THE MOON COLLECTER... OMM's MOON CHALLENGE...

 "The moon is a loyal companion. 

It never leaves. It’s always there, 

watching, steadfast, 

knowing us in our light and dark moments,

 changing forever just as we do.

Every day it’s a different version of itself." 

~

 Tahereh Mafi 

THE GREAT ESCAPE... SPA's STRIPES CHALLENGE...

 "I asked the Zebra, 

are you black with white stripes? 

Or white with black stripes? 

And the zebra asked me, 

Are you good with bad habits? 

Or are you bad with good habits? 

Are you noisy with quiet times? 

Or are you quiet with noisy times? 

Are you happy with some sad days? 

Or are you sad with some happy days? 

And on and on and on and 

on and on and on he went. 

I’ll never ask a zebra about stripes...again." 

~

 Shel Silverstein

BEYOND GRIEF... DIGITAL WHISPER's GRIEF CHALLENGE...

 "So it’s true, 

when all is said and done, 

grief is the price we pay for love." 

~

 E.A. Bucchianeri

STEAMPUNKED MAD HATTER... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION...

 "I know who I WAS 

when I got up this morning, 

but I think I must have been changed 

several times since then" 

~

 Lewis Carroll

CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE... OMM's STEAMPUNK CHALLENGE...

  "Steampunk is Victorian 

science fiction" 

~

 G.D. Falksen

DID SOMEONE SAY PIGEON... SPA's PIGEON CHALLENGE...

 "I'll sit in the park 

and feed the pigeons for a while.' 

We don't have pigeons.' 

Then I'll feed the pterodactyls." 

~

 Dean Koontz

FLOWER GIRL... DIGITAL WHISPER's FLOWER GIRL CHALLENGE...

 "The difference between a lady 

and a flower girl is not how she behaves, 

but how she’s treated." 

~

 George Bernard Shaw

HANDMADE BY A MAD WOMAN... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's MAD HATTER CHALLENGE...

 "Mad Hatter: Am I going mad? 

Alice: Yes, you're mad, bonkers, 

off the top of your head...but...I'll tell you a secret.

 All the best people are." 

~

 Lewis Carroll

SILVER THREADS & GOLDEN NEEDLES... OMM's RED & YELLOW CHALLENGE...

 Red, black or orange, Yellow or white, 

We all look the same 

When we turn off the light. 

 So maybe the way, 

To make everything right 

Is for god to just reach out 

And turn off the light!" 

~

 Shel Silverstein

WEIGHT GAIN ON THE BRAIN... SPA's WHAT's ON YOUR MIND CHALLENGE...

 Your life is ruled

by that

which occupies your mind.

~

Unknown

IT's CHERRY TIME... DIGITAL WHISPER's CHERRY CHALLENGE...

 "I'm not saying life is a bowl of cherries, 

but it's definitely not a bowl of... 

Brussels sprouts."

GO ASK ALICE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's "A" IS FOR ALICE CHALLENGE...

 

One pill makes you larger 

And one pill makes you small 

And the ones that mother gives you 

Don't do anything at all.

Go ask Alice when she's 10 feet tall.

~

Jefferson Airplane

GUITAR MAN... OMM's GUITAR CHALLENGE...

 Who draws the crowd and plays so loud, 

baby it's the guitar man 

Who's gonna steal the show, 

you know baby it's the guitar man 

He can make you love, he can make you cry 

He will bring you down then he'll get you high

 ~ 

Bread

LIFE ON WHEELS... DIGITTAL WHISPER's ROLLER SKATE CHALLENGE...

Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates 

You got a brand new key 

I think that we should get together 

and try them out, you see

~

Melanie

TOOL MAN... SPA's TOOLS CHALLENGE...

 "To the man who only has a hammer, 

everything he encounters 

begins to look like a nail." 

~

 Abraham H. Maslow

AWAY I'LL FLY... OMM's & DIGITAL WHISPER's BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE...

 "There is nothing in a caterpillar 

that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

~

 R. Buckminster Fuller

EYE ON WASHINGTON... MY SOULS DARK IMAGINATION's WHAT's THAT STRANGE LOOKING BUILDING CHALLENGE...

 I always feel like somebody's watchin' me 

And I have no privacy 

 I always feel like somebody's watchin' me 

I can't enjoy my tea 

(Who's watching me?) 

~

Rockwell

LONG HOT SUMMER... SPA's SUMMER CHALLENGE...

 "What good is the warmth of summer, 

without the cold of winter 

 give it sweetness." 

~

 John Steinbeck

A MAN'S GOTTA DO... OMM's COWBOY CHALLENGE...

 Mamas don't let your babies 

grow up to be cowboys. 

Cause they'll never stay home 

and they're always alone. 

Even with someone they love.

~

Waylon Jennings

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS... DIGITAL WHISPER's RAGGEDY ANN CHALLENGE...

"How simple things had been, 

once upon a time. 

In the era when children 

still played with Raggedy Ann, 

life had been so uncomplicated. 

Or at least it seemed that way." 

 ~

 Christopher Golden

BUBBLE FASCINATION... SPA's BUBBLE CHALLENGE...

 "Life is mostly froth and bubble, 

Two things stand like stone. 

Kindness in another's trouble, 

Courage in your own." 

~

 Adam Lindsay Gordon

BIRD HUNTER... OMM's BLUE & BROWN CHALLENGE...

 "I know you think this world is too dark 

to even dream in color, 

but I’ve seen flowers bloom at midnight. 

I’ve seen kites fly in gray skies 

and they were real close to looking like the sunrise,

 and sometime it takes the most wounded wings

 the most broken things 

to notice how strong the breeze is, 

how precious the flight." 

~

 Andrea Gibson

FRIENDLY FIRE... SPA's CIRCUS CHALLENGE...

 "I am a collection of oddities, 

a circus of neurons and electrons: 

my heart is the ringmaster, 

my soul is the trapeze artist, 

and the world is my audience. 

It sounds strange because it is, 

and it is, because I am strange." 

~ 

David Arnold

ALL THAT JAZZ... DIGITAL WHISPER's JAZZ CHALLENGE...

 "If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, 

Folk is the Wilderness, 

Rock is the Road, 

Classical is a Temple." 

~

 Vera Nazarian

A KINDRED SPIRIT... OMM's REFLECTION CHALLENGE...

 "It is an absolute human certainty 

that no one can know his own beauty 

or perceive a sense of his own worth 

until it has been reflected back to him 

in the mirror of another loving, 

caring human being." 

~

 John Joseph Powell