Roberta Writes – Thursday Doors, Reena’s Xploration Challenge #324 and a review #poetry #ThursdayDoors #bookreview

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Thursday Doors

Below are two more doors from my recent trip to Pilanesberg National Park. You can join in Thursday Doors here: https://nofacilities.com/2024/04/04/send-in-the-doors-tdwc/

Picture caption: Open front door of our chalet and the open sliding glass back door.
Picture caption: Sliding glass back door of our private patio.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #32

I am a bit late with Reena’s challenge this week. The prompt was Transition. You can view the submissions here: https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2024/03/28/reenas-xploration-challenge-324/

Transition

Silver

Highlights dark clouds

Suggesting moon’s presence

Behind moody morning’s darkness

Uplifts

Picture caption: Moon behind the clouds

Darkness

Diminishes

Moon merges with grey dawn

Grass and animals acquire forms

Hazy

Picture caption: Moon against a grey pre-dawn sky

Morning

Slow transition

Gold edges distant hills

Contained line of fiery paint

Splendid

Picture caption: Gold line around the hill

Sun leaps

Line expanding

Into a fresh promise

Encrouching light subdues shadows

Release

Picture caption: The rising sun lighting up the veld

Silver

Diminishes

Gold edges distant hills

Encrouching light subdues shadows

New day

Picture caption: Yellow billed egret – isn’t this picture gorgeous?

New book: Square Peg in a Round Hole: Poetry, Art & Creativity by Robbie Cheadle

I have a new book available as an ebook and paperback from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Square-Peg-Round-Hole-Creativity/dp/B0CXMDKV8H

This book is a mixture of my poetry, art, photography, and links to my wildlife videos. It also includes nine poems from my son, Michael, and one of his charcoal drawings.

I am grateful to have received some wonderful reviews for this book since its release on the 22nd of March.

Today, I am sharing Thomas from Leonberger Life blog’s review: https://leonbergerlife.com/2024/04/03/poems-and-art-on-independent-artist-day/. Thomas has a delightful blog which focuses on amusing and heartwarming stories about his family’s late Leonberger dog, Bronco, as well as other Leonbergers. He also shares a lot of information about the Leonberger breed, the history, care, training, Leonberger organizations, etc. Thomas has also written a Leonberger book, which is available from Amazon US here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-Wikman/author/B0B813Q3PP

Picture caption: Look at the cute bird on the giraffe’s head
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72 thoughts on “Roberta Writes – Thursday Doors, Reena’s Xploration Challenge #324 and a review #poetry #ThursdayDoors #bookreview”

  1. Beautiful photos and poems. I love the bird on the giraffe. The rising sun lighting up the veld is fantastic.

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  5. I can’t believe it’s already Thursday, but YAY for Thursday Doors! I look forward to this all week. 😀 Your poems are so nice. I love the mood the pictures and the poems set. 🩷🌸

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  9. You have a nice patio. It looks comfortable both in winter and summer. I liked your poems. Congratulations on the review from Thomas for your new book. I have it on my Kindle and look forward to reading Michael’s poems.

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  10. Don’t you love it when the moon is behind the clouds but you can still sort of see it? It’s so pretty that way. The egret photo is pretty! Nice job on the “transition” poetry challenge. And congratulations on earning such a great review from Thomas!

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  11. I love the way you blended the photos and your wonderful poetry, Robbie. The multiple transitions throughout the day are stunning. Your new book has landed in my Kindle and is moving up in line 😉

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  14. A beautiful composition of poetry and photos. They’re going hand in hand for greatest enjoyment. Thanks for sharing, Roobie! Please excuse my delay on Easter and the forgotten wishes. I hope you had a nice celebration, and a good time. Best wishes, Michael

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  17. Wow! That’s exquisite poetry, Robbie, beautifully paired with stunning photos.

    I also loved the giraffe and little bird. I might not have noticed the bird without you mentioning it!

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  18. Those are beautiful nature poems and photos. I especially loved “Gold line around the hill”, ”The rising sun lighting up the veld”, and the “Yellow billed egret”. I almost did not see the bird on the giraffes head. Thank you so much Robbie for including a link to my review of your wonderful book.

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  20. Lovely poems and amazing photos, Robbie! I love the rising sun on the veldt and the bird on the giraffe’s head. 🙂 The word “veldt” always makes me think of the story in Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man.”

    Congratulations again on your new book!

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      1. Hi Robbie. You had me looking it up, too. From Merriam Webster, it seems “veld” is the perhaps the more common spelling with veldt a variation, but that’s the spelling of the story. 🙂 That might have been the first time I noticed the word.

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