Owl and girl

“The owl,” he was saying, “is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?” 
― M.J. Rose

I was sad to hear that it's end of the line for So Artful after five years. Just want to thank Sheila, Electra, Peggy and Sherry for the lovely challenges.

For So Artful - Owls

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Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?

"O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance."-   William Butler Yeats

SoArtful Challenges - Leaves

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Eco Car

"Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option...they 

will become a necessity."

- Fujio Cho

"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do."

- Barbara Ward

For So Artful Challenges - Cars

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Angela

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For

Paint Party Friday

and

So Artful Challenges

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Quack, quack, quack

Duck

Duck in the water, quack, quack, quack!

Soft, white feathers on your back, back, back!

Duck in the water, splash and splish!

Dip in your bill and catch those fish!

Duck out of water, walk on land.

Your webbed feet make it hard to stand!

Waddle with your family, waddle in a pack.

Duck out of water, quack, quack, quack!

Meish Goldish

For So Artful Challenges- Feathers

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Discover

For So Artful Challenges - Black and White

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I am what I am

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

― Marilyn Monroe

For So Artful Challenges - Friendly Monsters

Credits to Elianor.

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Signs of Spring

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"  

Robin Williams

For So Artful Challenges - Signs of Spring

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Haute Couture at home

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped adolescence, 

but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

Coco Chanel

For So Artful Challenges -  Dress Forms

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Flourishing

Flourishing is everyone's birthright.

Steve Juvertson

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Home Sweet Home

Where thou art - that - is Home.  

Emily Dickinson

For So Artful Challenges - A Different Home

Credits also to Kasia Designs

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A stamp from my heart

We were challenged to design a postage stamp with a holiday and/or winter theme at So Artful Challenges. Well, mine is above. Don't forget to check the other participants' work.

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Trees for two

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

~

Joyce Kilmer, "Trees," 1914

For So Artful Challenges - Trees

&

Sunday Sketches

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Sewing life

Blankets wrap you in warmth, quilts wrap you in love.

For So Artful Challenge - Quilts

Credits also to Pewter 7 and Regina Falango

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I hid myself within a flower

I hide myself within my flower,

That wearing on your breast,

You, unsuspecting, wear me too --

And angels know the rest.

I hide myself within my flower,

That, fading from your vase,

You, unsuspecting, feel for me

Almost a loneliness.

Emily Dickson

For Soartful Challenge - A single flower with a minimalist design

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Mapping my life

Some old photos of my girls and me. 

Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world.

Henry Louis Gates

For So Artful Challenges - Maps

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Holidays in July

This is what I want for my vacations and as matter of fact I am on a 2 week's holiday from work. 
I am enjoying myself with my art, buying gifts and things I like. It's a secret but I love promotions. I have been contemplating nature more and more each day. Unfortunately, it is Winter here and I can't go to the beach but I can sing and it is what I have been doing with my daughter and niece.

For So Artful Challenges - Vacations

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Hermosa!

Owl me!

Owl

An owl sat watching in a tree, 

Just as wise as he could be, 

Watching tricksters from door to door run, 

Trick or treating and having fun. 

After he had watched the whole scene, 

He said, "Whoo, it's Owl-o-ween!"

(Hallowe'en Nursery Rhymes, Chants and Charms)

For So Artful Challenges - Owls

Credits to With a Russian-Dutch Heart, It's a Dream and My Owl Barn

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