Fire in the Sky for SL-Week One

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of Fire
Photography /Poetry /Tales /Humour

Fire in the Sky for SL-Week

“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning”

The Sky is Falling

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“The sky is falling upon us…”
The peasant screamed
As he ran towards the small village
Horrified, like woken from a bad dream
Panting heavily, before the sentence he could finish

“There will be no tomorrow”
The village elder retorted
As he looked into the horizon in sorrow
But hoping for one more day to borrow

As the flaming rays of the sun
Aptly, were the smoking gun
Had painted the skies red
Scaring the villagers under their beds

Sitting on the porch
Lit by a flaming torch
Was a little girl with courage
And eating her porridge
Looking up at the sky
As an evil smile her face passed by

“Oh, you foolish elders
Looking for a coward’s shelter
It’s not the end of the world as we know it
But a nature’s game of wit
No need to go all bananas,
Just relax and try enjoying
The beautiful painting
On the sky’s canvas”

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Cyprus for Throwback Thursday Four

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

Cyprus for Throwback Thursday

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
― Lao Tzu

Mystery Island

The island of mystery
The island of beauty
Come take a trip with me
In black and white photography

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Cyprus for Throwback Thursday One

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

Cyprus for Throwback Thursday

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
― Lao Tzu

Taverns and Restaurants

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A stroll in the heat of summer
Looking for a place to recover
Taverns and restaurants beckoning
A cold drink for thirst lessening

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Cyprus for Throwback Thursday Three

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Poetry, photography, humour, travel, tales and things that nature!

Cyprus for Throwback Thursday

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
― Lao Tzu

Seated in Cyprus

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A single seat?
Or one designed for two?
In this heat
Who could want to be glued
To someone else’s skin
With clothes this thin

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Throwback Thursday 2016-06-30

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

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
― Lao Tzu

Cyprus for Throwback Thursday

On Thursdays 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.

This week’s digging into the archives, has produced a set of posts related to travel, specifically those of the beautiful island of Cyprus: Enjoy!

Taverns and Restaurants (TBT)
Seas of Turquoise (TBT)
Seated in Cyprus (TBT)
Mystery Island (TBT)

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Cyprus for Throwback Thursday Two

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Poetry, photography, humour, travel, tales and things that nature!

Cyprus for Throwback Thursday

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
― Lao Tzu

Seas of Turquoise

Planning on staying a while
On the beautiful isle
That of Cyprus
Home to many a cypress
The surrounding seas of turquoise
Swimming around like the tortoise

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Two

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Tales /Travel

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Details of Helsinki

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself”
~ Matthew Karsten

Windows

A window to nowhere
Separating this and elsewhere
If the window is opened wide
Will the two worlds, collide?

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-One

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Tales /Travel

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Details of Helsinki

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself”
~ Matthew Karsten

Uspenski Cathedral

If all we would need
Was a hail storm
For people to reform
And all our differences
To exceed…

One can only dream
And maybe one day
It will become real
But for today
It’s only preserved
In a picture frame

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Tales /Travel

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Details of Helsinki

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself”
~ Matthew Karsten

Up Up Up

“Hey!
Look up!
I think we’re in Canada now!”

“Oh Canada…”

“Wait, stop singing!
It’s just Helsinki
There’s still lots of swimming:
Hope we won’t be sinking,
And reach Canada!”

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Nineteen

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Tales /Travel

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Details of Helsinki

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself”
~ Matthew Karsten

Tram Ride

The sign promised
A low sugar tram ride
But to be really honest
It was just an ad on the side

Anyway, since you got in it
Enjoy the narrow and wide
City of mine

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