"You voluble
Velvety
Vehement fellows
That play on your
Flying and
Musical cellos"
~Norman Rowland Gale, Bees
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| Art by Christine E. S. Code |
The start of our next round of Nibblefest begins on Friday, September 20th!
This month's theme is...
~ Bees ~
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| Art by Betsy Christman |
"Come out of my foxglove
Come out of my roses
You bees with the
Plushy and
Plausible noses!"
~Norman Rowland Gale, Bees
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| Art by Sue Perez |
"You passionate,
Powdery
Pastoral bandits,
Who gave you your
Roaming and
Rollicking mandates?"
~Norman Rowland Gale, Bees
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| Art by Tammy Gulat |
"Like trains of cars on tracks of plush
I hear the level bee:
A jar across the flower goes,
Their velvet masonry"
~Emily Dickinson, The Bee
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| Art by Monique Morin Matson |
"How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every shining flower!"
~Isaac Watts
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| Art by Christine E. S. Code |
"The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy."
~Emily Dickinson, The Pedigree of Honey
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| Art by Vicky Knowles |
"Bees do have a smell, you know,
and if they don't they should,
for their feet are dusted with spices
from a million flowers."
~Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
"And pray, who are you?
Said the violet blue
To the bee, with surprise
At his wonderful size,
In her eye-glass of dew."
~John B. Tabb, The Tax-Gatherer
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| Art by Monique Morin Matson |
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
This is the song of the bee.
His legs are of yellow;
A jolly, good fellow,
And yet a great worker is he."
~Marian Douglas, The Song of the Bee
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| Art by Lynn Dobbins |
"Poets share, and poets do
Like busy bees,
They make honey out of words,
Sometimes
But never money.
~Sandra Feldman, Honey Bees and Money
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| Art by Penny Stewart |
"Come here, little bee
There are fresh flowers by me;
Come, and just let me see
How your honey is made!
'I can't, for I fear
That, for coming too near,
I should pay very dear,
So I can't - I'm afraid!'"
~Hannah Flagg Gould, The Bee and the Child
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| Art by Vicky Knowles |
So won't you join us for this month's Nibblefest Art Contest?
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| Art by Penny Stewart |
When starting on September 20th, artists near and far will gather on eBay
to present their unique and one-of-a-kind interpretations of the theme:
~ Bees ~
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| Art by Patience Anders |
All Nibblefest art auctions will have a starting bid of 99 cents!
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| Art by Monique Morin Matson |
Please visit our Nibblefest Facebook Page for more information
or check out the info on the right side of this blog.
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| Art by Theresa Taylor Bayer |
(Please note: the art featured in this post may represent past portfolio works and not necessarily current Nibblefest entries).
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| Art by Jenny Luan Frye |
Happy Nibblefesting!
