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)

I AM THE PAINTING... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION PROTAGANIST POLLOK CHALLENGE...

"Painting is self-discovery. 

Every good artist paints what he is." 

~

 Jackson Pollock

INVISABLE HAUNTING... DIGITAL WHISPER's INVISABLE...

 "Yes, it is easy to see 

that nearly six years of magical education 

have not been wasted on you, Potter. 

Ghosts are transparent." 

~

 J.K. Rowling

PHONE EVEOLUTION... OMM's TELEPHONE CHALLENGE...

"The telephone becomes an instrument of torture 

in the demonic hands of a beloved 

who doesn't call." 

~

 Alain de Botton

FROZEN... DIGITAL WHISPER's ICICLES CHALLENGE...

 I peered out the window through icicles 

like a hundred frozen daggers.

And I watched him go.

~

DSW

HUNG UP IN ART... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION JACKSON POLLOCK CHALLENGE...

 

"I do not paint nature. I am nature." 

~

 Jackson Pollack

GEOMETRY TORCHER... SPA's GEOMETRY CHALLENGE...

 "If I died, 

would it get me out of my geometry test tomorrow?

 One could only hope."

~

 Kristin Cast

LOVE YOURSELF... OMM's REFLECTION CHALLENGE...

"The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, 

but true beauty in a Woman 

is reflected in her soul. 

It is the caring that she lovingly gives, 

the passion that she knows." 

~

 Audrey Hepburn

PLAYING AROUND... SPA's PLAYTIME CHALLENGE...

 "Why did some of the impoverished children

 create a happy playtime 

with only some sticks and string, 

while others sat bored and sullen?" 

~

 Shawn Achor

WIPEOUT... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE...

 "When you photograph people in color, 

you photograph their clothes. 

But when you photograph people

 in Black and white, 

you photograph their souls!" 

~

 Ted Grant

A SNOW GENTLEMAN... OMM's SNOWMAN CHALLANGE...

 Some of my best friends

are flakes'

CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLIZZARD CHALLENGE...

 "Even the strongest blizzards 

start with a single snowflake." 

~

 Sara Raasch

BLUE MONDAY... SPA's BLUE MONDAY CHALLENGE...

Am I blue, am I blue 

Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you

~

Grant Clarke

BLUE BIRDS.... OMM's BLUE & YELLOW CHALLENGE...

 "Somewhere over the rainbow, 

skies are blue, 

and the dreams that you dare to dream

 really do come true." 

~

 E.Y. Harburg