Interesting adaptation!  I like it, and voted a 3 :)
My suggestion -- you could have blended the textures on the tiles around yours a little further.  On the bottom, that light blue texture is soft and deserved to go just a bit higher in the tile, and on the right side of that bottom tile, the white speckling pattern just cuts off in your work.  However, I like the th eme and the understatedness of this one. :)
                This tile is from Newbies 26: I Call Two Geeses, and Other Classic Tunes.
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Comment: "violent climate on a strange planet", or "stormy weather"
        By: spyder@
        Checked out at: June 20, 2003
        Checked in at: June 20, 2003
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  Whee!
                      Re: Whee!
                    i love the way you critique.*kudos*. your advice is well taken. thank you for putting a word in. it helps.
                 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    