Summer Dwelling (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day One: “Home” — Get Oriented

When you think of home, what do you imagine? You might picture a house from your past, your favorite neighborhood hangout, or a city you miss. And while home is often found on a map, it can also be less tangible: a loved one, a state of mind, a forgotten time.

“If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home” Malala Yousafzai

Summer Dwelling

Hidden from prying eyes
In the overgrown garden lies
A cottage made with love
Its owner fits like a glove

Invitations to stay are rare
But once you shown you care
A letter you will get in the mail
Just a few rules you should not fail

Do not smoke in your bed
Always put the tools back into the shed
And should you feel the urge to stay
Leave before the end of the play

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Opposites for The Daily Post One

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“It’s usually our opposites who complement us best, because they’re the only ones who can balance us out.”
― Rachel Hollis, Party Girl

Opposites for The Daily Post

Out with the old
In with the new
Even if it’s made of gold
There’s nothing we can do?

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Opposites for The Daily Post Two

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“It’s usually our opposites who complement us best, because they’re the only ones who can balance us out.”
― Rachel Hollis, Party Girl

Opposites for The Daily Post

But what if
We change it?
A new coat of paint
To look less quaint?

Looks won’t be deceiving
It’s all in the matter of perceiving
We can hide it
Or even camouflage it

It’s still an old version
Even after the conversion
But we need a little diversion
Even to the strongest aversion

So now, a new lease
And together in peace
With the neighbours of new
And no one says “ew!”

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Mini Cooper (TBT)

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Poetry, photography, humour, travel, tales and things that nature!

“You Don’t Need A Big One To Be Happy!”

Mini Cooper 

Baby I can drive my car?
Guess I will be going far?
I’m not going to be a star
But I like playing a guitar
Oh and driving my car,
My Mini Cooper car!

Beep, beep, beep – Yeah!

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Umbrella (TBT)

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“Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain” Bobby Darin

Umbrella 

Step under my umbrella
We can sing in a cappella
Like we were the Ella
Just out of hella
Lady or a fella

Let’s create a novella
You can play the Stella
Prance around like a gazella
Maybe invite the Cinderella
Even if she is vanilla

There is no dilemma
Here what I tell ‘Ya
It’s quite the Rockwell’a
So step under my umbrella
Just out of the hella

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Uphill Battle (TBT)

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“Snow and then some!”

Uphill Battle 

Ride, ride, ride your bike
Gently up the hill
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a chill

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty-Two

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

The beast of burden
Is quite determined
To haul its cargo
From here to Fargo

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty-One

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Little convertible
You are so flexible
And very transportable
But even still
The genuine article

A bike is a bike
Of course, of course!

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

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Bikes of colour
Bikes of plain
Bikes quite modern
Bikes, all the same

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Queen – Bicycle Race 

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Nine

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Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

When crossing the street
Better be quick on your feet
The bikerettes are on the move
In their vehicles of blue
With wheels of two

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