WHAT GOES ON BEHIND YOUR FENCE... TAW's FENCES CHALLENGE...

You're the rain on the roof in the summer 

You're the leaves in the fall changing color 

You're the whisper I hear in the thunder 

On my side of the fence 

You're the reason my heart's beating faster 

You're the tears falling down from the laughter 

You're the only one I'm after 

So I ain't looking over fences 

trying to find a better view 

My search for all that ended 

when I first laid eyes on you

~

Dan & Shay

ORIGAMI EVOLUTION... SPA's EVOLUTION CHALLENGE...

“What is Man? 

Man is a noisome bacillus 

whom Our Heavenly Father created 

because he was disappointed in the monkey.” 

~ 

Mark Twain 

 “If evolution really works, 
how come mothers only have two hands?” 

~

 Milton Berle

PREACH TIME...

Try to remember the kind of September 

When life was slow and oh so mellow. 

Try to remember the kind of September 

When grass was green and grain was yellow. 

Try to remember the kind of September 

When you were a tender and callow fellow. 

Try to remember and if you remember then follow 

follow.

~

Harry Belafonte

IMPLEMENTS OF TORTURE... DM's FLICKr CHALLENGE...

When I think back 

On all the crap 

I learned in high school 

It's a wonder I can think at all 

And though my lack of education 

Hasn't hurt me none 

I can read the writing on the wall

~

Paul Simon

I marvel at the fact that when I was in school

most teachers could take

the joy of learning something new

and turn it into 6 hours of daily torture.

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD... T3M's HOLLYWOOD CHALLENGE...

Hooray for Hollywood 

Where you're terrific, if you're even good 

Where anyone at all from TV's Lassie 

To Monroe's chassis is equally understood 

Go out and try your luck, 

you might be Donald Duck 

Hooray for Hollywood

~

Doris Day

OCTOPUS's GARDEN... DIGITAL WHISPER's ABSTRACT CHALLENGE...

I'd like to be under the sea 

In an octopus' garden in the shade 

He'd let us in, knows where we've been 

In his octopus' garden in the shade 

I'd ask my friends to come and see 

An octopus' garden with me 

I'd like to be under the sea 

In an octopus' garden in the shade

~

The Beatles

NO DOUBT... TAW's FLIGHT CHALLENGE...

"The moment you doubt

whether you can fly

you cease for ever

to be able to do it".

~

J.M. Barrie

I HAVE TO HAND IT TO YOU... SPA's HAND CHALLENGE...

With a little love, and some tenderness  

We'll walk upon the water 

 We'll rise above this mess 

With a little peace, and some harmony 

 We'll take the world together 

 We'll take 'em by the hand 

 'Cause I've got a hand for you 

 'Cause I wanna run with you

Want you to hold my hand 

 Maybe we can't change the world 

but I wanna love you the best that, 

 The best that I can.

~

Hootie and the Blowfish

AND THE WHALE JUMPED OVER THE MOON... DM's FLICKr CHALLENGE...

Somewhere there's music 

How faint the tune 

Somewhere there's heaven 

How high the moon 

The darkest night would shine 

If you would come to me soon 

Until you will, how still my heart 

How high the moon

~

Ell Fitzgerald

KEEPER OF HER HEART... T3M's CARD CHALLENGE...

The Queen of Hearts 

She made some tarts, 

 All on a summer's day; 

The Knave of Hearts 

He stole those tarts, 

 And took them clean away....
The one eyed Jack 
He brought them back
But kept her heart they say.
~
Anonymous / DSW 19

COLORFUL DREAMS... DIGITAL WHISPER's BALLERINA CHALLENGE...

Everything was beautiful at the ballet 

Raise your arms and someone's always there 

Yes, everything was beautiful at the ballet 

At the ballet 

At the ballet! 

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. 

 I was pretty 

 I was happy 

 At the ballet

~

A Chorus Line

ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE... TAW's DOORWAY CHALLENGE...

Hidden meanings and love's strange ways 

Keep me looking for more and more, 

But all I find is that behind 

Each new door is another door.

~

Carly Simon

SEASONS RUSHING BY... SPA's SEASONS CHALLENGE...

And the seasons they go round and round 

And the painted ponies go up and down 

We're captive on the carousel of time 

We can't return we can only look behind 

From where we came 

And go round and round and round 

In the circle game

~

Joni Mitchell

HARVEST MOON... DM's FLICKr CHALLENGE...

I swear I saw the moon move 

Glide across the sky 

with a star at it's side 

It's crescent shape is out tonight 

With opal shadow hiding by 

And I swear I saw the moon move

~

Rusted Root

SERENITY... DM's FLICKr CHALLENGE...

At the end of the day 

When the sun leaves me to my fear and pain 

And the stars appear to shine on my dismay 

And I pray my tears be a cleansing rain 

I know I can smile 

If just for a while 

I've got a song

~

Home Free

THE HAZARDS OF ONLINE DATING... DM's FLICKr CHALLENGE...

Here I go again, 

I hear those trumpets blow again. 

All aglow again, 

takin' a chance on love. 

Here I slide again, 

about to take that ride again. 

Starry-eyed again, 

takin' a chance on love.

~

Ethel Waters

TIME FLIES... T3M's WHITE SPACE CHALLENGE...

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 

Into the future 

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 

Into the future 

I want to fly like an eagle 

To the sea 

Fly like an eagle 

Let my spirit carry me 

I want to fly like an eagle

 'Till I'm free 

Fly through the revolution

~

Steve Miller Band

RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT... TAW's RAINBOW CHALLENGE...

You're just a picture 

You're an image caught in time 

We're a lie, you and I 

We're words without a rhyme 

no sign of the mornin' comin' 

You've been left on your own 

Like a rainbow in the dark 

Just a rainbow in the dark

~

Dio

RUSH HOUR... SPA's SEA LIFE CHALLENGE...

Under the sea 

Under the sea 

Darling it's better 

Down where it's wetter 

Take it from me 

Up on the shore they work all day 

Out in the sun they slave away 

While we devotin' 

Full time to floatin' 

Under the sea

~

Alan Menken

SEND IN THE CLOWNS... DIGITAL WHISPER's CLOWN CHALLENGE...

Be a clown, be a clown 

All the world loves a clown 

Act the fool, play the calf 

And you'll always have the last laugh 

Wear the cap and the bells 

And you'll rate with all the great swells 

If you become a doctor, 

folks'll face you with dread 

If you become a dentist, 

they'll be glad when you're dead 

You'll get a bigger hand 

if you can stand on your head 

Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown

~

Judy Garland

STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE... T3M's BIRD CHALLENGE...

“Birds were created to record everything. 

They were not designed 

just to be beautiful jewels in the sky, 

but to serve as the eyes of heaven.”

~

 Suzy Kassem

BOOTS MAKE THE DICTATOR... DIGITAL WHISPER's BOOTS CHALLENGE...

These boots are made for walking 

And that's just what they'll do 

One of these days these boots 

Are gonna walk all over you

~

Nancy Sinatra

BUTTERFLY GARDEN... TAW's BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE...

I see your true colors 

Shining through 

I see your true colors 

And that's why I love you 

So don't be afraid 

To let them show 

your true colors 

True colors are beautiful 

 Like a rainbow

~

Cyndi Lauper

RED DOOR... SPA's YOUR FAVORITE COLOR CHALLENGE...

“Red is the color of life. 

It's blood, passion, rage. 

Beginnings and violent end. 

Red is the color of love. 

Beating hearts and hungry lips. 

Roses, Valentines, cherries. 

Red is the color of shame. 

Crimson cheeks and spilled blood. 

Broken hearts, opened veins. 

A burning desire to return to white.” 

~

 Mary Hogan

THIS BRIDGE... DM's FLICKr CHALLENGE...

This bridge will only take you half way there

the last few steps 

you'll have to take alone.

~

Shel Silverstein