Salford, 21st December 2018
Melanie looked at the living room carpet
Enveloped by four soggy footprints
Local law enforcement scoured the area, but
Terrible thing was … they couldn’t find the culprits
Even the footprints outside could be found , it’s like they
Disappeared in the snow ❄️
Sunday 2nd December 2018
#advent #candle #christmas
Creating light out of darkness
A sign of new things to come
Now that advent is underway each
Decorated candle will be
Lit bringing light to the house and as
Each candle is lit, Christmas comes closer
Salford, 14th November 2018
Memories of a mate, brought back in an instant
A blast from the past, delivered with a click
Noted – you’ve not talked for a while
Changes in address do that
Hoping – they remember your name
Expectations raised as they recognise your face
Someone should have said – its the passing of time
Talk about the old days, in a familiar place
Engaging about others
Round a table with Tea and cake
Who am I, life’s Charlie Brown ?
For she catches my eye, and I’ve fallen down
Tongue tied with her beauty, so close at hand
Even though the words in the head I’d planned
a wonderful sight, with a beautiful mind
sometimes she’s harsh, but on the whole she is kind
Catching me out with those dark brown eyes
Occasional glances catch me by surprise
Heart rising by a beat when she’s so near
No more than friends, to me that is clear
Talking shop on the backyard, sharing an occasional smile
With the girl with the red hair, I want to stay awhile
#octpowrimo #hidden #dragons
the mighty dragons didn’t disappear,
reality is…they took a different form
each knight giving up their quest of vanquish as
every dragon decided to rest among the greens
Seen hiding in the forests, or swimming in the depths
Red poppies are flowing down the top of the earth shard of IWM North
Each poppy was created to remember those who fell in the war to end all wars
Memorial to the host of soldiers who went to the front
Expecting to be home by Christmas
Men not only from the home nations,
But the commonwealth and allies from Europe too
Regiments who met and fought on a field in flanders
As part of the first world war centenary, this artwork is a
Noted reminder, of those who went away to fight and
Came to rest in a foreign field
Each one remembered in the symbol of the poppy
Location : BASIC Clicks Base, Portacabin, Brain & Spinal Injury Centre, Salford
Date : 14th July 2017
Camera : Sony DSC-H300 (No Tripod Required)
We’ve been playing with Objects and Backdrops today – and the toy cars!
Continuing on from last week we set up our shots on the stations before taking the shots with our camera
Using the clips from old magazines and the toy cars produced some really good shots and saved us the cost of location (Hee Hee!)
I revisited this picture from the last session. Using the pencils as “Pointers”. I hadn’t spotted this till after taking the pic, but I created a “Sunrise” effect by marking them out.
As well as the lego men, Graham, one of the group brought in some railway model men
this allowed the group to be a bit more adventurous with our photos….
and here’s a couple when I got home 🙂 Created along the same principles – studio a bit more rustic than that of BASIC Clicks…but objects and subject matter stayed the same (Astronomy book provided a little colour!)
If you’ve got any favourites – feel free to let me know!
Monday 5th June 2017
Venue : Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge
An early morning start at IWM North on Monday, as we met up with fellow volunteers and staff from the other branches at IWM Duxford for Volunteers week.
We travelled south through the Midlands on our journey, stopping off on some familiar services on the M6 and M1… the route usually adopted when I visit my relatives there. It was a bit rainy on the way there, but I was looking forward to visiting Duxford. Due to that branch holding most of the museums Aircraft Collection
We arrived at Duxford’s Entrance around about noon, and then after a short repast, we all entered the main hall, where the chairman of the imperial war museum welcomed us all and the ceremonies for the volunteer awards commenced.
I received my award for “Developing in a Role” from the chairman – and heard my Vollie Manager deliver a wonderful (more than a ) few words on why i’d won it!
How I started as a guide, then doing object handling and family history….
I did whisper at one point….”Ta boss! you can stop now….!!!” (sic)
After the awards ceremony, we took a look around the hangar and the various activities on display, this included seeing how concorde dipped its nose, to sending messages by morse code – to walking on board a Lancaster bomber. I enjoyed walking round the RAF Fleet, and got a really good view of the planes from the top deck of the gallery.
IWM Duxford , Cambridge, 5/6/2017
For a brief moment today,
looking around the hangar in Cambridge
I got to see the marvels of flight first hand
Great planes – from early pioneers to new planes and even spaceflight
Hoped to see something special – and I wasn’t disappointed
Tomorrow – i’ll take a look at what I captured
Salford , 26th March 2019
#FOWC #Post
They keep on saying, that it’s a redundant art
and yet, every morning there’s a wait for the van
with the woman or man
carrying the letters
Messages shared, along with the bills
drop on to the carpet, that gravity spills
carried through day and sometimes by night
by foot, van or bicycle – or even by flight
Time’s been taken, to craft in ink
a letter , with news, or what people think
and carried with the parcels and cards for miles
delivered through letterbox, all with a smile
#fowc #delirious #inkdropk
The home crowd didn’t expect this
Their team in the bargain basement of soccer
Right on the bottom shelf
But still they cheered them on
Even after the scoreboard rang 3-0
Towards the stroke of half time
Was it the magic touch of the physio
Or those half time oranges thrown in the mix ?
Or perhaps in the change in coach’s speech
That the players ears would finally reach
Zipping round the pitch, playing like a dream
Nobody expected this…it seemed
At referees whistle … all was fixed
Away team 3 , home team 6
The deceased lay prone
Where it sent a message from beyond the skirting board
Everyone was surprised to find feathers,
Expecting to see a more furry resident in the gap
The only question…how did it get there?
In the corner, el gato sat innocent
Not saying a word, the
Goldfish kept a nervous silence
#fowc #corpse #inkdropk
https://patriciasplace.me/2019/02/27/in-other-words-invisible/
It’s like they were never there
You can see right through them
And yet, you know they aren’t a ghost
Even if after a very through search
You can’t find this king of hide and seek
Salford, 25th March
Spring has definitely sprung
The rock gardens resident birds
Announced it…the acer is in bloom they chirped
Rejoicing at the sight of little pink buds
They don’t look much at the minute but
Eventually, the wind will stop moving the branches and the
Red and pink blossoms will start to appear
Sunday 24 March
#fowc #paltry
A cautionary tale on portion size
Patrons of the new fangled cuisine
Amused at the lack of quantity on their plate
Left the restaurant without saying a word
The restaurant staff chased after them
Running down the street and
Yelling …come back! but it didn’t work
Salford, 23rd March 2019
Modified from an instagram post i posted this morning,
When i wake up
What do i see, beyond the works of
Writing on my desk ?
Wide, are the curtains flung – from
West to east – bringing light to the painted
walls where i do most of my scribbling
Marshmallow pillows float
softly in Salford Skies as
flocks of feathered friends
return from their alfresco restaurant, to
five star accommodation – peering across towards my way
as they enjoy the view.
#FOWC #Inkdrop
By an act of gravity
launched from a fountain pen
over the white letter paper
the ink made its mark
Born out of a fault
launch of an identity
over time
that developed
Beginnings of a character
living on its on line home
out of nowhere
the footprints spread
Image prompt c/o Pinterest – anyone want to lay claim to the image let me know and i’ll credit you on here – thanks!
Link: https://promptuarium.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/forever-2/
They said they’d be friends for ever
as they watched the magical sight
a merger of magical colour
bringing colour to the night
but then – a terrible happening
hit them both stone dead
as a flying piece of asteroid
hit them both as they planned to be wed
but as night fell after the morning
the two lovebirds returned to the spot
and continued to go there each night time
long after family and friends had forgot
