a photo of it.

“Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay” Simone de Beauvoir

In the Here and Now

Children’s voices
Echoing in the distance
A dog was barking
The sun warm on my skin
The wind blowing softly
Rippling the water slightly
The fluffy white clouds high
Up in the blue sky
Filtering the rays of the sun
Feeling being the only one
Sitting onto the empty bench
Enjoying the silence
As I sit by myself
Letting moments pass by
A soft content sigh
The only sound
In the here and now
To be found

Throwback Thursday 2015-12-24

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Happy Holidays to One and All!

“I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach” Rosamund Pike

Throwback Thursday 2015-12-24

Today is 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 featured today:

Highly Illogical (Repost for TBT)

Stuck Between a Poem and a Hard Place (Repost for TBT)

Let the Rantings continue!!!

World Wide Wednesday 2015-12-23

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home” Matsuo Basho

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 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: Finland, Espoo, Suburbia

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Two

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Three

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Four

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Five

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Six

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Eight

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Verbania, Athens

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Manaus, Rhodes, Cyprus

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Brazil, Cyprus and Rhodes

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Gun Roswell

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre

“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before” Dalai Lama

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White

Welcome to Hel-sinki!
Did you land here quite unexpectedly?
Please, have a look around
It’s more pleasant than it sounds
Nice, clean, safe and poetic
Our small town of the idyllic
We’re way up North
But well while the worth
Of making a short trip
Even with a tall ship
So stay a while, take a look around
You may be surprised of what you found

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Gun Roswell

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre

“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before” Dalai Lama

Click on the images for higher resolution

The Helsinki Cathedral

Alexander II

& Friends

The Senate Square

The Market Square

Havis Amanda

Esplanade

Shoes for regular size feet 😛

Contemporary cave paintings in the city Metro

Mundane Monday (REPOST)

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I’m a man of simple pleasures, really” Arthur Darvill

Mundane Monday

Just another Manic Monday
Certainly not my fun day
Back in the office again
Simply cannot explain
It just happens
Always after weekend
Leaving me baffled
I cannot help myself
And leaves me overwhelmed
I just end up here
In this stratosphere
Called work

A Bench to Sit on (2015-12-20)

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Gun Roswell

Bench a Sunday Post/Seat Sunday Series
Poetry and Photography
&
Posted in Travel Words Photo Challenge Bench Series
(Sunday 20-12-2015)

“I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench” Satchel Paige

A Bench to Sit on

I was looking for
A bench to sit on
What I hoped to score
Something close to a lawn
To lay my tired self
On a softer shelf

Then I saw it
The bench, made of stone
When I tried to sit
I felt it to my bones
Too hard for a fit!

Moving forward
I found one, made of wood
Maybe it wasn’t hard
Rather suitably good
Too soft for a fit!

So once again
I had to complain
But I knew, the right seat
Was just in reach
I just had to seek

A little while longer
As I moved along
The feeling now stronger
I knew it wouldn’t be long
I was close to finding
As I saw the metal shining

I finally found it
A bench made of metal
For me to sit
Soft as a petal
A purr-fect fit