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

STAR SHOW... OMM's STAR CHALLENGE...

 When you wish upon a star 

Makes no difference who you are 

Anything your heart desires 

Will come to you. 

Like a bolt out of the blue 

Faith steps in and sees you through 

When you wish upon a star 

Your dreams come true.

~

Jiminy Cricket

LONG HOT SUMMER... DIGITAL WHISPER's SUMMER CHALLENGE...

 "Summer will end soon enough, 

                      and childhood as well." 

                                      ~

                                                                                                       George R.R. Martin

FOOLS RUSH IN... SPA's TAROT CARD CHALLENGE...

 "Because at the end of the day, 

it’s not about the tarot cards, 

or the crystals, or the special teas. 

That’s not where the magic lives. 

 The magic is about living for today 

 allowing yourself to breathe and be happy. 

My dear boy, to love is the magic." 

~

Brittainy C. Cherry

MY SORRY REALITY... OMM's BITs & PIECES CHALLENGE...

 "Power is in tearing human minds to pieces 

and putting them together again 

in new shapes of your own choosing." 

~

 George Orwell

GOLDEN SPECTACLES... SPA's SPECTACLES CHALLENGE...

 "Living in that childish wonder 

is a most beautiful feeling. 

There was always something more 

 behind and beyond everything, 

the golden spectacles 

were very, very big." 

~

 Kate Greenaway

SOMETHING WILD... OMM's SOMETHING WILD CHALLENGE...

 Wild thing, 

you make my heart sing 

You make everything groovy, wild thing

 Wild thing, 

I think I love you

~

The Troggs

SOPHISTICATED LADY... DIGITAL WHISPER's SOPHISTICATED LADY CHALLENGE...

            

  "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." 

~

Clare Boothe Luce

OUTSIDE THE SECRET GARDEN... SPA's SECRET GARDEN CHALLENGE...

 "Everybody has a secret world inside of them.

 No matter how dull and boring 

they are on the outside. 

Inside them they've all got unimaginable,

 magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds...

 Not just one world. 

Hundreds of them." 

 ~

 Neil Gaiman

HAUNTED... DM's EDGAR ALLEN POE CHALLENGE...

From childhood's hour 

I have not been 

As others were  

I have not seen 

As others saw  

I could not bring 

My passions from a common spring 

 From the same source 

I have not taken

~

Edgar Allen Poe

GAZING INTO THE MIRROR... OMM's SILHOUETTE CHALLENGE...

"Gazing into the mirror, 

I saw myself as I was

a black silhouette in the room, 

a woman whose darkness 

had completely leaked through."

~

 Sue Monk Kidd

THAT's HOW WE ROLL... DIGITAL WHISPER's ROLLER SKATE CHALLENGE...

 When you're Roller Skating 

The shortest distance to reality

is between the pavement 

and your bottom.

ENDLESS CARAVAN... SPA's CARAVAN CHALLENGE...

 "I am the son of the road, my country is a caravan

 and my life is the most unexpected of voyages.

I belong to earth and to the god 

and it is to them 

that I will one day soon return" 

~

 Amin Maalouf

RAPID TRANSIT... D.M.s SNAIL MAIL CHALLENGE...

 Mail me somewhere, Mail me somewhere, 

Wrap me and pack me And mail me somewhere. 

Parcel post, UPS, Regular mail, or Air, 

All wrapped up in brown paper That won't rip or tear, 

With stamps on my forehead And string in my hair, 

And a tag on my butt that says "Handle with care." 

Paste on any address, It don't matter where, 

 Illinois or Kentucky Or Delaware. 

 "Cause where ever it it, I'll be happier there 

So please ship me–send me– 

Mail me somewhere

~

Shel Silverstein

PACHYDERM POWER... OMM's TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE...

 You can reach me by railway 

You can reach me by trailway 

You can reach me on an airplane 

You can reach me with your mind 

You can reach me by caravan 

Cross the desert like an Arab man 

I don't care how you get here 

Just get here if you can

~

Oleta Adams

SHINE A LIGHT ON FREEDOM... DIGITAL WHISPER's JULY 4th CHALLENGE...

 "Freedom is the color of red. 

It is saturated with the blood 

of those who fought to attain it, 

and it will continue to be colored 

by the blood of those who fight to protect it." 

~

 Richelle E. Goodrich

AFTER THE FLOOD... SPA's OCTOPUS CHALLENGE...

 Friends come and go like waves on the ocean...

But true ones stay like an Octopus on your face!

LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW... OMM's VIEW FROM MY WINDOW CHALLENGE...

This is my backyard and these friends 

are just a small sample 

of the things I have seen there.

 This is one of the most magnificent things

I have seen out my window.

It is a panoramic view of a storm at sunset. 

that I wanted to share with you.

TOGETHER AT THE DRIVE IN... DIGITAL WHISPER's DRIVE IN CHALLENGE...

 The Drive In 

where else could you

eat popcorn, make-out and watch Moses 

at the same time.

LOST IN GEOMETRY... SPA's GEOMETRIC CHALLENGE...

 "I guess a sock is also a geometric shape...

technically

but I don't know what you'd call it. 

A socktagon?" 

~

 Stephen King