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  • April showers

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    Jane Shaw
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    The Sunday song and rhyme challenge was set by me this month and is based on the song Drip, drip drop little April shower from the film Bambi, originally made in 1942. The music was written by Frank Churchill and Lyrics by Larry Morey. April showers are intermittent, localized rain showers during the spring, often…

  • How many colours?

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    Jane Shaw
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    This month Outlawz Colour Challenge was set by me and I chose a rainbow and this image I have just realised that the image reminds me of the Children’s TV programme Rainbow which was broadcast in UK from 1972 to 1992, so very much part of my childhood. Rainbows are actually an illusion, caused by refraction, internal…

  • Beware of the Cat

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    Jane Shaw
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    The rhyme for March is called The Little Folk, by Shirley Barber a British author and illustrator. Her works were written after she emigrated to Australia in 1965. Shirley started out as an artist designing wallpaper. Most of her written work is about animals or fairies. Anyone who knows me will know how much I…

  • Aqua and Pink

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    Jane Shaw
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    I am nearly a week late with this blog. In my defence I have been busy with my daughters 18th birthday. I decided to make her a memory and message book, but didn’t realise just how much time it would take and plenty of blood sweat and tears involved. Thankfully she loves it, but I…

  • Happy New Year

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    Jane Shaw
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    A bit late to the party with my blog for the challenge that began on Sunday, it’s been a crazy few weeks and not much sign of any let up, so here goes. The rhyme chosen was the apt The Year by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Wilcox was an American writer and poet, she started writing…

  • All things bright and beautiful

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    Jane Shaw
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    Normally for Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge I make a card to fit the song or rhyme, but when this one came up I had just made card that fitted perfectly. It fit so perfectly with the second verse. The words were written in 1848 by Cecil Frances Alexander and the familiar tune written in…

  • Merry Christmas Deer

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    Jane Shaw
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    Today is the start of Outlawz Tuesday Colour challenge for December. For the challenge we were given a tic tac toe challenge which is a 3 by 3 grid of pictures and we have to use any row, horizontal, vertical or diagonal to inspire your challenge – you can use colours, elements, themes or anything…

  • Red Wheelbarrow

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    Jane Shaw
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    This challenge is based on the poem, The Red Wheelbarrow by William Williams (1883 –1963). He was a doctor as well as a poet. The poem was published in 1923. so much dependsupon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the whitechickens Although the poem has very few lines, each line builds up an image.…

  • Birthday Pastels

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    Jane Shaw
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    The image for this months Outlawz colour challenge is I have actually just realised there are parts of the image that I did not see, but don’t think that would change what I made. Inspired by the colours and balloons. As usual I am not happy with the image, this is actually a scan not…

  • Our Last Summer

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    Jane Shaw
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    The challenge for Aug 4th is my choice of song and I chose Our Last Summer by Abba. The song was released in 1980 and featured on the Super Trouper Album and was inspired by a summer romance Björn Ulvaeus had in Paris. I can still recallOur last summerI still see it allWalks along the…