Step on a crack -

"City Sidewalk"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go, but no matter, the road is life ..."
- Jack Kerouac

Coded & mapped -

"After Nine"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... time is making fools of us again ..."
- J.k. Rowling

... of a feather -

"Birding"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... those little nimble musicians of the air,
that warble forth their curious ditties,
with which nature hath furnished them
to the shame of art ..."
- Izaak Walton

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Seeing Red"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... when in doubt wear red ..."
- Bill Blass

Long sleeves -

"Dirty Shirts"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... clothes make the man, naked people have little or no influence on society ..." - Mark Twain

Illustration Friday: Satellite -

"Satellite"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... a satellite has no conscience ..."
- Edward R. Morrow

Thursday Challenge: Soft -

"Soft"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... I learn more about God
from weeds than from roses;
resilience springing
through the smallest chink of hope,
in the absolute of concrete ..."
- Phillip Pulfrey

A house in the country -

"The White House"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... a house is made of walls and beams,
a home is built of love and dreams ..."
- unknown

Think outside of the box -

"Susan Cancels Her Cable"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it ..."
- Horace Mann

Out walking -

"Down the Garden Path"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the path that leads to a loaf of bread,
winds through the swamps of toil,
and the path that leads to a suit of clothes,
goes through a flowerless soil,
and the paths that lead to a loaf of bread,
and the suit of clothes are hard to tread ..."
- Sam Walter Foss

Keith's favorite obscure Stones song -

"Connection"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... and I don't know, if they'll let me go ..."
- Jagger/Richards

Nickels, dimes & quarters -

"Pay to Park"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... what we've got here is failure to communicate ..."
- The Captain (Strother Martin, in Cool Hand Luke)

Illustration Friday: Paisley -

"Paisley"
digital collage by Mick Mather

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"... constant use had not worn ragged
the fabric of their friendship ..."
- Dorothy Parker

Chasing the gold ring -

"Metallic"
manipulated photo montage by Mick Mather

"... and the seasons, they go round and round,
and the painted ponies go up and down,
we're captive on the carousel of time ..."
- Joni Mitchell

Dirty laundry -

"Washing Day"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather
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"... sorting it out one load at a time ..."
- laundry room graffiti

Ever mindfull -

"The Border Guard"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... you don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself ..."
- George Bernard Shaw

House plants -

"Bonita's Philodendron"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy ..."
- Astrid Alauda

1 - 2 - 3 ...

"Channel Six"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... wise are they who have learned these truths:
trouble is temporary,
time is tonic,
tribulation is a test tube ..."
- William Arthur Ward

You missed a spot -

"The Window Washers Midnight Dream"

digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... my favorite optimist was an American who jumped off the Empire State Building, and as he passed the 42nd floor, the window washers heard him say, 'so far, so good' ..."
- John McGahern

Illustration Friday: Ripple -

"Ripple"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... Aunt Helen was torn between life on the farm and moving to the Big City; every ripple of the old dusty road was a parting shot, a mockery of her lack of resolve that, better than bars on a cage, kept the yellowed brick path to freedom at bay ..." - Mick Mather

Thursday Challenge: Urban -

"Urban"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect ..." - Michael Porter

Same day delivery -

"Sofa and Chair"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it ..."
- Shirley Conran

Knock 'em down, win a prize -

"The Carnival Booth"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left ..."
- Victor Hugo

One day after storming the beaches -

"Choosing A Summer Suit"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things ..."
- Robert Brault

Blood of the Saints -

"A Surviving Trace"
digital collage & digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... Oh! breathe not his name,
let it sleep in the shade,
where cold and unhonoured,
his relics are laid ..."
- Thomas More

Sunrise, sunset -

"Greeting the Dawn"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the morning light, which rains its quivering beams
wide o'er the plains, the summits, and the streams,
in one broad blaze expands its golden glow
on all that answers to its glance below ..."
- Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.

Illustration Friday: Trail -

"Book Cover: Dills Trail Walk"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... walking would teach people the quality that youngsters find so hard to learn: patience ..."
- Edward Payson Weston

Thursday Challenge: Family -

"Leighlund and Her Little Dog Too"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... perfect love sometimes does not come until grandchildren are
born ..."
- Welsh proverb

Old movies -

"Houseboat"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... at least we're in the water ..."
- coffee mug quote

Off roading!

"Susu's Drive in the Country"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... I had to stop driving my car for a while, the tires got dizzy ..."
- Stephen Wright