"Those Eyes" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.36

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Black Bird" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Black Birds".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Blue Gold Full Moon - Week 49 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was Blue Gold Full Moon.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

"Window To The World" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Window To The World".

I went to the beat of my own drummer on this one.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the weekly sampler.

Moon - Photograph

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I took those photographs in my yard this past week.

Thanksgiving Day Turkey - Photograph

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I took that photograph of my Thanksgiving Day turkey.

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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Sunrise Clouds - Photograph

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I took that photograph in my yard this past week.

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Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
When I'm more than I thought I could be
Then in that one moment of time
I will see eternity
And I will be free

One Moment in Time - Whitney Houston

"Thanksgiving Cheers" - Postcard

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I recently found this turkey, so I decided to use him for an unconventional Thanksgiving Day art piece. He's holding a sword, in case anyone tries to make a meal out of him :-) .

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Textures And Layers" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Textures And Layers".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Knight On Horse" - Postcard

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I made another piece for this week's Sunday Postcard Art theme "Knights".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Rusty Gears - Week 48 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was Rusty Gears.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

Crescent Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph in my yard this past week.

"Knights" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Knights".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Leaf Dreams" - Postcard

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I'm in the process of going through my UFO (UnFinished Objects & Projects) pile to complete them or throw them into the scrap heap. I'm undecided whether or not I like this piece.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Autumn Border" - Postcard

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I'm in the process of going through my UFO (UnFinished Objects & Projects) pile to complete them or throw them into the scrap heap. This is a fragment.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Venus Before Sunrise - Photograph

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I took those photographs in my yard this past week, as the sun was just beginning to rise. That bright "star" above the tree tops is the planet Venus.

"Grunge 2" - Postcard

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I'm in the process of going through my UFO (UnFinished Objects & Projects) pile to complete them or throw them into the scrap heap. This is a fragment.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Memories" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Memories".

This doesn't really count as an art piece, because all I did was add the image to the bottom of this, and the Carnival text from a different image.

I won't word this correctly or well, but someone once told me the reason why only children are happy is because they live in the now, while young adults live thinking about the future, and older adults live thinking about the past.

He was right.

I have reached a finality of disillusionment with life. That has occurred gradually, over time, with each successive event that has happened to me, with the last nail in the coffin on October 3, 2023. If only I could predict the winning power ball numbers, the way I can accurately predict what people will do. But I digress.

For various reasons, I also now look at my fond memories of childhood with a jaded eye. Someone once said to me, "It's easy to say "I love" with a tear in your eye. But love isn't what you say - It's what you do." And how right she was, except not in the way she was conveying her venom about and toward me.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

All things are passing. - St. Theresa of Avila


Now don't hang on
Nothin' lasts forever but the earth and sky

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

"Arabian Knight" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Red Car Thieves" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

Pompeii - Bastille (Official Music Video)

Hand Of Belial - Week 47 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was Hand Of Belial.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

"Little Boy Blue And The Man In The Moon" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Man in the Moon".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin

"Man In The Moon" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Man in the Moon".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the weekly sampler.

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Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
You know the night's magic
Seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight
Seems to shine in your blush...

Moondance - Van Morrison

"Wings On Steampunk" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Wings on Things".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Green Angel" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful." Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Entrance To Hell - Week 46 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was Entrance To Hell.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

"Fireworks" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Fireworks".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Occult Skull" - Decoupage Wood Circle

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I used the wooden lid from a jar candle to create a decoupage circle art piece that I'm going to add to my Halloween decorations.

The steps are similar to the ones here.

"Blowing In The Wind" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Blowing In The Wind".

I went to the beat of my own drummer with this one.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Dark Night" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Sleet - Photograph

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I took those photographs of the brief rain / snow / sleet shower that happened mid afternoon. Some of the Autumn leaves have already fallen, but not all of them.

"Samhain Grape Vine" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)