"Magic Keys Book" - Postcard

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

I went to the beat of my own drummer on this. One thing led to another, and I used two keys as metal hardware hinges for a book. A third key is the "magic key" on the cover. The background had a honeycomb pattern, so I added a few bees to complete this piece.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36

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

Yellow And Black - Week 24 - The Book of Days

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The week24 theme for my Book of Days was Yellow And Black.

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.

"Yellow And Black" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Happiness is...".

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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Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;

God's World - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Daffodils White Bee - Photograph

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I took those photographs of the daffodil flowers in my yard this past week.

"Autumn Gothic Arch" - 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 2.10.32.

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

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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different outcome. It's past time for the insanity to stop.

"Ferns" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

"Ancient Index Bee" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

This is more of a fragment than a complete art piece.

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

Red Old Fashioned Bleeding Hearts / Bee - Photograph

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I took those photographs in my yard this past week.

"Ashes" - 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.)

"Honey Bee" - Postcard

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This week's Take  a Word challenge theme was "Bees." Sadly, it is also their last challenge. Understandably, they are saying Goodbye, but they are still continuing with their other two sites. Over the years, I have had less time to be able to participate in all of the great challenge sites that are out there. And I still tear up over Marie's passing. She gave me guidance and assistance when I first started creating artwork on my blog.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

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

Yellow Flowers And Bees - Photograph

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I took that photograph at the reservoir in Easton, CT this past week.

"Honey Bear" - Postcard

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

This is 1 of 2 pieces that I made.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.18.

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

White Water Lilies - Photograph

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This is 2 of 3 posts of photographs that I took of white water lilies at Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding, CT this past week.

Bleeding Hearts Bumble Bee - Photograph

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I took that photograph of the Old Fashioned Bleeding Hearts growing in my flower garden this past week. The flowers are waning.

"Timeless Love Poem" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Favourite Poem."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.14.

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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William Shakespeare Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

"Insects" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.12.

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

Bee And Daisy Flowers - Photograph

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This is 1 of 3 posts of photographs that I took at Southport Beach in Fairfield, CT this past week.

It was very windy when I took these photos.

Blue Flowers - Photograph

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This is 1 of 5 posts of photographs that I took at Saugatuck Falls Natural Area in Redding, CT this past week.

Yellow Flowers - Photograph

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This is 3 of 5 posts of photographs that I took at Saugatuck Falls Natural Area in Redding, CT this past week.

Bee Mural - Photograph

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I took this photograph of the mural on a side wall of the Circle Hotel Fairfield in Fairfield, CT this past week.

This is my entry for this week's Monday Mural.