As easy as baking a cake -

"Covered Cake Pan"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... my therapist told me the way to achieve
true inner peace is to finish what I start;
so far today, I have finished two bags of M&M's
and a chocolate cake; I feel better already ..."
- Dave Barry

Peasant food -

"Piece of Cake"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... let's face it,
a nice creamy chocolate cake
does a lot for a lot of people;
it does for me ..."
- Audrey Hepburn

Something sweet -

"Lemon Cupcake"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... Q: What do you call Policeman's cookies?
A: Copcakes ..."

Cut the cake!

"Happy Birthday to Me"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... they say that age is all in your mind; the trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body ..."
- unknown

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Admiring 'Celebration' on Hockney's Birthday"
digital collage by Mick Mather
- "Celebration", 1991, diptych by David Hockney -

This week's Thursday Challenge theme is celebration. Since today is David Hockney's birthday I thought about doing another piece for The Selfportrait Series that would include his diptych titled "Celebration". Alright then, let's all have a piece of cake and go sit by the pool, shall we?

HAPPY FATHER's DAY -

"A Day to Himself"
digital collage by Mick Mather

I suppose today's post is dependent upon many factors and I don't intend to speak for all fathers nor paint the sentiment here expressed with a broad brush. Even so, for some few of us - rather than a homely tie, ill-fitting polo shirt or a "world's best dad" mug - what we'd really like is a little time to ourselves. Being that times are tough, I think today would be a good day for it this year. Well, gotta run, here comes the whole family ... there better be a cake in that lot, somewhere!

Stretching out -

"A Bivouac of Tents After A Windstorm"
digitally manipulated drawing & collage by Mick Mather

It's a holiday weekend and I'm off to a birthday celebration, pool party and backyard bar-b-que. So, forgive the post and run but, in case all of those things weren't sufficient, my 4-year old granddaughter offered a further enticement and made Poppa a vanilla cake! Oh boy!