Week Three: This week’s theme: The Park Bench
“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet” Napoleon Bonaparte
The Respite
Don’t be afraid
Please, sit down
I may look a little dreary
But it’s nice here in the shade
Surely you must be weary
From your stroll around town
I may not be the perfect sight
But before you scoff
Just take a load off
I promise not to bite
Photography and Poetry: The Clinic /Photo Rehab
“A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden” Terri Guillemet
Fire in the Sky
When the clock struck seven
High up in the heavens
The white, blue and yellow
Happily mixed together
Looking up at the skies
The vision burning my eyes
Painted in the colour red
Like the Almighty had bled
The horizon in full flame
Watching the complete frame
The sky was on fire
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Let the rantings begin!
The old adage ‘Life is something, that happens when you are busy making other plans’ applies in most situations. Whether it is something you planned for the day or a bigger plan like your career from the time you finished school and started work life, the one thing you can be sure of is that nothing will go exactly the way you planned.
Rather than dwelling on the bigger plan, I would like to share some of the day-to-day experiences and how the adage ‘Well begun is half done’ does not always add up!
Sometimes something as simple as buying groceries may end up being a little more than you bargained for…
“All the well laid plans”
A quick trip to the supermarket
I had planned to do my shopping for the week and finish working early to avoid the rush hour. Unfortunately my boss had other ideas: A rush job, which needed to be done urgently, today.
So, I changed my plans and stayed late. Guess my boss was the one with the bigger plan this time.
When I finally managed to sneak out, I got into my car and drove into the street. I had arrived just in time for the traffic jam! An endless sea of cars back to back with no way in or out from the roundabout. Well, I did not get to go to the carnival last time they were in town, so guess I could enjoy myself in a merry-go-round for a while, listening to my favourite tunes on the radio.
After a while the traffic…
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Photography and Poetry
“Life is all about finding people who are your kind of crazy”
Two Of A Kind
One of them smaller
The other one taller
Side by side
Like Jekyll and Hyde
Pretty and ugly
Together quite snugly
Faded and colourful
Together more powerful
Some portraits of my family…
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Sister Miranda and Niece Laura
Mommy Dearest
Laura’s got a brand new bag
“Roses may say “I love you,” but the cactus says “Fuck off”” Jarod Kintz
The Rose
The scent most intoxicating
Beauty most captivating
A vision most fascinating
No time for deliberating
A little delicate flower
Has every bit of power
Listen to it whisper
Don’t be afraid, come hither
Cannot resist
It has me captivated
If it wouldn’t exist
I would be devastated
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Celebrating an anniversary; A thirty years’ journey with my Partner in Crime
“Just remember if we get caught, you’re deaf and I don’t speak English”
Me and My Shadow
It was nineteen eighty-five
When I hitched a ride
Ever since that time
We have been tied
Like sugar and spice
Abbott and Costello
And what have you
I am still quite amazed
And feeling totally graced
That someone would stare at my face
For thirty odd years straight
So thanks for all this time, sweetheart
Lets try to make it to the next part
And add another thirty to the cart
After all the most important thing
Which makes you want to sing
It’s good to have that one person
Who will support you without a reason
No matter how serious
Or delirious
Life gets
I will bet
You will still be the one
Who I can rely on
To go absolutely
And completely
Bonkers with
Ain’t that a hit!
Photography
Continuing with todays theme of clouds in the sky, with a slight expectancy of rain and with the option of thunder 😉
Location: Finland, Espoo, Keilasatama (my spot for lunch break 😛 )
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“A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea” Dutch proverb
The Lighthouse
Follow the light
Without a fight
And you just might
Have a journey
Without a plight
The beacon
Is the reason
Your vessel
Found its way
Without a hassle
Safely, into the bay
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