C.S. Voll

What's with the nuts?
That's not my cup of tea
Why am even I here?
An afterthought, its plain to see
You know I am allergic
yet still you served these things to me?
I scrape the itching rash
Constricted breath I battle
Was it worth those meagre #brownie points
to hear my final rattle?

#vss365 #poem

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#art #artist #flower #nature #nowplaying #photography #pond #summer #water

Within a book hides
A #brownie recipe
Worth all the riches
Of a royal clan

Adventurers seek
Its taste but a ban
On baking stops the
Fervour in its tracks

#vss365

a sidewalk chalk guy

like this guy

It was just a box
on a platform by the Poplar tree
black if I remember
rules were simple
don't open til September
the hound of curiosity
competes with me yet
inside was a thank you note
it read, I knew I'd win the bet

#Fromoneline #vssdaily
#blueskyrelay #2wordprompt
#vss365 #whistpr #Wipsnips

Rescanned this old Batman doodle, looks much better now. 🤘 #doodles #Batman

“Don’t be too angry. It’s just a game, my friend.”

“Is it still a game if no one plays by the #rules?”

“It is if I end up winning.”

“In that case, this victory is more costly than a defeat.”

#vss365

William "Billy" Haines (left) and Frankie Darro share a thoughtful moment on a curb in MEMORY LANE.

For the last night of MoMA's Silent Movie Week — the New York restoration premiere of MEMORY LANE (1926). Come celebrate the great and necessary work of the @librarycongress.bsky.social and The Film Foundation with this silent film by the great John M. Stahl.

your #sass sheds heartbeats
like wind against still water
rippling through me to reach
expanses of an unexplored wild
you tilt your head then smile
and my world forgets to spin
there I stay, in your hands
waiting for dreams to begin.

#vss365

If you love craggy rocks (with E-Z access), head to Garden of the Gods, a hidden gem in Chatsworth right off the 118 Fwy. The weird formations have appeared in tons of movies, including the "Man from Colorado" (1948) in which the "Tower" and "Sphinx" formations are well-featured.

There is no room for
#Sass on board a ship
That twirls between two
Wormholes intent on
Transporting us to
An earlier point in
Our grey existence

#vss365

My son launched into a detailed recounting of everything he did, starting from what he ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner to the games he played, the lessons he practiced, and a visit to the park. I savored each word and recorded his #angel-ic smile in my memory.

#vss365

A square photograph shows the front of an art deco style motel office at dusk, the black and white building has red awnings and other accents, and it is wrapped with vintage neon

Images from Route 66 – Boots Court Motel

📷 Hasselblad 203FE
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160
📍 Carthage, MO

Cars stop in the middle of a street. An #angel descends from the sky. Phone cameras appear in thousands of hands, capturing a pair wings, a halo, and a confused smile. Business cards blink in a sea of light, but no one can hear each other speak.

#vss365

nighttime oddish #art #pokemon

Lucky is the sun
That's falls on everyone
Who are fortunate enough
To see its light of day

A charm in the sky
It twinkles up on high
Guiding through our day
Sending us real hope
That we can find a better place

#vss365 #charm

#Photography, the smaller temple at Abu Simbel, relief showing the children of RamesesII at his feet.

From ‘The Nile’ by Eliot Elisofon (1964) #art #Egypt #sculpture

With one glance
You #charm me
Enough to
Melt the cloak
That hid my
Heart from view

#vss365

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky
Pia the Elemental aka Nosferatu

"Look!" She ran to him with the map, and spread it beside the ransom note. "It's not 2:10 sharp. It's Yurt 2 at ten o'clock sharp." She felt giddy, hopeful.
His #scowl was gone, but the intensity in his eyes was just as severe. Pained and afraid. And it melted her smile.
#vss365 #amwriting

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
29 July 4th anniversary.
#tgaa

“Don’t #scowl at the mirror.”

“Am I handsome?”

“Oh, not this again.”

“My self-image is crumbling. Please.”

“You are the most handsome ugly person I’ve ever known.”

“It’s just what I needed — hey, wait a minute.”

“Don’t think too much; you’ll start scowling again.”

#vss365

From Las Vegas

#photography #streetphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #leica #vegas #lasvegas

immaculate #mischief
you ease my heavy heart
your jester qualities
coaxing the smile
back to my face
and lifting the clouds
obscuring my shine

#vss365
#poetry

That morning you hatched a
A plan full of #mischief,
Promising to split the
Bill with a legit piece
Of counterfeit cunning

#vss365

Queen Elizabeth rose
#flowers #garden

Thank you very much!

When you find your silence
Dive right in
That is where your music plays
Where your peace begins
Where the flowers #hum the melody
Of a perennial meadow sway
Where your heart beats in tune with nature
Where you’re free to dance and play

#vss365 #poetry