THIS TOO SHALL PASS... T3M's EGG CHALLENGE...

Scrambled eggs 

Oh my baby how I love your legs 

Not as much as I love scrambled eggs 

Oh let's go get some scrambled eggs

~

Paul McCartney

VEGETATION... TAW's BOTANICAL CHALLENGE...

She comes on like a rose 

And everybody knows 

She'll get you in dutch 

You can look but you'd better not touch 

Poison ivy, poison ivy 

 She's pretty as a daisy 

But look out man she's crazy 

She'll really do you in 

But if you let her get under your skin 

Poison ivy, poison ivy 

 You're gonna need an ocean 

Of calamine lotion 

You'll be scratching like a hound 

The minute you start to mess around with 

Poison ivy

~

The Rolling Stones

LITTLE BLACK DRESS GONE WILD... DIGITAL WHISPER's LITTLE BLACK DRESS CHALLENGE...

I'll get my little black dress on 

And if I put on my favorite song 

I'm gonna dance until you're all gone 

I got my little black dress on 

And if I tell myself that nothing's wrong 

This doesn't have to be a sad song 

Not with my little black dress on

~

Sara Bareilles

THE ALCHEMIST... SPA's ALCHEMY CHALLENGE...

Alchemy is an ancient practice 

shrouded in mystery and secrecy. 

Its practitioners mainly sought to 

turn different substances lead, sulfur 

or even potatoes into gold, 

a quest that has captured the imaginations

 of people for thousands of years. 

However, the goals of alchemy went 

far beyond simply creating some golden nuggets,

some even sought to raise the dead or extend life.

MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE BEST...

Cyber Hugs are the Pits...

THE SURVIVOR...

This is my Grandmother when she was 17 she 

contracted the Spanish flu and almost died.

She was able to recover, good news for me,

and she lived a long and very productive life. 

She helped many people raised three beautiful

daughters by herself after her husband passed

away early in their marriage. She was a strong

and courageous lady.

LEFTY... T3M's TWO LEFT FEET CHALLENGE...

I’d love to be a model 

Tall and thin like Jerry Hall 

But I like fish and chips too much 

And I’m only five feet tall 

 I’d love to be a dancer 

With poise, and style, and grace 

But I was born with two left feet 

And would end up flat on my face 

 I’d love to be a climber 

Scaling mountains in one single bound 

But I get dizzy in high heels 

So I’d best keep my feet on the ground

~

Jeanette Fisher

ROSEMARY... TAW's GREEN CHALLENGE...

Once there were greenfields kissed by the sun; 

Once there were valleys where rivers used to run; 

Once there was blue sky with white clouds high above; 

Once they were part of an everlasting love. 

We were the lovers who strolled through greenfields.

~

The Brothers Four

SOCK KING... DIGITAL WHISPER's STOCKINGS CHALLENGE...

“One can never have enough socks.” 

~

 Albus Dumbledore

"SMOKIN"... SPA's CIGAR LABELS CHALLENGE...

Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout, 

For things are running crossways, and Maggie and I are out. 

 We quarreled about Havanas 

 we fought o'er a good cheroot, 

And I knew she is exacting, and she says I am a brute. 

 Open the old cigar-box 

 let me consider a space; 

In the soft blue veil of the vapor musing on Maggie's face. 

 Maggie is pretty to look at 

 Maggie's a loving lass, 

But the prettiest cheeks must wrinkle, 

the truest of loves must pass. 

 There's peace in a Larranaga, 

there's calm in a Henry Clay; 

But the best cigar in an hour is finished and thrown away 

 Thrown away for another as perfect and ripe and brown 

 But I could not throw away Maggie 

for fear o' the talk o' the town!

~

Rudyard Kipling

COLOR MAKES ME HAPPY...

Just when you  think a pandemic is the worst

thing that can happen to you this week.

Along comes a 5.6 Earthquake 

and the only thing worse then the feeling 

of an earthquake, is an earthquake that 

happens when you're standing in the

shower with wet hair and a hand full

of creme rinse...  no worries, we are great.

But it causes you to reflect on the

important things in life.

Like Family, Friends and appreciating life

while you have it.

Thank you for your on going friendship and

encouraging comments, you brighten my day

with your artwork and your love.

My best wishes and prayers for us all.

Love, and no hugs,

Deann

SIGNS OF THE TIMES... T3M's MASK CHALLENGE...

“If you wear a mask for too long, 

there will come a time 

when you can not remove it 

without removing your face.”

~

 Matshona Dhliwayo

ILLUSIVE FUTURE... TAW's ONE FOCUS CHALLENGE...

Time keeps on slipping 

Into the future 

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping 

Into the future 

~

Space Jam

THAT WONDERFUL SMELL OF COFFEE... DIGITAL WHISPER's COFFEE CHALLENGE...

One more cup of coffee 

For the road 

One more cup of coffee 

'Fore I go 

To the valley below

~

White Stripes

LUCKY BOY... SPA's LUCKY CHALLENGE...

Oh boy, I'm lucky, 

I'll say I'm lucky 

This is my lucky day! 

I'm all in clover, 

I'm glad all over 

I want to shout, "hooray!" 

I found a horseshoe, 

couldn't go wrong 

Then of course, you happened along. 

Oh boy, I'm lucky, 

I'll say I'm lucky 

This is my lucky day!

~

Erin McKeown

CURTAIN OF TIME...

  “In the window was the face 

 of the long-haired girl 

 who stole my sleepless nights.” 

 ~ 

 Alan Maiccon

ELECTRIC APPLE... T3M's APPLE CHALLENGE...

“Artistes dream and breathe creativity. 

And the atmosphere definitely 

becomes electric 

whenever they meet!” 

~

 Avijeet Das

TEMPEST IN A TEACUP... TAW's TEACUP CHALLENGE...

Like a tempest in a teacup

or a storm in a bottle

head out the window 

foot on the throttle

 speeding through life

you never slow down

get your foot off the peddle

and take a look around.

~

DSW 20

READY FOR ST. PATRICK's DAY... DIGITAL WHISPER's ST. PATRICK's DAY CHALLENGE...

Bless your little Irish heart

and every other Irish part.

REST IN PEACE... SPA's VINTAGE CAR CHALLENGE...

The sun revolves endlessly 

over millions of iron beasts 

lifeless, 

obsolete 

lost in forests, 

 abandoned in fields, 

 bleeding rust into the earth. 

waiting in vain for resurrection.

 ~ 

DSW 20

GLOBAL WARMING...

“They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. 

It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, 

it's because there's too many fish in it. 

Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. 

Simple. Basic science.” 

~

 Karl Pilkington

FOR THE GOOD OF SCIENCE... T3M's ELEPHANT CHALLENGE...

“The Seven Social Sins are: 

 Wealth without work. 

Pleasure without conscience. 

Knowledge without character. 

Commerce without morality. 

Science without humanity. 

Worship without sacrifice. 

Politics without principle. 

~

 Frederick Lewis Donaldson

SMITTEN IN RED... TAW's RED CHALLENGE...

“If I could tell you about Red 

I would sing to you of fire 

Sweet like cherries 

Burning like cinnamon 

Smelling like a rose in the sun” 

~

 Dixie Dawn Miller Goode

BRIDGING THE GAP... DIGITAL WHISPER's OLD & NEW CHALLENGE...

Delete and fast-forward again 

It's just one big circle and it's beginning to end 

What's next was now and what's now is now again 

So delete and fast-forward again

~

Willie Nelson

SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNIVERSE... SPA's MAPS CHALLENGE...

All maps are drawn as though looking down. 

From a bird's point of view. 

From god's point of view. 

Imagine being the first person to think of that. 

To be able to wrap their minds around 

a perspective they'd never seen. 

And then draw it.” 

~

 Louise Penny