The Wise Men - Week 53 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was The Wise Men.

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.

"12 Days Of Christmas" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "12 Days Of Christmas".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36

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

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Rainy Day" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Rainy Day".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.34

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

Nutcracker - Week 52 - The Book of Days

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The week52 theme for my Book of Days was Nutcracker.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32.

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.

"Nutcracker" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Submarine Games" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

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

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What follows below is Free Speech satire / parody / mockery / sarcasm / what have you:

A "certain" news story has more plot twists than a Soap Opera. The good news is one can miss several days of reports about it, and one will not have missed anything important to the main plot, just like in a Soap Opera. If you didn't hear the submarine story, don't worry: you didn't miss a thing. It's a he said she said, and loyal patriots will believe what their Government tells them happened, and know that the "other" Government is lying about what took place. But some in the audience have commented that their popcorn is getting stale, waiting for "something" to happen. Tune in next month... and the story will probably be the same as it is today.

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Boom!

Boom Clap - Charli XCX

Nutcrackers - Photograph

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I took that photograph of some of my Christmas decorations.

Christmas Carolers Angel Nutcracker Cardinal Music - Photograph

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I took that photograph of some of my Christmas decorations.

"Drummer Woman" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.18.

I've started going through my UFOs (unfinished objects), to either finish them or delete them.

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

Happy Fourth of July! - Photograph

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Teddy wanted to wish everyone in the United States of America a Happy Fourth of July!

He is shown here with patriotic bears and nutcrackers.

Christmas Decorations - Photograph

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This is 3 of 4 posts of photographs of some of my Christmas tree ornaments and decorations, which I put up this past weekend.

"Christmas Nutcracker Army" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

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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I recently saw the movie The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. I went into the theatre without any preconceived notions of what the movie should be about, and I enjoyed it. I thought the movie had a well written, creative story and that it was well acted. Apparently the movie hasn't been well received by critics, but there have been movies that they raved about as being fantastic, that I thought were awful, so there seems to be a disconnect between their perceptions and mine.

"Christmas Tree" - Postcard

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I made a Christmas card featuring a vintage Christmas tree.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

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

Drummer Nutcracker - Photograph

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This is 2 of 3 posts of photographs that I took of Christmas decorations in my house.

I love nutcrackers and have them all around the living room as part of my Christmas decorations. This drummer nutcracker is on a shelf behind a Christmas stocking and in front of a rhinoceros (that is normally on display). I liked how this photograph came out and might try to make it into a Christmas card (if I have time).

"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.)