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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #15

Keeping this post short and sweet..Pizzas decorating the entrance to a house? Creepy-crawlies made out of metal and stoneA gardener made from leaves- clever!

A Photo a Week Challenge: Comfort

When I think of comfort, I first think of a bed and sleep. This is a photograph of my hotel room during my recent travels.Comfort in prayer Comfort in sleep Serenity everywhere Contentment deep To quell the noise Of my chaotic mind So I can rejoice In the comfort that I find.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Close Ups

Love close-ups whenever the subject is interesting. Here are my picks:

A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Arid

Linking to: https://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-arid/ Arid are the valleys Of my broken soul Fill all the nooks and alleys With love and make me whole My heart is dry as a bone Emotions have evaporated Melt this grey mass of stone Let love make me invigorated. Love once found then lost Left a desert behind Extracting in tears its costContinue reading “A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Arid”

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Churches or Any Religious Building

This one is a no-brainer for me- in 2014, I visited several outstanding places of worship, so here are my picks: St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City Facade of St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice, Italy Inside the church of Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy Inside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey Hindu Temple, New Delhi, India Tower of a HinduContinue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Churches or Any Religious Building”

One Word Photo Challenge: Copper

Statue of Lord Shiva in the dancer “Nataraj” pose- at Philadelphia Flower Show 2010 Copper-Golden tones of an erotic Cleopatra- at Caesar’s Palace Hotel, Las Vegas NV Copper wall art-Atlantis Resort, Nassau, The Bahamas

Creative Blogger Award

Woo hoo! I’ve been nominated for my first award by Sukanya from: https://mybloggsever.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the nomination Sukanya! I am excited! Here I have to give five random facts about me and then nominate bloggers to do the same. 1. There is nothing better in this world than to curl up with an absorbing bookContinue reading “Creative Blogger Award”

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Yellow or Wildflowers

In my culture, we celebrate the arrival of spring (in February though) by wearing yellow 🙂 Here are my entries for this challenge. These photographs were either taken at Longwood Gardens, PA or the Philadelphia Flower Show at different times.

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #14

Here are some not-so-odd oddballs for this week:Cannon, Fort Ticanderoga, Adirondacks Region, New York Lord Ganesha at the entrance of an Indian restaurant with ?menu sampler Chilling in the cart- at Old Town, San Diego

First blush of love

Years ago that moment sublime Preserved like a monument through time In the innermost sulci of my brain Close to the centers of pleasure, and pain How the magic that happened that day Changed the axis of my earth, I cannot say An avalanche of emotions descended on me Making me plunge in a tempestuousContinue reading “First blush of love”

Travel Theme: Smooth

Smooth like a vintage wine Like a performance flawless Like a polished table with some shine Like the surface of glass colorless Like a lie spoken without a trace Of regret, or remorse, or conscience Smooth like the impassive face Of the liar with no repentance Smooth like the web of a spider Spun with thread, stickyContinue reading “Travel Theme: Smooth”

Break free

Fettered by regulation, Chained by tradition Weighed down by expectation Bent over in submission Narrow norms of society Create needless fear When to standards of propriety The heart refuses to adhere So most of us learn To suppress our inner voice While secretly we yearn For the freedom of choice To break free from the tetherContinue reading “Break free”