WONDERFUL WINGS... OMM's WINGS CHALLENGE...

 

“What good are wings 

without the courage to fly?”

LAVENDER FIELDS... DIGITAL WHISPER's LAVENDER CHALLENGE...

 “She wandered to one of the lavender stalks 

and touched the tiny violet-blue blossoms, 

and brought her scented fingertips to her throat.

 "They extract the essential oil 

by forcing steam through the plants 

and drawing off the liquid. 

It takes something like 

five hundred pounds of lavender plants 

to produce just a few precious ounces of oils.”

~

Lisa Kleypas

GYPSY DANCE... SPA's GYPSY CHALLENGE...

 

“Hair tangled with the wind 

Sun kissed face 

Lover of the forest the sea the sky 

and anything wild and free 

She’s a gypsy goddess.” 

~

 Melody Lee

THE DOVECOTE & SIREN SONG... DM's CATRIN WELZ-STEIN CHALLENGE...

 “She turned to the sunlight 

 And shook her yellow head, 

And whispered to her neighbor: 

 "Winter is dead.” 

~

 A.A. Milne

RAISE YOUR GLASS... OMM's GLASS CHALLENGE...

 

So raise your glass if you are wrong 

In all the right ways 

All my underdogs 

We will never be never be, anything but loud 

And nitty gritty dirty little freaks 

Won't you come on and come on 

and raise your glass 

Just come on and come on and raise your glass

~

Pink

GREENS... DIGITAL WHISPER's GREEN CHALLENGE...

 Just a little green 

Like the color when the spring is born 

There'll be crocuses 

to bring to school tomorrow 

Just a little green 

Like the nights 

when the northern lights perform 

There'll be icicles 

and birthday clothes 

And sometimes there'll be sorrow

~

Joni Mitchell

VIXEN... SPA's ORANGE & GREEN CHALLENGE...

 “Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,

 For I would ride with you upon the wind

 Run on the top of the disheveled tide,

 And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”

~

W.B. Yates

PRISONER OF TIME... OMM's TIME CHALLENGE...

 Time so elusive, 

 forever can be just one second. 

But make no mistake 

time will have its way with you. 

Make your best life while you still can. 

Because time is fleeting, 

 you never know when your time is up. 

~

DSW 23

SPACE PORTAL... DIGITAL WHISPER's PHONE BOOTH CHALLENGE...

 I'm in a phone booth, baby 

Number scratched on the wall 

I'm in a phone booth, baby 

Number scratched on the wall 

I'm new in Chicago 

Got no one else to call.

~

Robert Cray

CHICKEN DELIGHT... SPA's CHICKEN CHALLENGE...

 “I dream of a better tomorrow. 

One where chickens can cross the road 

and their motives remain unquestioned.” 

~

 Anonymous

PURPLE PASSAGE... & VIOLET... OMM's PURPLE CHALLENGE...

Purple balances 

the stimulation of red

and the calm of blue.

With a sense of mystic 

and royal qualities.

Purple is well like by 

very creative or eccentric types.

And is the favorite color 

of adolescent girls.

   

 

WINTER MONA... DIGITAL WHISPER's MONA MAKEOVER CHALLENGE...

 

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,

 but just look what they can do 

when they stick together.”

~

Vesta M. Kelly

 “A snowball in the face 

is surely the perfect beginning 

to a lasting friendship.” 

~

 Markus Zusak 

IT's ALL IN YOUR HEAD... SPA's ALICE IN WONDERLAND CHALLENGE...

 There is a place like no place on earth. 

A land full of wonder, mystery and danger! 

 Some say to survive it, 

 you need to be mad as a hatter. 

 which, luckily, 

 I am

~

Alice in Wonderland

MOON RIVER... OMM's FAVOITE SONG CHALLENGE...

 I chose the song "Moon River" 

it is not only one of the most 

beautiful songs ever written. 

It was part of the soundtrack to

every High School dance I attended.

Moon river, wider than a mile 

I'm crossing you in style some day 

Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker 

Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way 

Two drifters, off to see the world 

There's such a lot of world to see 

We're after the same rainbow's end 

Waitin' 'round the bend 

My huckleberry friend 

Moon river and me 

~ 

Henry Mancini

FROZEN IN THE ENDLESS WINTER... DIGITAL WHISPER'S FROZEN CHALLENGE...

 “The most amazing thing about the winter is

 that even a frozen world 

may be perceived as a heaven!” 

~

 Mehmet Murat ildan

DEATH MASK... SPA's MASKS CHALLENGE...

 

“If you wear a mask for too long, 

there will come a time 

when you can not remove it 

without removing your face.” 

~

 Matshona Dhliwayo

BOTTOM DWELLERS POKER NIGHT... OMM"s FISH CHALLENGE...

 “Life may deal you a bad hand 

or take away a good hand you were already dealt. 

The way you play the hand 

is how your life is defined. 

Just like in poker you can end up winning 

no matter how bad the cards are you have.” 

~

 Benjamin Bayani

A PROUD CHICKEN HAT WEARER... DIGITAL WHISPER's UNUSUAL HAT CHALLENGE...

 

Last night I dreamed of chickens, 

there were chickens everywhere, 

they were standing on my stomach, 

they were nesting in my hair, 

they were pecking at my pillow, 

they were hopping on my head, 

they were ruffling up their feathers 

as they raced about my bed. 

 They were on the chairs and tables, 

they were on the chandeliers, 

they were roosting in the corners, 

they were clucking in my ears, 

there were chickens, chickens, chickens 

for as far as I could see... 

when I woke today, 

I noticed there were eggs on top of me.

~

Jack Prelutsky

THE RED ROSE FACTORY... SPA's RED ROSE CHALLENGE...

 “When life is not coming up roses 

Look to the weeds 

and find the beauty 

hidden within them.” 

~

 L.F.Young

CHESS MASTER... OMM's CHESS CHALLENGE...

 I played the pawn 

I caught the queen 

I rode the rook 

I kissed the knight 

I broke the bishop 

I killed the king 

~

 Ben Heart

BEWARE KILLER SNOWFLAKES... DIGITAL WHISPER's SNOWFLAKE CHALLENGE...

 BEWARE OF KILLER 

SNOWFLAKES!

Sorry, I think I have heard ten too many

Avalanche Reports this winter.

LIFE IS A CIRCUS... SPA's CIRCUS CHALLENGE...

 LIFE IS A CIRCUS

ENJOY THE SHOW.

Just don't be surprised when you

get shot out of a cannon once in  awhile.

WOLF ART... OMM's WOLF CHALLENGE...

 Be strong enough to stand alone,

Be yourself enough to stand apart,

But be wise enough to stand together

when the need arises.

~

Wolf Wisdom

DARK INTO LIGHT... SPA's LIGHT & DARKNESS CHALLENGE...

 The birds they sang 

At the break of day 

Start again I heard them say 

Don't dwell on what has passed away 

Or what is yet to be 

Ah, the wars they will be fought again 

The holy dove, she will be caught again 

Bought and sold, and bought again 

The dove is never free 

Ring the bells that still can ring 

Forget your perfect offering 

There is a crack, a crack in everything 

That's how the light gets in.

~

Leonard Cohan

VIEW TO A BRIGHTER DAY... OMM's GLASSES CHALLENGE...

 I wish I had a pair of magic glasses 

That I could see the future just by lookin' through 

Then I could know 

what road tomorrow's gonna take me down 

And I could see if I'll be walkin' 

down that road with you 

I would keep my magic glasses hidden 

I would let nobody else see what I see 

And everyone would want to know 

how I can know what lies ahead 

And they'll wonder when 

I say tomorrow I see you with me 

But if I see into the future 

that I'm on the road alone 

And where the way was sunny, 

now there's only rain 

I'll put them in a box 

and seal it with a lock 

And I'll never take my 

little magic glasses out again

~

Johnny Cash