CAUGHT UP IN AUTUMN... OMM's ORANGE & BLACK CHALLENGE...

 "The sun is setting in a burnt orange sky;

 the cliffs are black silhouettes; 

the sea, liquid silver." 

~

 Laura Treacy Bentley

MIDNIGHT AT THE MUSEUM... SPA's MUSEUM CHALLENGE...

 "Life did not intend to make us perfect. 

Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum. "

~

 Erich Maria Remarque

RIVER RIDER's... DIGITAL WHISPER's WATERFALL CHALLENGE...

 "There is a hidden message in every waterfall. 

It says, if you are flexible, 

falling will not hurt you!" 

~

 Mehmet Murat ildan

DARK HEART... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's...VAMPIRE CHALLENGE...

 "Evil is always possible. 

And goodness is eternally difficult."

~

 Anne Rice

OH OCTOBER... OMM's PUMPKIN CHALLENGE...

 "October, baptize me with leaves! 

Swaddle me in corduroy 

and nurse me with split pea soup. 

October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets 

and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. 

O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!" 

~

 Rainbow Rowell

JUKEBOX MAGIC... SPA's JUKEBOX CHALLENGE...

 "Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers 

are not with their first choice. 

That's what makes the jukebox play." 

~

 Willie Nelson

A COLLECTION OF SPOTS... DIGITAL WHISPER's SPOTS CHALLENGE...

 "When the light turns green, you go. 

When the light turns red, you stop. 

But what do you do 

when the light turns blue 

with orange and lavender spots?" 

~

 Shel Silverstein

THE FALLING LEAVES... OMM's AUTUMN LEAVES CHALLENGE...

 

"Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly.

 They take their time and wander 

    on this their only chance to soar." 

~

 Delia Owens

WE ARE THE WORLD... SPA's PEACE CHALLENGE...

 We are the world, we are the children 

We are the ones who make a brighter day 

So let's start giving 

Oh, there's a choice we're making 

We're saving our own lives 

It's true, we'll make a better day 

Just you and me

~

Lional Richie & Michael Jackson

VINTAGE DECO... DIGITAL WHISPER's VINTAGE LADY...

 "That is no way to speak to a lady. 

I am not old. 

I am vintage." 

— 

T.J. Klune

PURPLE COW... OMM's PURPLE & YELLOW CHALLENGE...

 I never saw a Purple Cow, 

I never hope to see one, 

But I can tell you, anyhow, 

I’d rather see than be one!

~

Gelett Burgess

SQUARED... SPA's SQUARES CHALLENGE...

 "Here's to the crazy ones. 

The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. 

The round pegs in the square holes. 

The ones who see things differently. 

Because the people who are crazy enough 

to think they can change the world, 

are the ones who do." 

~

 Steve Jobs

HARLEQUIN... DIGITALWHISPER's HARLEQUIN CHALLENGE...

"That's the joy of a harlequinade, after all, isn't it?

 We change our costumes. 

We change our roles." 

~

 Neil Gaiman

MONA FUTURE PAST... OMM's MONA MAKEOVER CHALLENGE...

 "Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. 

Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. 

And God made one version of you." 

~

 Max Lucado

BESTIES... SPA's FRIENDS CHALLENGE...

 "There is nothing better than a friend, 

unless it is a friend with chocolate." 

~

 Linda Grayson

DANCE ME TO THE END OF TIME... OMM's DANCERS CHALLENGE...

 Dance me to the end of time.

~

Leonard Cohan

DAMN FLYING MONKEYS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's WIZARD OF OZ CHALLENGE...

 "Faith is hoping 

that the wizard behind the curtain 

will explain 

what the flying monkeys had to do

 with you realizing that 

there is no place like home." 

~

 Shannon L. Alder

RACE YOU TO THE CORNER... SPA's TURTLE CHALLENGE...

 "When life is difficult 

and when everything turns bad, 

always remember that even a turtle can finish a race

 as long as he never gives up." 

~

 Unknown

THE WINNER's... DIGITAL WHISPER's MUD CHALLENGE...

 "The world is mud-luscious 

and puddle-wonderful." 

~

 E.E. Cummings

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