Drunk with flowers and butterflies

I love butterflies. I always try to keep them close to me: in my art and in my life. 

I - Lady Butterfly

II - Butterfly Queen

III - Dream of Butterfly

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.

Irish Blessing

For Take a Word - Butterflies

Credits to Studio Lorie, It's a Dream, Ann Ominous, With a Russian- Dutch Heart and Marzeny.

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A second childhood

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.  

Berke Breathed

For Paint Party Friday - Week 16, Year 3

I drew the girl, the grass and etc but the bird and the dog is a courtesy of It's a dream and Scraps by Lena.

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Mother Africa

"The darkest thing about Africa has always been our ignorance of it " 

 George Kimble, Africa Today, Lifting the Darkness

Inspired by Nick Bantock's Mail Art - For Digitalmania

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Connection

Hold on to what is good,

Even if it's a handful of earth.

Hold on to what you believe,

Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.

Hold on to what you must do,

Even if it's a long way from here.

Hold on to your life,

Even if it's easier to let go.

Hold on to my hand,

Even if someday I'll be gone away from you.

Pueblo prayer

Inspired by Nick Bantock's mail art.

For Digitalmania - Nick Bantock's art

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The best in you

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

Christian D. Larso

Credits to Cinnamon Scraps, Zirconium Scraps and It's a Dream.

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Through the door

I have become my own version of an optimist.
If I can't make it through one door,
I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door.
Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

 Rabindranath Tagore

Credits to With a Russian-Dutch Heart, It's a Dream and Astrid Artistic Efforts

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Are you?

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Emily's Beauty

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We are numbers

We are numbers

Fed up with myself
staying inside
why bother getting up
cold hard words
meaningless words
on just how much a life is worth
I submit to live a life feeling left over
I submit to live a life where I have nothing
lets blame the mailman
we are numbers
on your frame
the voices in the other end
who would care
when i give up
as the gold keeps comming in
I submit to live a life feeling left over
I submit to live a life where I have nothing

Division of Laura Lee

For Three Muses - Numbers

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Girl behind purple flowers

Earth laughs in flowers.  

Ralph Waldo Emerson

For The Summer of Color - Week Three - Lime Green and Purple

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Outfits for all occasions

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. 

Lee Mildon

For Inspiration Avenue - Outfits for all occasions

I drew the girl in black but the clothes on the left were a courtesy of Super Freebies.

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I am a thousand things

It is pretty difficult to define who we are through writing or images. I tried to show a bit who I am and I must admit I am a patchwork: an animal lover, a poet (I love writing poems) and an eager reader of Poetry - obviously. I am also my art and my faith. I don't know what life would be without them. I love Nature and my country. I love flowers, music and butterflies. Well, I am thousand things.This is me. Now tell me: who are you? I am all ears.

For Collage Obsession - You!

Credits to Taola Fleur, Gothic Inspirations, With a Russian-Dutch Heart and Saskia Designs

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Happiness is...

And...

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way. 

Thich Nhat Hanh

For Take a Word - True Happiness

Credits to Ellen de Mai, With a Russian-Dutch Heart, Fuzzimo and Moleminka.

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For Catherine

“The imaginary is what tends to become real.”

André Breton

Digital Collage inspired by Catrin Welz-Stein for Digitalmania. Credits to With a Dutch-Russian Heart and It's a Dream.

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Once upon a dream

Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde  

For Paint Party Friday

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Butterfly

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.

Irish Blessing

Credits to It's a Dream.

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Tenderness

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; 

tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. 

Louis Pasteur 

Credits to With a Dutch-Russian Heart

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A She Sun

“Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there;
She gives the best light to his sphere;
Or each is both, and all, and so
They unto one another nothing owe;
And yet they do, but are
So just and rich in that coin which they pay,
That neither would, nor needs forbear, nor stay;
Neither desires to be spared nor to spare.
They quickly pay their debt, and then
Take no acquittances, but pay again;
They pay, they give, they lend, and so let fall
No such occasion to be liberal.
More truth, more courage in these two do shine,
Than all thy turtles have and sparrows, Valentine.”

John Donne

For ThreeMuses Challenge - Bride

Credits to Miriam's Scraps.

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Audrey among the flowers

The challenge this week at Inspiration Avenue is Audrey Hepburn. She's been one of my favourite actresses since I was a little girl.Her elegance, charm and tenderness captivated not only me but a lot of people around the world. She's an icon, a superb woman.

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

Audrey Hepburn

Fir Inspiration Avenue - Audrey Hepburn

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Pussycat in pink and orange

"With their qualities of cleanliness, discretion, affection, patience, dignity, and courage, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?"

 Fernand Mery, Her Majesty the Cat

For The Summer of Color: Week  Two

Credits to Imagine 

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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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When the fairies play

Life is a carousel

By: iWroteabout

Life is like a carousel, going up and down, up and down.

Round and round, round and round. 

Sometimes your feet never touching the ground.

If you look at life from this end. Then look way down the road.

There is no end it just keeps going on.

Round and round again.

You cannot see what is around the corner, til you take the turn.

One day your up, next day your down.

Things never remain the same you've learned. 

For Collage Obsession Challenge - Carousel

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My Delicate Japanese Garden

Silent flowers

Speak also

To that obedient ear within.

Onitsura

For Take a Word Challenge

Painted on an old Japanese newspaper.

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