"Something Irish" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Something Irish".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

"Ladder" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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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Step by step, one by one
Higher and higher
Step by step, rung by rung
In climbing Jacob's ladder

All I want from tomorrow
Is to get it better than today

Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & The News

"Great Expectations" - Postcard

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

I was unsure what this challenge was supposed to be, so I waited until it was posted. When it was, I thought I would be unable to do anything, because I had no ideas. Then, without realizing it, I got the same idea that I did in 2020.

The things you forget along the way.
And the things you remember.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Sailor Boy" - 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 created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

"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

"Old Age" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme was "Old Age."

I struggled with what to do for this, and finally had to enforce my "paint brush down" (time is up!) rule on myself. (I'm not 100% happy with my piece.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

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

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Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number —
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you —
Ye are many — they are few.

The Mask of Anarchy - Percy Bysshe Shelley

And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Halloween Pumpkin Patch Horror" - Postcard

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Tomorrow's historic Halloween will have a Full Moon on it. A Full Moon only occurs on Halloween every 18 to 19 years. Because it is also the second Full Moon in the same month, it is a Blue Moon. The next Halloween Full Moon won't happen until 2039! And because the Full Moon that occurs closest to the September equinox is always called the Harvest Moon (October 1, 2020), the second Full Moon in October is called the Hunter’s Moon (Halloween, October 31, 2020).

Halloween Full Moons / Blue Moons (October 31, 2020, 2039, 2058, 2077, 2096)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

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

"Literature Great Expectations" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Literature."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.14.

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

"Halloween Pumpkins" - Postcard

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It's the Halloween count down. There are only a few days left to go!

I created this using GIMP 2.10.12.

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

Statue Boy Fishing On Stone Wall - Photograph

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This is 2 of 4 posts of photographs that I took at Ash Creek Open Space in Fairfield, CT this past week.

"T Stands For Tuesday Tea" - Postcard

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I actually made this back in February, to use as a T Day ticket, but held it in reserve until now. In June, I made a similar postcard using the same images.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.12.

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

"Summer Fun" - Tag

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This week's Tag Tuesday challenge was Summer Fun.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.12.

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

"Fall Harvest" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Orange."

I know Fall is still about two months away, but the other day, when it cooled off after the very hot weather we had, it felt and sounded like the waning days of Summer. There are certain bugs that make a buzzing sound here, as the temperatures start to cool down a little, signalling the end that is coming. The air had that same feel to it. I can't describe it any better than that. (It's like being able to smell snow coming in the air in Winter, before the storm arrives. Maybe it's a New England "thing.") It's hot again, like it usually is here in July, but the waning Summer days aren't too far away now, here in the Northeast United States.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.12.

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

"T Stands For Tuesday Tea" - Postcard

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I made a tea themed art piece as my ticket into Bleubeard and Elizabeth's T Stands For challenge found here. My actual entry for this week is here.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.10.

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

"Treasure Island" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.10.

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

"Rocking Horse" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.10.

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

Statue of Boy Fishing on Stone Dock - Photograph

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This is 1 of 6 posts of photographs that I took in the Ash Creek Open Space walking area in Fairfield, CT this past week.

This statue of a boy fishing on a stone dock is at a house next to the path. He fits in perfectly here.

The first photo is my entry for the following:

Weekend Reflections

"Boys" - Tag

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This week’s Tag Along challenge #96 was "Boys."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.14.

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

"Unique" – Postcard

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Unique."

One of my personal sayings is, "I march to the beat of my own drum" so I made a theme around that.

I'm late entering this, and I think the cutoff is Friday.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.14.

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

"School Days" – Postcard

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "School Days."

When I was a child in school, time seemed to pass very slowly. Weeks felt like months. Now time flies by, and months pass by like days. And I no longer have time to enjoy my life.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.14, to which I recently updated.

The vintage images are from a DuckDuckGo search.

The fonts are:

Romeodn Medium
SchoolScriptDashed
Santa'sSleighFull