In honour of the month of November
Photography and Poetry
&
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“I enter the world called real as one enters a mist” Julien Green
Early Morning Mist with a touch of Red
The eerie morning mist
Before the sun has kissed
The clouds a grayish shade
Before the mist will fade
The skies slowly turning into red
Looking forward to the day ahead
Will it be another day filled with sunshine
Or do I rain and cold wind only find?
Blogging 201, Day Six: The Uncluttered Sidebar
Time to move on to another part of your blog where small changes have a big impact: your sidebar.
Today’s takeaways: we’ll understand the purposes widgets serve, think critically about which widgets are most helpful for us, and start to basic widget customization.
Action time! Add one new widget to your blog — think strategically! — and customize its title and settings. You don’t have to keep it, but get comfortable with the process.
“I think the word ‘blog’ is an ugly word. I just don’t know why people can’t use the word ‘journal.’” Moby
Blogging 201, Day Six: The Uncluttered Sidebar
Head to the Commons today to:
* Learn what widgets are how they’re useful
* Choose the right widgets for your blog
* Understand basic ways to customize widgets
I have found the widgets to be the most helpful and useful way to organize and arrange search both within the blog and to the outside links. I have also created a few widgets for some of the sites which challenges I take part in.
On the right hand side, I have placed widgets for; Recent posts, Top posts, Blogs I follow, Social Media buttons, Categories, Archives, Calendar, Blog following, Flickr and Instagram Photos among others. I put them in an order, which I consider to be most important (ascending order). Of course, I do change the order from time to time, depending, if I need to add or remove something.
Here are some examples from my blog:
Keep calm and keep on blogging!
“The most complicated skill is to be simple” Dejan Stojanovic
It’s only complicated if you are stupid
“It’s complicated”
Don’t you just hate it
The comment that pops up
Like excuses, filling the cup
But it’s not, really, is it?
It’s just a made up quip
It is actually very simple
Super sweet, short and simple
Think smart and on the dot
Lying down or on your feet
Something made up on the spot
Or even profoundly deep
If it’s not rocket science
The appliance
Is usually elementary
And easily supplementary
So lay down the stupid
Forget the complicated
Unless you want a pimple
Because life really is very simple
When you get right down to it
October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry
&
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true”
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Blue Moment
That moment at dawn
Has you quite drawn
The sky and nature
Of one blue creature
The coolest of blues
The nature in hue…
…A natural true blue
Photo101 Rehab, The Clinic: Week 45 Wrap Up, Hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“Last year, after completing the Photo101 course, I opened the Photo Rehab Event in this blog, a ‘healing clinic’, for all of us who love photography (hobbyists, amateurs, pro-shooters and enthusiasts) who missed the course and daily interaction with other photobloggers.” Lucile De Godoy
Check out all the magnificent photographs by excellent photographers for this week from Lucile’s site:
Week 45: Wrap up Photo101 Rehab
Also featured Rantings Of A Third Kind:
“Gun from Rantings of a Third Kind is a writer who is also passionate about photography. Visiting her blog you surely enjoy inspiring poetry and gets to see Finland at night, and its beautiful autumn views.”
October: Month of wellingtons and mackintoshes
Photography and Poetry
&
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall” J.R.R. Tolkien
Nightfall, City Lights
The soft coloured city lights
Reflecting on the water
In the darkened nights
Of the month of October
Standing on the pier
No one else is near
Reflecting the day’s events
Before I finally relent
And start my journey home
In honour of the month of November
Photography and Poetry
&
Posted in response to The Clinic-Photo Rehab hosted by Lucile De Godoy
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns” George Eliot
Leaves of November
The colours may be fading
The cold nights not aiding
The circle of life still a fact
Use camouflage to distract?
Winter knocking at the door
Trying hard to ignore
Yearn for life weighing more
Growing stronger than before
In honour of the month of November
Poetry and Photography
“The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully” Henry Rollins
Just Another Week Day in November
Oh how time flies
Right in front of my eyes
Like a time laps movie
Running by the history
The sun rises and sun sets
Fluffy clouds a wonder
Rain and thunder
Making the ground wet
It used to be January
Now it is already November
Maybe it was just imaginary
Or just something I remember
The Daily Post Photo challenge: Ornate
Forget about subdued and restrained. This week, let’s embrace the breathtakingly extravagant.
“A lot of designs are grounded in history even though they tend to be clean and not overly ornate. The sculptural form is often historic. If you come to our exhibit, a lot of things will look familiar” Ellen Lupton
Ornate, The Natural History Museum of London
A building
Filled with beauty and history
A home to many a -logy
Botany, entomology, mineralogy
Paleontology and zoology
You may bump into a dinosaur
But don’t worry, it will not roar
Explore the various galleries
Where many of Earth’s memories
Are housed
Public engagement and education
Plenty of research and curation
The Darwin centre with specimen
The Attenborough Studio for conservation
Plenty to choose from
In honour of Caturday, for all cats everywhere
Poetry, Song and Photography
“You know, from my point of view, I’m the luckiest cat on the planet” Hugh Hefner
Caturday, 2015-11-07
The cat in the mirror
The sleek feline figure
Eyes blue as sapphire
Her spirit filled with fire
Herself does she admire
