LOVE YOURSELF... OMM's REFLECTION CHALLENGE...

"The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, 

but true beauty in a Woman 

is reflected in her soul. 

It is the caring that she lovingly gives, 

the passion that she knows." 

~

 Audrey Hepburn

PLAYING AROUND... SPA's PLAYTIME CHALLENGE...

 "Why did some of the impoverished children

 create a happy playtime 

with only some sticks and string, 

while others sat bored and sullen?" 

~

 Shawn Achor

WIPEOUT... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE...

 "When you photograph people in color, 

you photograph their clothes. 

But when you photograph people

 in Black and white, 

you photograph their souls!" 

~

 Ted Grant

A SNOW GENTLEMAN... OMM's SNOWMAN CHALLANGE...

 Some of my best friends

are flakes'

CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLIZZARD CHALLENGE...

 "Even the strongest blizzards 

start with a single snowflake." 

~

 Sara Raasch

BLUE MONDAY... SPA's BLUE MONDAY CHALLENGE...

Am I blue, am I blue 

Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you

~

Grant Clarke

BLUE BIRDS.... OMM's BLUE & YELLOW CHALLENGE...

 "Somewhere over the rainbow, 

skies are blue, 

and the dreams that you dare to dream

 really do come true." 

~

 E.Y. Harburg

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's PABLO PICASSO CHALLENGE...

"The world doesn't make sense, 

so why should I paint pictures 

that do?" 

~

 Pablo Picasso

BONFIRE MARSHMELLOS... DIGITAL WHISPER's BONFIRE CHALLENGE...

 "The bigger you build the bonfire, 

the more darkness is revealed." 

~

 Terence McKenna

FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS... SPA's FEATHERED FRIENDS CHALLENGE...

 "Arguing with idiots

 is like playing chess with a pigeon. 

No matter how good you are, 

the bird is going to shit on the board

 and strut around like it won anyway." 

~

 Shannon L. Alder

A JOYFUL NOISE... OMM's MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE CHALLENGE...

 "And those who were seen dancing 

were thought to be insane 

by those who could not hear the music."

~

 Friedrich Nietzsche

ANNIEBOO 2026...

 A very strange thing happened to me 

on the way to 2026.

My life long poker straight hair 

took it upon it's self,

to curl and wave all over my head.

I don't know if it is going to stay like this.

I'll keep you posted......

In the mean time this is what I look like.

HOLIDAY AFTERGLOW... SPA's SNOWY CITISCAPE CHALLENGE...

 Silence of a winter night

 buried in velvet mounds 

of crystal dusted cream. 

 Lamp posts stand like sentinel

 ghosts up and down the street. 

and silence... snow silence...

~

DSW

BORROWED BOOTS... DIGITAL WHISPER's SNOW BOOTS CHALLENGE...

"Today was not a day for the sounds of life. 

Today was for the hollow wind 

rustling branches, 

for the rushing of a half-frozen river, 

for the crunch of snow under boots." 

~

 Sarah J. Maas

HANG TIME... OMM's TIME CHALLENGE...

 "All we have to decide 

is 

what to do 

with the time that is given us." 

~

 J.R.R. Tolkien

STOCKING INVADERS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's CHRISTMAS STOCKING CHALLENGE...

 "I suppose you will be 

hanging up your stocking just once more: 

I hope so 

for I have still a few little things for you. 

After this I shall have to say “goodbye”.

~

 J.R.R. Tolkien

LAVENDAR MAGIC... DIGITAL WHISPER's LAVENDER & PINK CHALLENGE...

 

"Do little pink fairies sing 

and dance in your world, Peabody?" 

"Sometimes, when it's very quiet 

and no one else can see." 

~

 J.D. Robb

WILD WINTER... SPA's WINTER WOODLAND WILDLIFE...

 "No matter how few possessions you own 

or how little money you have, 

loving wildlife and nature 

will make you rich beyond measure." 

~

 Paul Oxton

MERRY CHRISTMAS...

 Wishing you all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

JOY TO THE WORLD... DIGITAL WHISPER's NATIVITY CHALLENGE

Joy to the world; the Lord is come; 

Let Earth receive her King; 

Let every heart prepare him room, 

And heaven and nature sing.

SANTA's IS ON HIS WAY... SPA's FREE THEME CHALLENGE...

 "The main reason Santa is so jolly

 is because 

he knows where all the bad girls live." 

~

 George Carlin

FRANKEN-CLAUS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's FRANKENSTEIN CHRISTMAS...

 "We make our own monsters, 

then fear them for what they show us 

about ourselves." 

~

 Mike Carey

TIS THE SEASON... OMMs MISTLETOE CHALLENGE...

 It's Christmastime. 

Put a stupid mistletoe over his head 

and kiss him already!"

~

 Jay Asher

DECK THE HALLS... SPA's FESTIVE FOLIAGE CHALLENGE...

 Deck the halls with boughs of holly...

Tis the season to be jolly.

~

Traditional Carol

LIGHTING THE WAY... DIGITAL WHISPER's RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER CHALLENGE...

 Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer 

Had a very shiny nose 

And if you ever saw it 

You would even say it glows

~

Gene Autry