Contest Entry at the site of ~PilgrimSoul ~ using her stock, the requirement is to base the entry on her screen name.

Using two references on the contest page, a poem by Yeats and a song by Enya, I made this as a representation of an angel coming at the end of the life taking the soul as it blooms into a rose, ergo the name of the deviation "The Desert Rose".

The soul, or "Pilgrim" has lived a full life and the mountains are in the back and the Pilgrim is raised to the stars as in the poem.

The owl on the caboose looking onto the scene of the angel coming to guide the Pilgrim home represents the learning of the lifetime.

The moon is representative on the twilight of one's life.

The caboose represents the end of life and in this case, the end of the track so-to-speak. The rose, as eternal life, rises from the desert sand in full bloom and exquisite beauty.

Stock Used:
Base ~landscapestock deserttrain2
Caboose ~ trainstock caboose1
The Wise Old Owl ~ birdstock owl1
The Desert Rodent ~ animalstock maybebigguineapig
The Tortoise ~ animalstock giantturtle
The Rabbit ~ animalstock rabbitwearingswtr
The Desert Rose ~ gardenstock rosered1

All Stock Pictures © of ~PilgrimSoul

Made in PhotoShop Elements VI ~ Beveled Frame

Brushes Used:
Default Brushes
Clouds by *Wearwolfaa:
Flying Pigeon by ~BeltaneFireStock (bird spider grass)
Grass by *Katikut
Suddenly Spring Grass by ~gvalkyrie
Rain Drops by ~LoRdaNdRe
Space by =teddybearcholla
Glittering Swirl by ~LoRdaNdRe
Aurora by *redheadstock
Ghost by *redheadstock
Angel Wings by *redheadstock