Sunday, September 18, 2011

Big Rock Candy Mountain














For this week's challenge, think of a land of milk and honey. Think of cigarettes (better make those candy cigarettes!) hanging from trees, and hamburgers growing on bushes. Lemonade fountains and ice cream hills, hard boiled eggs, roast chickens, and banana splits. Candy by the landscape full. Whatever your heart desires -- in the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

"Oh, the buzzin' of the bees and the cigarette trees,
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings,
In that Big Rock Candy Mountain.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
The cops have wooden legs
The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
The barns are full of hay
I want to go where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall and the wind don't blow
In that Big Rock Candy Mountain."

6 comments:

Kaylene said...

Fun challenge wish I could have eaten some of what I created. here is my entry.

Grannie Annie said...

One of my very favorite old, old oldies...great challenge:

http://thewhimseyasylum.blogspot.com/

Dian Crayne said...

This is what I came up with here

Rick St. Dennis MFA said...

http://rickstdennis.blogspot.com/2011/09/collage-obsession.html

Had fun with this one-thanks Dian
turned on a little Greatful Dead and channeled the 60s

bluegiraffe (Sherry) said...

Here's mine! Now I'm going to search the house for some chocolate...

Britney Taylor said...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150297514762734&set=a.10150190557937734.308690.708792733&type=1

I'm not sure if you guys can see this, but this is my art for this challenge. :D. Complete with banana split mountains and Lolly pop flowers!