This crazy life
This crazy world
We’re living in is
Magical
1/1000s, f/5.0
This crazy life
This crazy world
We’re living in is
Magical
1/1000s, f/5.0
Hurry up, hurry up and wait
I stay away all week and still I wait
I got the blues, please come see
And now we welcome the new year
full of things that have never been
― Rainer Maria Rilke
New trees, new hope, a pair of robins, a family of blackbirds and assorted wagtails have made their new home amidst the olive grove (well, there are now two such trees). Nature has shown that even a brief respite from the toxic side products of human endeavour pays (green) dividends.
Let’s hope ‘we the people’ can now renew and heal as we transition to a new year, working together to heal differences and put aside toxic divisions.
(newly planted) olive tree: 1/200s, f/8.0, ISO 64
(newly planted) magnolia: 1/200s, f8.0, ISO 64
(precocious) prunus: 1/200s f/8.0, ISO 64
(ready for new residents) White House 1/200s f/8.0, ISO 64
*All images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8E VR lens with limited edits in Lightroom*
Throughout April, Ben Huberman and the WordPress Discover team team hosted Discover Prompts.
My daily response involved an impromptu poem and a photo made (with one exception) in Accra where I am ‘locked down’ accompanied by an occasional quote or snatched lyric from a song.
You can read all my poems here.
Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.
now I been out in the desert, just doin’ my time
searchin’ through the dust, lookin’ for a sign– lyrics from further on (up the road), bruce springsteen
i have my path to follow my home i carry on my back i may be slow but my path is clear i may face obstacles but they slide beneath me i may not see what you see but i feel it all
*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, reasons to be cheerful, accra, ghana*
My final contribution to the WordPress community initiative for the lockdown period in April 2020 – Discover Prompts Day Thirty: Grateful.
Thanks to Ben Huberman and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate and lending us all their support and encouragement.
Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.
the juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot
little drop of claret, anything that rocks– lyrics from reasons to be cheerful pt.3, ian dury and the blockheads
let's make a list of all that we can't do no longer do long to do let's make a list of what we might do one (fine) day if we are still allowed to
*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, are you (list)ening, accra, ghana*
For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Nine: List. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.
Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.
well my soul checked out missing as I sat (list)ening
to the hours and minutes tickin’ awaylyrics from better days, bruce springsteen
they came in the night
when we were not looking
when we ticked the box to the t&cs
when we looked the other way
when we ticked the box to the t&cs
when we were having so much fun
when we ticked the box to the t&cs
and then
when our focus was elsewhere
their plan was complete
when we ticked the box to the t&cs
they took it all
away
*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, the are theirs, accra, ghana*
For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Eight: Focus. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.
Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.
(They) are virtual.
we got a file on you
like these three
we will
survive
whatever the weather
wherever the stream takes
us
if we run the
rapids
as
a
team
*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, going with the flow, accra, ghana*
For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Seven: Team. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.
Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.
Find me.
listen to me now
i need to let you know
you don’t have to go it alone– lyrics from you can’t make it on your own, u2
hidden behind walls (electrified) fences behind words (electrified) tensions behind facades (i've created) behind excuses (forged) from fear it’s time no longer to (remain) hidden
*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, electrified, accra, ghana*
For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Six: Hidden. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.
Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.
Find me.
’cause I’ll be you and you’ll be me
there’s lots and lots for us to see– lyrics from, she’s electric, oasis