Illustration Friday: Heights -

"Heights"
digitally manipulated fractal flame & collage by Mick Mather
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"... all right everyone, line up alphabetically,
according to your height ..."
- Casey Stengel

When the going gets tough -

"Shop 'Til You Drop"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the tough go shopping ..."
- Unknown

One in a sea of faces -

"Girl In A Crowd"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a charming woman ...
doesn't follow the crowd;
she is herself ..."
- Loretta Young

All aboard!

"Ticket to Ride"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah ..."
- The Beatles

Thursday Challenge: Silly -

"Silly"
manipulated digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... can we go to the park, Poppa? ..."
- Leighlund Ruth Vincett

Born again -

"Spring Buds"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
"... I started to bud like a March twig ..."
- Sylvia Plath

Advanced particle physics?

"String Theory"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... not the string theory we had in mind ..."
- Anonymous Know-it-All Physicist

Thursday Challenge: Hands -

"Hands"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... take my hand ..."
- Unknown

Wind in your sails -

"The Knick-Knack"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... knick-knack paddywhack
give the dog a bone ..."
- Nursery Rhyme

Last year's model -

"Out With the Old"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... dried out, brittle, crackling bones
last year's finest baritones ..."
- Unknown

Unsettled -

"Shadows of the Storm"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... weather forecast for tonight: dark ..."
- George Carlin
(as Al Sleet, The Hippy Dippy Weatherman)

Thursday Challenge: Three -

"Three"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom ..."
- Anais Nin

Night riders -

"Night Riders"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... fasten your seat belts,
it's going to be a bumpy night ..."
- Bette Davis (as Margo Channing in "All About Eve")

Number 3 in A Series -

"Don's Family Wagon"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... my dad went to work 9 to 5,
and he had a station wagon ..."
- Matt Dillon

Illustration Friday: Swamp -

"Swamp"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana
or the mind of Poe on opium ..."
- Dean Koontz

Light your torch -

"Dark Sky"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... the gloom of the forest meets the charcoal sky
and the harking howl of the wolf doth cry ..."
- Unknown

NEW from The Midnight Dream Series -

"The Woodchopper's Midnight Dream"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... and I was standing over there
rusting for the longest time ..."
- The Tin Man

Scratch that itch -

"Mosquito Bite"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... anyone who thinks they are too small
to make a difference has never tried
to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room ..."
- Christie Todd Whitman

Candy is dandy -

"Food"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... life is uncertain, eat dessert first ..."
- Ernestine Ulmer

Marooned -

"Lost Island of the Amazons"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... as I drifted closer it began to occur to me,
things aren't quite as they seem in this veiled place ..."
- The Maroon