Seat Sunday (2016-07-17)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour /Tale

“I don’t want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years” Frank Lampard

Seat Sunday

I have followed the yellow brick road
And it led me to this humble abode
Surrounded by a picket fence
And a green grass oh so dense

Now I am stationed here for all eternity
The yellow bricks stacked behind me
Grass growing tall, reaching to infinity
The inhabitants enjoying me occasionally

Maybe this is the place I will settle
And every day brew me tea in a kettle
I may be made out of wood and metal
But I can be quite sentimental

I am a special bench
Possibly made by the French
Sometimes in the drain I drench
Still, I am quite the mensch 😉

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Just Another Day in July for Daily Photo

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

“Do what we can, summer will have its flies.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just Another Day in July for Daily Photo

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If you expected sunshine,
Sitting on a terrace
With a cool glass of wine
And feeling, just fine

Then,
I hate to disappoint
Dearie,
But it seems,
The odds
Are heavily
Against you

The weather gods
Decided their jobs
Was to make you sob

Like the true sociopaths
Bringing on their wrath
Even if you did not need a bath

But soaking wet
Soon you’ll be
If you think
The game is set
Maybe
It is time to flee

Or then

Just forget,
The bummer
After all
It is summer
And just
Another day
In July

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Reaching for the Sky for the Daily Post

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Photography /Poetry

Look Up for The Daily Post

“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Reaching for the Sky

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Watching
The skies
Wondering,
What,
Beyond the horizon
Lies

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Rails in the Sky for the Daily Post

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Look Up for The Daily Post

“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work” A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Rails in the Sky

Take a slow ride
Up, up in the sky
You know you want to
Go as high
As high as the sky
With the ride
The ride to the sky

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Konebuilding (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Day Seven: “Big” — A Point of View

Today, let’s go big. Photograph something of massive size, inside or outside. Get creative with your shot: Capture all or just part of the subject. Place it in the foreground so it takes up the entire frame. Or shoot it from afar so it appears smaller — yet still prominent.

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us” Winston Churchill

Konebuilding

A tall glass house of blue
Possibly quite see through
Hardly qualified as a skyscraper
But with many a
Windows, doors and elevators
It’s easily a wannabe simulator

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My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II) Two

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Photography /Poetry /Humour /Informative

Day Six: “Landscape” — Crop Your Image

Today, let’s walk in the footsteps of masters like Ansel Adams and focus on landscape photography.

Landscapes generally focus on wide, vast depictions of nature and all of its elements, from formations to weather. In this genre of photography, you won’t find much of a human presence: nature itself is the subject. A focus on nature isn’t mandatory, however — you can also capture a sweeping panorama of a city.

My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II)

“I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued” Galen Rowell

My homestead

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My homestead
Where I get rested
Where I can clear my head
The place where I am fed
And each night
Go to bed

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My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II) One

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Photography /Poetry /Humour /Informative

Day Six: “Landscape” — Crop Your Image

Today, let’s walk in the footsteps of masters like Ansel Adams and focus on landscape photography.

Landscapes generally focus on wide, vast depictions of nature and all of its elements, from formations to weather. In this genre of photography, you won’t find much of a human presence: nature itself is the subject. A focus on nature isn’t mandatory, however — you can also capture a sweeping panorama of a city.

My homestead (WP Developing Your Eye II)

“I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued” Galen Rowell

Mäkkylä, Espoo, Finland

Mäkkylä is a small area of the Leppävaara district of Espoo, near Helsinki. The area had 3936 inhabitants at the turn of 2013-2014. The housing has grown steadily since the 1960s, and most of the buildings in the area are residential buildings. Mäkkylä has a railway station, small industries, two schools , a couple of day care centers and a ball field. It is also the home for the Central College of Arla for the seeing impaired.

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Under the Tree for Seat Sunday

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“A chair fit for a Queen and other Ladies too” Gun Roswell

Under the Tree for Seat Sunday

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“Ah, a cool summer’s breeze
I am possibly ready to sneeze
Better sit down on the bench!”

Said the little old wench
As she tightly held her thighs in a clench

Because that damned sneezing
Made her always queasy
And possibly a little uneasy
As to what might start to trickle
She started to giggle

“Oh, hurry up you old fool
And quickly sit down on that damned stool!”

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Dark Liquid (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry)

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Poetry /Humour /Photography /Haiku

Day One: Water

* Photography means “drawing with light.” When you take a picture with your camera, you use and record light to create an image. When we’re out and about, we often use the sun — our most abundant light source — to capture our scenes.
* For today’s poem, experiment with haiku — a short poetic form that works particularly well with nature-themed poetry.
o The haiku is a Japanese verse in three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables and line three has 5 syllables. Haiku is a mood poem and it doesn’t use any metaphors or similes. Usually when Haiku is taught the students are only given the restriction of the number of lines and syllables.

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it” Lao Tzu

Dark Liquid

Still water on ground
Dark cloud let it fall down
Light nowhere found

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Puddle Jumper (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry)

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Poetry /Humour /Photography /Haiku

Day One: Water

* Photography means “drawing with light.” When you take a picture with your camera, you use and record light to create an image. When we’re out and about, we often use the sun — our most abundant light source — to capture our scenes.
* For today’s poem, experiment with haiku — a short poetic form that works particularly well with nature-themed poetry.
o The haiku is a Japanese verse in three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables and line three has 5 syllables. Haiku is a mood poem and it doesn’t use any metaphors or similes. Usually when Haiku is taught the students are only given the restriction of the number of lines and syllables.

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it” Lao Tzu

Puddle Jumper

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With a hop and skip
Over the puddles I step
My damn shoe got wet

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