I Thought My Life Would Include More Impromptu Sing-a-longs (Repost for SL WEEK)

“I cannot sing, dance or act. That’s never stopped me from doing any of those things” Gun Roswell

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I Thought My Life Would Include More Impromptu Sing-a-longs

Call me crazy
Or a little hazy
Mostly amazing
And feeling like a daisy

Bursting into song
With the bang of a gong

In the middle of the street
Quick on my feet
On a rush hour bus
Without any fuss

Laughing, prancing
Singing, dancing

A dull working day
Blowing my mind away
Standing in the checkout line
Feeling absolutely fine

Laughing, prancing
Singing, dancing

Call the white coats
And have me committed?
Wouldn’t you rather
join me and admit it
A sing-a-long
Was just the thing
You needed
All along

Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream

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Throwback Thursday 2016-01-14

Posted in the Throwback Thursday weekly series
Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!

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“I have a secret project which adds four hours every day to the 24 hours we have. There’s a bit of time travel involved” Sundar Pichai

Throwback Thursday 2016-01-14

Each Thursday we walk down memory lane and dig deeply into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind. For these posts, I have chosen some of my personal favourites. Some of them may tickle the funny bone, some even provoke thoughts and some of them will give you a view of the world in photographs taken by yours truly.

Here are a few featured today for your enjoyment today:

A Rose by any other Name (Repost for TBT)

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Life without Coffee? (Repost for TBT)

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Sitting in My usual Place (Repost for TBT)

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Let the Rantings continue!!!
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Snow Day (Daily Photos 2016-01-13), Four

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography
(2016-01-13)

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“Hell no! Even more snow? This is getting old really fast!” Gun Roswell

Snow Day, Four

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Also note
The following warnings
Which may cause
Difficulties:

Walking the dog

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Pushing a stroller

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Mail delivery

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And in general
Staying on a path

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Life without Coffee? (Repost for TBT)

Posted in the Throwback Thursday weekly series
Poetry, photography, tales and things that nature!

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“There is no life before the first cup of coffee in the morning”

Life without Coffee?

It’s getting to be a borderline cliche
Like something so unnerving at play
But out of all the things to loose
If I really had to choose
What ever troubles life may bring
There is this only one thing
There is one thing I cannot do without
Uttered without hesitation or doubt
Not without my Coffee!

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Snow Day (Daily Photos 2016-01-13), Three

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography
(2016-01-13)

“Hell no! Even more snow? This is getting old really fast!” Gun Roswell

Snow Day, Three

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Caution:
Slippery roads
And extremely bad
Driving conditions
Be careful
Or leave your car
At home

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Snow Day (Daily Photos 2016-01-13), Two

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography
(2016-01-13)

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“Hell no! Even more snow? This is getting old really fast!” Gun Roswell

Snow Day, Two

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Expected:
A snowstorm front
Heavy snowfall
All through the day

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Ten degrees Celsius
Of the minus variation
Appears colder
On your skin

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Stay indoors
If you can

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Snow Day (Daily Photos 2016-01-13), One

Posted in the Daily Photo series
Poetry & Photography
(2016-01-13)

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“Hell no! Even more snow? This is getting old really fast!” Gun Roswell

Snow Day, One

Weather forecast:
January, weekday
Early morning
Two AM

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Friends (Mundane Monday 2016-01-11)

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.”

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“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Friends (Mundane Monday 2016-01-11)

Together
Sitting pretty
We are
Quite witty
Friends
Are we three
What better
Could life be

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Ode to My Family: Photography and Poetry (Repost for SL-WEEK)

Photography and Poetry

“Remember, as far as everyone knows, we are a nice, normal family!”

Ode to My Family

Can’t live with them
Can’t live with them
That is really all that can be said
Rather than whining, I wrote this ode instead

I would like to put them in a box
And take them out when ever needed
But there is a warning to be headed
They really are quite crazy
Maybe a little hazy
And cunning like the fox
The may not be my kind of crazy
But they are still family
Even though scattered all over
Like a five leaf clover
I still have the luxury
Maybe even compulsory
To keep in touch with them
Thank Goodness for such gems
As Instagram and Facebook
Now we are all hooked

So without resistance
Lets enjoy the distance
No just kidding
I love you guys!

Click on the images for higher resolution

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Winter, Winter

Posted in Seasonal
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
Poetry, Photography, Humour

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“There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter” Billy Connolly

Winter, Winter

Oh winter, winter
You are such a splinter
In our collective derrières

Oh winter winter
I am using my printer
Producing images of summer

Oh winter winter
The whitish tinter
Gets old really fast

Oh winter winter
Do I really sound bitter
Just kidding, I’ll get by 😉

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