The Beginning At Last

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  • NTT Challenge: 04/25/24 Edition

    NTT Challenge: 04/25/24 Edition

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    Welcome one and all to this week’s NTT recap for 04/25. I think this is the most posts we’ve ever had thus far for an NTT, so thank you one and all! I am blown away by the response this receives, and even more so this week. A standing ovation for everyone! 👏👏👏 We had…

  • NTT Challenge: 04/18/24 Edition

    NTT Challenge: 04/18/24 Edition

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    Good day to all, and yes, I am late again. 😄 My sincerest apologies, but I had to work yesterday, so my timing was a bit off. Here are the submissions for last week’s NTT Challenge. As always, a fantastic group of works. I am humbled by all the greatness! Y’all kick ass! Since time…

  • NTT Entries: 04/11 Edition

    NTT Entries: 04/11 Edition

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    Hello, everyone and I am very sorry for being late again with this post. Been a bit crazy around here. Please accept my apologies. We had a great turnout this week, and I am deeply grateful to everyone for participating. Your works, as always, are absolutely fantastic. I am humbled to be surrounded by so…

  • Signalman

    Signalman

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    Signalman, thank you. You know what for. Semper Fi, and stay frosty. Signalman’s Page

  • NTT Challenge: 04/04/24 Edition

    NTT Challenge: 04/04/24 Edition

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    Hello and good evening, all! Apologies for the very, very late edition! I’m still adjusting to the new work schedule, and have not quite found my groove yet. Normally, I would run through the roll call, but as I am already very late, I am going to jump right into the proceedings. Please forgive this…

  • No Theme Thursday: 04/04/24

    No Theme Thursday: 04/04/24

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    Good day to all and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! We had another fantastic week prior with lots of great entries as always. Looking forward to even more this week! Please have your entries posted by Tuesday 04/09/24, and I will do my best to get them all posted ASAP! Please…

  • NTT Challenge: 03/28/24 Edition

    NTT Challenge: 03/28/24 Edition

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    Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s NTT 03/28/24 Edition! I will be cutting right to the chase this week, and please accept my apologies in advance for the rush job. I am adjusting to this new routine, and it’s quite hectic for me at the moment. I would like to welcome Jenny from Breaking…

  • NTT: Stuart’s Synchronicity

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    Hello all, Today I had the pleasure of finding a comment on the No Theme Thursday post from Stuart at My Bipolar Perspectives of a Unipolar World. In the comment, Stuart left the below, in which he managed to tie together ALL of the images in this week’s NTT post. Not wanting this to go…

  • NTT Challenge Entries (03/14/24 Edition)

    NTT Challenge Entries (03/14/24 Edition)

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    Hello, and welcome back to this week’s listing of the No Theme Thursday entries for 03/14/24! We had a ton of entries again this week, and also more new participants! I’d like to extend a hearty welcome to both Stephanie from Singing Gecko and Kymber Hawke from Story Spinner! It is an absolute pleasure having…

  • No Theme Thursday (03/14/24 – Updated)

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    Good day all, and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! Last week saw another great turnout, and as always, I thank everyone for partaking. Your creative spirits continue to impress! Much like last week, I am trying to deliver a cross section of images to please every palate. Hopefully, you can find…

  • NTT Challenge Entries: 03/07/24

    NTT Challenge Entries: 03/07/24

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    Good day to all, and welcome this week’s roundup of No Theme Thursday Challenge entries! Again this week, lots of fantastic work from everyone, and new participants in the proceedings as well! My sincerest warm welcome to rugby843 and Aboli Mane! Very pleased to have you here with us! I know I say it every…

  • No Theme Thursday (03/07/24)

    No Theme Thursday (03/07/24)

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    Good day, all! Another week, another edition of No Theme Thursday! Last week saw some new entrants, and also some folks putting their own spin on the theme (no theme?). It’s become a bit more free form, and I think that’s really, really cool. If you’ve been inspired to create, then mission accomplished! If there…

  • NTT Challenge (02/15/24)

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    Good day, all! It’s time for the No Theme Thursday (NTT) submissions for last week’s images! This is fast becoming one of my favorite days of the week, because I get to collect up all the incredible work everyone has posted and show it off for all to see! We had a stellar turnout again…

  • No Theme Thursday (02/15/24)

    No Theme Thursday (02/15/24)

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    Good day to all, and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! This week, I am giving the barbarians, gypsies, dragons and sorceresses a break and stepping a bit outside the box. I wanted to challenge myself to work a bit outside my wheelhouse, and hopefully it will inspire some of you as…

  • Wandering Wednesday (02/14/24)

    Wandering Wednesday (02/14/24)

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    Good day and Happy Valentine’s Day to all! I hope if you are spending the day with your special someone, it is the absolute best day ever! Take an extra moment today to truly appreciate all the special folks in your life. Life is precious and so are those around us. Let them know it.…

  • No Theme Thursday 2/8 Challenge Submissions

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    Good day/night to all! Today, I will be posting the Challenge Submissions for the 02/08 edition of NTT. This week, I am thrilled to share submissions from the following bloggers: Aasthawrites from Literary Evaluation Blog Pooja G from Lifesfinewhine Amy from “It’s Amy,” I said. Destiny from Destiny’s Designz Mr. Philo from Philosophy Through Photography…

  • No Theme Thursday (02/08/24)

    No Theme Thursday (02/08/24)

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    Good day and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! As always, the challenge is out there to you writers, poets, bards and storytellers to pick an image and provide it with a theme and context. We had some killer submissions last week! For those who did not see them, here is a…

  • No Theme Thursday Submissions (02/01 Edition)

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    Hello all! I would like to share the submissions for this past week’s No Theme Thursday Challenge! The following bloggers took up the gauntlet and gave us four very unique takes on the images they chose: Amy from “It’s Amy,” I said. Pooja G from Lifesfinewhine. Tyronica Smith from Bloggish. Destiny from Destiny’s Designz. Below…

  • Superhero Saturday (02/03/24)

    Superhero Saturday (02/03/24)

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    Good morning one and all and welcome to another edition of superhero Saturday! I hope everyone’s having an incredible weekend so far! This week I’d like to give a shout-out to Amy over at “It’s Amy,” I said. for a dose of inspiration/motivation. In a recent exchange in the comments, Amy said she is a…

  • Telltale Tuesday

    Telltale Tuesday

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    Good day, all! Hope everyone’s Tuesday is going well so far! Not much on this end other than waiting to see the doc this afternoon about this cursed neck and back pain. With luck, I’ll get some answers and a path forward. In the spirit of today’s daily prompt, I am trying not to complain…

  • Superhero Saturday (01/27/24)

    Superhero Saturday (01/27/24)

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    After fumbling the ball last week, I am back on track with a new edition of Superhero Saturday! Some will be pretty recognizable right off the bat, a couple are riffs on familiar favorites, and one or two are pure experimentation. Hope everyone has a great day!

  • SLDS Challenge (02/02/24)

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    This week’s prompt for the Spies, Lies, and Digital Skies challenge is: A romantic rendezvous on a rooftop. I went through quite a few iterations of this trying to get just the right amount of romance and spice I was looking for. Since I tend to prefer darker themes, nighttime was a given for me.…

  • Fantasy Friday

    Fantasy Friday

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    Good day, all! Today I thought I would just post up some fantasy images I played around with recently. Some on the romantic side, some a bit more on the adventurous tip. Hope everyone enjoys them and has a great weekend!

  • No Theme Thursday: 01/25/24

    No Theme Thursday: 01/25/24

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    Good day, friends and fellow bloggers! I started this last week and think I will keep going with it. At least for now. 😄 No Theme Thursday is exactly what it sounds like. I will post some images with no specific theme (i.e. sci-fi, fantasy, etc.). I’ll just post what I hope is fun and…

  • The Black Knight

    The Black Knight

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    Good evening/morning all. Hope everyone is well! Today, I thought I’d share some of my takes on the mythical Black Knight. I’ve always been a fan of Medieval/fantasy themes, King Arthur, etc., so these were fun to mess about with. Hope you enjoy! And since I love my mashups, here’s my futuristic take: