Memorial Day 2010: I remember -

"Last Year's Milkweed"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky ..."
- Solomon Short

Let me take you higher -

"The Swing Set"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... back on its golden hinges
the gate of memory swings,
and my heart goes into the garden
and walks with the olden things ..."
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Unrealized single -

"Triangle"
digitally manipulated fractal flame & digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... I'm with you and you're with me
and so we are all together ..."
- British Folk Song, "Marching to Pretoria"

Illustration Friday: Slither -

"Slithering Out of His Skin"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... but time strips our illusions of their hue,
and one by one in turn,
some grand mistake,
casts off its bright skin yearly,
like the snake ..."
- Lord Byron

Thursday Challenge: Rest -

"Peaceful Places I"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... you can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person ..."
- Alec Waugh

Broad Road Walk -

"Roadside Blossoms"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit ..."
- Thomas Malory

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Inside Looking Outside"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... from the outside looking in you can't understand it;
from the inside looking out you can't explain it ..."
- Unknown

Drink from my cup -

"The Chalice"

digital collage & painting by Mick Mather

"... leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again; finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony ..."
- Franz Kafka

Service Notification -

"Service Engine Soon"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car ..."
- E. B. White

The friendly skies -

"Coach"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... you haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky ..." - Amelia Earhart

Illustration Friday: Early -

"Early Spring Suckers"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... it gets late early out here ..."
- Yogi Berra

Thursday Challenge: Play -

"Selfportrait of the Artist With Monster Teeth"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

I was thinking that a bit of an explanation might be useful with today's post. Both of my granddaughters enjoy playing a game called "monster" where Poppa slowly chases them around the house, grunting and growling and making proper monster noises. On this particular day I suggested that we make some scary teeth for the monster ... here they are! :)

Basic training -

"For the War Effort"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I'm as patriotic as can be - and ration points won't worry me ..."
- U.S. Government WWII Poster

With butter and salt -

"Popcorn Machine"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... the laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves ..."
- W. C. Fields

Now you see it, now you don't -

"The Bubble Dancer"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off ..."
- Sally Rand

Broad Road Walk -

"Broad Road Creek I"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers ..."
- unknown

While I was out -

"A Hat Made for Walking"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... grab your coat and get your hat,
leave your worry on the doorstep,
just direct your feet,
to the sunny side of the street ..."
- Dorothy Fields

Illustration Friday: Equipment -

"Equipment"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather
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"... it matters little how much equipment we use;
it matters much that we be masters of all we do use ..."
- Sam Abell

Thursday Challenge: Work -

"Work"
digitally manipulated photographs & collage by Mick Mather

"... work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do ..."
- Oscar Wilde

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait As A Business Card"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... it takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait ..."
- James McNeil Whistler

Needs a shine -

"Star"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
- original photograph by hpy -

"... though twilight drops her curtain down
and pins it with a star,
remember that you have a friend
though she may wander far ..."
- unknown

Shrug it off -

"Over the Shoulder"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... come cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
your head like the goldenrod,
and we shall go sailing away from here,
to the beautiful land of Nod ..."
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A singing landscape -

"As Far As the Eye Can See"
digitally manipulated photograph & collage by Mick Mather
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"... ever charming, ever new,
when will the landscape tire the view ..."
- John Dyer

Splish, splash!

"Leighlund's New Red Boots"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... beware of fishing for compliments,
you might come up with a boot ..."
- Carol Weston

Illustration Friday: Fearless -

"Fearless"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... fate loves the fearless ..."
- James Russell Lowell

Thursday Challenge: Water -

"Water"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... everywhere water is a thing of beauty gleaming in the dewdrop, singing in the summer rain ..."
- John Ballantine Gough

Who came first -

"Aftermath"
digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain ..."
- Malcolm Lowry

Playing tag with the tide -

"Down by the Shore"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
- original photograph by Ann Ballard -

"... I must down to the sea again,
for the call of the running tide,
is a wild call and a clear call,
that may not be denied ..."
- John Masefield

Come fly with me -

"The Flying Carpet Makers Studio"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... every warp and weft,
every column and row,
floating free,
yet enmeshed,
as shot from a bow ..."
- Mick Mather

Some assembly required -

"Parts of the Whole"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the whole is more than the sum of its parts ..."
- Aristotle

"Long Sleeved Shirt"
digital collage & drawing by Mick Mather

"... you start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul ..."
- Charles deGaulle