Mundane Monday 2016-03-07: One

POSTED IN MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE #49
Poetry, Photography

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“There’s something that’s really fun about the challenge of making the mundane funny, too, I think” Jim Gaffigan

Artwork

A lucky shot in the dark
Turned into a work of art
Something really smart?
Or a gag done by Bart?

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Mundane Monday (2016-02-29) Three

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 #48

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“I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences” Harvey Pekar

Tree Line

Painted with the finest ink
Added a little hue of pink
The colouring book of nature
Quite a spectacular feature
Across the evening sky

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Trees a Many (SL-WEEK) Four

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Trees

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“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” Warren Buffett

Summer

The classic image
Of an old movie
The luscious green
Of a summer scene
Visions of beauty
Will never diminish

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Trees a Many (SL-WEEK) Three

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Trees

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“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” Warren Buffett

Artwork

Mother Nature’s work of art
Colourful, simple and smart
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall
Following the ancient protocol

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Trees a Many (SL-WEEK) Two

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Trees

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“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” Warren Buffett

Blue and Black

Leafless branches
Dark against the sky
Scary some say
But I am taking my chances

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Trees a Many (SL-WEEK) One

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Trees

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“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” Warren Buffett

Tree Babies

Thriving in the sun
The little ones
Of which
Trees are to become

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Snack Time (Mundane Monday 2016-02-08)

Posted in 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 #45

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“Mondays are mundane, like Tuesdays minus 24 hours.
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Snack Time

Delicious and sweet
And quite the treat
Fruits with cake
Oh for heavens sake!
Just make them eat it honey!

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Fuzzy Vision, Four (SL-WEEK 26)

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Depth of Field

“There is nothing worse than a sharpe image with a fuzzy concept” Ansel Adams

Fuzzy Vision, Four

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World Wide Wednesday 2015-12-02

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

“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs” Susan Sontag

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

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Eight

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Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

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

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“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

The river snaking across the expanse
This may just be the promised land
Clear waters as far as the eye can see
A perfect place for the summer to flee

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