Wednesday, October 24, 2012

VIRTUAL FINLAND and 
MORE HALLOWEEN
October 24, 2012

Autumn leaves flutter down
like tired souls
at the end of their lives...
Hard to imagine that October is almost at its end and here we are at Halloween! Before we turn around, it will be Christmas and our lovely Autumn colors will be just a colorful memory. Time marches on, so they say... I think time RACES on is a more accurate assessment!!!



This week, I had to do one more Halloween piece...this one for both INSPIRATION AVENUE and SUNDAY POSTCARD ART...
and I played with a piece about NIGHT for COLLAGE OBSESSION's blog challenge...
My weekly challenge (until year's end) is Art and Sole's POSTCARD CHALLENGE. This week, our virtual journey is to Finland, land of a thousand lakes (actually, 180,000,) the midnight sun (where the sun is ALWAYS above the horizon in summer) and polar nights (when the sun is NEVER above the horizon...darkness ALL WINTER!!) It's also a place where there are no public payphones, where a speeding ticket fine is based on your earnings, and Finland probably holds the world record for hosting world championships...not ordinary ones...rather, things like mobile phone throwing, ant hill sitting, sauna sitting, mosquito catching,  swamp soccer, boot throwing, air guitar and my favorite, wife carrying... and that's just a few. People from all over the world participate in these events! Bizarre, no? Fun, yes!



Enjoy your week and have a fun-filled Halloween. Hope you get lots of little gremlins at your door!!  :)

 Hugs...and thanks for stopping by,
abbyj
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10 comments:

  1. Cindy McMathOctober 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM

    Ooooh, a very creepy Halloween card! Great job.

    Cindy :)

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  2. Sandi McLeanOctober 24, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    All fabulous cards!

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  3. Joanne HuffmanOctober 25, 2012 at 6:09 AM

    Another fun Halloween image. I really have to get my Halloween cards made (running out of time). I love the night piece. The Finland images are fun.

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  4. ElectraOctober 25, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    I love your work. Especially the "rendeer races" piece!

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  5. Lou Anne HazelOctober 25, 2012 at 8:57 PM

    I enjoyed the Halloween postcards you made. The vintage one is really fun and the other one is pretty scary. Nicely done!

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  6. APG JamieOctober 26, 2012 at 8:49 AM

    wonderful work & lol Funland ;-}

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  7. JanetOctober 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    Great stuff this week! Love the reindeer races.

    Janet xx

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  8. mags21October 26, 2012 at 1:29 PM

    a fun card, would like to see my hubby entering the wife carrying competition!!!!!!

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  9. GinaOctober 26, 2012 at 2:29 PM

    Hahaha...I need a passport! :D XXX

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  10. MargaretOctober 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    Brilliant, I guess it's about entertaining yourself when it's dark and chilly outside, great fun! I'm with Mags I can't imagine my hubby carrying me anywhere! M

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