Elves, Daily Photo, 2015-12-04

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

Elves

“Tip tap tip tap tipe tipe tip tap”

The stars in the sky shining bright
No one knows where they tread

Dressed in white
Dressed in red

The Holiday Season is upon us
The Elves are all around us

Small or tall
They’re having a ball
Singing along
The holiday’s song

“Tip tap tip tap tipe tipe tip tap”

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Towering, Daily Photo, 2015-12-03

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That’s not me at all” Daphne Guinness

Towering

In the distance
The mere existence
In the presence of significance
The towering height
In all its might

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Favourite Photo Friday, 2015-12-04

In honour of the month of November
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!”

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“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past” Berenice Abbott

Favourite Photo Friday , 2015-12-04

“The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Elvis has left the Konebuilding”

This week’s favourite photo has to be the one of the Christmas ornament, or plastic Elvis, as I like to call it. The photograph was taken from one of the decorations of our office Christmas tree.

Related posts:
“Elvis has left the Konebuilding”

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A Visit to the North Pole

Posted in honour of the month of December
Poetry & Photography

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“O, how glorious would it be to set my heel upon the Pole and turn myself 360 degrees in a second!” Joseph Banks

A Visit to the North Pole

A quick trip
To the North Pole
A little hop and skip
To the beat of the drum roll

The elves busy at work
Their faces in a permanent smirk
No time for breaks or coffee
Not even a little toffee

The holiday season is upon us
Which has caused all the fuss
Be careful where you step though
You may end up in a pile of snow

Santa’s sleigh
Without delay
Flying over the river
Presents to deliver

Hitch a ride
In a blink of an eye
You’ll be landing
At the front door standing

Was it a dream
So it would seem
But then again
Life is but a dream

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December Moon, Part Five

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It’s not a miracle; we just decided to go” Jim Lovell

December Moon, Part Five

Welcome,
To the dark side
Of the moon

They promised
Strong coffee
With an option
Of cream

Half way there
Gave me a scare
What if
There was
No sugar?
Oh bugger!

So what
Coffee black
Is just
As good!

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December Moon, Part Four

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars” Gertrude Ederle

December Moon, Part Four

Echoes of the past
Echoes of the future
Time is moving fast
No later than sooner

Up high
In the sky
Total bliss
When time is
Standing still
If you blink
Even a wink
The moment
Passed you by
Oh how
Time flies

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December Moon, Part Three

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance” Arthur Smith

December Moon, Part Three

Moon moon
December moon
Bright in the night
Bright in the day
Hope you are
Here to stay

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December Moon, Part Two

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars” Bette Davis

December Moon, Part Two

“Look, the moon boss, the moon!”

December moon
You came so soon
Where did you go?
We were looking for you
Already a month ago
Here you are
Shining bright
Did you go far?
Never mind,
You are always
Such a delight!

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December Moon, Part One

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography

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“The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to” Carl Sandburg

December Moon, Part One

Partly hidden
Behind the soft clouds
Playing chicken?
Or just a misty shroud?

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December The First

Posted in honour of the month of December
Poetry and Photography

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“December’s wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer’s memory…” John Geddes

December The First

December the first
Came with a burst
A sunrise most gorgeous
It’s almost flirtatious

Come what may
December made its way
Holiday season upon us
With sunshine in abundance

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