Museums
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Strange things
#Napowrimo Out in the forest there are funny little things that catch our eye Night-time Butterflies and luminescent insects fly in the shadows Bringing a spot of Brilliant colour around a ponds lillipads But even the lit up have to keep an eye open for tomato frogs Continue reading
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Ceiling
#writephoto #ceiling Careful! everything around you is in imminent jeopardy while you launch your gaze upwards while moving about if you remained in one place instead of navigating without a view, you would get a great look at the painting without the risk of breaking summat below Continue reading
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Poppies (on Remembrance Day)
bringing a spot of colour to the green lawn with a second task fulfilled a reminder of all those who’ve served in war and have passed or been killed keeping a promise made long ago – we shall remember all and keep a moments silence after the buglers call Continue reading
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Poppies return
#rememberance #poppies Something grand has fallen softly on the floor of the war museum numbers of red poppies fall down from a point in the sky you may ask – why ? to remember those on flanders field and other battles now revealed now tumbled down to museum floor and remembered – the fallen –… Continue reading
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Open once more
#Museums The exhibits are rising out on the floor – something is moving movement of visitors feet going round the space making a beeline for historic items and artwork out on display – just waiting to be seen reactions – muted behind a mask – but out on the museum floor – they’re just happy… Continue reading
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Grin and Bear it
Manchester Museum, 1st March 2021 It’s not easy being king of the dinos you’re buried under the land for what seems like ages and kept away from the sun so you take a bit of a nap all of a sudden, something with teeth like yours is uncovering you, in the cold and they’re using… Continue reading
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Squadron
A write club acrostic, written by inky. #Imperialwarmuseum #Airfix #Planes #Squadron #Military #Aircraft Sat atop a great height quite a few planes, old and new used to being in hangars, have found a home by the waters of a canal definitely a peacetime operation red arrows escorting a Spitfire veteran and other D-Day participants –… Continue reading
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Rex
Salford (via Manchester Museum), 20th June 2020 King of the Dinosaurs! woken up by the sound of a wide brush, and now sitting proud in a grand hall towering over us all while human children look and read, what he liked, for a feed. Continue reading
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Engine
Salford, 6th April 2020 #fowc #engine Every mechanic knows – it’s Not the wheels , but the engine that Get’s a driver from A to B It’s truly – the heart of any transport Naval, bus, car or motor bike Exception – if you’re reliant on foot or pedal power Continue reading
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History
#FOWC #History Heralds wrote tales down in books, while in caves, our ancestors painted the tales on walls some documenting the building of great monuments then others, telling tales of the horrors of war of course, the stories that remain are the ones in the books retold by scholars for minds of a different age,… Continue reading