desert purple
by Alicia

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Sweet light on this delicate little flower, and sharpness/DOF are just right. The desert is beautiful when things bloom.

in the still of the night
by Alicia

Comment by JerseyGenie:
The lighting and the overlay are perfect together.

waiting for release
by Alicia

Comment by krnodil:
Very appealing grouping of overlays - I like the coloring, and the subtlety of the bars. It seems lit up in all the right places.

in the still of the night
by Alicia

Comment by krnodil:
I'm drowning in this night - wild imagery, very compelling to look at.

but not forgotten
by Alicia

Comment by posthumous:
The ending is always crucial to Dot's poems. In this one, as in many, the ending is a final wink, a realization that the world is not quite so Romantic as she was letting you think, and neither is she. Sometimes she obliterates the Romance, but other times, like this time, she suggests that Romance can still live in reality, even if it's a bit shaken.

Including the poem here suggests that the subject's gaze is a knowing one, an unwinked wink piercing the bubbly glitter of your overlayers.

in the still of the night
by Alicia

Comment by ErinM:
I like the juxtaposition of the pitch black with the bright and dreamy. Really nice combination of words and image.

Black Cake
by Alicia

Comment by slaakso:
Where is the rest of the recipe? I am hungry for a black chocolate cake. Lovely old recipe card. Boo! Interesting name your grandma's sister, sounds like a scary story in there somewhere.

Maurice
by Alicia

Comment by slaakso:
Maurice, or whatever his name is, really looks happy to see auntie Redjulep.

in the still of the night
by Alicia

Comment by sfalice:
what a lovely glow.

in the still of the night
by Alicia

Comment by whiteroom:
lovely.