Sunday Postcard Art/Take A Word.....Easter Memories

Arriving home I remember being subjected to a severe reprimanding from my mother, who was an experienced climber and hiker, because of the danger we put ourselves in due to being ill-equipped for our venture! 
That's me second from the left.  I was born on an Easter Saturday - but I have no 'memory' of that day!!!!  LOL

Thanks to Ruby Blossom Flickr for the background  SHC for the usual texture. Own photo.

Sunday Postcard Art/Take A Word - Illusions/Birdlife

'Illusions' is the theme for Sunday Postcard Art, I have illustrated it here by using the  'fancy hinges' freebies from Valerie at sumofallcrafts.blogspot.com to give the 'illusion' of feathers on my bird!  

'Birdlife' is the challenge at Take A Word so here is my steampunk bird!!

Thanks to

backgrounds - 3 personal photos

face - fontplaydotcom - Creative Commons Flickr

feathers - sumofallcrafts.blogspot.com

bird's eye - Google

teaxtures - Joe'ssistah Flickr & Grunge palette2 - SHC

Sunday Postcard Art - 'Wish List' and Take a Word - 'Home'

Further down my blog you will see part one of this combined entry.  

On my 'Wish List' was that the 29 miners would be rescued and returned 'Home' to their loved ones.  Unfortunately two more explosions have occurred and it is now the sad case of a recovery operation and with the continuing gas hazards and now a tunnel blockage, no one knows when this will take place.