Word Wide Wednesday Presents: Lanzarote (2016-01-06); INTRO

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Photography, Poetry, Travel

Photo credits Gun Roswell and Google

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“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” Martin Buber

INTRO

This week’s World Wide Wednesday presents you the Island in the Atlantic Ocean, Lanzarote:

Arid Lanzarote, one of the Canary islands off the coast of West Africa, is known for its year-round warm weather, beaches and volcanic landscape. East-coast resort Puerto del Carmen has whitewashed villas, a harbor and dive centers. Caletón Blanco is a string of northern coves with calm, clear water for snorkeling, and Famara beach has cliffs for hang gliding and surf schools.

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Our little journey on the island was set in the small village of Puerto Del Carmen. Some fifteen minutes’ drive from the Arrecife Airport, also known as the Lanzarote Airport. The narrow, but good roads along the coast, were easy to navigate. Never mind google maps on your mobile phone, just follow the street signs and you are there! The island itself was not a big one, everything a short distance away. A week’s worth of relaxation and sightseeing dead ahead!

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World Wide Wednesday 2016-01-06

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Photography, Poetry, Travel

A glimpse into the archives of photography from around the world from Rantings Of A Third Kind on Wednesdays.

 

“It is better to travel well than to arrive” Buddha

World Wide Wednesday, Around the World in Black and White and Colour

This weeks posts:

Word Wide Wednesday Presents: Lanzarote (2016-01-06); INTRO

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Word Wide Wednesday Presents: Lanzarote (2016-01-06); RESORT

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Word Wide Wednesday Presents: Lanzarote (2016-01-06); SCENERY

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Circles of Life (The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge), Sun

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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

“With 2016 officially here, we face forward to take on what’s next. It’s a time of endings and beginnings, so I wanted a broad theme that could be simple, fun, and festive, but also complex and introspective. And so, circle it is.”

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“Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be” Anna Freud

Sun

During the early morning hours
Or for the late evening flowers
The big ball of light
Showing its might
Can’t live without it
It lifts up your spirits
To your power we freely submit
Oh sun, sun, sun
No, this is not a pun

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Circles of Life (The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge), Moon

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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

“With 2016 officially here, we face forward to take on what’s next. It’s a time of endings and beginnings, so I wanted a broad theme that could be simple, fun, and festive, but also complex and introspective. And so, circle it is.”

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“Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be” Anna Freud

Moon

Crescent moon
Full moon
A big white balloon
Wrapped up in a dark cocoon
Silence, the signature tune
Except,
When you are howling
At the moon

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Go to Sun

Circles of Life (The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge), Emergency Exit

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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

“With 2016 officially here, we face forward to take on what’s next. It’s a time of endings and beginnings, so I wanted a broad theme that could be simple, fun, and festive, but also complex and introspective. And so, circle it is.”

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“Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be” Anna Freud

Emergency Exit

The view from above
From the port window
Flying up high
Up in the blue sky
Close to the exit
Going through the checklist
Just in case…

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Go to Moon

Circles of Life (The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge), Coffee

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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle

“With 2016 officially here, we face forward to take on what’s next. It’s a time of endings and beginnings, so I wanted a broad theme that could be simple, fun, and festive, but also complex and introspective. And so, circle it is.”

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“Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be” Anna Freud

Coffee

A finest organic suspension ever devised
The heavenly concoction disguised
In a form of darkest of liquids
But with a fair warning depicted
You may get quite addicted

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Go to Emergency Exit

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-06

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Humour, Fabulous Times, Shoes

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“Behind every successful woman is a fabulous pair of shoes”

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2016-01-06

For today’s quote, I chose from a topic very near and dear to me. What is it?
Yes, you guessed it; Shoes! But seriously, this is one topic I do not take very lightly 😉

A woman can never have too many pairs of shoes!

The inspiration for this post actually came to me from the Albert and Victoria Museum exhibit of “12 Days of Shoes“, currently running in the museum. If you are in London,
you may want to check it out.

Meanwhile;

“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy shoes, and that is kind of the same thing!”

Happy Shoe Days, All!

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Related post:
Celebrating 12 Days of Shoes

Sunny Side of the Bench

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Bench a Sunday Post/Seat Sunday Series
Poetry and Photography
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Posted in Travel Words Photo Challenge Bench Series
(Sunday 03-01-2016)

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“When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family’s car at the drive-in” Forest Whitaker

Sunny Side of the Bench

On the sunny side of the bench
No option of getting drenched
Enjoying the long, warming rays
In these unworried and lazy days

Before the days are done
Soaking in the healing sun
With closed eyes this moment
Like an image in my mind burnt

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Fuzzy Vision, Seven (SL-WEEK 26)

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Depth of Field

“There is nothing worse than a sharpe image with a fuzzy concept” Ansel Adams

Fuzzy Vision, Seven

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Fuzzy Vision, Six (SL-WEEK 26)

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of, Depth of Field

“There is nothing worse than a sharpe image with a fuzzy concept” Ansel Adams

Fuzzy Vision, Six

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