NATURE IN A BOTTLE... DIGITAL WHISPER's NATURE CHALLENGE...

 Whenever I need to leave it all behind 

Or feel the need to get away 

I find a quiet place, far from the human race 

Out in the country 

Before the breathing air is gone 

Before the sun 

is just a bright spot in the night-time 

Out where the rivers like to run 

I stand alone and take back 

somethin' worth remembering

~

Three Dog Night

UNDERGROUND ALONE... SPA's UNDERGROUND CHALLENGE...

 

"Underground. Which I hate. 

Like mines and tunnels 

 Underground, where I dread dying, 

which is stupid 

because even if I die aboveground, 

the next thing they'll do 

is bury me underground anyway." 

~

 Suzanne Collins

GABRIEL BLOW YOUR HORN... OMM's SOMETHING MUSICAL CHALLENGE...

"You know, 

one of the tragedies of real life 

is that there is no background music." 

~

 Annie Proulx

BEHIND THE JESTER... DIGITAL WHISPER's JESTER CHALLENGE...

 "The secret of the successful fool

 is that he's no fool at all." 

~

 Isaac Asimov

HAND JIVE... SPA's HANDS CHALLENGE...

"All I ever wanted 

was to reach out 

and touch another human being

 not just with my hands 

but with my heart." 

~

 Tahereh Mafi

ALL MALE... OMM's YOU'VE GOT MALE CHALLENGE...

 "And if you think tough men are dangerous,

 wait until you see 

what weak men are capable of." 

~

 Jordan B. Peterson

BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES... DIGITAL WHISPER's BACK TO SCHOOL CHALLENGE...

 "I cannot go to school today" 

Said little Peggy Ann McKay. 

"I have the measles and the mumps, 

A gash, a rash and purple bumps. 

 My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, 

My temperature is one-o-eight. 

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, 

 There's a hole inside my ear. 

 I have a hangnail, and my heart is ... 

What? What's that? What's that you say? 

You say today is .............. Saturday? 

 G'bye, I'm going out to play!" 

~

 Shel Silverstein

IT's JUST SO ALPHABETICAL... SPA's ALPHABET CHALLENGE...

 "There are only twenty-six letters 

in the English alphabet. 

You would think there would only be 

so much you could do with twenty-six letters. 

You would think there were only so many ways

 those letters could make you feel

 when mixed up and shoved together 

to make words.

~

Colleen Hoover

SUPER MOON... OMM's SUPER 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.

 Sometimes weak and wan, 

sometimes strong and full of light. 

~

 Tahereh Mafi

STEAMPUNK PACHYDERM... SPA'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 playground for adventure, 

spectacle, drama, escapism and exploration. 

But most of all it is fun!" 

~

 George Mann

VACATIONING AT BEAR LAKE... OMM's VACATION CHALLENGE...

 "Instead of wondering when your next vacation is,

 maybe you should set up a life 

you don't need to escape from."

~

 Seth Godin

BUTTERFLY LANDING... DIGITAL WHISPER's BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE...

 "Happiness is like a butterfly which, 

when pursued, 

is always beyond our grasp, but, 

if you will sit down quietly, 

may alight upon you." 

~

 Nathaniel Hawthorne

THE ONE AND ONLY ELVIS... SPA's ELVIS CHALLENGE...

 Love me tender Love me true 

All my dreams fulfilled 

For my darlin' I love you 

And I always will

~

Elvis Presley

THAT's ODD... OMM's THAT's ODD CHALLENGE...

 "There is no exquisite beauty… 

without some strangeness 

in the proportion." 

~

 Edgar Allan Poe

BOOP BOOPIE DOOP... DIGITAL WHISPER's BETTY BOOP CHALLENGE...

 BOOP BOOPIE DOOP!

THE MUSHROOM COLLECTOR... SPA's MUSHROOM CHALLENGE...

 "Why did the mushroom go to the party? 

Because he's a fungi!" 

~

 One Direction

MARVIN's MAGNIFICENT BUBBLE MACHINE... OMM's BUBBLES CHALLENGE...

I'm forever blowing bubbles, 

Pretty bubbles in the air, 

They fly so high, nearly reach the sky, 

Pretty little bubbles in the air.

~

James Brockman

TEMPTATION... DIGITAL WHISPER's GOLDFISH CHALLEGE...

 "People aim for the stars, 

and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. 

I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler 

just to teach children right from the start

 that life is absurd." 

~

 Muriel Barbery

WAVING JELLYFISH... SPA's JELLYFISH CHALLENGE...

 "Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, 

even to a jellyfish." 

~

 Charlie Chaplin

WEATHER OR NOT... OMM's WEATHER CHALLENGE...

 "Just for the record, 

the weather today is calm and sunny, 

but the air is full of bullshit." 

~

 Chuck Palahniuk

FLY-TOX... DIGITAL WHISPER's VINTAGE POSTER CHALLENGE...

 No matter what they tell you, 

buying all that lip gloss 

will not make you look like 

the pouty models in the store posters. 

~

 Janette Rallison

SAFE ON FIRST... SPA's SPORTS CHALLENGE...

 "The strength of the team 

is each individual member. 

The strength of each member 

is the team." 

~

 Phil Jackson

FEELING BLUE... OMM's BLUE CHALLENGE...

 "Somewhere over the rainbow, 

skies are blue, 

and the dreams that you dare to dream

 really do come true." 

~

 E.Y. Harburg

BATHING CUTIES... DIGITAL WHISPER's BATHING BEAUTY CHALLENGE...

 "Let me, O let me 

bathe my soul in colours; 

let me swallow the sunset 

and drink the rainbow." 

~

 Kahlil Gibran

WILD BIRD PEOPLE... SPA's BIRD PEOPLE CHALLENGE...

 "I believe in the power of the imagination

 to remake the world, 

to release the truth within us, 

to hold back the night, to transcend death, 

to ingratiate ourselves with birds, 

to enlist the confidences of madmen."

~

 J.G. Ballard