Once Upon a Grinchmas

The Grinch's Christmas Tree, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Once upon a Grinchmas,
His heart was cold as ice;
But when at last it melted,
He turned to Mr. Nice!

Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Ruby Tuesday 2

1.	Alexa in NYC,usa	21.	Spice Up Your Life	41.	New Year..2013
2.	Pictografio	22.	Patti V.	42.	Matkatar
3.	Gemma's Greyscale	23.	Chubskulit	43.	Enerhagen, Norway
4.	ilovepink	24.	Liz (yacb)	44.	Maria @ LSS
5.	Yoshi	25.	Liz (mcn)	45.	Joel - BB
6.	pinkgogreen	26.	Simply Delicious	46.	Joel - LAPP
7.	Leovi - The sweet flavor of love	27.	Gemma's MP Daily	47.	Teri H Hoover Photography
8.	Valladolid Daily Photo	28.	felisol	48.	Jackie
9.	HOOTIN' ANNI [sunrise photos]	29.	A Creative Harbor	49.	Pret-a-Vivre {ready to waltz}
10.	Kim,USA	30.	Angie in Yanchep, West Oz	50.	Carmen's Chronicles
11.	BEST KIDS GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2012 (follows)	31.	Tulsa Gentleman	51.	Sara Chapman in Seattle USA
12.	Karen, Pixel Posts	32.	DrillerAA - Arkansas	52.	Sara Chapman in Seattle, 2nd entry
13.	Rajesh, India	33.	ann nz	53.	Shiju Sugunan
14.	Pride in Photos	34.	Eds ( Happy New Year )	54.	Mickie Brown
15.	Ralph	35.	Lina	55.	Latane (Virginia USA)
16.	hapzydeco	36.	Nick, Melbourne	56.	Chicago Holiday Lights
17.	Rose	37.	NixPixMix	57.	siggiofmaine
18.	Travels & Wandering	38.	Dawn Treader, Sweden	58.	Marie
19.	J.Rye	39.	edenscott,Australia
20.	thats the way the cornbread crumbles	40.	Sweet Nothings

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Magic of Christmas

Magic of Christmas
A time for sharing the joys
Remembering love


Happiest Christmas to you all 
from 
Magical Mystical Teacher 
+
Gemma

Ruby Tuesday 2

1.	Angie in Yanchep, West Oz	18.	Gemma's MP Daily	35.	Raine
2.	Mae	19.	Gemma's Greyscale	36.	edenscott,Australia
3.	Santa's Helpers	20.	Christmas Singalong	37.	Nick, Melbourne
4.	Pictografio	21.	J.Rye	38.	NixPixMix
5.	Kim,USA	22.	Hyde Daily Photo	39.	alexa in nyc, usa
6.	Magical Mystical Teacher	23.	Dew Drops	40.	hapzydeco
7.	Nora	24.	Fairy House	41.	Dawn Treader Sweden
8.	Leovi - Hold me and make me fly	25.	Chubskulit	42.	HoodPhoto OR-USA
9.	Rajesh, India	26.	Elf	43.	Jackie
10.	Ralph	27.	Poinsettia	44.	Maria @ LSS
11.	Riet, Holland	28.	Jama-Singapore	45.	Simply Delicious
12.	Liz (mcn)	29.	Eastcoastlife Singapore	46.	Enerhagen
13.	Liz (mot)	30.	Gattina	47.	Nukke
14.	Liz (yacb)	31.	January	48.	Shiju Sugunan
15.	Cafe au lait	32.	Namaki	49.	Joel - BB
16.	Laura Hegfield	33.	ann nz	50.	A Happy Gram, Blizzard 2012
17.	Cafe au lait - FM	34.	Jim, Sydney, Australia

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Pottery Shop with Ruby Hues

Pottery shop, Los Algodones, Baja California, México

Little "china" shop,
filled with breakables galore—
no bull wanted here!


Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Ruby Tuesday 2

1.	Gemma's Greyscale	26.	Fashion Momma	51.	Me Ann My Camera
2.	Riet, Holland	27.	Sasha	52.	edenscott,Australia
3.	Nora	28.	Sherry	53.	Nick, Melbourne
4.	Pictografio	29.	Gemma's MP Daily	54.	NixPixMix
5.	Robin from Israel	30.	mark, australia	55.	Halcyon, Toronto
6.	beagleAnnie	31.	Eden Hills	56.	Bougainvillea
7.	Shiju Sugunan	32.	Inverness Daily Photo	57.	Namaki-Objectif Regarder
8.	Andrea, Pinky Reds	33.	Myrna-My Enchanted Home	58.	Straight Out of Christmas
9.	Leovi - The beach of stormy hearts	34.	Pat ~ Mille Fiori Favoriti	59.	Dawn Treader Sweden
10.	Dolled Up Play House	35.	Hyde Daily Photo	60.	Lina
11.	Kitties	36.	Hyde DP Xtra	61.	Leovi - Your lips are unattain
12.	Chubskulit	37.	ann nz	62.	Leovi - Your lips are unattain
13.	eJoops	38.	Valladolid Daily Photo	63.	dianne
14.	My First Radio Flyer	39.	Photos by January	64.	Louis la Vache
15.	Kim,USA	40.	Latane	65.	Junie's Place
16.	thats the way the cornbread crumbles	41.	DrillerAA - Arkansas	66.	becca givens
17.	Magical Mystical Teacher	42.	Emzkie	67.	The joy of giving!
18.	Enerhagen, Norway	43.	Angie in Yanchep, West Oz	68.	mommy peach
19.	Rajesh, India	44.	Jama-Singapore	69.	siggiofmaine
20.	Ralph	45.	Sweet Nothings	70.	Valladolid Daily Photo 2
21.	Liz (mcn)	46.	POWER OF WORDS (follows)	71.	terry
22.	Liz (yacb)	47.	Gattina	72.	HoodPhoto OR-US
23.	My Own Travels	48.	alexa in nyc, usa	73.	Three Kings
24.	Maria @ LSS	49.	Tulsa Gentleman
25.	Simply Delicious	50.	Mancunian Wave

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Ruby Art Room Sign

Art room sign at Red Hill Consolidated School


The art of colour
Fruits of the creative soul
Rainbow of the mind

Ruby Tuesday 2

1.	Latane	25.	Maria @ LSS	49.	Gattina, Belgium
2.	Just capture	26.	Chubskulit	50.	Nick, Melbourne
3.	Pictografio	27.	dianne	51.	NixPixMix
4.	Tina´s PicStory	28.	Riet, Holland	52.	Lina
5.	Life on the Edge	29.	Gemma's MP Daily	53.	Mancunian Wave
6.	Junie's Place	30.	Gemma's Greyscale	54.	Dawn Treader, Sweden
7.	Rajesh, India	31.	Enerhagen, Norway	55.	Magical Mystical Teacher
8.	Valladolid Daily Photo	32.	Sara Chapman in Seattle USA	56.	Louis la Vache - San Francisco Bay
9.	Ralph	33.	mark, australia	57.	Ho Ho Ho ---HOOTIN' ANNI
10.	Pride in Photos	34.	ann nz	58.	Halcyon, Toronto
11.	Leovi - This is the principle, this is the end	35.	Hyde Daily Photo	59.	Me Ann MY Camera
12.	Kim,USA	36.	Inverness Daily Photo	60.	Mildred - France
13.	Jane, Scotland UK	37.	Namaki-Objectif Regarder	61.	alexa in nyc, usa
14.	Mae	38.	Angie in Yanchep, West Oz	62.	Leovi - Tattered Heart
15.	Disney's Rubies	39.	Sherry	63.	Jessica Cassidy
16.	Hand Soap	40.	beagleAnnie	64.	Joel - BB
17.	Rose	41.	Sasha	65.	Jackie
18.	Honoring Veterans	42.	Sweet Nothings	66.	terry
19.	Candelabra	43.	DrillerAA	67.	Christmas Joy Today
20.	Pens & Crayons	44.	Myrna-My Enchanted Home	68.	DrillerAA-Corrected
21.	Travels & Wandering	45.	becca givens	69.	Tulsa Gentleman
22.	Liz (mcn)	46.	edenscott,Australia	70.	Magical Mystical Teacher #2
23.	Liz (mot)	47.	Fashion Momma	71.	thats the way the cornbread crumbles
24.	Simply Delicious	48.	Jidhu Jose	72.	siggiofmaine

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Sizzling Ruby Shop Sign

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

Bugambilia—
who sells what behind these walls
at what sort of price?


Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Ruby Tuesday 2

1. Simply Delicious	2. Crossbow	3. Tina´s PicStory	4. Straight Out of Zacatecas (Linky)
5. Nora	6. Jidhu Jose	7. Leovi - Whispers in the bedroom	8. Pictografio
9. Andrea, Spiky Redsa	10. Jama-Singapore	11. Rajesh, India	12. Photos by January
13. Laurie - Florida	14. Rose	15. Crystal	16. Chubskulit
17. Spice Up Your Life	18. Thrifting is Fun	19. Pleasurable Hobbies	20. Ralph
21. Madonna High	22. Liz (mcn)	23. Gemma's Greyscale	24. Gemma's MP Daily
25. Kim,USA	26. mark, australia	27. Enerhagen, Norway	28. Jim, Sydney, Australia
29. Hyde Daily Photo	30. Anni's Xmas Tree	31. Maria's Space	32. Namaki-Objectif Regarder
33. Margaret Gosden	34. Myrna-My Enchanted Home	35. Sara Chapman in Seattle USA	36. Sara Chapman in Seattle USA
37. Mildred - France	38. Dew Drops	39. DrillerAA	40. Angie in Yanchep, West Oz
41. genie~ va	42. alexa in nyc, usa	43. Lina	44. ann nz
45. Liz (yacb)	46. Maria @ LSS	47. Liz (mot)	48. Magical Mystical Teacher
49. Mancunian Wave	50. NixPixMix	51. Nick, Melbourne	52. Sweet Nothings
53. Louis la Vache - San Francisco Bay	54. Dawn Treader, Sweden	55. Leovi - The door of desires	56. HoodPhoto OR-USA
57. Dez @ My Online and Offline World	58. becca givens	59. terry	60. Joel - BB
61. Virgin by Nicolas Lorenzo	62. Minoru	63. edenscott,Australia	64. Mary of the Tombs

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Reflecting on Red

The front of Dromana Hub reflecting in my car mirror


The shopping routine
Framed part of my lifestyle
Weekly date in time

Tattered Leaf

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

tattered crimson leaf
fading in the wilderness
final resting place


Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Reflecting

Reflections in the Dromana Hub Shopping Centre carpark after many downfalls of rain.
Busy doing heaps of marking and reports, so I have to rely on my archives for photos.
All the rain doesn't invite the frustrated photographer either.

Reflecting on sunlight
Imagining greyless days
When the signs are real

Ruby Courtyard

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

in an upper room
young girl brushing out her hair
someday wedding bells


Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Little People

Little whimsical figurines in the Boneo Maze and Wetlands' "hidden village" on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula


We are only small
Look closely and you'll see us
Always together

Riding Down the Bones

Fábrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

dreaming San Miguel
flayed and frayed, yet carefree still
riding down the bones


Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Angus and Rose

Unusual little indoor/outdoor coffee shop - just for snacks + handcraft items for sale - at The Briars
(huge property), Mount Martha, Mornington Peninsula.
It's called Angus and Rose.

Coffee rendezvous
Surrounded by bushland scenes
On yesterday's farm

Ruby Pavilion

Chinese Pavilion, Riverside, California

Imagine a world without red
On either a robin or sled:
How drab it would be
No scarlet to see,
But only grey shading instead!


Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Farms in Red

 

On Friday, I was getting my car serviced at Red Hill garage and sadly watched the dark rain clouds tumble in .

The intention was to walk around the nearby streets and take photos while I waited

But with all that sky activity, I would not be wandering far with my camera.

And then this big fella rolled into the garage.

At least a photo for RT2!

A big red wheeler

Symbol of  iconic farms

Peninsula fresh

Feeling Red

Morelia, Michoacán, México

I am feeling red today—
Better that than blue, they say.

Red is such a cheery shade,
Sweetest color ever made,

Brightens everything you do—
Better red, they say, than blue!



Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Big Red Guy

On the walkways round the Yarra River in Melbourne are many colourful elephants.
They celebrate the 150th anniversary of Melbourne Zoo.
(c) Gemma Wiseman

Bulky big red guy
Trumpeting for attention
A photo delight

Through the Wrong Door

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

Pursuing the moon,
I stumbled through the wrong door—
only shadows there!



Photo and haiku © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Red Glow for Writers

Took a group of Year 9 students into Melbourne last Friday.
Inside the Ian Potter Gallery at Flinders Street was this banner advertising the current Melbourne Writers Festival.
There were a number of these banners in different colours with varying, creative images in the upper "head" of the banner.
At the bottom of the photo is a Swedish writer being interviewed.


Inspiring banner
Writers need creative art
Imagination

Ruby-Toned Fountain

St. Michael (San Miguel), guarding a dry fountain, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

With your sword held high
you guard us from all evil,
stalwart San Miguel!



Photo and haiku © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

I'm Different!

 

Squeezed into this huddle of white and blue boats at Blairgowrie on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula is one boat featuring some red.

As it is a search and rescue boat, being different is probably a good idea!

I need to be seen

I need the brightness of red

I'm here to help you

Ruby Cactus Blossom

Cactus blossom, El Charco del Ingenio, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

Why are you amazed
that the brightest flowers bloom,
nestling among thorns?



Photo and haiku © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

A Touch of Winter Red

It's still Winter in Australia!
It's still time to rug up well!
A touch of red suggests a touch of warmth!


The breezes may blow
Chilled air and pale sun
Don't stop the walkers

Preacher Man

Evangelist preaching on the street, Morelia, Michoacán, México


Preacher man a-preachin’
To the sky and to the birds;
Don’t you wish you understood
His message and his words?

Story after story comes
Pouring from his tongue—
Sometimes fiery tales
‘bout the world when it was young;

And sometimes dark allusions
To sin and hell and such;
Doesn’t bother me a bit—
Well, at least not much!



Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher

In Ruby Light

 

This little character is under infra red light at the Moonlit Sanctuary, Pearcedale.

The sanctuary's specialty is protecting Australian endangered species.

Like a small dragon

Hoping to be understood

Hoping to live life

Ruby Wisdom

Wisdom figure, home of artist Anado McLauchlin, La Cieneguita, Guanajuato, México


Wise one standing guard at night,
Wise eyes gleaming with delight;
Standing guard by day as well,
Keeping back the hordes of hell!



Photo and poem © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher