<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:33:03.421-04:00</updated><category term='Visual Arts'/><category term='Games'/><category term='Short Story'/><category term='Mixed Media'/><category term='Essay'/><category term='Photo Art'/><category term='Autumanl Reflections'/><category term='Watercolor'/><category term='Poetry'/><category term='Drawings'/><category term='Calling for Submissions'/><category term='Exhibits'/><category term='Humor'/><category term='Computer Generated Art'/><category term='Antiques'/><category term='SUBMISSION GUIDELINES'/><category term='Painting'/><title type='text'>Wit, Wonder and Whimsy</title><subtitle type='html'>An online art and literary journal by and for homeschoolers, their families and friends, to post and view artwork, stories, poems, photographs, filmclips, soundbites, pod casts, reviews, etc. as well as art &amp; literary news and useful information!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><generator 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border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; Love &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;You&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;Swede&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;by Azia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;age 6&lt;br /&gt;Kennett Square, PA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4/28/08&lt;br /&gt;markers and paper&lt;br /&gt;8 1/2 x 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In honor of Swede the guinea pig who died on 4/28/08.&lt;br /&gt;She was almost 10 years old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-577108419751035478?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/577108419751035478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/577108419751035478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/05/drawing-by-azia.html' title='Drawing by Azia'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SCDvEt7e0NI/AAAAAAAAAHk/EqGr7VKB2G8/s72-c/aziadrawingsp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-4557260332086410832</id><published>2008-05-06T19:36:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T19:55:39.057-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Kiah</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Poem of Sweety Pie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black and shiny fur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plump as a pumpkin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Likes to eat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is very sweet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never Cries&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And is a pie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is Sweety Pie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; by &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kiah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;age 9&lt;br /&gt;Kennett Square, PA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4/29/08&lt;br /&gt;The day we buried Sweety Pie and planted a &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;lilac bush &lt;/span&gt;in her honor.&lt;br /&gt;She was 10 years old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-4557260332086410832?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4557260332086410832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4557260332086410832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/05/poem-of-sweety-pie.html' title='Poem by Kiah'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-7179438573201901410</id><published>2008-04-15T15:09:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T20:03:59.694-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Acrostic Poem by Teddy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;horoughly happy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;veryday's fun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;efinitly cheerful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;evoted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ipipeeeeeeeeee!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;about the poet:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;age 13&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, De.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-7179438573201901410?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7179438573201901410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7179438573201901410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/acrostic-poem-by-teddy.html' title='Acrostic Poem by Teddy!'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-7329422874709155738</id><published>2008-04-12T20:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T20:01:36.533-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Mac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I SEE THE DAYS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I see the grass against the water,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I see a son, I see a daughter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I see the sun shine in your eyes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I see the sun shine on the rise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;The days of love, the days of merry,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;The days my heart will always carry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;The days of hope, the days of wonder,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;The haze of good I’m always under.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Mac&lt;br /&gt;November 2005&lt;br /&gt;age 13 at time of composition&lt;br /&gt;Phoenixville, PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-7329422874709155738?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7329422874709155738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7329422874709155738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-mac.html' title='Poem by Mac'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-7868604711332956685</id><published>2008-04-12T19:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T20:00:44.066-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Liam</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;THE BLACK ROBE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rain fell down upon my face&lt;br /&gt;And put a shiver down my spine.&lt;br /&gt;I put up my umbrella and walked through the night.&lt;br /&gt;In the dark, I couldn’t tell which house was mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then a figure in a dark, black robe&lt;br /&gt;All of a sudden in front of me stood.&lt;br /&gt;I couldn’t see a face through the thickness of night&lt;br /&gt;And the shadow of the dark, black hood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took a step back – it didn’t move.&lt;br /&gt;I thought if I ran it might go away.&lt;br /&gt;But then it raised a hand and gave a wave.&lt;br /&gt;It seemed to have nothing to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I waved back and took a step forward&lt;br /&gt;And then took another step, too.&lt;br /&gt;But slowly and gently the figure vanished&lt;br /&gt;Into the cold evening dew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rain fell down upon my face&lt;br /&gt;And put a shiver down my spine.&lt;br /&gt;I put up my umbrella and walked through the night.&lt;br /&gt;In the dark, I couldn’t tell which house was mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;by Liam&lt;br /&gt;November 2005&lt;br /&gt;age 13 at time of composition&lt;br /&gt;Phoenixville, PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-7868604711332956685?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7868604711332956685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7868604711332956685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-liam_12.html' title='Poem by Liam'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-7069814662737955035</id><published>2008-04-12T19:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T19:55:40.195-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Mac</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" &gt;WAVES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Heavy waves against the sand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Heavy time is the time at hand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Heavy days are the days to start&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Heavy love is the love at heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Each day the waves against the sand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Each love is the love at hand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Each time is the time to start&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Each wave is a wave to the heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Mac&lt;br /&gt;November 2005&lt;br /&gt;age 13 at time of composition&lt;br /&gt;Phoenixville, PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-7069814662737955035?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7069814662737955035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7069814662737955035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-mac_12.html' title='Poem by Mac'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-2053656379353460108</id><published>2008-04-12T19:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T21:02:12.638-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Liam</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;THE LONELY WOMAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She set out the plates&lt;br /&gt;She set out the dates&lt;br /&gt;She straightened the dining chair.&lt;br /&gt;Getting ready to dine&lt;br /&gt;She set out the wine&lt;br /&gt;And polished the silverware.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then she lit a candle&lt;br /&gt;And, holding the handle,&lt;br /&gt;She served food from a pot.&lt;br /&gt;With a napkin to fold&lt;br /&gt;And a blessing to be told&lt;br /&gt;She made sure the food wasn’t too hot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She called that the spaghetti&lt;br /&gt;Was warm and ready&lt;br /&gt;And people could come take a seat.&lt;br /&gt;Then she said the blessing&lt;br /&gt;And passed round the dressing&lt;br /&gt;And then she began to eat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She began to sup&lt;br /&gt;And swallow wine up&lt;br /&gt;But then she gave a great groan.&lt;br /&gt;For she didn’t hear a sound&lt;br /&gt;And when she looked around&lt;br /&gt;She realized she was dining alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;by Liam&lt;br /&gt;November 2005&lt;br /&gt;age 13 at time of composition&lt;br /&gt;Phoenixville, PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-2053656379353460108?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2053656379353460108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2053656379353460108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-liam.html' title='Poem by Liam'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-6141705184333618527</id><published>2008-04-12T17:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T20:59:48.131-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Jared</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;Seasons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fall is when we have bald trees.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;We jump into piles of crunchy leaves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Winter is cold and winter is chilly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;We can make snowmen that look really silly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spring is not hot and spring is not cold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;It is a mixture of both, I am told.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Summer is hot and just the right spot.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;We can put up the pool and there is no school.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Summer is the season for me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;(It is because of my birthday, you see!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Jared&lt;br /&gt;Grade 2&lt;br /&gt;Broomall, PA&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-6141705184333618527?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/6141705184333618527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/6141705184333618527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-jared.html' title='Poem by Jared'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-6124528484074232402</id><published>2008-04-12T17:24:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T17:26:49.400-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Alex</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Ballad of King John&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ow once upon a time&lt;br /&gt;(before people learned to rhyme)&lt;br /&gt;there lived a large king,&lt;br /&gt;who was a very fat and bulbous looking thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He went by the name of John,&lt;br /&gt;though his hometown was Milan.&lt;br /&gt;When he walked, he had a little jiggle&lt;br /&gt;that made most people almost want to giggle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was rumored he had a long nose,&lt;br /&gt;that people said could touch his tippy tip toes&lt;br /&gt;though no one found out for sure,&lt;br /&gt;whether this story was truth or lore.&lt;br /&gt;But after reaching the ears of King John,&lt;br /&gt;he was so embarrassed, and was forced to go back to Milan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you like to tell untruths, too,&lt;br /&gt;remember the harm they can do!&lt;br /&gt;So, bite your lip, and don’t gossip.&lt;br /&gt;Remember King John of Milan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Alex&lt;br /&gt;Grade 5&lt;br /&gt;Broomall, PA &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-6124528484074232402?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/6124528484074232402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/6124528484074232402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-alex.html' title='Poem by Alex'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-2895872427095146873</id><published>2008-04-12T16:44:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T16:51:37.121-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Narrative Poem by Madison</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Two Sides of a Fence&lt;/span&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The anticipation of the roaring crowds  can  be heard for miles.&lt;br /&gt;One hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes....   BOOM!&lt;br /&gt;The loud bangs as the metal gates slam open.&lt;br /&gt;Like a bowling ball making a strike.&lt;br /&gt;The nervous gasps of the crowd vibrating through the air.&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;The massive beast approaches.&lt;br /&gt;The sound of gravel scratches against the metal fences, that&lt;br /&gt;   separate those who watch, and those who dare.&lt;br /&gt;For a spilt second I fear for my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rider  falls.&lt;br /&gt;The rodeo clown races to do his job.&lt;br /&gt;The cowboy brushes dust from  himself,&lt;br /&gt;And   limps away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;by&lt;br /&gt;Maidson&lt;br /&gt;age 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-2895872427095146873?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2895872427095146873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2895872427095146873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/narrative-poem-by-madison.html' title='Narrative Poem by Madison'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-3355169390328827883</id><published>2008-04-10T14:37:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T17:31:04.359-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Haiku by Owen, Cole, Quinn &amp; Mary</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" &gt;October Walk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;The leaves are falling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;The bright blue sky is endless&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;We love the brisk air.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;about:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Our first Haiku"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;October 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Owen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - 12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Quinn&lt;/span&gt; - 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;Mary&lt;/span&gt; - mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Philadelphia, Pa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-3355169390328827883?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/3355169390328827883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/3355169390328827883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/haiku-by-owen-cole-quinn-mary.html' title='Haiku by Owen, Cole, Quinn &amp; Mary'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-4752828815119613568</id><published>2008-04-10T14:26:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T14:36:56.627-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Two Clerihew Poems by Owen, Cole, Quinn &amp; Mary</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jackson Pollack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A painter whose paint seems to frolic&lt;br /&gt;His large canvases were full of color&lt;br /&gt;Some people look at them and say, "Oh Brother"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lemony Snicket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An author who did not write about Jiminey Cricket&lt;br /&gt;He wrote about orphans in dire straits&lt;br /&gt;Who always pulled more than their weight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;about:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;"Our First Clerihews"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fall 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Owen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - 12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Cole &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;Quinn &lt;/span&gt;- 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:100%;" &gt;Mary&lt;/span&gt; - mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Philadelphia, Pa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-4752828815119613568?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4752828815119613568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4752828815119613568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-collaborative-poems-by-owen-cole.html' title='Two Clerihew Poems by Owen, Cole, Quinn &amp; Mary'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-7836856810753777488</id><published>2008-04-10T14:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T14:24:28.272-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poem by Cole</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;My Puppy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My puppy is cute and rather fluffy&lt;br /&gt;He loves to roll around all day&lt;br /&gt;With a hint of liver&lt;br /&gt;he is as obedient as a retriever&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a face that will make you happy&lt;br /&gt;By day, by day&lt;br /&gt;By month, by month&lt;br /&gt;By year, by year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my puppy I hope you like him&lt;br /&gt;Now here he is enjoy him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the poet:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;S. Cole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;age 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;1/30/08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Philadelphia, Pa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-7836856810753777488?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7836856810753777488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7836856810753777488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/poem-by-cole.html' title='Poem by Cole'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-8083367001711614265</id><published>2008-04-10T14:07:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T14:17:10.844-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Three Poems by Quinn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the moon comes up&lt;br /&gt;Stars fill the night&lt;br /&gt;Hovering over the mountains and&lt;br /&gt;streams and river&lt;br /&gt;Filling up the night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sunset&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When sunset is happening&lt;br /&gt;Night is near&lt;br /&gt;The last light of day is here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Day and night is like a breath&lt;br /&gt;In day the breath is let out&lt;br /&gt;At night the breath is held in.&lt;br /&gt;The best part about night&lt;br /&gt;Is that it will be day soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the Poet:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Quinn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;age 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;Philadelphia, Pa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;April 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-8083367001711614265?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/8083367001711614265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/8083367001711614265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/three-poems-by-quinn.html' title='Three Poems by Quinn'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-8570098316894779895</id><published>2008-04-09T21:32:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T14:51:22.745-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Cat ~ A,B,Cs</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;by Billie Rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; cat said meow, and a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;alloon&lt;/span&gt; went pop.  The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;at put back in her claws.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ashing away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;asy&lt;/span&gt; she said,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;F&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;lashing her claws,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;rinding her teeth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;earing&lt;/span&gt; it pop,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;nstantly&lt;/span&gt; she&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;umped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;itty&lt;/span&gt; is not happy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;L&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;aughing&lt;/span&gt;, no way!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;aking&lt;/span&gt; a balloon brake is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;ot&lt;/span&gt; the fun way!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;f course it's not.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;opping&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;balloon&lt;/span&gt; is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;uite&lt;/span&gt; a lot of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;acket&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;ilence&lt;/span&gt; is what I like.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;errifying&lt;/span&gt; is loud.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;U&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;nless&lt;/span&gt; you get far, far, away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;V&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;igilance&lt;/span&gt; is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;hat you need.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; is pops, no way, no how.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;east farming! Uh, uh!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;ebra&lt;/span&gt; chasing? I gave up that long ago!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;about the poet:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Billie Rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;9 years old&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wilmington, De&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-8570098316894779895?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/8570098316894779895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/8570098316894779895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/cat-abcs.html' title='Cat ~ A,B,Cs'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-453676978548339786</id><published>2008-04-03T10:12:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T21:55:39.083-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>"My Mom and Dad" a poem by Hanna</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;My mom, my dad,&lt;br /&gt;The best of friends.&lt;br /&gt;I love them so&lt;br /&gt;This I know&lt;br /&gt;They're the best of fun&lt;br /&gt;and I know it's so.&lt;br /&gt;They share their fun&lt;br /&gt;all around the world.&lt;br /&gt;With God they roam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;About the Poet:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hanna&lt;br /&gt;age 6&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, DE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;Backstory:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;written 1/27/08,&lt;br /&gt;begun in the car,&lt;br /&gt;finished in a grocery cart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-453676978548339786?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/453676978548339786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/453676978548339786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-mom-and-dad-poem-by-hanna.html' title='&quot;My Mom and Dad&quot; a poem by Hanna'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-4690686559653053459</id><published>2008-02-11T19:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T19:52:39.860-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>"Where I'm from" a poem by Zoe</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Where I'm from&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;by Zoe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm from the bunch of green grass&lt;br /&gt;And the old tree fort&lt;br /&gt;I'm from cheese pizza &amp;amp; French fries&lt;br /&gt;To hot dogs on the black grill&lt;br /&gt;I'm from Dodger to Peaca feathers&lt;br /&gt;I'm from "Do your homework"&lt;br /&gt;To "Clean your room"&lt;br /&gt;I'm from the blue box&lt;br /&gt;Under the bed&lt;br /&gt;And the memories in it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the poet:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Zoe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;age 11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Philadelphia, Pa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-4690686559653053459?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4690686559653053459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4690686559653053459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/02/where-im-from-poem-by-zoe.html' title='&quot;Where I&apos;m from&quot; a poem by Zoe'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-1680032104138284456</id><published>2008-02-05T13:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T22:46:03.496-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Gray's Darkness by Billie Rose</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gray's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;is &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;dark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;ness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;tastes li&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;ke&lt;/span&gt; mud&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;smells like &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;rotten eggs&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;sounds like &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Banshees screaming&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;feels like &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;rotten fish&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;looks like &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;werewolves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;makes &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;me cry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Gray&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;is &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;the mo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;onlit sky.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-size:18;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Gray's Darkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;a poem &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;by Billie Rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;age 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Wilmington, Delaware&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Written in response to and during a session of "Glory of Stories for Homeschoolers" at the Delaware Art Musuem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-1680032104138284456?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1680032104138284456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1680032104138284456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/02/grays-darkness-by-billie-rose.html' title='Gray&apos;s Darkness by Billie Rose'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-2110290123422614638</id><published>2008-02-04T18:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T18:44:26.571-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><title type='text'>The Hand by Kristina</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R6eiZI01IiI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Ju1aj26piiM/s1600-h/ArmHand+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R6eiZI01IiI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Ju1aj26piiM/s320/ArmHand+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163274050553061922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:180%;" &gt;The Hand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pencil drawing&lt;br /&gt;by Kristina&lt;br /&gt;age 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size of Original Work:  8" ½ X 3"&lt;br /&gt;created:  1-23-2008&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, DE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-2110290123422614638?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2110290123422614638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2110290123422614638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/02/hand-by-kristina.html' title='The Hand by Kristina'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R6eiZI01IiI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Ju1aj26piiM/s72-c/ArmHand+005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-848002605158377793</id><published>2008-02-04T18:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T18:37:13.636-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photo Art'/><title type='text'>Donkey Head by Perry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R6eg2o01IhI/AAAAAAAAAEo/mZKxdVPZ0-s/s1600-h/Donkey+Head+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R6eg2o01IhI/AAAAAAAAAEo/mZKxdVPZ0-s/s320/Donkey+Head+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163272358335947282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Donkey Head&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Perry&lt;br /&gt;Age:  8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Digital Picture&lt;br /&gt;created: 1-23-2008&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, DE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-848002605158377793?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/848002605158377793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/848002605158377793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2008/02/donkey-head-by-perry-age-8-digital.html' title='Donkey Head by Perry'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R6eg2o01IhI/AAAAAAAAAEo/mZKxdVPZ0-s/s72-c/Donkey+Head+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-52010651779906510</id><published>2007-11-27T21:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T21:17:12.408-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><title type='text'>Pastel Painting by Jessica</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R0zOx8inQeI/AAAAAAAAAEc/_CucjYZTx9I/s1600-h/pastel+painting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R0zOx8inQeI/AAAAAAAAAEc/_CucjYZTx9I/s320/pastel+painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137708632383111650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;"Pastel Painting"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;by Jessica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11/12/07&lt;br /&gt;Pastel on Newsprint&lt;br /&gt;9" X 12"&lt;br /&gt;Age 7&lt;br /&gt;West Chester, PA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-52010651779906510?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/52010651779906510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/52010651779906510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/11/pastel-painting-by-jessica.html' title='Pastel Painting by Jessica'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/R0zOx8inQeI/AAAAAAAAAEc/_CucjYZTx9I/s72-c/pastel+painting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-5329606845963365096</id><published>2007-10-18T22:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T18:45:15.366-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short Story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mixed Media'/><title type='text'>The Colorful Words Contest</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxgiFw9hFhI/AAAAAAAAAEU/1-IIaXd3plU/s1600-h/pVCcOG.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxgiFw9hFhI/AAAAAAAAAEU/1-IIaXd3plU/s320/pVCcOG.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122882058571552274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" &gt;The “Colorful Words” Contest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short Story and Drawing&lt;br /&gt;by Kristina&lt;br /&gt;10-17-2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a sunny morning in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Thompsonville&lt;/span&gt; and an exciting buzz was sweeping throughout classroom 101 in Thomson Elementary.  Their teacher had just told them they were going to have a “colorful words contest”.  “What’s that?”  I blurted out.  “Raise your hand next time, Grace.”  Said Mrs. Wendy.  “Anyway, a colorful words contest is when I give you a sentence with a “blank spot” in it.  You fill in that blank spot with a colorful or descriptive word.  Then when you go home you write an essay, or short report, on descriptive words.  Does everybody understand?” “Yes, Mrs. Wendy,” said the class.  “Then let’s begin!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Now before I tell you what we did, I want to tell you about my teacher.  Mrs. Wendy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;isn&lt;/span&gt;’t like any teacher you’&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;ve&lt;/span&gt; ever known.  She’s a very nice teacher, only strict when she needs to be (which is hardly ever).  Mrs. Wendy is a tall lady with long wavy blond hair.  She has almond shaped blue eyes, and a nice glossy pink smile.  Her teeth are the whitest, brightest, straightest teeth I ever saw.  She’s very pretty and she’s 30 years old.  She always dresses in clean and tidy clothes, but not boring ones.  Mrs. Wendy always wears earrings depending on the day and high top purple and silver sandals on her feet.  Sometimes she even wears high heels.  Well, enough about my teacher.  Let’s get back to the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  “Okay… the first person that knows the answer pop up, alright?”  Mrs. Wendy said.  “Yes Mrs. Wendy”, chorused the class.  “Good, ready, set, go!  I was blank in the bushes.”  Michael, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Katlyn&lt;/span&gt;, Maddie, Aaron, and I popped up.  “Maddie!” called Mrs. Wendy.  “Conspicuous”, said Maddie.  “Correct!”  It was like that for a while.  I heard words like casual, deluxe frequent, gracious, hospitable, celestial, precise, and jealous.  It went on and on.  Finally the contest was over.  Every kid out of 24 kids had at least one point.  The first place winner was Rachel, second place Tommy, and third place, Maddie.  “That was a fun contest.”  Said Mrs. Wendy.  “I have prizes for everyone.”  She handed each of us a pen that could change four different colors.  For the first, second, and third place winners, though, they got a really neat prize.  A homework pass.  As the school bell rang to go home she reminded everyone to write an essay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  As soon as I got home I got started writing.  Of course, I used words like adaptable, colossal, identical, persistent, inquisitive, and ecstatic.  I also wrote this story, and when I turned it in Mrs. Wendy was thrilled and I got an A+.  I know one day I’ll grow old and ready this story, and remember Mrs. Wendy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;About the Artist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Kristina&lt;br /&gt;age 11&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, De&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-5329606845963365096?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/5329606845963365096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/5329606845963365096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/colorful-words-contest.html' title='The Colorful Words Contest'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxgiFw9hFhI/AAAAAAAAAEU/1-IIaXd3plU/s72-c/pVCcOG.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-3501052592981093554</id><published>2007-10-16T19:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-16T20:02:23.563-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer Generated Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><title type='text'>Pink Unicorn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxVPPA9hFgI/AAAAAAAAAEM/_eaQUeV9Sfc/s1600-h/pink+unicorn.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxVPPA9hFgI/AAAAAAAAAEM/_eaQUeV9Sfc/s320/pink+unicorn.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122087270578460162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pink Unicorn&lt;br /&gt;by Jessie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the Work:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Created: 10/16/07&lt;br /&gt;Computer Generated Drawing/Painting&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Microsoft Paint&lt;br /&gt;Format:  bitmap&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the Artist:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Jessie&lt;br /&gt;age 7&lt;br /&gt;West Chester, PA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-3501052592981093554?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/3501052592981093554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/3501052592981093554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/pink-unicorn.html' title='Pink Unicorn'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxVPPA9hFgI/AAAAAAAAAEM/_eaQUeV9Sfc/s72-c/pink+unicorn.bmp' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-8480386954176897463</id><published>2007-10-13T22:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T22:35:11.149-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><title type='text'>Sea Monster of the Deep</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxGACA9hFfI/AAAAAAAAAEE/D0kJ-t0UrTE/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxGACA9hFfI/AAAAAAAAAEE/D0kJ-t0UrTE/s320/scan0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121015023403079154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Sea Monster of the Deep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;drawing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Anna&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;age 9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, De.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-8480386954176897463?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/8480386954176897463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/8480386954176897463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/sea-monster-of-deep.html' title='Sea Monster of the Deep'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxGACA9hFfI/AAAAAAAAAEE/D0kJ-t0UrTE/s72-c/scan0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-1461149215178916271</id><published>2007-10-13T21:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-14T00:59:05.818-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photo Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><title type='text'>A Little Boy's Dream</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxFzWA9hFeI/AAAAAAAAAD8/QN8brozDVHo/s1600-h/Rock+looking+at+shuttle2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxFzWA9hFeI/AAAAAAAAAD8/QN8brozDVHo/s320/Rock+looking+at+shuttle2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121001073349301730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;A little Boy's Dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photograph&lt;br /&gt;by Jerald&lt;br /&gt;2/2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jerald&lt;br /&gt;Age 8,&lt;br /&gt;7 when he took this photo.&lt;br /&gt;Felton, De.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Back Story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jerald snapped this picture of his six year old brother, Rocklin, as he gazed upon the Space shuttle enterprise for the first time.  Rocklin has dreamed of being an astronaut since he was a toddler and was thrilled to finally be able to see the space shuttle up close.  In this photograph Jerald captures not only the moment, but also the awe and wonder and excitement they shared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-1461149215178916271?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1461149215178916271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1461149215178916271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/little-boys-dream.html' title='A Little Boy&apos;s Dream'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RxFzWA9hFeI/AAAAAAAAAD8/QN8brozDVHo/s72-c/Rock+looking+at+shuttle2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-2194625105961216152</id><published>2007-10-09T18:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T14:55:23.773-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Autumanl Reflections'/><title type='text'>"Three Billies in Fall" by Teddy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur=" try{parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwHyQ9hFYI/AAAAAAAAADQ/iFGIFhmL23A/s1600-h/DSC05084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwHyQ9hFYI/AAAAAAAAADQ/iFGIFhmL23A/s400/DSC05084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119475436541252994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Three Billies in Fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 8th, 2007&lt;br /&gt;18" x  24"&lt;a onblur=" try{parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwQjA9hFdI/AAAAAAAAAD0/eCYC1w1VUrk/s1600-h/DSC05086.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwQjA9hFdI/AAAAAAAAAD0/eCYC1w1VUrk/s200/DSC05086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119485070152898002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oil pastel on paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwOQQ9hFbI/AAAAAAAAADk/GpssZJ76CyE/s1600-h/DSC05089.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwOQQ9hFbI/AAAAAAAAADk/GpssZJ76CyE/s200/DSC05089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119482549007095218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teddy&lt;br /&gt;12 years old&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Wilmington, Delaware&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-2194625105961216152?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2194625105961216152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2194625105961216152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/three-billies-in-fall-by-teddy.html' title='&quot;Three Billies in Fall&quot; by Teddy'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwwHyQ9hFYI/AAAAAAAAADQ/iFGIFhmL23A/s72-c/DSC05084.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-3676415469432298238</id><published>2007-10-08T17:47:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T19:08:31.475-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watercolor'/><title type='text'>Watercolors by Jessica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwq1sw9hFWI/AAAAAAAAADA/VLdtUj-MAUc/s1600-h/energy+blended.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwq1sw9hFWI/AAAAAAAAADA/VLdtUj-MAUc/s320/energy+blended.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119103707121784162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Energy - Blended&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;August 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;9x11.5 inch landscape&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Watercolor on textured 140 lb paper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwqm0g9hFUI/AAAAAAAAACw/iYs4RjEPC98/s1600-h/energy+cool.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwqm0g9hFUI/AAAAAAAAACw/iYs4RjEPC98/s320/energy+cool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119087347591353666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Energy - Cool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;August 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;9x11.5 inch landscape&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Watercolor on textured 140 lb paper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwqm1g9hFVI/AAAAAAAAAC4/4gaX9OiHteA/s1600-h/energy+warm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwqm1g9hFVI/AAAAAAAAAC4/4gaX9OiHteA/s320/energy+warm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119087364771222866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Energy - Warm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;August 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;9x11.5 inch landscape&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Watercolor on smooth 140 lb paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwq39A9hFXI/AAAAAAAAADI/ukaCtfjU4kw/s1600-h/Funky.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwq39A9hFXI/AAAAAAAAADI/ukaCtfjU4kw/s320/Funky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119106185317913970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Funky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;August 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;9x11.5 inch landscape&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Watercolor on smooth 140 lb paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"&gt;About the Artist:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*    Jessica&lt;br /&gt;*    age 10&lt;br /&gt;*    Newark, Delaware&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-3676415469432298238?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/3676415469432298238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/3676415469432298238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html' title='Watercolors by Jessica'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwq1sw9hFWI/AAAAAAAAADA/VLdtUj-MAUc/s72-c/energy+blended.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-1724314235930391866</id><published>2007-10-07T01:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:14:06.208-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawings'/><title type='text'>Pencil Drawings by Madison</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp2w9hFQI/AAAAAAAAACQ/54BLBZMOcAk/s1600-h/good+madison+color.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp2w9hFQI/AAAAAAAAACQ/54BLBZMOcAk/s320/good+madison+color.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118457366083343618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Crying girl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp2w9hFRI/AAAAAAAAACY/vf9ZnX46Mz8/s1600-h/madison+boy+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp2w9hFRI/AAAAAAAAACY/vf9ZnX46Mz8/s320/madison+boy+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118457366083343634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Young Boy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp3A9hFSI/AAAAAAAAACg/pQIRtb8UQL8/s1600-h/dark+girl+madison.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp3A9hFSI/AAAAAAAAACg/pQIRtb8UQL8/s320/dark+girl+madison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118457370378310946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Dark Haired Girl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp3A9hFTI/AAAAAAAAACo/Gg-oqE-d8dI/s1600-h/madison+puppy+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp3A9hFTI/AAAAAAAAACo/Gg-oqE-d8dI/s320/madison+puppy+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118457370378310962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Puppy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;About the Artist:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Madison&lt;br /&gt;12 years of age&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Ardmore&lt;/span&gt;, Pennsylvania&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;About the Work:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pencil drawings on paper&lt;br /&gt;8" x  11"&lt;br /&gt;Rendered between April, 07 and Sept, 07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the drawing were done when she was 11, some while she was 12.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-1724314235930391866?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1724314235930391866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1724314235930391866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/pencil-drawings-by-madison.html' title='Pencil Drawings by Madison'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rwhp2w9hFQI/AAAAAAAAACQ/54BLBZMOcAk/s72-c/good+madison+color.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-5191945986381141006</id><published>2007-10-04T18:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-09T15:29:02.147-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calling for Submissions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mixed Media'/><title type='text'>Calling for Submissions: Autumnal Reflections!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwVomw9hFPI/AAAAAAAAACI/CpnA1qYINY8/s1600-h/DSC00337.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwVomw9hFPI/AAAAAAAAACI/CpnA1qYINY8/s320/DSC00337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117611566763676914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;Marker on White Pumpkin - Rotting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;by Billie Rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;age 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;12/11/2004&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that Autumn is officially here I thought perhaps we could get those creative juices flowing by calling for work appropriate to the season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Lets see work that includes an autumnal theme!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Photographs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;should be especially abundant and beautiful this time of year with all the pumpkins, hay bales, falling leaves and other signs of this &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;season of change&lt;/span&gt;.  The change of weather, &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;colors&lt;/span&gt; and&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"&gt;waning daylight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; offers a myriad of opportunities for &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;inspiration&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;reflection&lt;/span&gt;, and introspection.   &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perhaps a poem?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;A leaf rubbing?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"&gt;A painting?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;An Organic Sculpture?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;A ghost story?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever your &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;muse&lt;/span&gt;, consider submitting your work to be published in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Wit, Wonder and Whimsy&lt;/span&gt;.  Be sure to review the &lt;a href="http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/08/submissions.html"&gt;submissions guidelines and include the submission&lt;/a&gt; form when sending your work!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;harvest&lt;/span&gt; of creativity!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-5191945986381141006?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/5191945986381141006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/5191945986381141006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/10/calling-for-submissions-with-autumnal.html' title='Calling for Submissions: Autumnal Reflections!'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RwVomw9hFPI/AAAAAAAAACI/CpnA1qYINY8/s72-c/DSC00337.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-7959615769998740510</id><published>2007-09-10T20:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:15:05.839-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Painting'/><title type='text'>Working at their easels...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RuCbI5hnZlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/56YhTMfncT0/s1600-h/DSC04770.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RuCbI5hnZlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/56YhTMfncT0/s400/DSC04770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107252554621216338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Artists:&lt;br /&gt;Homeschoolers,&lt;br /&gt;Billie Rose - 8&lt;br /&gt;Teddy - 12&lt;br /&gt;August, 2007&lt;br /&gt;Wilmington, Delaware&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo by Connie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-7959615769998740510?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7959615769998740510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/7959615769998740510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/09/working-at-their-easels.html' title='Working at their easels...'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RuCbI5hnZlI/AAAAAAAAAB4/56YhTMfncT0/s72-c/DSC04770.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-255617421190108156</id><published>2007-09-07T23:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:15:35.128-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Essay'/><title type='text'>Home Schooling for Goofballs</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Home Schooling for Goofballs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Tired of questions/comments about why you're distinctly NOT starting school this week?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few suggestions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Count to ten in garbled Pig Latin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wax poetic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wax the floor and then slip around in your socks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dangle a participle or two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See how many sentences you can end with a preposition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go on a quest for that ever-elusive socialization&lt;br /&gt;(hints: wear clothes, don’t drool, if possible avoid barking and licking people, DON’T bring purple crayon.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sit in a row, stand in a line, pee with permission - just to see how the other side lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drizzle glue on mustache-shaped anything; stick under nose or above lip, whichever is most convenient; do a wee dance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Procrastinate with gusto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When speaking insert the word “like” every third or forth word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speak very slowly and make every phrase you utter sound like a question?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Insist on coloring within the lines until you fall off your chair/fall off to sleep/go into a coma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fry eggs in a purple tutu. Eat them very very fast so you don't miss imaginary bus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bleat like a sheep (if you are a vegetarian bleat like a nice, conformist broccoli.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glance furtively at grandma until she casts you a withering look.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call your Aunt Mildred.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roll yourself into a ball and suck your toes with your baby brother/sister.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twirl your nose ring to see if it improves your eyesight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make your own dress code; revise it daily; feel the magic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stitch things together then rip apart as a character building exercise (perhaps complete this task before attempting quest for socialization.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read a book you don’t like. Read another. And another.&lt;br /&gt;Be happy about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Say ketchup over and over again until you feel dizzy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drool pretty-colored spittle down your chin after eating water ice at a non-designated time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rhyme things with sheep (or lamb if you’re squeamish.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suck cream out of donuts in local &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Wawa&lt;/span&gt;; put them back when someone’s looking. (perhaps avoid this pastime if you are contemplating above-suggested quest for socialization.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stare down your cat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start a yipping contest with your dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Worry about disgruntled giraffe but only on Tuesdays at 10am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avoid speaking to anyone outside your age group between 7am and 4pm unless it’s a designated adult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Draw faces on the undersides of your toes.&lt;br /&gt;Soak feet in jello. Try to make sense of it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you feel the urge to say something,&lt;br /&gt;wave your hand in the air and squeak and/our bounce until someone says your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compare apples to oranges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Squish your sandwich to get that organic lunch-traveled-to-school-via-book-filled-backpack experience. (PB&amp;amp;J works best.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Practice cool-sounding karate noises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yodel in desperately mismatched socks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sweep marbles and hairballs around the kitchen floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stifle feelings of utility without yawning, crossing your eyes or shaking your head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catch bugs on tongue and chew thoughtfully&lt;br /&gt;(see bleating exercise above for vegetarian suggestion.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crinkle your nose at warp speed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cultivate a lifelong interest in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;wienerschnitzle&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visualize Engelbert &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Humperdinck&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read A Fiddler‘s Foot and Other Folktales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whistle Dixie with a kazoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't laugh, giggle, squirm, sing, gloat, simmer, bubble or boil unless someone insists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember to set time limit for every activity.&lt;br /&gt;When time is up STOP and leave task hanging in midair like &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;dandelion&lt;/span&gt; fluff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There, that should keep you busy for a while. Next week - homework.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jenny&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reclaim September - go to the beach!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RuIhKJhnZmI/AAAAAAAAACA/mJJ5e1IkW9A/s1600-h/goofballs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RuIhKJhnZmI/AAAAAAAAACA/mJJ5e1IkW9A/s200/goofballs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107681385630885474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Artist Information:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essay by Jennifer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*    Homeschooling mom&lt;br /&gt;*    Brookhaven, Pa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* 9/4/07&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-255617421190108156?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/255617421190108156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/255617421190108156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/09/home-school-for-goofballs.html' title='Home Schooling for Goofballs'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/RuIhKJhnZmI/AAAAAAAAACA/mJJ5e1IkW9A/s72-c/goofballs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-897310006478712419</id><published>2007-09-01T11:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:16:30.826-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Wonders of Nature by Paul</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Wonder of Nature&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wet, wobbling&lt;br /&gt;like penguins on their bellies&lt;br /&gt;out of eggs&lt;br /&gt;yellow feathers&lt;br /&gt;peeping voices&lt;br /&gt;baby chicks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Artist Information:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Haiku - poem&lt;br /&gt;Created   9/24/06&lt;br /&gt;Paul&lt;br /&gt;*Age  14&lt;br /&gt;*Wilmington, DE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Congratulations and thank you to Paul for being the first Poet and Poem to be Published in Homeschool Happening!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-897310006478712419?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/897310006478712419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/897310006478712419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/09/wonders-of-nature-by-paul.html' title='Wonders of Nature by Paul'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-1484393467614416060</id><published>2007-08-30T19:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:17:13.543-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photo Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><title type='text'>Photo Art by Joe</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/RtdocMVuHFI/AAAAAAAAAeA/v_LyzXFA2qU/s1600-h/unknown-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/RtdocMVuHFI/AAAAAAAAAeA/v_LyzXFA2qU/s320/unknown-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104663536205700178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Warhol Jr&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Created:       5/31/07&lt;br /&gt;Medium:       jpeg image produced with built in mac camera&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/RtdoocVuHGI/AAAAAAAAAeI/prBF9dIxweA/s1600-h/unknown-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/RtdoocVuHGI/AAAAAAAAAeI/prBF9dIxweA/s320/unknown-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104663746659097698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;George&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Created:    8/8/07&lt;br /&gt;Medium:   produced on a scanner - 8.5 x 11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/Rtdo5MVuHII/AAAAAAAAAeY/z2JCCZXUsm8/s1600-h/unknown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/Rtdo5MVuHII/AAAAAAAAAeY/z2JCCZXUsm8/s320/unknown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104664034421906562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sunboy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Created:        5/21/07&lt;br /&gt;Medium:        jpeg image produced with built in mac camera&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe&lt;br /&gt;8.5 years old&lt;br /&gt;Collingdale, Pa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Congratulations and thank you to Joe for being the first homeschooled artist featured in Wit, Wonder and Whimsy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-1484393467614416060?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1484393467614416060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/1484393467614416060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/08/photo-art-by-joe.html' title='Photo Art by Joe'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_K_x-NlnVtPw/RtdocMVuHFI/AAAAAAAAAeA/v_LyzXFA2qU/s72-c/unknown-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-4351069427510654882</id><published>2007-08-26T22:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:13:10.276-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibits'/><title type='text'>Blurring Time and Place in Venice by Roberta Smith</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/arts/design/15fort.html?ex=1345608000&amp;amp;en=f57d1d6632e06247&amp;amp;amp;amp;ei=5124&amp;amp;partner=permalink&amp;amp;exprod=permalink"&gt;Artempo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a review in the art section of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;New York Times&lt;/span&gt; of an exhibit at the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fortuny Museum&lt;/span&gt; in Venice Italy entitled &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art."&lt;/span&gt;  The exhibit is eclectic and unusual.  This &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;New York Times&lt;/span&gt; online review includes a really interesting slide show of selections from the exhibit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-4351069427510654882?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4351069427510654882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/4351069427510654882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/08/artempo.html' title='Blurring Time and Place in Venice by Roberta Smith'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-2133777172644773162</id><published>2007-08-20T23:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T18:12:14.659-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Visual Arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Antiques'/><title type='text'>Room of Wonders!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rsd6T5hnZZI/AAAAAAAAAAY/EGq-2D1-LQU/s1600-h/img_1176902590462.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rsd6T5hnZZI/AAAAAAAAAAY/EGq-2D1-LQU/s320/img_1176902590462.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100179585298294162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.framemuseums.org/sites/room_of_wonders/intro_en.html"&gt;Room of Wonders&lt;/a&gt; was developed for &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;FRAMES&lt;/span&gt;, the French Regional and American Museum Exchange, a coalition of 23 museums that exchange works of art, technologies and resources.  The game, &lt;a href="http://www.framemuseums.org/sites/room_of_wonders/intro_en.html"&gt;Room of Wonders&lt;/a&gt;, is stocked with objects from these museums, antiques, are missing from the cabinet of curiosities belonging to Christophe-Paul, Marquis &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Robieu&lt;/span&gt;.  The player must search the globe for the mission object and learns all sorts of things relating to the artifacts, arts, antiques, history, geography and anthropology, along the way!  The objects sought include a stone sculpture of a Chinese sea monster, a decorated shield from the Solomon Islands, and African mask and a Hopi &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;kachina&lt;/span&gt; doll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This wonderful game is part teaching tool, part &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago&lt;/span&gt;  meets &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I Spy&lt;/span&gt;.  The target audience is 6-12 year olds but I think it is a fun way to pick up some interesting information and is entertaining for all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.framemuseums.org/sites/room_of_wonders/intro_en.html"&gt;Room of Wonders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.framemuseums.org/sites/room_of_wonders/intro_en.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4442636600547529649-2133777172644773162?l=witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2133777172644773162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4442636600547529649/posts/default/2133777172644773162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://witwonderandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2007/08/room-of-wonders-was-developed-for.html' title='Room of Wonders!'/><author><name>Calliope</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/SkRLZtleTsI/AAAAAAAAAJs/YBgLqIw0ICw/S220/ww%26w+pic.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rsd6T5hnZZI/AAAAAAAAAAY/EGq-2D1-LQU/s72-c/img_1176902590462.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442636600547529649.post-4637657065904127539</id><published>2007-08-19T14:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T01:26:02.240-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SUBMISSION GUIDELINES'/><title type='text'>Submission Guidelines</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rr5-tDib5uI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Z_lUSEBASG8/s1600-h/DSC04595.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_jNcxKmMYb7A/Rr5-tDib5uI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Z_lUSEBASG8/s320/DSC04595.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097651140738934498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Welcome to &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; the online journal by and for homeschoolers in the arts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;GROUND RULES FOR SUBMISSIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please remember this is a family oriented publication.   I will not publish materials inappropriate for this journal. The works I reject may be very worthy of artistic comment and scrutiny and may actually be quite good but this is simply not the appropriate forum. Rejection of any work is not a value judgement or criticism of the work itself but merely a choice made regarding the appropriateness of a piece of work for this particular journal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;WHERE TO SEND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To submit your work, please send it via email to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;@dhsa.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FORMAT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can upload images in jpeg or gif formats and read both &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Word&lt;/span&gt; and Appleworks documents. More in the future about submitting digital video clips.  Any art form is accepted, so long as you can email it to me,  including but not limited to &lt;span&gt;visual art pieces such as drawing painting sculpture, pottery, weaving, clothing design, quilt design or other forms of design work, stories, poems, essays, photographs, digital video clips, soundbites, pod casts, reviews, etc., etc., etc.  Visual and performing artist will need to get someone with a digital camera or a scanner to help them email a image of their work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;WHO CAN SUBMIT WORK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any homeschooler of any age can submit work.  I would like to encourage our adult homeschoolers, parents, grandparents, college students, cousins or friends to submit work as well.  Although our focus is on the homeschooling community, art does not live in a vacuum.  Viewing the work of others can inspire, spark and encourage our younger homeschooled authors and artists!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PRIVACY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will only publish the author or artist's first name or an alias, as well as age, city and state of the artist or author's residence.  However, I do need to have complete information in my personal files as well as a statement of permission to publish the work.  This statement must be signed  (see below)  by both the author/artist and a parent or guardian.  I will call or email you if I have any questions.  I WILL NOT share personal information with anyone for any reason.  If I am contacted about some one's work, I will forward the correspondence to the guardian of the author or artist and will leave solely to their discretion whether to reply.  I will not forward or respond to any inappropriate comments but will simply throw them out and label the incoming email address as junk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IMAGES OF OTHER PEOPLE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your artwork includes images (photo or video) of any person, you must inform them that you have submitted the work for publication in this online journal and get their permission.  You must inform me that you have obtained permission when you submit your work or I will not be able to publish the work.  I will not publish the names of any individual portrayed in any photographic or video image.  (Unless it is part of the title, is only a first name and you have permission.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;COLD FEET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once something is published, I am still able to remove it from the archive.  I will need a permission statement and certification to remove the work, similar to the permission to publish.  the statement must come from the same email address and must include the same full name of artist and guardian and other identifying information that was included with the original submission.  You can email me if you have any questions:  &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;@dhsa.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;HAVE FUN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, this is all much more weighty and officious than I would like it to be.  This publication is meant to be about having fun and sharing.  We just need to be sure that we are not harming anyone in the process.  &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I sincerely believe in art as a form of communication and personal expression. In other words, once created it needs to go out into the world. It is my deepest desire for my young homeschooling artists, families and friends that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;Wit, Wonder and Whimsy! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;will create a vehicle for homeschoolers to do just that, to share their work with the world and to see the work of others. In this way art will fulfill its most noblest of purposes, to allow us to briefly see this world through the eyes of another and thereby to better understand each other and our world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about any of this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;@dhsa.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Submission Form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;1. Information to be published.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Title of Work&lt;br /&gt;*Date created&lt;br /&gt;*Medium or Media&lt;br /&gt;*Format and Size of Original Work&lt;br /&gt;*First name or Alias&lt;br /&gt;*Age&lt;br /&gt;*City and State&lt;br /&gt;(If you do not want any of the above published, be sure to let me know)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Information for my files;&lt;br /&gt;Confidential, private and not to be released, made public or otherwise disclosed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full Name of Author or Artist&lt;br /&gt;Full Name of Adult and Legal Guardian&lt;br /&gt;Email address&lt;br /&gt;Phone Number&lt;br /&gt;Address&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3. Required Statements: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;cut, paste, fill in the blanks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;*    I, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;(name)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, certify that:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;(name of work)&lt;/span&gt;, is original and my own work and the work of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;(names of all collaborators)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I have permission from all persons appearing in my work to use and publish their image.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*    I &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;grant &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;permission for my work to be published &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;in and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;to promote &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;Wit, Wonder and Whimsy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; online journal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;and related activities.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Connie, dhsa and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;Wit, Wonder and Whimsy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;  is not seeking any copyright interest in my work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;* I understand that, because my work is being submitted via email, my certification statement below is intended to be in lieu of my signature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*    Certified by: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;(name of artist)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;(name of guardian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;*    Date &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;(the date you are certifying this statement)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EMAIL your submission to:  &lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); 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