Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Mix and Match in Helsinki
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber
People of all Sorts
The lady with her dog
Was looking for a grog
The taxi had already gone
So she decided to sit on the log
The dude is a statue
He was quite the virtue
Now with a seagull
He seems a little dull
Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Mix and Match in Helsinki
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber
By the Water Fountain
By the old water fountain
Because I did not want to
Climb the tallest mountain!
Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Mix and Match in Helsinki
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber
Market Square
“Fresh fish,
Get you fresh fish here,
Catch of today
On your plate won’t stay!”
“Sausages,
Fresh boiled sausages
Made from reindeer
Don’t worry dear
Rudolf not included!”
“I-iice cream,
Come and get some i-iice cream,
Cold and cooling
If you need the smoothing!”
Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Mix and Match in Helsinki
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber
Ye Old Shopping Mall
What ever your heart may desire…
Well, then you’ve come to the wrong place
But we do like to cater to the buyer
In this old historic space
They commonly call
The Market Hall
Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel
Mix and Match in Helsinki
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber
Harbour Area
A slow boat to Sweden
Or a catamaran to Tallinn
If you are looking for Eden
Well, maybe
But you better be all in!
Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye I
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue
Day Five_ “Connect”
* In this age of social media, we hear the word connect often, don’t we? Connect with us on Facebook! Connect with me on LinkedIn! Given what today’s technologies can do, it feels like the world is getting smaller, and we’re more connected than ever.
Connecting for WP Developing Your Eye II
“Call me on the line, call me any day or night” Blondie
Call Me
“Use the phone:
Just dial the numbers!
No Twitter
No Facebook
No Instagram
No damned text messages!
That’s it:
Use your fingers
Push the buttons
Numbers
One by one
Put the receiver
Against your ear
Can you hear
The ring tone?
That’s it!
Use
Your
Own
Voice
And just,
Call me!”
Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye I
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue
Day Five_ “Connect”
* In this age of social media, we hear the word connect often, don’t we? Connect with us on Facebook! Connect with me on LinkedIn! Given what today’s technologies can do, it feels like the world is getting smaller, and we’re more connected than ever.
Connecting for WP Developing Your Eye II
“We’re on a road to nowhere” Talking Heads
On a Road to Nowhere
On the road to nowhere
In a hurry, to get there
I would rather be elsewhere
But instead
I want to go everywhere
I want to get
Connected
Posted in WordPress Course: WP Writing: Intro to Poetry
Photography /Poetry
Day Four_ Journey
* Today, write a poem about a journey. You could channel your excitement about a trip you’re about to embark on (or just returned from), comment on the mental progress you witnessed someone make, or focus on the struggles, pleasures, and extreme emotions that travel can bring about.
* Enhance your poem with a simile if you’d like — it’s a common poetic device that uses words like “as” or “like” to show similarity between two unconnected concepts.
“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love” Ernest Hemingway
A Journey to the Island
The long trip survived
We had finally arrived
For long the journey
Had been planned
Sometimes with moods of stormy
With many a doors slammed
But now, as I am sitting
A view in front of me fitting
My mood is calmer than the sea
And intentions anything but flee
We had finally arrived
Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye II
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue
Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size
* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.
Scale
“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin
Dudes
Dudes from the present
Dudes from the past
Many a time may have been spent
But they’ll always have a blast
Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye II
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue
Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size
* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.
Scale
“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin
Straight Line
“Who stepped out of the line?”
“Not I, Sir,
Not I!”
Rantings Of A Third Kind 