Icarus - Lord of the Sky

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New vintage times painting. Created with bought, free and public domain resources.

Considering I am VERY afraid of heights I do a lot of pictures of flying. Maybe if I had wings heights wouldn't scare me so much? There is something that draws me to the sky.....

Edited and mixed up in Photoshop and Illustrator. :D

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The Road Ahead

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A nasty cold has prevented me from doing very much this week. However, here's one I prepared earlier. The image was taken in Cambridgeshire, edited in Photoshop and furnished with a quote by Lewis Carroll. The font is Pacific Northwest by Cultivated Mind.

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The Right Road

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Quick pic taken a while ago. I have a thing about horizons and roads. I find them enticing and forever fascinating. The quote is by Dejan Stojanovic, a Serbian poet.

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the road goes ever on

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The words are by Tolkien from a song mentioned in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. There are various versions of it. The image was taken at the Gog Magog Hills in Cambridge. It's a lovely quote and it talks (to me) of adventure and new beginnings, of excitement and things beckoning. It's also a good metaphor for life, because no matter how much we want to stay sometimes, life goes on, which sometimes is a good thing and sometimes not so good, but we don't get to choose.

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not all those who wander are lost

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The words are by Tolkien from the poem from the poem All that is gold does not glitter, the image was taken at the Gog Magog Hills in Cambridge. I always loved the quote because it made me wonder about the world that is out there. It's the ultimate traveller's quote, well, there is one other... also by Tolkien, but that's for tomorrow. :-)

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The View

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Taken a little while back in Cambridgeshire on a 'photo walk'. I loved the way the view was leading the eye towards the horizon. The day was almost as sunny as it looks but nowhere near as warm.

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Golden Light Cherryblossom

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Taken a few days ago on the one sunny day we seemed to have last week. I love cherryblossom and magnolia and the plumtree in my front garden because they herald spring and that winter is almost over. I am not a winter person, unless it's big drifts of snow and blue skies... However, spring is almost here... despite the snow last week.

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Flutter

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This was taken at the park at the other day. It's some sort of vine with little fluffy flower heads and it looked stunning close up against the bright sun. It made me think of the feeling you have when you've just fallen in love and you see the person you're in love with, that little twist in your heart that makes it beat faster and your lips smile....

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Love Hurts

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Taken in my garden a couple of days ago. This image of a Berberis branch has been taken with my macro lens. I loved the play of light on the branch and in the background. Colour adjustments and a couple of textures.

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Over the Hill and Far Away

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Image taken at Orford Castle in England. I loved the magic hills around the castle, unfortunately the rabbits didn't come out to play... I edited it with my own resources to give it this fantastical feeling, a place where the sun always shines and magic is just around the corner or maybe over the hill...

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Happy Halloween

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The usual suspects mostly. These are mini pumpkins in a row with a tomato. Have a very happy Halloween. More pumpkin pictures to come.

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upon waking

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The image was taken this week at the park. I lvoed the wonderful golden leaves of the beech trees, especially as a lot of the other leafy trees are still green. The poem came to me yesterday when I woke up, hence the title. My mind seems to be very active when I am asleep which explains why I am always so tired in the mornings. LOL

the many nights
that found the morning light
glittering on my cheeks
like shards of glass
and my heart
running through my fingers
into the ocean of
might-have-been
and never-will-be 

 You can read the whole poem here.

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Forsythia

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I thought we all could do with some sunshine with all that rain (at least here in the UK) coming down on us and trying to wash us away.... Yes, yes I know, how are we supposed to be in a drought, when it rains all the time? Well, the water hasn't made it all the way through to the ground water level yet. So we need some more rain. Miserable, I know. However, here are some golden forsythia and a blue sky to tide you over. (Pun intended.) :-)

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Eat Me

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I love fairy tales, so I tried to recreate the feel of Snow White (a little tongue-in-cheek) with this one. You can't beat a red apple. There's a little Adam and Eve in there too.... 

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