“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page” St. Augustine
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca Part Three, Odds and Ends
Taking a ride on a train
On this island of Spain
Driving down a narrow lane
Watching the local terrain
Sun is shining, no rain
Sipping on champagne
Feeling very entertained
Passing the mountain chain
And the flattest of plains
There is nothing mundane
About this trip across the domain
“There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same” Carlos Santana
Blue Moment
That silent moment
Between sunset
And complete darkness
The blue moment
Sets, before the sun
Photography and Poetry
“The fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light” Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry To Gabriola
October Day in Suburbia
The sun was beckoning
Behind the closed window shades
The outside warm and welcoming
Blue skies and colours splayed
On the tableau drawn by nature
Quite the creator
Of beauty and awe
Almost dropped my jaw
When I stepped outside
And stared with pride
Poetry and Photography
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance” Carl Sandburg
Leaves of October
The leaves of colour
Soon but shadows
Slowly fading away
In the October rain
Autumn leaves
Falling down
From the trees
On to the ground
The winds are soon
But a silent whisper
As the leaves bloom
Out of existence
Poetry and Photography
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“When walking through the ‘valley of shadows,’ remember, a shadow is cast by a Light” Austin O’Malley
Shadow Play in October Part Two
The October sun’s shadows
Casting tall and narrow
The darkened figures
Painting abstract pictures
Onto every surface
Carefully you listen
But the only sound
Is the soft whistle
Of the Autumn leaves
Landing on the ground
Poetry and Photography
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow” Helen Keller
Shadow Play in October Part One
The sun in zenith
Standing beneath it
My shadow casting tall
Despite feeling small
The shadows at play
On this October day
Wish I could stay
A while longer
Celebrating all Animals everywhere on World Animal Day
Photo credits include Miranda Kuusisto, Jessica Solingius, Johanna Nieminen
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Mahatma Gandhi
World Animal Day, 2015-10-04
What would the world be
Without a cat, elephant or a bee
As far as the eye can see
Birds sitting in the trees
Join in and celebrate
All creatures great and small
They have given us much more
Than anyone can elaborate
Lucile De Godoy hosting Photo Rehab, The Clinic
Photo Rehab, The Clinic: Week 40 Wrap Up
“In December 2014, after completing the Photo101 course, I opened the Photo Rehab Event in this blog, a ‘healing clinic’, for all of us who love photography (hobbyists, amateurs, pro-shooters and enthusiasts) who missed the course and daily interaction with other photobloggers” Lucile De Godoy
Check out all the magnificent photographs for this week from Lucile’s site:
Week 40: Wrap up Photo101 Rehab
Also featured Rantings Of A Third Kind:
September in Suburbia, Part Seven
September in Suburbia, Part Eight, Leaves
September in Suburbia, Part Nine, Leaves
October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and poetry
“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”
Sunny Days in October, Part Four
October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and poetry
“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”
Sunny Days in October, Part Three
Rantings Of A Third Kind 