Scavenger Hunt Sunday

1. LESS IS MORE

My hubby got this little snowman for me last year. It plugs into a USB port and sits beside my computer and changes colors.

2. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

I just LOVE Christmas light bokeh!

Light painting using my Christmas lights on the front porch.

3.ORNAMENTS

This is one of about twelve glass bulbs I made quite a few years ago. I took the clear bulbs and dripped different color acrylic paints inside and swirled them around. Every year when I see them I tell myself I'm going to make more. Maybe next year!

4.CUP OF CHEER



"Have a holly jolly Christmas
It's the best time of the year
Well, I don't know if there'll be snow
But have a cup of cheer...."

5.NATIVITY

When you turn on the switch on the back of this Nativity you hear the Christmas story.

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1. My Passion

...is my Grandchildren

Lily - age 3 1/2
Lucy, age 2
Sammy, age 7 months

2. Sound of Music

We heard the sound of music in our home quite often when our son and daughter were young. Our daughter played the violin and our son played the violin, the guitar, and the drums.He was part of a garage band in his high school years which practiced at our house - oh, the SOUND of MUSIC! This is his guitar with his pick left right where it left it. I took it outside in the natural sunlight and really like how the pick caught the sun and reflected on the headstock of the guitar.

3. Inner Beauty

The inner stamens of a lily.

4. Ethereal

I wasn't sure about this one but the more I looked at it the more I was really happy with it. This is a plume of my Smoke Bush. The little pin point yellow flowers have almost all fallen off leaving the smokey plume. The background just seemed to come together and give this image its fairytale colors.

5. Sharp

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."

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1.Bring Me Flowers

This is my little Granddaughter Lily showing me the bouquet of Azalea and Fleabane I let her have. She LOVES to pick flowers so she has to be taught what to pick and what to leave alone. She picks them and anxiously runs to give them away.

2. Visual Contrast

I chose to show visual contrast between natural/man-made. The wooden barrel, the ironwork and the wooden siding give lots of texture with the plant and I almost think it's too much but the image is slowly growing on me.

3. Friendship

This is the dangling part of a metal bookmark that my friend Doris made for me and sent to me on my birthday after I moved 500 miles away. Her friendship is very dear to me and I hope she knows just how much she means to me.

4. Before and After
Fiddlehead Ferns

5.Dark

The photo is from my archives of the supermoon. I added the quote for the scavenger hunt prompt of dark.

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CAMERA PHONE

Taking a picture of forsythia blooms now showing on my photoblog. If you'd care to see click on the link in my sidebar.

CAMERA

This is my Mom's Brownie Camera that recorded all of my childhood memories.

SHOES

I know, I know, many people think they're ugly. I totally agree that they can't compare with the red soled Christian Louboutins or trendy Manolo Blahnik stilettos but hey; I'm old, I have terrible knees and they are the most comfortable shoe I've worn in a long time and this teal blue goes from spring to summer!

CHAIR

This little primitive wooden chair was my Grandma's. I don't recall her letting us sit in it. She didn't want it to get broken. It sat beside her bed and held her flashlight within easy reach in case she needed to get up in the middle of the night. When she broke her hip she needed to be moved to a nursing home and I asked if I could have the chair. She happily passed it on to me.

The original seat is gone having long ago been replaced with a scrap of wood. One arm is only half the size of the other. It retains much of its original red paint. Grandma cherished it and now so do I.

IMPERFECTION

"If you look closely at a tree you'll notice its knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully."

Matthew Fox

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!

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VANISHING POINT

These steps lead from our downtown area to a park on top of the hill. If you aren't into making the climb the good news is you can drive around to the top.

I've added a texture and played with different blending modes to achieve the look.

SQUARE CROP

While out driving around yesterday in our 62 degree weather we saw some daffodils and I had to stop and take a quick shot. We were in the middle of the road and the midday sun was extremly bright so I had to play with the levels to try and save the shot but it's the first daffodil I've seen and I wanted to share. Yeah Spring!

UNDER

"One Nation Under God"

"WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"

This is a mural my son put on the wall of my grandson's nursery. The plain white shiny wall seemed to need a little something so I added a texture and then erased the texture from the monkeys.

JUNGLE #2

These are from my archives from October. Hubs and I passed it sitting on a trailer in front of a sporting goods store. I didn't ask!

CALM

Now that my post is finished and ready I think I'll have some!

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DIPTYCH

"A diptych is a photograph that uses two different or identical images side by side to form one single artistic statement." I had a lot of ideas for this one and will continue to play with this idea from time to time.

BOOK

A few months back my Mom was discarding some books she didn't want anymore and going through the box I found this one with the name of my blog. It was published in 1951 - long before blogland was even a thought. It's a keeper for me!

FILL IN THE BLANK

This one was so hard for me this week. I couldn't get a clear idea in my head with what to fill in the blanks so last night it came down to this:

"When I think about how life is in the movies, I just have to make popcorn."

I can't wait to see what everybody did with this one.

A TASTE OF ITALY

On the other hand this one was easy. Hubs and I love Italian bread and it's about all we buy. In fact, this loaf was only a dollar at a local discount store and it is very fresh. Yum!

REMINDERS

This is a battery operated recorder that is smaller than my cell phone and fits easily in my purse. My hubby got this for me for Christmas. I can leave myself messages to remind myself about what I need at the grocery, a blog idea that hits me, an upcoming birthday, a phone number, in short, anything I want to remember. It is so much better than looking for a pencil and paper.

Now, I'm off to see what everybody else found in their hunt this week.

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CAPTURING THE SKY

Not many days of pretty skies lately. This was taken February 13th. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this kind of sky being the norm instead of the exception.

EVERYDAY

Enough said......

FURRY

The weather Saturday morning brought out all the critters to my yard. These little guys have been hiding this winter. I took this through a double-paned window and wasn't happy with it until I cropped it and added a texture. Now I'm glad I didn't delete the image.

LIFE (new life)

Saturday I walked around my yard looking for signs of new life emerging and found more than I expected. This is a macro shot of a bud on one of my bushes. I'm hoping it's not too soon. To see what the bloom will eventually look like click here.

BLURRED (bokeh)

Who doesn't love Woody in Toy Story!

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CHOCOLATE

Since last Monday was my Valentine Birthday I have to post the box of chocolate candy that Hubby got for me. This is it on the dining room table just where he left it for me with pink silk rose petals scattered across the top of the box and the table. The real roses he got for me are posted here.

NUMBERS

Roman Numerals That Is!

CANNED FOOD

My stacked cans of tomato soup were rather plain so I played with the adjustment levels and I'm pretty happy with my 'pop art' homage to Andy Warhol.

MUSIC

This is a replica of an old record player my husband bought me a couple of years ago so I could play some old 45's from my teenage years. As you can see it also plays old vinyl LP's. I added a Kim Klassen texture to make the photo look old and grainy.

STACKS

Stacks of money!

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SHADOWS

PATTERNS

BRIGHT WHITES

STRONG

WARMTH

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