TAKE A WORD

We have CHILDHOOD as our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week and that reminded me of the strange bird I encountered a week last Tuesday.  It was a charity shop find, a child and the bird mounted in a boxed picture frame.  I thought it was quite an interesting purchase.

Credit to Finecrafted Designs.

May I wish you all a very happy, healthy and peaceful 2018.

THREE MUSES

Our theme is BOOKS at the Three Muses this week.  Could just eat a bunch of those juicy grapes, me thinks!

Credit to SharingTubes.

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Let's CELEBRATE with Take a Word this Christmas day!  If only Uncle Henry (three times removed) could be cajoled to join in too it would be a celebration indeed!

Happy Holidays from me, at least.

Credit to TumblefishStudio.

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We're focussing on PRESENTS at the Three Muses this week!

Credit to Pixabay.

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a peaceful, happy and healthy New Year.

TAKE A WORD

Our theme this week at Take a Word  is to remember ABSENT FRIENDS this Christmas time.

Because this particular photo allows me to remember so many of  my 'long ago' family it remains one of my all time favourites. 

It's my parents' marriage, a happy time after the end of the second world war, and also a pictorial record of so many of my family including grandparents, great uncles and aunts and also second cousins.  It wasn't until I began to research my family history and I was able to put faces to names that this particular photo became as precious as it is.

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DIGITALMANIA

 

Mona altered her appearance once again to enjoy a couple of little holiday jaunts.  She's keen on dancing and then having danced she felt the need for a little beach holiday!!!

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THE THREE MUSES

It's MAIL ART at the Three Muses this week so here's a festive greeting coming your way!

Credits to Pixabay (the bird and some of the over stamps), SharingTubes (the cat), and the postage stamps are my own.

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TIDINGS of comfort and joy ... and a merry Christmas to everyone at Take a Word this week!

Credit to Kubivet and Nancy at Crowabout.

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THE THREE MUSES

Our theme at the Three Muses this week is STAR and here is what my Muse decided I would create!

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TAKE A WORD

The theme is RED AND GREEN at Take a Word this week and that reminded me I needed to crack on with designing my Christmas Cards if ever they were to go out on time this year!

Credit to Pixabay,  whilst the tree I created from a colourful textured background.

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It's BINGO at the Three Muses this week so as we say here in the UK 'eyes down' and 'luck in'.

Credit to Pingimg.com and the PublicDomain with a spot of digital painting by me.

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TAKE A WORD

Our word for inspiration this week at Take a Word is BUTTERFLIES and here's one I saw a week last Tuesday gracing a very 'laid back' chair!

Credit to LizWest for a selection of her textures I blended for the background, whilst the chair I found on Pinterest and the eye and butterfly were SharingTubes.

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It's the PRINTED WORD at the Three Muses this week and that reminded me of the gentleman who bid me a good evening a week last Tuesday night as I passed him on my walk home!

Credit to Pixabay and SharingTubes.

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Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is ANGEL.  Ta Dah!

Credit to Pixabay.

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THE APPLE OF HIS EYE

Our theme at the Three Muses this week is  FRUIT or VEGETABLES and that reminded me of the young fellow who couldn't resist sharing the Apple of His Eye at every opportunity!

Credits to Pixabay and the ladies at Digital Whisper.  The young fellow is courtesy of the Public Domain and the background is one of my own.

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It's SHADES OF BLUE at Take a Word this week. 

Credit to Pixabay for the elements whilst the background I found on the interwebby.

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TIME FLIES

Our theme at the Three Muses this week is TIME.  Ta dah!

Credits to Kubivet (no longer trading) and Pixabay.

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TAKE A WORD

Our theme is FAMILY ALBUM at Take a Word this week and that reminded me of a little photo I have of my Grandfather.  Born 1899, the youngest of five children, and unlucky enough to be 'called' to serve in both world wars.  A strict but loving grandparent.  As this outfit was most definitely to celebrate something special I'm sure it was purchased for his Mother's second marriage ... his own father had died when Leonard was only four.  If only I could find who my great grandmother married I could verify her new name .... but no luck so far!

Anyway I've created a new background for him and given him a better chair to lean on and framed the whole thing appropriately for the family album.

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Our theme at the Three Muses this week is the colour ORANGE and that reminded me of the wonderful yellows and oranges of the buildings I saw on my recent visit to Lake Garda in Italy.

Here are two I treated with watercolour filters I hope you will like.

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Our word for inspiration at Take A Word this week is TURQUOISE and that reminded me of the hat I saw a week last Tuesday!

Credit to SharingTubes, Pixabay, HolliewoodStudios with one of my own backgrounds.

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Our theme at the Three Muses this week is CANDLES and that reminded me of the relaxing evening I spent a week last Tuesday with a friend, a bottle of red and a game of chess!

Credits to SharingTubes, Pingimg.com and the public domain.

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TAKE A WORD

Marie has called for STRIPES at Take a Word this week ..... and this is what happened next!!  But I'm taking the tablets now!

Credit to Itkupilli for the most part with a little help from the PublicDomain.

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It's THE PRINTED WORD this week at the Three Muses .... and so with a little help from Mr Modigliani this is my contribution!

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TAKE A WORD

UNLUCKY FOR SOME

Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is NUMBERS.  Meet Uncle Henry who, during his working life, was an accountant by profession!

Credit to Tumblefish Studios.

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DIGITALMANIA

I created this for the Digitalmania (INSPIRED BY MARSHA BALIAN) challenge.

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A WEEK LAST TUESDAY ...

We have WINDOWS as our theme at the Three Muses this week and that reminded of what I spied from my window a week last Tuesday night.  It was dark and the moon was high and as I went to close my window against the moths there she was!  I don't know what she wanted because one minute she was there staring at me then the next she was gone.

You probably think I don't see anything of significance from my window  ... but here's the proof!

Credit to MartaVanEck, NumbBum (no longer trading) pixabay.

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TAKE A WORD

It's the MALE of the species at Take A Word this week and that reminded me of great uncle Bertie whose philosophy in life was (for he is no more) always to Be Yourself!

Credit to TumblefishStudio and MartaVanEck.

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THE THREE MUSES

It's CREATIVE LETTERING at the Three Muses this week.  Ta Dah!

Credit to Tumblefish Studios.

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Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is WINGS and that reminded me of a very strange sight from my window a week last Tuesday.  I think it was a magnificently fashionable umbrella but it might have been something else!

Credit to Pixel Music (no longer creating) and Pixabay.

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DIGITALMANIA

For the Digitalmania (INSPIRED BY DAVID ARMS) challenge.

Credits to Pixabay and Pingimg.com

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Our theme is STEAMPUNK this week at the Three Muses and that reminded me of the strange thing I saw a week last Tuesday.  I was just about to retire for the night when I spied a strange vessel kind of thing flying past my garden.  I blinked and when I looked again it had gone!!!

Credit to Mr Whiskers, MartaVan Eck and FinecraftedDesigns.

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TAKE A WORD

Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is HEARTS and that made think of this gorgeous dress and the hearts and flowers to go with it!

Credit to FinecraftedDesigns and IreneAlexeeva.

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HUMMING BIRD!

For the Digitalmania ABSTRACT challenge.  I took inspiration from the style of Kandinsky which I enjoyed enormously!

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THE THREE MUSES

There's a call for HOUSES at the Three Muses this week so I'm sending you a few from a very breezy seaside here in the UK.

Credits to Pixabay for the boats,  the backgrounds are from Flickr or the public domain,  and the houses, clouds and sun were made by me.

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Oh No .... it's Autumn

Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is AUTUMN and that reminded me that Autumn is just someone's Spring .... Spring and Summer are my favourite seasons!

Credit to Pixabay and the PublicDomain.

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We have MAIL ART with a theme of WISH YOU WERE HERE at the Three Muses this week and that reminded me of a postcard I received a while ago from Mabel which I thought you might like to see.

This was typical of the holiday taken during the 1950s when places of work closed down en masse for a fortnight in July and the workers made a mass exodus by bus or train to the seaside for a few days. They mostly stayed in 'lodging houses' where they were either provided with bed, breakfast and evening meal or where they provided their own food which was then cooked and served by the landlady. These guests were turned out after breakfast and were not allowed back into their rooms until late afternoon .... rain or shine.  Everyone had a ride on a donkey, ate an ice cream or too, ate fish and chips, bought rock to take home and many bought their own Kiss Me Quick hats too. Everyone sent postcards to their nearest and dearest and many had a good tale to tell!  :D

Credit to TumblefishStudio and to Mabel!

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TAKE A WORD

Our theme at Take A Word this week is OLD FASHIONED,  but sophisticated, stylish and classic are always in vogue.  Sold out!

Credit to Itkupilli and the public domain.  Background is my own.

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UBRELLA'S are the order of the day at the Three Muses this week and that reminded me of our visit to Plymouth a couple of weeks ago (to visit Daughter No 1).  Anyway it rained ... a lot ... and I couldn't resist taking a photo of a girl battling her way through it knowing I would use it somewhere in my art later!

Credit also to Kersten Frank and the PublicDomain.

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DIGITALMANIA

Created for the Digitalmania (Inspired by Richard Curtner) challenge.

Credits SharingTubes and the PublicDomain.

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Our theme for this week at the Three Muses is SNAPSHOT.  This snapshot is a photo of my sister and me as bridesmaids at a family wedding.

Credits to RoseyPosey and Kubivet (no longer trading) and my own black and white photo.

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Our word for inspiration at Take A Word this week is BEAUTY and that reminded me that Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder!

Credit to Bluesse and Pixabay.

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We have QUOTES as our theme at the Three Muses this week, and this is one of my favourites.

Credit to HolliewoodStudio, Pixabay with some of my own backgrounds blended.

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TAKE A WORD

A TOUCH OF PURPLE is our theme at Take A Word this week!

Credit to Irene Alexeeva.

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Created for the Digitalmania (inspired byKinga Britschgi) challenge.

Credits to Pixabay whilst the brushes where courtesy of Mel.

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THE THREE MUSES

My theme this week for the Three Muses is SOMETHING GOTHIC and this is what came to mind!

Credits to FinecraftedDesigns.

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Our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week is MONOCHROME and that reminded me of Greymouth in New Zealand well known for its spectacular sunsets.  Being near by and armed with my camera we decided to see for ourselves and made our way to the beach.  There were a number of people already there, many carrying a beer or a glass of wine to enjoy whilst they watched, but the sight I liked best was of the four people who had brought canvas chairs and were ready and comfortably waiting for the spectacle.  That little voice inside my head said : what a picture!

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Our theme for the Three Muses this week is CIRCLES and that reminded me eye'd spied some circles a week last Tuesday!

Credit to Pixabay, DigitalWhispers and NumbBumm.

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Our theme at Take a Word this week is DANCER and here is mine!

Credits to SharingTubes for the dancers.  The background is one of my own.

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