Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel
“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” Susan Heller
World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Parts Two
History written in stone
Time to get my mind blown
Hiking up the many stairs
Counting my steps in pairs
The many ancient ruins
On top of the mountain
The reward of the effort
Which made me sweat a lot
Poetry and Photography
Posted in Travel Words Bench Photo Challenge, the Bench Series
“I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench” Satchel Paige
A Bench to Sit on
I was looking for
A bench to sit on
What I hoped to score
Something close to a lawn
To lay my tired self
On a softer shelf
Then I saw it
The bench, made of stone
When I tried to sit
I felt it to my bones
Too hard for a fit!
Moving forward
I found one, made of wood
Maybe it wasn’t hard
Rather suitably good
Too soft for a fit!
So once again
I had to complain
But I knew, the right seat
Was just in reach
I just had to seek
A little while longer
As I moved along
The feeling now stronger
I knew it wouldn’t be long
I was close to finding
As I saw the metal shining
I finally found it
A bench made of metal
For me to sit
Soft as a petal
A purr-fect fit
Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of communications
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” George Bernard Shaw
SL WEEK 15: Communications; Hot Gossip
“Say what?”
“I was asking did you hear about Toddy?”
“What about Toddy?”
“I said Toddy got his back burnt badly and was taken to the hospital.”
“Oh, too much sun?”
“Sun?”
“Yes, sun. From laying on the beach?”
“No, I heard it was a cooking accident.”
“Cooking?”
“Yeah, apparently his sausages overboild!”
PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony” Mahatma Gandhi
Happy Place, At Sea (Part Three)
Step into the vessel
Forget the pressure
When setting sail
And hitting that trail
Hoping for
The gail to stay away
For a smooth journey
With a gentle sway
On the ocean’s gurney
PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking” Marcus Aurelius
Happy Place, Seashore (Part Two)
Happiness
Is a little stretch of emptiness
Of seashore that is
Sitting on the rocks
Watching the waves
Feeling the misbehave
Tossing shoes and socks
Walking to the waterline
Reminders of cloud nine
Sand between the toes
Silently uttered woes
Of never leaving…
…Paradise
PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters” Audrey Hepburn
Happy Place, Poolside (Part One)
Don’t worry, be happy
And yes, do make it snappy
I know you’re not in a hurry
And you needn’t worry
The happy place
You were looking for
Never really stays
In one place for too long
Don’t try to act like a nut
But get off your butt
Hit that road
Follow the toad
Oh, but wait!
Happiness starts at home
So, don’t hesitate
Get into the zone
Forget for a while the rules
And just dive into the pool
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart” Helen Keller
World Wide Wednesday Presents:Athens, Acropolis
Basking in the sun
Athens, Acropolis
A place of fun
A place of knowledge
Climbing up the mountain
Looking for the fountain
Of wisdom and history
Shrouded in mystery
Walking in the footsteps
Of the ancient Greeks
But, watch your steps
On the narrow streets
Once reaching the top
The effort but one hop
The view of awe and beauty
You know it really was your duty
“If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave” Theophile Gautier
Happy Caturday to All Freakish Felines
Cats hard at work in Rhodes, Greece.
Restauranteur
Shopkeeper
Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
“I actually had to use Industrial Light & Magic to remove lens flare in a couple of shots, which is, I know, moronic. But I think admitting you’re an addict is the first step towards recovery” J.J. Abrams
SL-Week: Flare
Looking up into the skies
Narrowing my eyes
From the blinding glare
The sun’s bright flare
The warmth on my skin
And the feeling within
Nature’s awesome beauty
Makes me wanna boogie-woogie
“Connecting people” the artist formerly known as Nokia
Connected
“This week, show us how two (or more) things — people, objects, places — come together.”
Separated by four thousand kilometres
Different countries, cultures and philosophers
But wherever there is a need for commerce
People are surely coming together in a market place
Rantings Of A Third Kind 