THE THREE MUSES

Nobody heard him, the dead man,

But still he lay moaning:

I was much further out than you thought

And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking

And now he's dead

It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,

They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always

(Still the dead one lay moaning)

I was much too far out all my life

And not waving but drowning.

Stevie Smith

1902 - 1971

One of my most favourite poems ..... ever!

Credits to ShadowHouseCreations, RubyBlossom and IreneAlexeeva (for textures I layered and blended), NumbBumm for the clouds whilst the remainder are from the public domain.

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IN TWO MINDS

It's BLUE and WHITE at Take a Word this week and  that reminded me of these two little sailor girls who always seem to be in two minds!

Credit : background (layered and blended) RubyBlossom, the raindrops were running down my window a couple of weeks ago, whilst the sailor girls (digitally painted by me) I found in the public domain.

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EGG ON YOUR FACE

EGG is the theme this week for the Three Muses challenge and that reminded me of the strange incident that happened a week last Tuesday.   One minute 'him in doors' was clearing up the garden in readiness for Spring and the next he was up to his eyes in egg!    Answers on a postcard if you work out how this could have happened!

Credit to Graphicsfuel.com for the egg, to Pngimg.com for the bird and spoon, the hands are courtesy of Bluesse, the backgrounds (blended) are LizWest (flickr), and the tree was Googled.

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WAITING FOR SPRING

TULIP is our word for inspiration this week at Take a Word.   Here in the UK we have carpets of crocuses and snowdrops and even daffodils but it's still too early for tulips ... so come on Spring its time for you to come out and play.

Credit to CAJoline and GrannyArt for the bottles, flowers and 'Spring', the background is one of my own.

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DIGITALMANIA

Across at DIGITALMANIA this week our challenge is to take inspiration from the work of David Arms.  Here is my interpretation.

Credits to IconArchive and AllFreeDownloads.

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We have STRIPES as our theme at the Three Muses this week and somehow this happened!

I am pleased to say that every little bit of the above is from my personal stash or the public domain.

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HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY

We have GREEN as our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week and that reminded me that it will also be St Patrick's Day very soon as well, so here's wishing you all a happy St Patrick's Day.

Credit to FinecraftedDesigns, Wikimedia Commons and the Public Domain.

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It's TURQUOISE AND RED at the Three Muses this week.  Here's what happened next!

Credits : NumbBumm and A Lost Gallery whilst the remainder is all from the Public Domain.

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We are looking forward to SPRING at Take a Word this week and that made me think of Spring flowers and in particular Dandelions.   As soon as Spring starts and all through the Summer they spring up everywhere and like Triffids they advance across our gardens,  public greens and meadows in a never ending search for more.   First juicy yellow flowers and then white Dandelion clocks whose sole aim is to populate more of our earth.  And they seem almost indestructible  ... thank goodness!   Well, at least the bees (if they could talk) might say thank goodness for the sight and taste of a sweet and sustaining Dandelion feast!  :D

Credit  to Gustav Klimt and to the talented contributors of images to Pixabay (public domain).

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DIGITALMANIA

A couple of recent pieces created for the DIGITALMANIA challenge across at Flickr.   This week our challenge was MAIL ART and last week our inspiration came from SOFTLY SURREAL.    Credits are available on my Flickr page.

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It's the SKY'S THE LIMIT at the Three Muses this week.  Ta Dah!

Credit to NumbBumm, SharingTubes and RubyBlossom whilst the sailor girl, painted by me, was in the Public Domain.

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ON REFLECTION .. A HAPPY ACCIDENT

We have FEATHERED FRIENDS as our word for inspiration this week at TAKE A WORD.  When I began to think about what direction I would take this I thought about combining text and birds which I tried several times without success.  Not wanting to start again totally I added and blended layers one at a time until the collage began to take shape.  I kept the original text layer (a copy of the Magna Carta to be precise) and softened it, then added a photo of tree branches reflected in a puddle of water I had taken a year or two ago  (I knew that photo was a keeper)  ... and that's when it began to take shape.  One or two more layers and a change or two to the birds and I was happy!!!

Credit : the birds and the text and several of the layers were all free to use, whilst the remainder were from my own stock.

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