THE PUMPKIN SLAYER... OMM's PUMPKIN CHALLENGE and ANOTHER ENTRY IN THE HALLOWEEN 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

PICTURES FROM THE DARKSIDE... MY DARK IMAGINATION'S HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE...

"KISS ME YOU FOOL"... SPA's TOAD CHALLENGE...

 You make us look bad', complained Toad. 

'You looked bad 

before I ever met you', Jon told him. 

~

 George R.R. Martin

I FIXED MY SISTER... DIGITAL WHISPER's SISTERS CHALLENGE & MY DARK IMAGINATION'S HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE...

 You may be as different as the sun and the moon,

 but the same blood flows through both your hearts.

 You need her, as she needs you...

~

 George R.R. Martin

SHADOWS ON THE SKY... OMM's THE SKY GOOD or BAD Challenge.

 Clouds come floating into my life, 

no longer to carry rain or usher storm, 

but to add color to my sunset sky. 

~

 Rabindranath Tagore

HALLOWEEN IS COMING... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATIONS HAPPY HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE...

 

 Shadows of a thousand years 

rise again unseen, 

Voices whisper in the trees, 

Tonight is Halloween! 

~

 Dexter Kozen

THE SCARY FAIRY... SPA's SCARY FAIRY CHALLENGE...

 There are many different kinds of beauty in the world. 

Some beauty is very unusual and can even be scary.

 Most people don't understand that. 

~

 Lesley M.M. Blume 

I LOVE THIS SWEATER... DIGITAL WHISPER's SWEATER CHALLENGE...

 You were sorta punk rock, I grew up on hip hop

 But you fit me better than my favorite sweater, 

and I know That love is mean, and love hurts 

But I still remember that day we met in December,

 oh baby!

~

Lana Del Ray

STEVEN's STUPENDOUS AIRSHIP... OMM's STEAMPUNK CHALLENGE...

 Steampunk is...a joyous fantasy of the past, allowing us to revel in a nostalgia for what never was. It is a literary playground for adventure, spectacle, drama, escapism and exploration. But most of all it is fun! 

~

 George Mann

HOLD ON TO AUTUMN... DIGITAL WHISPER's FALL CHALLENGE...

 Fall has always been my favorite season. 

The time when everything 

bursts with its last beauty, 

as if nature had been saving up all year 

for the grand finale. 

~

 Lauren DeStefano

KNITTING MOONBEAMS... SPA's KNITTING OR CROCHETING CHALLENGE...

 Properly practiced, 

               knitting soothes the troubled spirit, 

       and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either. 

                                         ~

                                                                                                            Elizabeth Zimmerman

SPIRIT ANIMAL's... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION CHALLENGE...

Whatever you do to the animals 

you do to yourself.

                                                                                                             Ben Mikaelsen                                                                                                                           

 

THE SACRED ROCKS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATIONS INDIAN SACRED PLACES CHALLENGE...

 America is such a sacred place. 

Everywhere you go in this land, 

our people have been there and they have said,

 “This place is sacred.” 

~

 Charles Alexander Eastman, Living in Two Worlds: The American Indian Experience

HANDLE WITH CARE... OMM's PUT A HANDLE ON IT SHALLENGE...

"Life is a bucket of $#!+ 

with a barbed wire handle." 

~

Jim Thompson

TIME ROLLS ON... DIGITAL WHISPER's SOMETHING OLD & SOMETHING NEW CHALLENGE...

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, 

but follows religiously the new." 

~

 Henry David Thoreau

MY MASTERPIECE... SPA's SCRIBBLE CHALLENGE...

 "A pen went scribbling along. 

When it tried to write love, it broke." 

~

 Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

THE LION TAMER... DIGITAL WHISPER's CIRCUS CHALLENGE...

 "You can get the monkey off your back, 

but the circus never leaves town" 

~

 Anne Lamott

ME QUIRKEY?... OMM's SOMETHING QUIRKY CHALLENGE...

 "I've realized the quirky things 

that make you different 

are what make you beautiful" 

~

 Lily Collins

TOUCH OF HIS SPIRIT... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's...SPIRT GUIDES CHALLENGE...

 The most spiritual experience of my life

was sitting next to my Father 

holding his hand when he died.

I will never forget that feeling 

It wasn't sadness it was total peace.

It changed forever how I feel about death.

~

DSW

WISDOM OF GANESH... SPA's GANESH CHALLENGE...

 "Ganesh: Mortals refuse most divine offers….

But so few of you accept our gifts, 

even ones you have prayed for."

HIGH-O SILVER... DIGITAL WHISPER's ROCKING HORSE CHALLENGE...

 "Do not confuse motion and progress. 

                 A rocking horse keeps moving 

                but does not make any progress." 

                            ~                           

                                                                                                                   Alfred A.  Montapert

A GOTHIC TALE... OMM's GOTHIC CHALLENGE...

 "Here is another marvy glimpse 

into the gothic basement that I call my mind."

 ~ 

Louise Rennison

THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I SEW... SPA's SEWING CHALLENGE...

 "THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I SEW."

~

DSW

SHELTER FROM THE STORM... DIGITAL WHISPER's STORMY WEATHER CHALLEGE...

 "Learn to dance in the storm 

so when life hands you a stormy weather, 

you just glide through it" 

~

 Ikechukwu Izuakor

MY FURRY FRIEND... OMM's DOGS CHALLENGE...

                                  "If there are no dogs in Heaven, 

then when I die I want to go where they went."  

~

Will Rogers