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 Two
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 One
Rain, rain, rain
And some more rain
But, wait… what?
Today, no rain?
Surprisingly sunny
To the point of funny
The air soft and warm
I could have sworn
It was late summer
But oh bummer
I wasn’t grinning
Because,
It was the beginning
Of October
A homage to Cats now departed
A dip into the photo archives.
“In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you” Michel de Montaigne
Happy Caturday 2015-10-03
I still remember
That day in September
When a furry bundle of joy
Appeared at my door
And with a loud roar
Shouted: Ahoy!
Over thirty years ago
With four more in tow
With fullest of force
Changing the course
Of my entire life
Without much strife
Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
In response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of ecology
“You don’t have to invent the wheel, but you might want to be the company that invents the rims” MC Hammer
SL WEEK 13: Four Wheel Drives
Four wheel drives
Of a different kind
Manual propulsion
With a little compulsion
Slowly getting nowhere
And then again, everywhere
Usage from ages zero
To the top one hundred
You can be a hero
Or a little weirdo
As long as you keep pedalling
The flow of adrenaline
Will keep you moving
Your condition improving
Hear the crowds cheering
As you are nearing
The finish line
Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
In response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of ecology
“Life is like riding a bicycle: you don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling” Claude Pepper
SL WEEK 13: I want to ride my Bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride it where I like
Sometimes, even a trike
With this simple vehicle
On a ride so magical
Ever so classical
In today’s world radical
And utterly likeable
Someone said impossible
Even behaviour maniacal
Never mind the icicles
And the cynicals
I just keep on riding on
My bicycle
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers” L.M. Montgomery
Nightfall in Suburbia
The expectance of storm and rain
Transformed into a beautiful play
The sunset beyond the treeline
Never looked so fine
The colours painted in the sky
Catering both mind and eye
A perfect ending for the day
I wish I had more time to stay
“I want to say something so embarrassing about September that even the leaves start blushing and turning red.” Jarod Kintz
September in Suburbia, Part Ten, The Last Day of September, One
Today
Is the final day
For the Autumn month
Of September
You were soft
You were warm
You were colourful
Your were plentiful
Did not promise much
But delivered more
And as such
I truly you adore
“People don’t take trips – trips take people.” John Steinbeck
A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.
Posts so far:
Around the World in Black and White, First Edition
Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part One
Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Two
Around the World in Black and White, Second Edition, Part Three
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Third Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part One
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fourth Edition: Rhodes Island, Part Two
Around the World in Black and White Presents: Fifth Edition: Cyprus
Around the World in Black and White Presents: London in the Rain
Around the World in Black and White Presents: London
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Natural History Museum, London
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Athens, Acropolis
World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part One