Thursday Challenge: Spring -

"Spring 2012"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the birds and the bees
and the flowers and the trees ..."
- Dean Martin

Number 5 in a series -

"The Best Offense"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... is a good defense ..."
- Unknown

A fixer upper -

"The Remodelers Midnight Dream"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... these windows seem to belong to a Mr. Landing in Fishkill ..."
- from "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"

Illustration Friday: Puzzled -

"Puzzled"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity ..."
- Douglas Horton

Number 4 in a series -

"Behind the Veil of Mirrors"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... ah, to think how thin the veil that lies
between the pain of hell and paradise ..."
- George William Russell

More to tell -

"True Confession II"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I still love you; this I must confess ..."
- Unknown

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Mixtape"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... loop dat, naamean ..."
- Unknown

Illustration Friday: Vocal -

"The Vocalist"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I sing the songs that people need to hear ..."
- Etta James

NEW from The Trinity Series -

"Trinity #22 - The CSX Readymade"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... below there! look out! look out!
for God's sake, clear the way ..."
- Charles Dickens ("The Signal-Man")

Where's Alice?

"Reverse Image"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee,
and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me ..."
- Robert Frost

Illustration Friday: Return -

"The Return"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the damage was done, the situation equalized; but, there was a price to be paid and the old man was now on the run; he and the dog set out for the hide where they'd been living off the land since the horror began; a plan was already set for the return ..."

- Mick Mather

Hot and cold -

"Into the Fiery Furnace"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... so the king cast the children in the fiery furnace,
Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego! ..."
- The Book of Daniel

Look, up in the sky, it's a ...

"Stars Fall From the Sky"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... the moving moon went up to the sky,
and nowhere did abide;
softly she was going up,
and a star or two beside ..."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (from The Ancient Mariner)

Time marches on -

"In Ruins"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a comfortable old age is the reward of a well spent youth ..."
- Maurice Chevalier

Thursday Challenge: Green -

"Green"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... all things share the same breath ..."
- Chief Seattle

Spring has sprung -

"Colly Bird"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... four calling birds ..."
- Traditional Lyric

Limited sight distance -

"Finding Frances in the Fog"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... it was a real 'Pea Souper' ..."
- A Londoner

Illustration Friday: Shades -

"Shades of Former Grandeur"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... the shades of night are falling fast ..."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Bought and paid -

"The Receipt"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... you'd like to return this item, sir?
of course; do you have the receipt? ..."
- A Sarcastic Sales Clerk

Out with old, in with the new -

"Last Years Model"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... fashion is more powerful than any tyrant ..."
- Old Latin Proverb