The Almost Full Moon (haiga)

I am a slow learner. I bought my Canon power shot digital camera when my grandson was born almost 10 years ago. I still don’t use it to its fullest capacity. My smart phone, I changed from a Blackberry Torch a year and half ago for a Samsung Note and this week I discovered (yes, I am slow) the various “scene modes” like sunset, dawn, night, candle…sheesh!! all this to say, I am going ballistics taking photos at night…last night was the first time taking pics of the moon hiding behind the clouds, tonight it is almost FULL, June 12th is the actual date.  And as I was crossing the bridge to get home, I got some shots of the river and the moon’s reflection…but could not get both together…the moon was too far up and I was just sitting too close to the river on the bus.  Oh, well. So the photos I am showing are my first night and “moon” shots. They are not perfect but I enjoyed taking them.

 

 

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Taken Monday night after work, June 9th

 

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The above photo and all the others were taken tonight June 10th, Tuesday. This is on the walk from work to the Métro.

 

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Same walk a few streets away…I took a few other dark streets so I would not have the street lights interfering with the shots. I like this one. It would be a great photo for a short story.

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Another one taken tonight.

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Now I am on the bus and I was so happy to have a window seat and I was sitting on the right side of the bus to take a few shots over the river. Pretty cool, eh? You can even see the freight bridge in the distance.

Moonlight in the sky
river echoes with moonbeams
Mother Nature shines

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© CLR June 9-10 2014

I really love this one although I could not fit in the moon too.  You can actually see a small boat in the distance too. And that reflection, well, I find it pretty darn cool.  Not bad for a smart phone eh?

 

© Cheryl-Lynn, June 11, 2014

 

Reflections (Bastet’s Pixelventures)

Okay, I went a little overboard with my enthusiasm here. I took about 10 photos and then the dilemma was choosing. So I broke it down to two {for now}.

 

© CLR 2014
© CLR 2014

This first photo was taken outside just before sundown; it is a restaurant on boulevard Saint-Laurent a five minute walk from our offices.  I thought it looked pretty cool.

 

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© CLR edited & framed 2014

Here I played with the contrast and colour saturation and added a cool looking frame I discovered on my Google +; all my photos automatically uploaded from my phone to Google

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© CLR 2014

This is still on the same boulevard a few doors further and I liked the sign so I clicked my photo again. The sign says “The Art of Living” and I liked that half of the reflection shows the tree and sky.

© CLR 2014 Edited & framed
© CLR 2014 Edited & framed

Again I played with saturation mostly here and added a nifty frame and there you have it for reflections.  Thanks for the prompt, Georgia!

All photos taken with my smart phone last Wednesday.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/08

 

Submitted for Bastetspixelventures – Reflections

 

Satisfaction (haiku) CD #486 français

© CLR Lake Ontario taken from the train.
© CLR Lake Ontario taken from the train.

jour ensoleillé

délassé sur la rive

verre de citronnade

pédalo navigue

les petits plongent dans le lac

comblé dans l’eau fraiche

.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/07

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – #486 Satisfaction

Satisfaction -CarpeDiem Haiku #486

© CLR June 2013 rivière Yamaska, Farnham, Québéc.

Lazy sunny day

sunbathing by the river

drinking lemonade.

paddle boats sculling

kids wading in the river

splashing, gurgling.

bullfrogs, motor boats

transistor radios

echoes of laughter.

scorching summer night

sitting on the balcony

hear the crickets sing.

sitting on the balcony

untying her kimono

gentle breeze caress

*

summers may promise

moments of delight and bliss,

desires quenched.

.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/07

Submitted for: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – #486 – Satisfaction

Photo taken by my family home growing up where there were row boats, paddle boats and motor boats as part of the scenery all summer long.

 

Soleil – Sun (haiga)

© CLR 2014
© CLR 2014

Soleil doré
rayonne le ciel bleu
nuages taquinent

golden glow
enhance a blue sky
teasing clouds.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/04

Submitted for: CPHH-Carpe Diem Ghost-Writer #11, Jen Rosenberry’s “Sun” 

Global warNing (haiga)

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CLR 2014

soft puffs of clouds shield

float above  mother earth

shelter from the heat.

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CLR 2014

Global warming strikes

Mother Earth weeping

scorched in agony.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/05/24

Spring delight (haiga)

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CLR 2014

Blue skies stretch
hugging puffed billows
 spring delight.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/05/14

Hopscotch terror

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CLR 2014

 

Skip, skip, hop, hop,
she turned around on one foot
threw her pebble on six
the hop, hop, hopping followed;
heard a whisper, stopped transfixed,
then a long deep moan
she stood on both feet…forlorn
little child frozen on square five
not budging, terror took over her
dared not move her head,
just her eyes from side to side,
the moan grew louder, longer
her eyes just gawked…
she turned her head swiftly
to the right and THERE she saw it
from the dark basement window
it looked like a man…an old man
with long shoulder length white hair
he looked exactly like Ebenezer!
MOAN
GROAN
BEUHHHHHHHH!
She turned her four yr old body
and stode frozen, staring, tears streaming
down her chubby cheeks….
MOAN
GROAN
BEUHHHHHHHH!
And then she hurled t
he loudest piercing yowl!
the engineer on the oncoming train
must have heard the howl.
Grandmother came running down the stairs,
grabbed her by the shoulders
to shake her back to reality
shouting at the THING at the basement window
“Stop scaring the child like that, GrandPa!!”
then hugged the child close to her bosom,
whispering, Shshshshshshshshsh.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/05/13
Submitted for: Mindlovemiserysmenagerie Prompt 55, Slowly dawning horror

le pommetier d’Olivier (haiga)

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2014 CLR

 

 

 

(Haiku)

pommetier

bourgeonne dans la nuit

fleurira.

 

 

 

 

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2014 CLR

 

 

(haiku)

crabapple tree

budding promise,

in the night.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/05/12

Celestial brush strokes

I certainly never hide the fact
that I love to take many photos of the sky…
cloudy, sunny and especially sunsets.
Fortunately, I am able
to see amazing sunsets on our rooftop
at work in the milder weather….
so soon I will be able to capture
those hues of magenta, orange and
purplish blues mixed in the horizon.
But my photos are very amateur;
not having proper equipment, I feel
I can never capture the beauty
that this blogger/photographer does,
nor do I have her talent.
And that is why artists need admirers
and viewers as I enjoy to look
with regard, appreciation and admiration.

The first image I saw when I woke up this morning was this beautiful masterpiece that nature creates day after day but only a few select eyes can capture and actually share with the world.

This is one of them.

Check out Michelle Marie’s blog at Tell Me About It 
to see the endless images she creates and
the lovely words of inspiration she adds in her poetry.

 

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Their spirits unite

tranquil

readying for night-

fall…still,

this moment

so serene

cascades in between

daylight

and

twilight;

celestial beings

gather

their brushes…

together…

brush,

stroke,

hush!

and admire,

brush

that does caress

our skyline

with finesse,

sweep

here, there…

with endless

enduring wear…

Now shush!

hear the chorale

breathing life

effortless…

mime

Ahhhhh!

rhyme

meditative

and sublime

now hush!

hear my heart-

beat, rush

as I see this

vision of

divine bliss

a masterpiece

melts in the horizon.

© Cheryl-Lynn, 2014/04/05

All rights reserved for poems and photography. If you are interested in sharing or knowing more about this photo, please contact the original artist/photographer Michelle Marie.

Thank you, Michelle Marie, for giving me permission to display and share your masterpiece here you had originally given as an offering to Belinda