World Wide Wednesday 2015-12-23

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Posted in the series, World Wide Wednesday around the world in photographs
Photography, Poetry, Travel

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home” Matsuo Basho

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

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

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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 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

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Mallorca, Part Four, Night

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Finland, Espoo, Suburbia

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Delphi, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Two

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Three

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Four

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Five

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Six

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Seven

Word Wide Wednesday Presents, Porvoo, Finland, Part Eight

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Two

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Three

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Rhodes Island, Part Four

World Wide Wednesday Presents: London, Verbania, Athens

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Manaus, Rhodes, Cyprus

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Brazil, Cyprus and Rhodes

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part Two

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre 

“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before” Dalai Lama

World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre in Black and White

Welcome to Hel-sinki!
Did you land here quite unexpectedly?
Please, have a look around
It’s more pleasant than it sounds
Nice, clean, safe and poetic
Our small town of the idyllic
We’re way up North
But well while the worth
Of making a short trip
Even with a tall ship
So stay a while, take a look around
You may be surprised of what you found

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki, Finland, Part One

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World Wide Wednesday Presents: Helsinki City Centre 

“Once a year go somewhere you have never been before” Dalai Lama

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The Helsinki Cathedral

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Alexander II

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& Friends

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The Senate Square7

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The Market Square

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Havis Amanda

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Esplanade

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Shoes for regular size feet 😛

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Contemporary cave paintings in the city Metro

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Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-22

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“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone” Charles M. Schulz

Quote a Week Tuesday, 2015-12-22

In honour of Yuletide, this week’s quote is that of Christmas time:

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year” Charles Dickens

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Mundane Monday (REPOST)

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Poetry and Photography
Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I’m a man of simple pleasures, really” Arthur Darvill

Mundane Monday

Just another Manic Monday
Certainly not my fun day
Back in the office again
Simply cannot explain
It just happens
Always after weekend
Leaving me baffled
I cannot help myself
And leaves me overwhelmed
I just end up here
In this stratosphere
Called work

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Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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Back on track after 27.12.! Happy Holidays One and All!

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Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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“What is this thing called “holiday” everyone keeps talking about?” Gun Roswell

Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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Dear Rantings of a Third Kind fans, followers and readers. Officially Rantings aka Gun Roswell will take some time off to enjoy a much earned holiday period of one week. Spending her time looking for new inspiration in a far away foreign land 😉

But no worries, there are still a few posts delivered on daily basis for your enjoyment, so stay tuned: Same bat-time, same bat-channel!

Wishing you all, happy holidays in case you are celebrating and for those of you who are not, have fun anyway and enjoy life!

~Gun~

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A Bench to Sit on (2015-12-20)

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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 20-12-2015)

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“I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench” Satchel Paige

A Bench to Sit on

I was looking for
A bench to sit on
What I hoped to score
Something close to a lawn
To lay my tired self
On a softer shelf

Then I saw it
The bench, made of stone
When I tried to sit
I felt it to my bones
Too hard for a fit!

Moving forward
I found one, made of wood
Maybe it wasn’t hard
Rather suitably good
Too soft for a fit!

So once again
I had to complain
But I knew, the right seat
Was just in reach
I just had to seek

A little while longer
As I moved along
The feeling now stronger
I knew it wouldn’t be long
I was close to finding
As I saw the metal shining

I finally found it
A bench made of metal
For me to sit
Soft as a petal
A purr-fect fit

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Caturday: Rulers of the World (2015-12-19)

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In honour of Caturday

Photo credits include: Miranda Kuusisto, Jessica Solingius and Minttu Gustafsson

“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat” Edgar Allan Poe

Caturday: Rulers of the World

They run your world
Despite whatever you heard
Twisting you around their tall tails
Urging you to run on nails
You will jump when they hail
“Yes Ma’am” you hear yourself say
When they approach you with a sway
And tell you it is time to play

Cats, are the rulers of the world
Sometimes you may hear yourself say “shit”
But you have to admit
You are loving every minute of it

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Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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“What is this thing called “holiday” everyone keeps talking about?” Gun Roswell

Rantings Of A Third Kind on Holiday (19.-27.12.)

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Dear Rantings of a Third Kind fans, followers and readers. Officially Rantings aka Gun Roswell will take some time off to enjoy a much earned holiday period of one week. Spending her time looking for new inspiration in a far away foreign land 😉

But no worries, there are still a few posts delivered on daily basis for your enjoyment, so stay tuned: Same bat-time, same bat-channel!

Wishing you all, happy holidays in case you are celebrating and for those of you who are not, have fun anyway and enjoy life!

~Gun~

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Fabulous Friday or Ode to my Shiny Golden Shoes (2015-12-18)

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“We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” Marianne Williamson

Fabulous Friday or Ode to my Shiny Shoes

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My shiny golden shoes
No time for the blues
Singing and dancing
In my shoes of fancy

My lovely golden shoes
Act as some kind of muse
They might be flashy
But I feel quite dashy

I may not be Howard Hughes
And I don’t need any booze
With minimal financing
I am out celebrating

Thank Goodness
For Fabulous Fridays!

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