Silly is as Silly does…

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Silly is as silly does // riding a horse that has no fuzz
Sunglasses all askew // he knew he was Mr. Cool
A three year old’s imagination // carries on through generations
Laughing hilariously at silly stuff // seems we never get enough
Full of grit he rides his steed /// if you’re in his path better take heed
Although it was so long ago // seems like only yesterday you know
Silly is as silly does // these photos fill our hearts with love

Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Today at d’Verse, Lillian asked us to be lighthearted and Silly. This is my son from many years ago.   You can join us at:  https://dversepoets.com   Smile!!

One of the things I am doing during this time in seclusion is to go through our old albums and copy the best of them photos with my iPhone. It makes very sharp copies which I then load into my laptop for editing. We probably all have photos in acetate that faded and lost their original color. I found if you use the editing tools in your computer you can turn them into nice sharp black and white photos.  This is much better than tossing them!

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It just dawned on me that this was supposed to be Quadrille Monday. (only 44 words) My apologies to Lillian for doing a double Quadrille. I got carried away with the prompt and forgot what I was doing!!  Must be getting old! I turned another year older today!!

 

51 thoughts on “Silly is as Silly does…”

  4. We have a rocking giraffe in our grandparent’s toy stash, and all 9 grandchildren have ridden it on safari. Your piece has just the right pinch olf silliness .

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  5. LOVE your post and such a great thing to be doing during these stay at home times. I’ve actually been going throught my 1000+ poems on my blog (hard to believe there at that many!) and putting some into little books with photos – using Snapfish. Very fun to do! 🙂

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    • Thank you Lillian! He was such a cute little boy! I am so glad you enjoyed it! You can load your poems on a word file and transfer a pdf copy to a flash stick. Then take them to Office max/depot and they will print and bid them with a spiral binding. I have done several poetry books that way!

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    • Black and white and color albums will go by the wayside when we are gone. I am collecting the best to put in digital format that might stay around a little longer. Thanks for your comment!

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  13. I adore the attitude of a 3 year-old in your poem. The photo is priceless! Thank you for the tip on photo editing the celluloid. Looking through old photos takes me to another world, almost like a dream.

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