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.

HOLIDAY AFTERGLOW... SPA's SNOWY CITISCAPE CHALLENGE...

 Silence of a winter night

 buried in velvet mounds 

of crystal dusted cream. 

 Lamp posts stand like sentinel

 ghosts up and down the street. 

and silence... snow silence...

~

DSW

BORROWED BOOTS... DIGITAL WHISPER's SNOW BOOTS CHALLENGE...

"Today was not a day for the sounds of life. 

Today was for the hollow wind 

rustling branches, 

for the rushing of a half-frozen river, 

for the crunch of snow under boots." 

~

 Sarah J. Maas

HANG TIME... OMM's TIME CHALLENGE...

 "All we have to decide 

is 

what to do 

with the time that is given us." 

~

 J.R.R. Tolkien

STOCKING INVADERS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's CHRISTMAS STOCKING CHALLENGE...

 "I suppose you will be 

hanging up your stocking just once more: 

I hope so 

for I have still a few little things for you. 

After this I shall have to say “goodbye”.

~

 J.R.R. Tolkien

LAVENDAR MAGIC... DIGITAL WHISPER's LAVENDER & PINK CHALLENGE...

 

"Do little pink fairies sing 

and dance in your world, Peabody?" 

"Sometimes, when it's very quiet 

and no one else can see." 

~

 J.D. Robb