Showing posts with label photography poetry words.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography poetry words.. Show all posts

Thursday, September 17, 2009

She Walks in Beauty



She walks in beauty like the night
of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
meets in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
had half impair'd the nameless grace
which waves in every raven tress,
or softly lightens o'er her face -
where thoughts serenely sweet express
how pure, how dear their dwelling - place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
the smiles that win, the tints that glow,
but tells in days of goodness spent,
a mind at peace with all below,
a heart whose love is innocent.

George Gordon Byron

For some love is blind and for others,
love is a blushing pink, or
pure as the stars in the night.
But alas music plays and it gets hot.
Love shows its true passion, its' secrets, its' twists and turns.
As you bare your breasts and your heart, love is finally yours.
It is invincible.
It cannot be denied or forgotten for
it will burn into all who touch it,
leaving its' mark.

Beware of love
Once smitten......it is.....
for ever.

Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQh112HQsoE

Sunday, September 6, 2009

"SEA FEVER"...A Story of Perseverance.


"SEA FEVER" I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sails shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tideIs a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gipsy life,To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.- John MasefieldThe poem
Sea Fever was written by John Masefield many years ago. The Old Man and The Sea.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Mango Seed or Picasso?



Art is all about perception and feelings and sometimes when I am looking at a piece of abstract art.

I wonder where the person gets all these ideas…… to make the lines the way they are made and the colors and

the whole composition in the end, is what the person is trying to express.

I like to look at rocks I pick up from sea shores and upon investigation, I can see stories in them,

pictures of something an artist like Picasso would paint or Chagall.

I am not the only one doing this sort of thing, trying to make something out of nothing . There was a woman who collected odd shaped chips. and there were others who have seen the Virgin Mary on walls and places where only nature could paint them. Our own church had an Icon which cried tears and we all went to see it.

This Icon is taken from church to church so it isn’t like the sun hits it a certain way or water somehow gets to it because no matter where they take it and hang it, it does the same thing.

Yesterday I ate a Mango. I never seem to be able to help myself from cutting into the outer part of the seed and taking it out to help it root and grow. I also like it because it is shaped like an ear .

Yesterday’s seed was special in that it had lots of pictures in it.Sometimes they over lap like some of these psychological shots, where they ask you what do you see , a young woman or an old one, a vase or a face?

I will try to take a picture to see if you can see what I see.

It makes food so much more appetizing and exciting, like opening up a fortune cookie,

you never know what you will find. I am sure it will continue to change the pictures as it dries because last night it had different ones.

Since I took these shots a B and an e popped up.

At the top left hand corner is a small head with a womans body. Below a flying dragon and horse followed by many faces.

The right bottom hand side has a very clear face and on the top right hand side you see the beginning of what looks like a mans chest and belly button. It may come out clearer as the seed keeps drying.Turning the seed around upside down, gives you new perceptions of other pictures.

:)


JOKE:

Can ColdWater Clean Dishes?
This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean.
John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of Saskatchewan ..
After spending a great evening chatting the night away, The next morning John's grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast.
However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his grandfather asking,
'Are these plates clean?'
His grandfather replied,
'They're as clean as cold water can get em. Just you go ahead and finish your meal, Sonny!'
For lunch the old man made hamburgers. Again, John was concerned about the plates as his appeared to have tiny specks around the edge that looked like dried egg and asked,
'Are you sure these plates are clean?'
Without looking up the old man said,
'I told you before, Sonny, those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don't you fret, I don't want to hear another word about it!'
Later that afternoon, John was on his way to a nearby town and as he was leaving, his grandfather's dog started to growl, and wouldn't let him pass.
John yelled and said,
'Grandfather, your dog won't let me get to my car'.
Without diverting his attention from the football game he was watching on TV, the old man shouted.
'Coldwater, go lay down now, yah hear me!'


Friday, April 17, 2009

Technology has its advantages

Take a look at the Electrical wiring running from building to building on the street...Scary thoughts of a short circuit run through my mind...But apparently this electricity grid miraculously works and supplies some households free electricity, which they would otherwise not have access to





Human powered Electrical Generator running Lap Top


Tuesday, April 7, 2009

When Roses Bloom


When roses bloom

I check for imperfections.

A perfect rose is what I seek

An unblemished symbol

Of pure and perfect love

But Love is very fickle.

It tarnishes with ease

Love burns britches at both ends.

It kills and drives a man to drink.

Love’s unkind and so imperfect

Why do we yearn it so?

The heart and mind and soul in love

Are enslaved you know

The only thing that’s splendid about the rose and true

Are the thorns which draw red blood and remind you so you know

The sacrifice entailed to love another so.

The perfect rose stands tall among the flowers

It lives for all to see, that even with imperfections

It is still a rose, you see.

A splendid rose, wisest of flowers, elegant and free,

Has just a touch of scent, desired by the world and me.

When roses bloom

I look for imperfections

I perfect rose is what I want.

I put one in amongst the dozen, for her to find.

A perfect rose, one in a dozen,

Is all that she will need, to know

A declaration of pure love, by one prepared to bleed.

A bright red rose, unblemished and untouched

To ignite a perfect love,

When roses bloom…… beware

They’ll tear away your heart.
Jim Reeves - The Blizzard.

Monday, April 6, 2009

I Must Go Down to the Sea


I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.




- John Masefield
Guess we need to email Gordon Campbell and ask him how he is safe guarding our land and majestic heritage here in BC.
This documentary is important to watch for all Canadians as well as the world.
Raif Mair
Petula Clark Kiss me good bye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7xBdTYfdDI

Good Morning !!!!
It certainly looks like Monday blues outside. Snow again for many people. That sucks lol
But Monday's child is fair of face so we will get through it like we always do.
Today I have a lox recipe to share made from salmon which, unlike sturgeon, is readily available in most grocery stores. Its so easy and great with phili, pepper and bagels.
I also included a chart showing which fish have the least amount of mercury.
I love tuna but never buy it now because of the mercury levels they say are in it.
Good news for this fish if they fish less for it now.
One Beluga in the St Lawrence has enough toxins in it, to kill 50 men.
People are not fish. We can't tolerate as much as a Beluga.
Cooking is an art and I am not that great of a cook. You need to love cooking to be great at it.
I am more like Nigel and Sally.Nigel bragged to Sally:
The two things I cook best are meatloaf and apple pie. he said.
Which is this? Sally answered. lol
But lox is easy for any one to make.

Selecting your Fish


Cured Salmon (Lox) and Sauce


Ingredients:
2 filets, weighing about 2 pounds 3 Tbsp coarse sea salt or kosher salt
For the Sauce:
1 cup whipping cream A good bunch (1/2-cup) of herbs — dill, chervil, or chives, or a mixture of these — finely chopped Salt and pepper


Instructions:


Carefully remove any small bones from the filets (tweezers will help). Sprinkle the filets with the salt, on the skin side as well as inside (the salt must be coarse, not fine, so that it draws out the moisture; fine salt is absorbed and results in too salty fish), and put them together to reform the fish. Cover with plastic wrap and leave in the refrigerator for 12 hours, turning the salmon over when juices start to collect.
Before serving, scrape off the salt and wipe with a paper towel, then rinse in cold water. Taste a piece. If it is too salty, the saltiness can be removed by soaking in fresh water for as long as necessary. Cut thin slices at an angle.


To make the sauce, whip the cream and add the herbs and salt and pepper.

A different way to catch fish.
Maybe we should try?

http://www.bofunk.com/video/620/jump_fishing.html

Today in History:

1917 US enters WW1

1830 Mormon Church founded in the US

1896 First modern olympic agmes in Athens, Greece

1909 North Pole reached by US Robert Peary

1965 Worlds first commercial communication satellite launched

Birthdays:

Jesus -0, 1483 Jean Babtiste Rousseau, 1866 Butch Cassidy, 1874 Harry Houdini, 1928 James Watson scientist who discovered DNA structure.

Petula Clark I will follow him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6X2u3sH3jc&feature=related

Petula Clark. LOVE ,THIS IS MY SONG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8XmLuTmKIM&feature=related

Have a good one every one!!!

Sunday, April 5, 2009


Good Morning and A Delightful Sunday to every one.!!!


Spring is in the air. Sunshine is welcoming.
Sorta ......a very cheerful day is in progress.

We woke up late after a long soccer day yesterday.
Good to come home winners with a 3-0 shut out .
Dogs behaved and came running to greet us.
Caviar was good on rye lol
and bed was even more welcome. :)
On the menu? Chorizo Sausages.
Make them yourself with the following ingredients.
Let stay overnight in the fridge and then form sausage or hamburger patties and
either grill or freeze for later.
Also you can stuff casings from a butcher.

Ground pork: 1 lb.• Coarse salt: 1/2 tablespoon• Garlic, crushed or finely chopped:
1.5 cloves• Ground nutmeg: 0.4 teaspoon• Brown sugar: 0.8 tablespoon• Smoked paprika :
0.8 tablespoon• Aleppo chile pepper or cayenne: 0.8 tablespoon

History had these events today:

1933 FDR signed a US Executive order 6102 , forcing people to sell their gold.
The government required holders of significant quantities of gold to sell their gold at the prevailing price of $20.67 per ounce. Shortly after this forced sale, the price of gold from the treasury for international transactions was raised to $35 an ounce.


1936 U.S.A. Tornadoes strike Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia . A total of 466 people were killed over four days of nearly continuous twisters. Another 3,500 people were injured.


1951 U.S.A. Rosenberg's Trials. At the end of the trial against the Rosenberg's for giving the
secrets to the Atomic Bomb to the Soviet Union. Julius and Ethyl got the death penalty.

1955 UK Sir Winston Churchill Retires at 80

1969 U.S.A. Anti Vietnam Demonstrations in NY. San Francisco, L.A. Washington DC etc...250,000 protestors were involved.

1970 Guatemala - West Germany's Count Karl von Spreti the ambassador to Guatemala is kidnapped and shot dead.

1976 U.S.A. Howard Hughes, One of the world's richest, eccentric American billionaire dies at 70 after spending the last 20 years living as a recluse in hotel penthouses around the world.


1976 UK James Callaghan, Britain's new Prime Minister, arrives in Downing Street for his first day in office


1986 Germany - A Bomb Exploded In a Berlin Disco in La Belle Disco ,killing two and injuring at least 120. Earlier , a bomb wrecked a German-Arab club in the city and injured seven Arabs.
The West German foreign minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, set up to investigate the possible involvement of a foreign country in the attack. Later, the US government retaliated by bombing Libya killing at least 60 people .

1988 Iran - Hijack Kuwait Airways Jumbo Jet . 24 women passengers and one man with a heart condition were released after landing in Iran.

1992 U.S.A. Abortion rights activists march and demonstration in Washington, D.C. to safe guard the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortion legal.

1994 U.S.A. Rock icon Kurt Cobain lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the rock band Nirvana commits suicide with a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.

1999 Libya surrendered two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland to the U.N.

2001 A Dutch lorry driver sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in the deaths of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants found during a routine search at Dover Ferry Port.
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A Tennessee couple had 9 children. They went to the doctor to see about getting the husband 'fixed.' The doctor gladly started the required procedure and asked them what finally made them make the decision. Why, after 9 children, would they choose to do this?

The husband replied that they had read in a recent article that 1 out of every 10 children being born in the United States was Mexican, and they didn't want to take a chance on having a Mexican Baby because neither of them could speak Spanish.

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Jean Ferrat Que C'est Beau la Vie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ24Pc0Jyv8&feature=related
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A guide was showing Niagara-Falls to a man from Texas and said; I’ll bet you don’t have anything like this in Texas.The Texan said; nope, but in Texas we have plumbers who can fix it.
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A man had two goldfish, he named one of them "One"and the other "Two"he did this because..if one died, he'd still have two
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Three sisters, ages 92, 94, and 96, live together. One night the 96-year-0ld draws a bath. She puts one foot in and pauses. "Was I getting in the tub or out?" she yells. The 94-year-old hollers back, "I don't know, I'll come up to see." She starts up the stairs and stops. She shouts, "Was I going up or going down?"The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea, listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful", and knocks on wood for good measure. Then she yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."

Monday, March 30, 2009

karaoke songs to Enjoy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCK2X1oEyP4&feature=related
walk away matt Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqKCzCtiZ8A&feature=related
how can I tell her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYd2oRPsUCA&feature=related
tell laura I love her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mXTtThiFoQ&feature=channel
bluberry hill fats domino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODAdw-B9dmg&feature=related
All I have to do is dream ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rd01Je7aI&feature=related
those were the days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306EBB8Mik0&feature=related
let it be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ZlvC7H2I8&feature=related
don’t cry Johnny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDbJskVcJg&feature=related
sealed with a kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGIn-9pGGUk&feature=channel
chiquita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LISz7t_q4TY&feature=related
changing partners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ELyTolfhg&feature=related
tennesee waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swso2DEzghA&feature=related
blowing in the wind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFH0jeqaLo&feature=related
summer wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6LFYU96WE&feature=related
as tears go by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnp0XAAnQuk&feature=related
rose rose I love you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVKhwEG35bE&feature=channel_page
house of the rising sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDaJKMoHDc&feature=related
the wedding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0Nkt9WU6s&feature=related
river of no return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lmN2sWt4vw&feature=channel
very superstitious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zkbKM9eBzQ&feature=related
sad movies make me cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hkNuR-R9g&feature=related
you needed me.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

100 YEAR PLUS BIRTHDAY!!!


TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE surpassed the
THE BLESSED 100 year mark

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

AND KEEP GOING STRONG!!!

WITH ALL OUR GOOD WISHES

A LADY'S LIFE



HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMNbf4hb28&feature=related

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME. CELINE DION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CkKuA86Mis&feature=related



I SURRENDER CELINE DION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9axmrFnEc&feature=related

HOW DO I LIVE LEE ANN RIMES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFnD3uwKHag&feature=related

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Enlightend Roaches.


Enlightened Roaches.

Dominick Dunne:

"Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty four hours
and too little on the last six thousand years."
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I had never seen a cockroach as a child. In fact, I don’t know why they are called cockroaches
since they come from the latin word
“blatta” , meaning as we know it today, cockroach.
There’s about 4000 different kinds and they don’t usually grow over 3 inches.

The first time I laid eyes on one was in Florida, on a palm tree.

This HUMUNGOUS golden brown beauty, just sat there, glorifying its gorgeousness for the world to see and it was over three inches long.
(I SWEAR)

I HAD to ask a local what this beautiful bug was. So I did.
The look I got for this question was like: “Are you insane?” and then he answered:
“It’s a cockroach.” My face must have shown how shocked I was at learning this.
To this day, I have never again seen one like it ....ANYWHERE.

I kept thinking to myself how could people have such things in their homes?

Our first newly wed apartment, was in a brand new building.
It wasn’t long before I saw bugs coming out of my bathroom sink.

I caught one in a jar and plugged up all the sinks and bathtubs and took it to the janitor,
who became increasingly alarmed because
he found them in his apartment as well.
Both our apartments were 2 floors and in between us was a small one bedroom flat.
And so began the story…….

The Janitor opened the door to that flat and was appalled to find it literally covered
from top to bottom with roaches.
He almost cried.

They were everywhere!
It was a major ordeal getting them out of the building

but ………this was how I was introduced to Buddhism. lol

The couple who rented this flat were Oriental and Buddhists, who don’t kill bugs.

We often wonder, even today, how they slept?
It was Ironic in that “The Buddha” is otherwise known as

“The Awakened One”.lol

There are around 500,000 Buddhists today who believe every living thing has it’s place and reason for being and it must be respected as all nature, so it doesn’t revolt.
Buddhism exists now for over 2,500 years.

Buddhists believe, anyone following the Buddha, can have spiritual enlightenment or awakening and become like him.

If any one ever rubbed a Buddhas belly, he would know that there is some truth to that belief. lol

The Eightfold Path teaches how to stop suffering life and learning to live it.

The Four Noble Truths teach the path that must be taken to reach Enlightenment.

I truly only began to understand all this, once I accidentally found an Enormous Buddha, sitting in a mountain, in Malaysia, in the middle of no where..... in ABSOLUTE PEACE AND QUIET.

It blew my mind.

And all this ……….because of Cockroaches…….. truly Enlightened Creatures, having lived for over 350 million years on this planet.