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NaPoWriMo Day 7 prompt is to write a poem in which each line except the last takes the form of a single, declarative sentence. Then, the final line should take the form of a question.

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In an incredible place we exist.
In evil we persist.
In our right to life we insist.
Our crime against life is the longest list.

Now, in evil the world is gripped.
From the good life we have slipped.
Our morals have been shipped.
We need to be re-equipped.

We must seek to improve behaviour.
The outlook couldnโ€™t be graver.
In life we must be braver.
We clearly need a saviour.

Many people doubt it.
And, many people shout it.
Various people tout it.
Too many do nothing about it.

We must stop to brawl.
The people must stand tall.
Jesus wants us all.
Will you answer the call?

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Goodbye World

Goodbye world, at last
Your days, although many, are numbered
You will be left in the past
A new future is coming, unencumbered

Donโ€™t get me wrong world
I know you are me and my kind
I just want you unfurled
In a new way, I want a new mind

I have been promised
That everything will change
That the serpent that hissed
Will soon be far out of range

While I am here still
Living with you, as you
I will keep changing until
These times are through

So I wont say anymore about how
You will be taken from me
I will just say goodbye now
For I donโ€™t when that time will be

Six Signs You Need to Stop Talking

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six signs you need to stop talking

Have you ever wished youโ€™d stopped talking about five minutes before youย  actually did?

Because Iโ€™ve been there myself, I want to help protect you from saying potentiallyย  embarrassing or hurtful things. And Iโ€™ve prepared a list of six warning signs toย  let you know when itโ€™s time to stopย  talking.

Sign 1: Youโ€™re Complaining,ย  Not Explaining

Thereโ€™s a subtle difference. Explaining is simply telling someone aboutย  your situation. Complaining is when you have an attitude that says โ€œIโ€™m beingย  inconvenienced.โ€ (See Philippians 2:14-15.)

There will be times when keeping quiet in order to avoid complainingย  seems so hard you almost canโ€™t stand it. But God will always give you the graceย  to do it. And if we ever want to arrive at our Promised Land, we need to stopย  complaining about the way Godโ€™s getting us there.

Sign 2: Youโ€™re Criticizingย  Somebody

Picture this. Someone saysโ€ฆ

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Safety

I ran away from safety because it was tasteless
My life was craving some more exotic flavour
Because of my attractions I drove a million miles to meet my desire
But when I got there it destroyed me, it tore me to pieces

Now I am broken, shattered. The things I loved hated me
Who can understand, who can make sense of this mess
How could the world be such a liar
How could I have been so stupid

I opened my eyes and looked around me, I found I was not alone
There were so many people littering the streets of this broken place
Then some quiet noise turned my head and I scanned the horizon
I saw a kind of light far in the distance, it seemed vaguely familiar but unknown

Now I have walked these streets, how I longed for the old way, whatever it was
Still I could sense that light, it seemed to be moving
If only I could go back, If someone could take me
I then I thought about that light, could that light be safety?

Perfection

What is perfection?
This thing that we mention
This mode that we talk of
This ancient convention

It sits in our minds and assesses our actions
It looks at whatโ€™s out there and causes reactions
We want it, we crave it
Yet our senses are marred, can we trust our perceptions?

What is itโ€ฆโ€ฆ..?
Something exquisite
Or something of myth
That we never will visit

Or Maybe a path you can follow โ€“ a worthy direction
Or choices you make through some careful selection
Or is it chance
The hope of some future election

Or are they all aspects of this purest condition
This mindset beyond a pure human rendition
But something above us
The state that explains the creatorโ€™s decision

Something outside us but in us in seed
Something in flowers as well as in weeds
Something in process
The nature of the only one worthy to bleed

Love Story

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Is love the story that underlines our life?
A story of husband and wife
But also of surgeon and knife

A story of cursed ground
Of people lost and found
Of little silence and too much sound

A story of shared and broken creation
Of relation against relation
And nation v nation

A story of confusion
Of many lies and evils intrusion
A story of pain โ€“ whatโ€™s your conclusion?

Does this story have a turn?
A Saviour who came to burn?
A Saviour who lives, dies, lives โ€“ and returnsโ€ฆ?

So what about you?
Is this a story thatโ€™s true?
A story about your eternal life โ€“ your viewโ€ฆ.?

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My Friend & brother in Christ Ben is challenging himself by doing the “National Poetry Month.” He has to post a poem a day for the month of April. I will reblog each day for you to enjoy! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Grace is the preface to the eternal resting-place of the human-race
The place where you change pace
Leave the rat-race and rainbow-chase
Enter that God given, God powered space
Take your birthplace and warm your pale-face

Grace is the type-face of Godโ€™s MySpace
The product of His marketplace
The sound of His double-base
Playing notes in Heavenโ€™s showplace
Given airspace, everyplace by Him through time-and-space

Grace is the interface between us and God through Jesus Christโ€™s Embrace
The love-lace that ties us to Him and shows His face
That gives head-space to people from everyplace
The remedy that clears disgrace in every case
Itโ€™s the love of God for His people and the name of His workplace

Grace is the very one-horse-race in the divine People-chase
Where God will always outpace and deface
The bare-face lies in sub-space
And retrace the crawlspace of the human-case
And show that the truthโ€ฆ

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What isย a man?
Someone who searches for hope, or someone without a plan?
Who meets the cost?
Someone whoย asks to be found, or someone who neverย found outย he was lost?
Who makes it through?
Someone who can laugh at himself, or someone whos fear rules his view?
Whoย gets direction?
Someone who opens the door, or someone who avoids the question?
Who takes the chance?
Someone who wants to be free, or someoneย whoโ€™s lost in a world induced trance?
One last thingโ€ฆ..
Can you look at life and see God, or do you look at everything and see nothing?

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Sarah’s Easter Question! :D

Happy Easterย 

“How much longer do I have to wait till I can start eating my Easter egg Steve??”

Iย took this photo on a day trip to the Eden Project

The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 1.25 mi (2 kilometres) from the town of St Blazey and 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.[1]
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species,[2] and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The domes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The first dome emulates a tropical environment, and the second a Mediterranean environmentโ€ฆ.read moreโ€ฆ.

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Me Playing My Dean USA Razorback “Rust”

Me playing my Dean Razorback Rust USA

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I really don’t like to be on the other side of the camera lens as I have very poor blurry sight and no central vision, so I can never see the photographer or look into the camera which normally results with my eyes looking weird! lol, but after Sarah took this shot of me playing one of my favourite electric guitars and after I added a “Dramatic Black & White” effect she loved it and wanted me to post it for you guys to see.

I always find it funny looking at me playing guitar, as it looks like I am watching my fingers but I can’t even see my hands or guitar! ๐Ÿ˜€

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Friday Street

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Friday Street

Stephan Langton

Friday Street 2

Steve  Sarah at Friday Street

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Friday street is a beautiful peaceful place that Sarah & I love to visit for a walk around the narrow lanes and through the woods to finally end up with a lovely warm meal at the Stephan Langton pub.

Friday Streetย is aย hamletย on the lower slopes ofย Leith Hillย inย Surrey,ย England. It is set well off the main roads around aย hammer pondย in a wooded valley. It is just to the south of Wotton and theย A25ย running betweenย Guildfordย to the west andย Dorkingย to the eastโ€ฆ.read moreโ€ฆ..

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Brooklands Museum

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Brooklands Motor Museum

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Shots taken during a day trip to Brooklands Museum.

Brooklands Museum Trust Ltdย operates the independent Brooklands Museum as aย charitable trustย and a private limited company incorporated on 12 March 1987; its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the unique heritage of theย Brooklandsย site.

The museum is located south ofย Weybridge,ย Surreyย and was first opened regularly in 1991 on 30 acres (120,000ย m2) of the original 1907 motor-racing circuit. It includes four Listed buildings: the 1907 Brooklands Automobile Racing Club Clubhouse and Members’ Hill Restaurant buildings, the 1911 Flight Ticket Office and a 1940ย Bellmanย aircraft hangar. Surviving sections of the 1937 Campbell Circuit, the 1907 Finishing Straight and Members’ Banking (the steepest section of the former racing circuit), the 1909 Test Hill and a WW2 ‘Bofors‘ gun tower are all important parts of the Brooklandsย Scheduled Monumentย which was extended in 2002. The entire Brooklands site having been designated a Conservation Area byย Surrey County Councilย in 1989. Theย Brooklands Trust Members,[1]ย formed in 2008 after the Friends of Brooklands Museum and Brooklands Club amalgamated, and is the official supporters’ organisation for the Museumโ€ฆ.read moreโ€ฆ.

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Ashridge Forest

Ashridge Forest Tower

Canal Boat

Ashridge Lake Sunset

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Photos taken during a day trip to Ashridge Forest, we also visited neighbouringย townsย and villages.ย 

Ashridgeย is aย country estateย andย stately homeย inย Hertfordshire,ย Englandย in theย United Kingdom; part of the land stretches intoBuckinghamshireย and it is close to theย Bedfordshireย border. It is situated in theย Chiltern Hills, anย Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about two miles (3ย km) north ofย Berkhamstedย and twenty miles (32ย km) north west ofย London. Surrounding villages includeย Aldbury,ย Pitstone,ย Ivinghoe,ย Little Gaddesden,ย Nettleden,ย Frithsdenย andย Potten End.

The estate comprises 20 square kilometres (5,000 acres) of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife. It also offers a good choice ofย waymarkedย walks through outstanding country. The estate is currently owned by theย National Trust.

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London Eye & Big Ben

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The London Eye

Beg Ben

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I have been on the London Eye a couple of times and it has rained both times! lol ๐Ÿ˜€ย 

Theย London Eyeย is a giantย Ferris wheelย situated on the banks of theย River Thamesย inย London,ย England. The entire structure is 135 metres (443ย ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394ย ft).

It is the tallestย Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paidย tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5ย million people annually.[5]ย When erected in 1999 it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the worldโ€ฆ..read moe

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Castle Rising Castle

Castle Rising Castle

Castle Rising main stairs

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Castle Rising 6

Castle Rising 7

Castle Rising 8

Castle Rising 9

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While on holiday at the lighthouse Me, Sarah & Ben took a day trip to Castle Rising castle.ย Iย gave Ben my big Nikon as Sarah &ย Iย were doing an audio described tour provided by the ticket office for ยฃ1. It was a fun tour as the audio description was dramatised!ย Iย still got to get my compact camera out and shoot the shots above! ๐Ÿ˜€

Castle Rising Castleย is a ruinedย castleย situated in the village ofย Castle Risingย in theย Englishย county ofย Norfolk. It was built in about 1138 byย William d’Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who also ownedย Arundel Castle. Much of its square keep, surrounded by a defensive mount, is intact. It is currently owned byย Lord Howard of Rising, a descendant of William d’Aubigny.

Castle Risingย is aย villageย andย civil parishย in theย Englishย countyย ofย Norfolk. It is best known as the location ofย Castle Rising Castle, which dominates the village. The village is situated some 8 kilometres (5.0ย mi) north-east of the town ofย King’s Lynnย and 60 kilometres (37ย mi) west of the city ofย Norwich.Theย River Babingleyย skirts the north of the village separating Castle Rising from the site of the lost village ofย Babingley.[1]

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Leith Hill Tower

A landscape shot of the Leith hill tower in the centre

A framatic black and white photo looking upwards of the tower from the outside

A black and white photo of a Squirrel eating from the right side profile

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On the summit of Leith Hill is an 18th century Gothic tower, with panoramic views northwards to London and the English Channel to the south. Richard Hull of nearbyย Leith Hill Placeย built “Prospect House” in the years 1765 to 1766, later to become known as Leith Hill Tower, with the intention of raising the hill above 1,000ย ft (305ย m) above sea level. The tower is 19.5 metres (64ย ft) high and consisted of two rooms “neatly furnished”, with aย Latininscription above the door announcing that it had been built for not only his own pleasure, but also for the enjoyment of others. Hull provided visitors with prospect glasses, similar to a smallย telescope, through which to survey the extensive views towardsย Londonย and theEnglish Channel, each some 25 miles (40ย km) away, and thirteenย countiesย on a very clear dayโ€ฆ.read moreโ€ฆ.

ย Camera usedSONY Alpha a100

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Norfolk Lavender

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Photo taken during a beautiful sunny walk around Norfolk Lavender, Heacham

Norfolk Lavender Ltd was founded in 1932. Linn Chilvers supplied the plants and the labour. Francis Dusgate of Fring Hall provided the land. The firstย lavenderย field was planted on Dusgate’s land at Fring and in 1936 Dusgate acquired Caley Mill on theย River Heachamย and the ground around it, not for the building but for the land. Lavender has been grown there ever since. A kiosk was erected from which bunches of lavender were sold to passingย pre-warย trafficโ€ฆ..Read More on Wikiโ€ฆ.

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Marco & Lissie

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Marco

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Meet Marco & Lissie (my friend Ben’s dogs)

Theย Shar Pei, orย Chinese Shar-Pei, is aย breedย ofย dogย known for its distinctive features of deep wrinkles and a blue-black tongue. The breed comes from China. The name (ๆฒ™็šฎ,ย pinyin:ย shฤ pรญ; English name probably derived fromย Britishย spelling of theย Cantoneseย equivalent,ย sฤ pรจih) translates to “sand skin” and refers to the texture of its short, rough coat. As puppies, Shar Pei have numerousย wrinkles, but as they mature, these wrinkles loosen and spread out as they “grow into their skin”. Shar Pei were named in 1978 as one of the world’s rarest dog breeds byTIMEย magazine and theย Guinness World Records. Theย American Kennel Clubย did not recognize the breed until 1991โ€ฆ..Read More on Wikiโ€ฆ..

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Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace

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Hampton Court Palace 2

Hampton Court Palace Secret Garden

Hampton Court Palace 3

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Photos taken on my one and only trip to Hampton Court Palace (a few years ago now!) ๐Ÿ˜€

Hampton Court Palaceย is a royal palace in theย London Borough of Richmond upon Thames,ย Greater London, and theย historic countyย ofย Middlesex; it has not been inhabited by theย British Royal Familyย since the 18th century. The palace is located 11.7ย miles (18.8 kilometres) south west ofย Charing Crossย and upstream ofย central Londonย on theย River Thames. It was originally built for Cardinalย Thomas Wolsey, aย favouriteย ofย King Henry VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged itโ€ฆโ€ฆread more

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Epsom Clock Tower

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Epsom Clock Tower

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I took this photo whilst walking around the market place in Epsom, Surrey.

Epsom Clock Tower was built in 1847, replacing the watchhouse which stood from the 17th century, and was built to 70 feet of red and suffolk brick, withย heraldic lionsย ofย Caen Stoneย at the four corners of the tower base. A bell was added in 1867. By 1902 the lions had been replaced by lanterns, (which were replaced by the current globe lights in 1920) and the toilet buildings added either side of the towerโ€ฆ..read more…

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Nonsuch Park & Mansion

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Nonsuch Mansion

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Nonsuch Park Mansion

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Black & white photo of a single dandelion clock

Sunlight shining bright through the trees at nonsuch park

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A few shots from our walk around Nonsuch Park & Mansion.

Nonsuch Mansionย is aย Grade II listedย house[1]ย located withinย Nonsuch Park[2]ย in northย Surrey, England. Inย medievalย times it was part of the three thousandย acreย manorย ofย Cuddington. The mansion was built in 1731-43 by Joseph Thompson and later bought by Samuel Farmer in 1799. He employedย Jeffry Wyattvilleย to rebuild it in a Tudor Gothic style in 1802-6. Farmer was succeeded by his grandson in 1838 under whom the gardens became famousโ€ฆread moreโ€ฆ.

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Marshall

A framed black and white portrait of Marshall

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Meet Marshall, one of my brother-in-laws.

The photo effect is from a new Mac app I am experimenting with at the moment so please be patient with me! I am trying to do more black and white photos as I really struggle with colours as i’m also colour blind.

I am really enjoying creating life from my old images though! ๐Ÿ˜€

Camera usedNikon D2Xs

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The Old Lighthouse, Hunstanton

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As you may already know from my previous photos of “The Old Lighthouse” this is our favourite place to hire for a holiday in Norfolk.

“The Old Lighthouse is a holiday home with a difference! Built in 1666 on the cliffs of North Beach in Hunstanton, The Old Lighthouse was fully restored and converted to holiday accommodation in 1997.”ย 

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ย Camera usedSamsung WB550


Carousel Horse

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This is one of the first photos I took since being registered Blind. I only had a compact camera back then as I didn’t know I would be any good at all at taking pictures, I thought it was a silly idea as it is a sighted person’s thing to do!

This photo was taken in Brighton, Uk, and is of the carousel horse that is right on the beach front.

ย Camera usedFuji F10

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Broccoli?!

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I booked a Champagne VIP balloon flight for Sarah’s birthday as she has always wanted to go up in a hot air balloon. It was an amazing experience and when I got back to see what I’d taken I zoomed in onto this photo and the trees still look like broccoli to me!

ย Camera usedSamsung WB550