To be or not to be?

Hi Everybody!

For Jo's 'Poetry in Motion' theme at Art Journal Journey

I have a digital piece put together from various images and

documents found on the web (Wikipedia) and some super freebies 

from Serif. William Shakespeare was a poet and writer who was

well loved in his day at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and who

is still popular with old and young today. The quote is. of course, from

Hamlet:

HAMLET: To be, or not to be--that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--

No more--and by a sleep to say we end

The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--

To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

Must give us pause. There's the respect

That makes calamity of so long life.

For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,

Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely

The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,

The insolence of office, and the spurns

That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,

When he himself might his quietus make

With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,

To grunt and sweat under a weary life,

But that the dread of something after death,

The undiscovered country, from whose bourn

No traveller returns, puzzles the will,

And makes us rather bear those ills we have

Than fly to others that we know not of?

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,

And thus the native hue of resolution

Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,

And enterprise of great pitch and moment

With this regard their currents turn awry

And lose the name of action. -- Soft you now,

The fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons

Be all my sins remembered.

For our 'Use your scraps' theme at Tag Tuesday I have another tag.

I discovered a box full of long and narrow off-cuts from

various papers and cardstock, and have layered and sewn  three of

them here to make my tag. The image was sent to me many moons

ago, and I have forgotten by whom, so if it was from you,

thanks a lot! The words and bicycle are die cuts, ordered from

 a Chinese company which sells wonderful crafty goods

for small change!

And congratulations to ERIKA, who won the postcard I offered on my blog

yesterday. Please mail me your snail mail addy!

I will get your 

 card out ASAP when I have the details!

And some photos from here. The first shows the sun drying up

the rain this morning:

This cloud looks like a poodle to me: 

Some pics taken by the market:

Fungi:

Dark clouds:

Rain!

Today it's stayed dry till now!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!