HIGH FLYING PINK... OMM's PINK & YELLOW CHALLENGE

 "She lives in between 

the pinks and yellows of the world, 

where a beautiful color is unknown to others, 

and when she speaks, 

I become a bee enthralled in a field of daisies." 

~

 Liana Cincotti

THE STYLISH NEST...MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's MY HAIR LOOKS LIKE A BIRD's NEST CHALLENGE...

"We will now sing forth, 

hymn 405, 

'Oh God, what on earth is my hairdo all about?"

~

 Eddie Izzard

HAPPY EASTER... DIGITAL WHISPER's EASTER EGG CHALLENGE...

 

"Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, 

three days later he walks out of a cave 

and they celebrate with chocolate bunnies 

and marshmallow Peeps 

and beautifully decorated eggs. 

I guess these were things Jesus loved as a child." 

~

 Billy Crystal

BELIEVE THAT SPRING WILL COME AGAIN. SPA's SPRING CHALLENGE...

"It is spring again. 

The earth is like a child 

that knows poems by heart." 

~

 Rainer Maria Rilke

THE BURNING... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINING's ENIGMATIC PAUL AND GALA ELUARD CHALLENGE...

 

"I don’t want to fade away, 

I want to flame away - 

I want my death to be an attraction, 

a spectacle, a mystery. 

A work of art." 

~

 Jennifer Egan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME... OMM's MAKE ME A CAKE CHALLENGE...

 "...inside every old person 

is a young person wondering what happened."

~

 Terry Pratchett

DELIGHTFUL CLIMATESS... SPA's YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER CHALLENGE...

"Happiness was like a green vine 

spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils,

 bearing flowers through her flesh." 

~

 Patricia Highsmith

MY VERY OWN EASTER BUNNY... WHISPER's EASTER BUNNY CHALLENGE...

"Q: What’s invisible and smells like carrots?

 A: Easter Bunny farts." 

~

 Scott McNeely

WELCOME TO UTAH... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's MAX ERNST CHALLENGE...

 "Art has nothing to do with taste. 

Art is not there to be tasted" 

~

 Max Ernst

EXTREME IRISH... OMM's SOMETHING IRISH CHALLENGE...

 "Being Irish, 

he had an abiding sense of tragedy, 

which sustained him 

through temporary periods of joy." 

~

 W.B. Yeats

ESTER'S EASTER BONNET... DIGITAL WHISPER's EASTER BONNET CHALLENGE...

In your Easter bonnet, 

with all the frills upon it 

You'll be the grandest lady 

in the Easter parade

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN's DAY... SPA's INTERNATIONAL WOMEN's DAY CHALLENGE...

 In a world full of Barbie's.

Be a

ROSIE.

DISSING DOROTHEA... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's DOROTHEA TANNING CHALLENGE...

 "Art has always been the raft 

onto which we climb 

to save our sanity. 

I don't see a different purpose for it now." 

~

 Dorothea Tanning

WINTER WITH NO SNOW... OMM's HOW WAS YOUR WINTER CHALLENGE...

 This winter we had the least snow 

ever recorded here. 

 I got a grand total of one inch in my yard 

since last Spring.

Sounds kind of great until 

you don't have any water to drink in the Summer.

~

DSW

THE EQUESTRIAN... SPA's HORSE CHALLENGE...

 "You can't become a decent horseman 

until you fall off and get up again, 

a good number of times. 

There's life in a nutshell."

~

 Bear Grylls

PAPA WAS A SELF-MADE MAN... DIGITAL WHISPER's STEAMPUNK CHALLENGE...

 "A clockwork heart can't replace the real thing." 

~

 Dru Pagliassotti

MY FAIRY GODMOTHER... OMM's ODD BODY CHALLENGE...

 "You shall know the truth 

and the truth shall make you odd." 

~

 Flannery O'Connor

BLUE CRYSTAL... DIGITAL WHISPER's CRYSTAL CHALLENGE...

 "In this treacherous world 

Nothing is the truth nor a lie. 

Everything depends on the color 

Of the crystal through which one sees it" 

~ 

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

SYMPATHETIC HEART... SPA's SYMPATHY CHALLENGE...

 When you're weary, feeling small, 

When tears are in your eyes, 

I will dry them all; I'm on your side. 

When times get rough 

And friends just can't be found, 

Like a bridge over troubled water 

I will lay me down.

~

Paul Simon

OCTUPIED... DIGITAL WHISPER's OCTOPUS CHALLENGE...

"I wonder if, 

in the dark night of the sea,

 the octopus dreams of me." 

~

 N. Scott Momaday

DEAF IN ONE EAR... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's RENE MAGRITTE CHALLENGE...

 "The only thing worse than being deaf

is wearing a hearing aid."

~

DSW

ADDICTION... OMM's PICTURE A QUOTE CHALLENGE...

 "The three most harmful addictions are 

heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary." 

~

 Nassim Nicholas Taleb

LILY LOVES LAVENDER... SPA's LAVENDAR CHALLENGE...

 "Live like you are extraordinary. 

Love like you admire someone's most painful burden. 

Breathe like the air is scented with lavender and fire. 

See like the droplets of rain are each exquisite. 

Laugh like the events of existence are to be cherished. 

Imagine like there is magic in you fingertips. 

Give freedom to your instincts, to your spirit, to your longing." 

~

 E.M. Crane

ROSE LA FEMME... OMM's PINK CHALLENGE...

 "I am a man" he told her, 

"and men do not consume pink beverages. 

Get thee gone woman, 

and bring me something brown."

~

 Cassandra Clare

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE... SPA's ALL THINGS ALICE CHALLENGE...

 "If you don't know where you are going 

any road can take you there" 

~

 Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)