Caturday, 2015-12-12

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In honour of Caturday and all cats everywhere

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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea” Robert A. Heinlein

Caturday, 2015-12-12

“I keep my cat
In my handbag”

Said the old hag
And, with a snag
Lighting a fag

“It’s not a gag,
so just cut me some slack”

She quickly snapped
As she zigzagged
A price tag
Like a yellow flag
Flashing on her ragtag
And out of fashion coat
Stepping into a boat
Flinging in her large tote
The cat sprung out
And onto the float
In a few quick strokes
She rowed across the moat

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Favourite Photo Friday, 2015-12-11

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Photography and Poetry
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday /Fav Foto Friday #20

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!”

 

Painter gone for a break?

“A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into” Ansel Adams

Favourite Photo Friday , 2015-12-11

For this week’s favourite photograph, I have chosen something from the Rhodes Island collection, posted in the World Wide Wednesday series on, you guessed it, Wednesday!

I have titled this photo as “Painter gone for a break?”

There is just something to be said about a black and white photograph, a colour one can never capture the finer nuances like a B/W can.

Enjoy!

Related posts:
World Wide Wednesday 2015-12-09 

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

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Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart” Confucius  

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

Rhodes Island, Greece
A small piece
Of our history
Beyond the centuries
The old town
Considered the crown
The beach
At your reach
Ixia, Kamiros or Lindos
A small drive with the bus
Everything you need
On the small island of Greece

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

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Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” Saint Augustine

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

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Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees” Paul Strand

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

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World Wide Wednesday: Rhodes Island, Part One

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Part of the photographic Wednesday series: World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

“The single most important component
of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” Ansel Adams

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part One

Travelling around the island
In the colours of black and white
What could be more inspiring
Or feeling more right

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Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part Two

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In honour of Caturday and all cats everywhere

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“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat” Edgar Allan Poe

Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part Two

Bitty of a kitty
Playing with water
How could I fault her
She is quite dear

I am quite dotty
For my little pretty kitty

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Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part One

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In honour of Caturday and all cats everywhere

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“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat” Ellen Perry Berkeley

Caturday, 2015-12-05, Part One

My little black kitty
Sitting on the potty
Looking very pretty
Acting quite the witty

I am quite dotty
For my little pretty kitty

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World Wide Wednesday 2015-11-25

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

 

“I never travel without my sketch book” Ian Wright

World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

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A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.

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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: 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

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Swans

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Poetry & Photography
An homage to the Swan, the national bird of Finland

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“The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood” Heinrich Heine

Swans

Majestic and regal
Equal to an eagle
A bird of the royals
Worthy of the nobles

Beauties in flight
Whitest of knights
From the blue skies
Watch the dive

The black swan
Swimming at dawn
Her dark shadow
Contrast to snow

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