tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51647042366458777022012-02-22T00:15:37.927-08:00Magical Mystical Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-24294472863545015202012-02-20T02:12:00.001-08:002012-02-22T00:15:38.092-08:00<div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nqVIEiT9FeKZghh1dmNvnNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; "><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QrqmF_AepmE/Txf0tFqgpdI/AAAAAAACbtk/T_yOlYqyAWI/s640/IMG_6663.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a><br />A view of a boutique inside the Melbourne Central shopping complex.<br />The steps up are polished wood and the red symbol is a little like a Celtic design.<br /><br /><b>Element of style<br />A touch of romantic dream<br />Atmospheric space</b><br /><br />NOTE: I am trying to visit each link, but the new word verification on Blogger is making progress very slow!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/" target="_self" style="font-weight: normal; "><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UZkQZ1fNz-k/TwZMo-Wb1nI/AAAAAAACbNI/_yxPeTwINds/s155/IMG_6009-1.JPG" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width="›125&quot;" height="150" /></a></div><br /><script src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=20Feb2012" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-2429447286354501520?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-47797792200105984552012-02-13T03:24:00.000-08:002012-02-13T03:49:26.057-08:00<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Guadalupe/?action=view&amp;current=GuadalupeDec11279-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Guadalupe/GuadalupeDec11279-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 100%;">Wedding guests await the bride and groom, Guadalupe, Mexico</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: 150%;"><b>Girl in ruby, waiting there<br />For the lovely bridal pair,<br />Do you wish you, too, could wed,<br />Girl in ruby, girl in red?<br /></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 70%;">Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher</span><br /><br /></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday2.blogpsot.com" target="_self"><img src=" https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eOOTnAjpDBE/TwZTgNYz8eI/AAAAAAACbNo/lGpCwd0C0ug/s155/Anza-B19March2011203-1.jpg" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width=t125" height="155" /></a></div><br /><br /><script src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=13Feb2012" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-4779779220010598455?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Magical Mystical Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-67910989368331190782012-02-06T00:14:00.000-08:002012-02-17T12:08:32.565-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sQ6uV6i7NjFFcChTuKpdONMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EHqykiNsDdc/TQrS1bNk7oI/AAAAAAACDh0/v32M2HtbArA/s640/IMG_5129.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a><br />Part of a tiny fantasy village in the Boneo Maze and Wetlands on the Mornington Peninsula<br /><br /><b><span>Sweet small character<br />Lives in an enchanted world<br />Like a secret dream</span></b><br /><br />**DID YOU KNOW? To Aboriginals in Australia, red is the symbolic colour for the earth or land.<br />This colour appears on the Aboriginal flag.<br /><i>Indigenous flag...<br />Black for the first people<br />Red for the earth and the spirit within<br />Yellow for the sun nurturing life... </i><br />Extract from my <a href="http://gemmaearthgems.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/australia-day-reflections.html">Australia Day Reflections</a> post.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/" target="_self"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UZkQZ1fNz-k/TwZMo-Wb1nI/AAAAAAACbNI/_yxPeTwINds/s155/IMG_6009-1.JPG" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width="›125&quot;" height="150" /></a></div><br /><script src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=06Feb2012" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-6791098936833119078?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-60186124756780680632012-01-30T03:13:00.000-08:002012-01-30T03:13:16.531-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Zacatecas/?action=view&amp;current=ZacatecasDec111102-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Zacatecas/ZacatecasDec111102-1.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 100%;">An enticing doorway in Zacatecas, Mexico</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: 150%;"><b>They told me to look behind the dark door,<br />The door that was outlined in red. <br />They said that I’d find some gold on the floor—<br />At least, that’s how I heard it said.<br /><br />But when the door cracked and I went within,<br />I found only dust, and no gold;<br />Dejected and poor, I’ve taken to gin—<br />And now my sad story is told.<br /></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 70%;">Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher</span><br /><br /></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday.blogspot.com" target="_self"><img src=" https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gLVK7GjB8y0/TwZ69L0hXdI/AAAAAAACbPA/yUsCPjlyREM/s220/IMG_6233-1.JPG" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width="220" height="100" /></a></div><br /><br /><script src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=30Jan2012" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-6018612475678068063?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Magical Mystical Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-11755323918069805582012-01-23T00:14:00.000-08:002012-01-23T00:14:11.707-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HjFQZhyxTc1Ughv1Zw88cNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Pkhdz7Ce0HU/TpZgPBddSMI/AAAAAAACZRs/Ps6USqy-qA8/s640/IMG_4322.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a><br />A rosella in my Mornington Peninsula world enjoying the sweetness of apple blossom.<br /><br /><b><span>Glowing red feathers<br />Like a bright flash in the sky<br />Like a living gem</span></b><br /><br /><b>**DID YOU KNOW? <span>Red</span> is the colour for beauty in many cultures!</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday2.blogpsot.com/" target="_self"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eOOTnAjpDBE/TwZTgNYz8eI/AAAAAAACbNo/lGpCwd0C0ug/s155/Anza-B19March2011203-1.jpg" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width="t125&quot;" height="155" /></a><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br />Badge created from MMT's first post image<br /></span></strong></div><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=23Jan2012"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-1175532391806980558?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-58048645553222276482012-01-16T02:00:00.000-08:002012-01-16T01:51:40.088-08:00<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Zacatecas/?action=view&amp;current=ZacatecasDec11347-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Zacatecas/ZacatecasDec11347-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><span><strong><span style="font-size: 100%;">A young street vendor sketches while waiting for customers, Zacatecas, Mexico</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span><span style="font-size: 150%; color: red; "><b>With customers scarce,<br />He picks up his pen,<br />And draws to his heart’s content.<br /><br />And now we all know<br />The bent of his soul—<br />And where all his pesos went!<br /><br /></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 70%; ">Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher</span><br /><br /></span></strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/" target="_self"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1gf1Ma1ztd8/TwZgrkU8FHI/AAAAAAACbN4/P6FdR0ANRow/s198/Ruby%252520Red%252520Tuesday%2525202%252520%2525281%252529-1.jpg" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width="Æ125&quot;" height="115" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 70%; ">Badge created by Gattina of <a href="http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/">Keyhole Pictures</a></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=16Jan2012"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-5804864555322227648?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Magical Mystical Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-17593397317110771752012-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:002012-01-09T01:33:55.541-08:00<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Zacatecas/?action=view&amp;current=ZacatecasDec11154-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Zacatecas/ZacatecasDec11154-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <br /><span><strong><span style="font-size: 100%;">A couple in Plaza Genaro Codina, Zacatecas, Mexico</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></span> <br /> <br /> <br /><span><span style="font-size: 150%; color: red; "><b>You are an orchard. <br />When will your sweet fruit ripen? <br />I am ravenous! <br /></b></span> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 70%; ">Photo and haiku © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher</span> <br /> <br /></span></strong></span> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/" target="_self"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1gf1Ma1ztd8/TwZgrkU8FHI/AAAAAAACbN4/P6FdR0ANRow/s198/Ruby%252520Red%252520Tuesday%2525202%252520%2525281%252529-1.jpg" alt="Ruby Tuesday 2" width="Æ125&quot;" height="115" /></a> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 70%; ">Badge created by Gattina of <a href="http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/">Keyhole Pictures</a></span> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=09Jan2012"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-1759339731711077175?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Magical Mystical Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164704236645877702.post-52644532153555990572012-01-02T21:11:00.000-08:002012-01-03T19:06:41.189-08:00<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Anza-Borrego%20Desert/?action=view&amp;current=Anza-B19March2011203-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Anza-Borrego%20Desert/Anza-B19March2011203-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br />Welcome to the new home of Ruby Tuesday! Please add your link below, and visit others around the world who share your passion for all things red!<div> <br /> <br /><a href="http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Ruby%20Tuesday%202/?action=view&amp;current=Badge1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h369/MagicalMysticalTeacher/Ruby%20Tuesday%202/Badge1.jpg" border="0" alt="original" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br />Badge created by Gemma Wiseman at <a href="http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/">Gemma's Greyscale Territory: Poetic Songlines</a></div> <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=rubytuesday2&amp;postid=03Jan2012"></script></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5164704236645877702-5264453215355599057?l=rubytuesday2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Magical Mystical Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01853272111925075994noreply@blogger.com39