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

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's PABLO PICASSO CHALLENGE...

"The world doesn't make sense, 

so why should I paint pictures 

that do?" 

~

 Pablo Picasso

BONFIRE MARSHMELLOS... DIGITAL WHISPER's BONFIRE CHALLENGE...

 "The bigger you build the bonfire, 

the more darkness is revealed." 

~

 Terence McKenna

FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS... SPA's FEATHERED FRIENDS CHALLENGE...

 "Arguing with idiots

 is like playing chess with a pigeon. 

No matter how good you are, 

the bird is going to shit on the board

 and strut around like it won anyway." 

~

 Shannon L. Alder

A JOYFUL NOISE... OMM's MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE CHALLENGE...

 "And those who were seen dancing 

were thought to be insane 

by those who could not hear the music."

~

 Friedrich Nietzsche

ANNIEBOO 2026...

 A very strange thing happened to me 

on the way to 2026.

My life long poker straight hair 

took it upon it's self,

to curl and wave all over my head.

I don't know if it is going to stay like this.

I'll keep you posted......

In the mean time this is what I look like.