Details of Suomenlinna Fortress for World Wide Wednesday: Two

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Details of Suomenlinna Fortress for World Wide Wednesday

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

Cafe

Picking up a tray
For a while
Planning to stay
In this cozy
Family style cafe

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Details of Suomenlinna Fortress for World Wide Wednesday: One

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Details of Suomenlinna Fortress for World Wide Wednesday

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

Triptych 

Not saving any ink
Painted pink
The house stands tall
Winter, Spring, Summer and fall
In the harbour
From port to starboard

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Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday (3)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday

“When in Finland, sit like the Finns do”

Hurry, reserve that Seat!

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“Hurry, hurry!
Someone will steal
That cool seat
And we’ll be left standing
On our two feet!”

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Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday (4)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday

“When in Finland, sit like the Finns do”

Good Seats come in Threes!

They say
Good things
Don’t grow on trees
But some things
Come in threes
And make great seats

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Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday (2)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday

“When in Finland, sit like the Finns do”

Green Seat

A little lone seat
Painted in green
Out here in the heat
Maybe old fashioned
And a little compassion
Add some graffiti
And it’ll turn out neat!

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Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday (1)

Posted in Seat Sunday
Photography /Poetry /Humour

“When in Finland, sit like the Finns do”

Take a Seat in Suomenlinna for Seat Sunday 

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Cafe in a pink house
Somewhere, thereabouts
Sit down, have a coffee
With a bun, laced with toffee

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Narrow for The Daily Post (Five)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Narrow for The Daily Post

“They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.”
Bob Massie

Narrow Surface

Tiptoeing
On this narrow stick
Easy going
Because, it really
Is not so thick!

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Narrow for The Daily Post (Four)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Narrow for The Daily Post

“They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.”
Bob Massie

Gate

“Open the gate!
Open the gate!”

The crowd went wild
Like a petulant child
The boat was arriving
No time for driving

“Got to get on board!
Because I left my Ford
On the docks
And it’s locked!”

And finally
To borrow a quote,
On a slow boat
To meet my privacy

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Narrow for The Daily Post (Three)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Narrow for The Daily Post

“They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.”
Bob Massie

Light at the end of the Tunnel

Every tunnel
Has its light
At the end
Of the funnel

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Narrow for The Daily Post (Two)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour

Narrow for The Daily Post

“They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.”
Bob Massie

Luxury Flat

Stuck between
A rock
And a hard place
– That’s
The flat
She stays in

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