DAISIES & WINE... OMM's PURPLE & YELLOW CHALLENGE...

 This week is all about 

Complementary colors! 

Complementary colors are pairs of colors 

that are directly opposite one another 

on the color wheel. 

These colors just naturally look good together!

WELCOME... DIGITAL WHISPER's WHAT's BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR CHALLENGE..

 "Never open the door to a lesser evil, 

for other and greater ones

 invariably slink in after it."

~

 Baltasar Gracián

WILD FLOWER... SPA's WILDFLOWERS CHALLENGE...

 Let's be wildflowers. 

Let our souls be scattered by the wind 

let us grow, wild and free, 

tall and brave, in the places that we dream, 

in the places where our longings are filled. 

Let us grow between the cracks of brokenness, 

and we will make everything beautiful.

~

g. c.

THE BRIDEMAIDS WISH... OMM"S NEWSPRINT CHALLENGE...

 "We were the people who were not in the papers. 

We lived in the blank white spaces 

at the edges of print. 

It gave us more freedom. 

We lived in the gaps between the stories." 

~

 Margaret Atwood

HIS NAME IS FRECKLES... DIGITAL WHISPER's FRECKLES CHALLENGE...

I’m counting my freckles 

And so far I’ve seen 

One thousand two-hundred and seventeen. 

 I’ve been counting for hours; 

It’s such an amount. 

One thousand two-hundred and Shoot! 

I lost count! 

 ~ 

Barbara Vance

YOU KNOW YOUR IN PARIS WHEN... SPA's PARIS CHALLENGE...

 

"If you are lucky enough 

to have lived in Paris as a young man, 

then wherever you go for the rest of your life, 

it stays with you, 

for Paris is a moveable feast."

~

 Ernest Hemingway

KRAZY LEGS KOWALSKI... OMM's THIS & THAT CHALLENGE...

 “Draw a crazy picture, 

Write a nutty poem, 

Sing a mumble-gumble song, 

Whistle through your comb. 

Do a loony-goony dance 

'Cross the kitchen floor, 

Put something silly in the world 

That ain't been there before.” 

~

 Shel Silverstein

SPRING FEVER... DIGITAL WHISPER's SPRING FEVER CHALLENGE...

Spring fever, Spring is here at last 

Spring fever, my heart's beating fast 

Get up, get out spring is everywhere 

Spring fever comes to everyone 

Spring fever, it's time for fun 

Get up, get out spring is everywhere

~

Elvis Presley

VINTAGE TIME... SPA's TIMEPIECE CHALLENGE...

 Time, time, time 

See what's become of me 

While I looked around for my possibilities 

I was so hard to please 

Look around Leaves are brown 

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter... 

...Hang on to your hopes, my friend 

That's an easy thing to say 

But if your hopes should pass away 

Simply pretend that you can build them again 

Look around The grass is high 

The fields are ripe 

It's the springtime of my life 

Seasons change with the scenery 

Weavin' time in a tapestry 

Won't you stop and remember me? 

Look around 

Leaves are brown 

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

~

Paul Simon

PROUD PAPA... OMM's EGG CHALLENGE...

 

"A true friend is someone who 

thinks that you are a good egg 

even though he knows

 that you are slightly cracked." 

~

 Bernard Meltzer

VISITING THE EASTER BUNNY... DIGITAL WHISPERS EASTER BUNNY CHALLENGE...

 Here comes Peter Cottontail 

Hoppin' down the bunny trail 

Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way 

Bringin' every girl and boy 

Baskets full of Easter joy 

Things to make your Easter bright and gay

~

Gene Autry

FOR MY NEXT TRICK... SPA's STRONG PEOPLE...

 "The world breaks everyone, 

and afterward, 

many are strong at the broken places." 

~

 Ernest Hemingway

LITTLE FLOWER... OMM's FLOWER CHALLENGE...

 "If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. 

Because if you pick it up it dies 

and it ceases to be what you love. 

So if you love a flower, let it be. 

Love is not about possession. 

Love is about appreciation." 

~

 Osho

HANS & FRANZ HIT THE BIG TIME... DIGITAL WHISPER's DANCE LIKE NOBODY's WATCHING...

 “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,

 Love like you'll never be hurt, 

Sing like there's nobody listening, 

And live like it's heaven on earth.” 

~

 William W. Purkey

HAPPY St. PATRICK's DAY...

 HAPPY St. PATRICK's DAY!

May you make it to heaven

a half an hour 

before the devil knows you're dead.

SEARCHING FOR HEAVEN... SPA's STARS CHALLENGE...

 

"Silently, one by one, 

in the infinite meadows of heaven, 

Blossomed the lovely stars, 

the forget-me-nots of the angels." 

~

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

PUTTING ON THE GLOVES... OMM's GLOVES CHALLENGE...

 "I can tell if two people are in love 

by how they hold each other’s hands, 

and how thick their sanitation gloves are." 

~

 Jarod Kintz

TAMBORINE NIGHT... DIGITAL WHISPER's TAMBOURINE CHALLENGE...

 Watch the jingle jangle start to shine 

Reflections of the music that is mine 

When you toss a coin, you'll hear it sing 

Now listen while I play 

My green tambourine

~

The Lemon Pipers

SPECIAL DELIVERY... SPA's POSTAGE PEOPLE CHALLENGE...

 It’s hard to believe it, for a brief period of 6 years, it was possible to mail a baby or small child through the U.S. Postal Service. 

Yeah, you heard it right, it was legal to mail a baby in the United States and it happened more than once and by all accounts. 

 In 1913, The United States Postal Service introduced parcel posts. Before then, all packages sent by mail had to weigh 4 pounds (1.8 kg) or under. 

 With the commencement of the parcel service, people could now ship anything below 50 pounds (23 kg). 

But almost immediately, it had some unintended consequences as some parents tried to send their children through the mail.

REFLECTION OBSESSION... OMM's MIRROR CHALLENGE...

 I wanna know what you see

 when you look in the mirror

 on a day you’re feeling good. 

I wanna know what you see 

when you look in the mirror 

on a day you’re feeling bad. 

I wanna know the first person who taught you 

your beauty could ever be reflected 

on a lousy piece of glass.

~

Andrea Gibson

SMALL JOYS... DIGITAL WHISPER's FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW CHALLENGE...

 Lovers, forget your love, 

 And list to the love of these, 

She a window flower, 

 And he a winter breeze.

~

Robert Frost

MAKING A NEW FRIEND... SPA's GIRAFFE CHALLENGE...

 Making friends for the world to see 

Let the people know you got what you need 

With a friend at hand you will see the light 

If your friends are there then every thing's all right

~

Elton John

INTERGALACTIC MAIL... OMM's MAIL ART CHALLENGE...

 Take my hand, 

I'm a stranger in Paradise 

All lost in a wonderland 

A stranger in paradise.

~

Tony Bennett

UP IN A SWING... DIGITAL WHISPER's SWING CHALLENGE...

 How do you like to go up in a swing, 

 Up in the air so blue? 

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing 

 Ever a child can do!

~

Robert Lewis Stevenson

TEXAS RED... SPA's WILD WEST CHALLENGE...

 "Always treat all weapons as if they are loaded." 

  "Never allow the muzzle to cross anything you’re not prepared to destroy." 

 "Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target and you have made the conscious decision to shoot." 

   

"Think of it this way: There are never misses, only unintended targets. Every bullet hits something."

~

Don Mann