Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

If I were Lord of Tartary, myself, and me alone
I’d have a birthday partary, and invite Bill and Joan
I’d have a clown and pony rides and Walter de la Mare
Puppet shows and mighty slides and all the fun of the fair

Blind Guess

Roll Up, Roll Up, For All The Fun Of The Fair

Sometimes you find a photograph where you least expect it. While we were in Langkawi last month, I was waiting outside a shop when I noticed these rolled-up wooden blinds. I was looking at the pattern of the parallel slats, trying to figure out what type of wood they were made from.

Then I noticed that the blue paint was marginally brighter at the middle of the blinds than it was at the top.

So of course I had to take a couple of shots, because the colours made such a striking contrast against the dark background. And yes, I shot the frames to emphasise the fact that some of the wooden slats had warped while the others had remained unaffected by the weather. The lines were irregular, rather than strictly geometrical - and that just made a great image in my mind.

(The Odd Shots concept came from Katney. Say "G'day" to her.)