21 day photo challenge: Days 1 & Day 2

pink rose close up 

Looking to stimulate the senses? Pop over to the Elle Moss Photography blog this month for the 21 Day Photography Challenge. Get your daily dose of eye-candy and perhaps some inspiration.

The first prompt (yesterday) was favorite color. Mine changes often and this lovely rose caught my eye today... so here we are. Enjoy additional vibrant hues over at the Elle Moss Day 1 post.

falling leaves closeup

Today's challenge is Trees. Some trivia: the rose pic was taken with a basic digital camera & for kicks the leaves were shot with an old-school disposable film camera.

Want a sneak peak of future prompts? Visit  this link and play along if you have the time.  Think you are too busy? No need to post every day - just share when you can. C'mon - join in - it will be fun!

Here - work in progress

crop of current WIP

Here's  a crop of something I'm playing with in PE9. Many thanks to DeviantArt member Daylight-Calling for sharing her photos. 

Taking a breather while paints & glues dry on a couple of other mixed media pieces. Whipping a few funky things up & will share soon. I've got to get back to it, so time to run. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! 

These are your kids on books

by Mike Anderick for BurningThroughPages.org

Musical Monday plus Oddz & Endz

Still listening to Goyte this week.  

New postcard. Giving PrintRunner.com a first go at these. They are also reprinting some older cards - I'll let you know how they come out.

5 x 7 postcard

Tomorrow there is paint stripping, acid spraying & other messy stuff - woo hoo -  should go well with the new Marilyn Manson. I'm playing with some (slightly) dark fairy tale stuff this week which will be aided by his blaring tunes. 

Assorted tinkerings are under wraps just now, but I'll share soon.  In the meantime here I am, as a last minute-Hephaestus with my buddy Zeus. Not exactly flattering - we were jumped by the local paparazzi while preparing for last week's book launch. 

What have you been up to lately? Seems like the family & I spent most of April in the garden - very refreshing! Now we are enjoying the fruits, veg. & herbs of our labors. Pinterest has been a great help for reorganizing my recipe clippings - I'm even making some of the saved dishes, instead of forgetting about them like I did when they were in the magazines. 

Well, have to run. Need to tuck a kid back into bed (again) & off to catch a couple of episodes of  Lilyhammer before the day is out. Take care. Have a fantastic week! Will catch up again soon.

All Hail Zeus (& friends)

The Mighty Zeus

Congratulations to Mrs Hobby's class on their self-publication of Mythology Adventures! The kids wrote & illustrated their own Greek Myths. Cover art by the Dude, I mean, Zeus. It was a fun book release party with a well-dressed Greek Pantheon present.

Somebody That I Used To Know

Goyte - Somebody that I used to know from Making Mirrors

Can't.... stop... playing.... this .... album .....

I've been destashing like crazy lately. Turns out Goyte makes perfectly cathartic decluttering music. If you like listening to this fellow, there are some fantastic mixes to take im  at this link. Should you click through, be sure to play the Dan Aux Remix. 

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!