I have chosen 'Spring' as the theme for March's challenge. I have deliberately left it as open to interpretation as possible to encourage as many people from all different forms of art to participate. So please have a go, join in, your entry can be anything that relates to the word 'spring'. I am looking forward to seeing the entries and learning more with each one I see. Good luck to everyone and have fun ! Richard.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Attached Link: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/spring?view=uk

Here's a definition if anyone wants some inspirational ideas.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Very cool! I like the many possibilities in this word :) I have posted a notice in the Fractal Gallery.

Fractals will always amaze me!

Great theme have to get my thinking cap on :O)

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Someone was gonna do this, so I figured it might as well be me. ;^]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Oh I'll just go and trash my image now then :( only kiddin - great start Kort :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

good idea Richard and it allows freedom of expression

I add an obvious capture related with the common interpretation of the word Spring (season of the year) .................. :)

Carlos.

Wow Carlos beautiful flower can't wait till we actually get some nice weather here in Ohio just had some snow not much but cold again :O( Sandy

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Gorgeous colour Carlos and great to see you made it here :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Thanks Sandra and Richard for your kind comments.

I took this photo 1 week ago in my garden (I live in the north of Portugal).

Carlos.

Well we have at least one month before flowers really start here :O( Sandy

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

And we have at least 2 months before that happens..... #:O(

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Mystic Pic

I guess maybe you have to live in the UK, and possibly also keep bees to really appreciate this one.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Oooh ooooh...i just realised that it doesnt have to be a photograph!!! YAAAAAAAY!!! Ill get right on it then. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

Fabulous entry chohole :D

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Thanks Onslow. @ Zacko....the beautiful thing about this arena is that it is for everyone. That's most of the fun of it, seeing how people interpret a theme in their own particualr app of choice. Everything goes, photo, 2d, 3d, fractal, written word. Makes foe a hell of a choice when it comes to decision time! :-)

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

I didn't even know this arena existed.Thanks Richard!

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

I love that little charactor chohole :O)

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Early Spring Blooms

Fractals will always amaze me!

Beautiful tresamie

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Spring flowers

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Great fractals. I love fractals, just can't get my head round making them. @ Sndcastle...it's the power pixie, from Daz. Used the alien head morph to make a bee type thingy.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Wow beautiful tresamie - looks like the new banknote for spring :) Super realisation sndcastle some butties waiting for summer.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

I have that character just not the morph chohole thank you :O) thanks Onslow :O) Sandy

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

The last remnants of snow are melting away here...this plant pokin' out kinda sums it up....Spring has SPRUNG! Take it easy! Joe

What a lovely thread this is.Such beautful images.

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

My desert roses are in bloom right now...thought I'd share a photo.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Beautiful colors on thos desert roses TwoPynts and L8RDAZE I am waiting for ours to pop their heads up. :O) Sandy

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

When the Tabebuia caraiba tree (or Trumpet Tree) explodes with golden flowers and the bees start to buzz, you know it is Spring...

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Another beautiful flower :O) Makes me want spring to start NOW!!!! LOL

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Lovely images Kort and Joe. Everything from the waking of dormancy at Joes, to the buzz of the bees in Florida :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Poetic imagery there Richard, very nice! =]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

@ TwoPynts. Is there any chance of a higher res version of the photo of desert roses. I actually only want to pull it apart and use one or two petals. I have a habit of makind fairy dresses from flower petals you see, and don't see many of those ones here in UK. My othe half thinks I am strange when I pull the petals from flowers and put them under the scanner, but I can work from phot's as well.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

As I said before, Richard (Onslow) did have a most splendid idea and the feedback could not be better !

I am waiting for more !!!

Carlos.

:-))

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

BIG LOL!!! =]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

LOL - we certainly must :D

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Of course what would spring be without a spring fairy LOL good one :)

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Oohhhhhhhhhhhh so clever,LOL!

Fractals will always amaze me!

Just to show TwoPynts what I di with his photo. Thanks again Kort, hope you approve

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

wow that is lovely great job on the dress.

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

WOW, your all have made lovely images...

Sad as it is I couldn't resist trying to recreate TwoPynts first image in 3ds Max..... DoF applied in The GIMP post render.

Message edited on: 03/14/2006 07:03

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Wow Graham, that is pretty darn close! Here is another for you to try! ;] And Pam, I love what you did with those Desert Rose petals! If I was a fairy, I'd ask you to make me a dress (okay folks, please don't go there). ;^P

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Attached Link: Spring in the Photography Forum

Actually, we started a 'Spring' thread in the photo forum too...which is where I originally had the above *spring* photo. Go take a look!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Nature awakens

Ahhh...at last Spring!

...and I just have to dust off my old image "Spring Fairy, because I still love her :-)

Message edited on: 03/16/2006 00:59

I couldn't resist either. This is a Carrara version. -Kix

-Kix

Beautiful visions of spring, all those wonderful flowers you have posted here. I am still sitting in snow and cold, well not just here and now :-), not by my computer, but outside the winter doesn't let us out of his grip. -10 to -20 degrees C outside at night and much snow. So I can just dream....

Nicely done Kix.

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Great collection of images here!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I agree it is going to be really tough when the voting starts :O) Sandy

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

Terragen for the bg. Good luck to all & happy Spring! ")

Message edited on: 03/19/2006 07:28

I'm Getting old.
My wings are cold.
I think I'll go sit on the sun.
Savage Dragon
"Chronicles of the Dragon Queen"

Wow some great additions while I have been away - superb !

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Well spring Equinox is tomorrow the 21st so maybe some more entries yet I hope :)

Here is one of the crocus that have started to flower in my garden, though it is still very cold here too !

Message edited on: 03/20/2006 03:02

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

A 'Spring' fractal from me

Beautiful Pat all the colours of spring :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

I just came across these red sucullent flowers and had to post two final images. Sorry if this is too much, but it fits the spring theme so well.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

And the second. Wonderful images everyone!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Sweeeeeeeeeet!!! What amazing entries in this thread. A few especially caught my eye. choholes for instance. That is soooo clever and also so beautifully realised. And Gun...your second in particular...WOW!!! And Kort...Richard...you guys always blow me away, so no surprise there. MAS4EVA!!! Well heres my contribution. Took it handheld. Held the icicle in one hand and the cam with the other. Applied the flood-filter as well. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

Going to be a fun month. Please have your entries in by Wednesday evening. Voting to start on Thursday Morning.. We will also have to pay close attention to which image you're voting for, since so many have uploaded so much. :) But that comes on Thursday. Winner to be announced on Saturday. Good luck everyone. They're all great works.

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

Wow Andreas...you actually used the flood filter in an effective way here. Beautiful entry. That must have been a lot of drips!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Superb Andreas - brilliant realisation and image :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Thank you kind Sir. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

Oh...and that thank you goes to you as well Kort. #:O) How come i never got an ebot for your reply but only Richards? Weeeeeiiiiird. #:o/

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

It is strange. I don't always get ebots for replys to this forum -- got yours though! =]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Last one from me - taken this afternoon of my garden pond :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

LOL! What a little cutie! Look at him take those breast-strokes. We had another 2 decimeter of snow last night...so i reckon i will have to wait a while longer for spring...and frogs. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Andreas

Mystic Pic

2 froggies and lots of eggs - nice shot and a sure sign of Spring. We have tadpoles swimming in the lake behind my house already. :)

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

I was trying to salvage the photos of Yellow Crocuses. Got frustrated, opened Apophysis, and this sprang out of the batching.

Here's mine. :)

unfolding of life beginning of time soft unfurl of leaf promise of petal wellspring of hope ground thaws source of anew tableau of color garden awaits warmth and rain symphony of bloom gardener's delight croci :)

Message edited on: 03/29/2006 22:54

That is a lovely poem Sue, very touching and well written. The imagery it provokes is pure Spring! :) May I suggest starting a new thread for voting when the time comes...the load time for this monster contest thread has become prohibitive, even on my hi-speed connection at work. Just a suggestion.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

thank you TwoPynts I'm happy that I got back from vacation in time to post :) a new thread for voting would be great....then my computer would 'spring' to life....grooooooooooooaaaaaan :D

Ok, some great last minute entries !! Happy to see we got at least one poem in as well!! Please remember - you're voting for the Image, not the artist. So if you see where someone has uploaded more then one entry (cough: twopynts ;-), please select your fav' image from the respective collection. If they didn't give it a name, then identify it by the image (as best as possible). Please place your votes here in this thread and vote for your three top choices. Good luck everyone !!

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

I guess we'll be using this thread then... (cough, cough) sorry, I'll try to be more selective in the future. ;] 1) #61 Dripping Icicle (Zacko) 2) #47 Ah, at last, Spring (gunsan) 3) #35 Spring Fairy (chohole) It goes without saying that this was a very tough choice. All the images are worthy.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Great topic! Great responses! This was incredibly hard, all the entries were terrific. 1st #61 Zacko Icicle 2nd #46 newleaf Nature Awakens 3rd #35 chohole Spring Fairy

Fractals will always amaze me!

1st-#49 Gunsan 2nd-#25 L8RDAZE 3rd-#75 netsia

Sandy
An imagination can create wonderful things

SndCastie's Little Haven

1st Sol_gi_2nd #7 2nd Gunsan #48 3rd Netsia #75

1st chohole #35 2nd gunsa #48 3rd onslow #56 Ditto my friend Kort here. Very tough choice between many excellent entries. #:O)

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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Mystic Pic

1st Ardiva's Unicorn 2nd Zacko's Icicle 3rd Onslows Frogs What a great set of images, well done all

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1st Spring Fairy -gunsan # 48 2nd Onslow #31 3rd Early Spring Bloom -Tresamie #19

1] #61 Zacko 2] #19 tresamie 3] #46 newleaf

1st # 25
2nd # 13
3rd # 21

Tough choices. 1 - #25 2 - #61 3 - #68 Good luck everyone.

Oh dear, what to choose. Went through the list, got 10 still. Then shortened it to 6, in the end I threw the numbers up in the air, and this is what came down Ist No 48 (Gunsan's spring fairy) I have a weakness for fairies. 2nd No 68 (Onslow's frogs) I too have been watching the frogs in our pond. 3rd No 7 (Solrac's Anemone, what a wonderful blue, my fav colour) Honourable mentions to everyone else.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Final day to place your vote. I'm a little behind on getting this tallied up, but didn't want to just close it without the warning shot. Place your votes if you haven't already and I'll announce the winner tonight.

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

The Votes are in: With 1 Point: SndCastie Tied with 2 points each: Netsia TwoPynts Tied with 3 points each: Ardiva Newleaf Tresamie With 4 points: Solrac_gi_2nd Tied with 7 points each: Chohole Onslow With 8 points: L8RDaze In 2nd, with 11 Points: Zacko And in 1st place, with 15 points: gunsan Congrats Gunsan! Please start a new thread with the topic for April. :)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.