Posted in the Daily Photo series
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
Poetry & Photography
“Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Basking in the Sun (Daily Photo 2015-12-28)
The working day has begun
Must admit it, just no fun
Looking out the window
Seeing cold weather and snow
Just for a moment
My mind wanders
Back to holidays
Back to the time
When I was
Basking in the sun
Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday
“This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.”
MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #39
“Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that” Benedict Cumberbatch
Dolls (Mundane Monday)
Eyes staring
Almost glaring
Never moving
Only viewing
Toward the future?
Or into the past?
No one knows
What on goes
In a doll’s mind
Just be kind
You may be surprised
Or even, hypnotized
They may be mundane
Objects d’art even
Dolls in the window
But no one really knows
Photography and Poetry
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday
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!”
“It’s the season to be jolly…”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015-12-25
This week I would like to share a photo which was actually not yet posted on my blog, rather only on Instagram. I have been trying to stay off my blog during this holiday week and take some time off during my short stay in the gorgeous island of Lanzarote, but it seems the blog has a will of its own and keeps whispering in my ear to post 😉
There was a special moment up in the sky this week in Puerto del Carmen, which I would like to share with you all. A flashy light kind of a thing (call it a UFO if you will :p) appeared from out of nowhere and stayed a while. It seemed to be shooting a light beam into the sun and making it shine even brighter, if possible. I managed to snap this photograph with my mobile phone while peddling in the pool; lucky shot I guess!
Enjoy!
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
Photography and Poetry
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday #21
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!”
“No more camouflage, I want to be exposed and not afraid to fall”
Favourite Photo Friday, 2015-12-18 /#21
For this week’s favourite photograph, I chose the one I posted for the Blogging U Poem a Day challenge, aptly titled “Camouflage”. The poem written for the same, can be found behind the related post link.
Enjoy!
Related posts:
Camouflage
In honour of the month of December
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Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
Poetry & Photography
“I had a rule that I had to go to bed before the sun came up. So I used to look up the sunrise times because I thought it would be bad karma to be going to bed as dawn was arriving” Eric Schmidt
Tuesday Morning Sunrise
Tuesday morning Sunrise
What a pleasant surprise
For the early morning riser
What could be finer
Than being greeted by the magnificence
Of mother nature’s excellence
On this fine december morning
A few days before holiday glory
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Oops!
‘Tis the season to revel in photographic (and/or photogenic) disasters.
Last week, my fellow Daily Post contributor Robyn wrote about the liberating power of embarrassing stories. It got me thinking about our collective reluctance to show less-flattering sides of our lives and personalities.
The imperative to present a perfect facade is doubly strong when it comes to our photos. Here, it’s not just the subject matter we care about — the perfect day at the beach; smiling, well-dressed toddlers; a faux-nonchalant smirk at a party. The picture itself has to be Instagram- and/or blog-worthy. Our images are always photoshopped in spirit, even if we don’t use the actual software.
“Never say “Oops” in the operating room”
Oops!, or one Big Boo-boo!
The sounds of the beeping machines
The operating theatre in full fling
“Just don’t remove my spleen”
My last thoughts, as I felt the sting
The needle pushed into my spine
Soon, I will be feeling really fine
A long time this moment did I stall
Into a light slumber will I fall
But the sounds of the hammer in my skull
Echoing loudly, even though my body dull
Soon enough the voices are beckoning
I must wake up I am reckoning
The procedure now is done
Feelings on my body quite numb
But alas in a day or two
I finally manage to take a step or few
Related posts (Repost):
Invincible
Fixing It
Out of Order
Replaced by Metal
Ode to Bedpans
Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday
“This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.”
MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #37
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free” Michelangelo
Backyard Angel
Snow flakes landing on the ground
Covering the land like a white crown
No stopping of seasons changing
Both in rain and sunlight bathing
The backyard angel sitting still
Feeling neither chill or thrill
A guardian of this household may he be
But not a sound nor move will make he
Rest assured your home is safe
As long as the backyard angel in his place will stay
Bench a Sunday Post/Seat Sunday Series
Poetry and Photography
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Posted in Travel Words Photo Challenge Bench Series
(Sunday 13-12-2015)
“I took a back seat and did whatever it took for the team to win” James Harden
Take A Seat
Break the beat
And take a seat
Which one do you prefer?
You have been given three options this week
Are these something
To your liking
Or other types you seek?
The old wooden bench
Which has seen better times
The chair in the cafe
During a busy day
Or the comfy fluffy recliner
There is really no denying her
She is quite the tempting one
Posted in Camera Lucida Photo Challenge, Self Portrait
Photography and Poetry
“I cannot sing, dance, act or write, but it never stopped me from doing any of those things” Gun Roswell
Who the Hell is Gun?
She thinks she is the Gun with the fastest bullets
She sure loves her creature comforts
Her chair, her Trek, her Mac and coffee
Maybe even some added toffee
Home sweet home
Her true heart’s motto
Write more and still some more
Her work etchic on the dot-o
A holiday spent in a warmer climate
Cheeks will turn the colour of tomatoes
Fuel it will for a year’s worth
Surely going onwards strong with mirth
Even of her car she wrote
A little tale, oh what a poet!
Drag Queens, comedy, science fiction
Between them not always a clear distinction
Her home filled with objet d’arts
A collection long ago did start
Oh and did I mention the many a shoes?
Maybe even a witch’s brew?
Her leg was operated a while ago
Now fully mended and on the go
High heels come a clacking
When someone at the door is knocking
Strong and independent is her mindset
But do not that let
Fool you into thinking
She is not as soft as a kitten
When it comes to her and hers
You can softly hear her purr
When the working day is done
Let the slumber surely come
Rantings Of A Third Kind 