BELTANE CELEBRATIONS... SPA's BELTANE CHALLENGE...

 "Beltane, man! It’s, uh . . . Irish, I think.

 But even better than Paddy’s Day. 

It’s like Mardi Gras meets Halloween!" 

~

 Cliff Jones Jr.

WATCHING FOR HIS RETURN... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's THE WATCHER CHALLENGE...

 

"We have a responsibility 

to stand watch over one another, 

we are watchers, all of us, watchers, 

guarding against the darkness." 

~

 Dean Koontz

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

 "The female mind is certainly a devious one, 

my lord."  

"Well, of course it is. 

It has to deal with the male one." 

~

 Terry Pratchett

THE COOKIE SNITCH... DIGITAL WHISPER's SHY LITTLE MOUSE CHALLENGE...

 "The early bird gets the worm, 

but the second mouse gets the cheese." 

~

 Willie Nelson

FACES OF REFLECTION... SPA's FACES CHALLENGE...

 "If you're gonna be two-faced 

at least make one of them pretty." 

~

 Marilyn Monroe

TRIANGLE TANGLE...OMM's CHOOSE A SHAPE CHALLENGE...

 "If yes is no and once is never, 

then how many sides does a triangle have?" 

~

 Jennifer Lynn Barnes

WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN... DIGITAL WHISPER's SHIPWRECK CHALLENGE...

 "‎Life is a shipwreck, 

but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats." 

~

 Voltaire

SIDESHOW... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's QUIRKY CIRCUS CHARACTER's

 "You can get the monkey off your back, 

but the circus never leaves town" 

~

 Anne Lamott

SHAKESPEARE ROCKETH!... SPA's SHAKESHEARE CHALLENGE

 "Though this be madness, 

yet there is method in't." 

~

 William Shakespeare

A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON... OMM's FAIRY TALES CHALLENGE...

 "Fairy tales are more than true: 

not because they tell us that dragons exist, 

but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."

~

 Neil Gaiman

CUTIE PIE STRIKES AGAIN... DIGITAL WHISPER's PUPPY CHALLENGE...

 

"Happiness is a warm puppy." 

~

 Charles M. Schulz

HOW DID YOUR EARS GET BROKED... SPA's BUNNIES/ RABBITS CHALLENGE...

 "You would be amazed 

how many magicians have died 

after being bitten by mad rabbits. 

It's far more common than you might think. 

~

 Christopher Paolini

TRANSFORMATION OF DAPHNE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's DESPERATE DAPHNE CHALLENGE...

 "You asked about love. 

I don't know about love, Daphne. 

I just know I don't want anything but you. 

I don't want to be anywhere but with you." 

~

 Brenna Yovanoff

IT TAKES A FOOL... OMM's A FOOL CHALLENGE

 "It is better to remain silent 

at the risk of being thought a fool, 

than to talk and remove all doubt of it." 

~

 Maurice Switzer

SPRING HAS SPRUNG... DIGITAL WHISPER's SPRING CHALLENGE...

 Spring has sprung

 the grass has riz

I wonder where the flowers is.

DRAGONFLIES... SPA's DRAGONFLY CHALLENGE...

"Do not waste your life waiting for wings. 

Trust that you can already fly." 

~

 Audrey Gene

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