Scavenger Hunt Sunday

WATCHING

Oliver peeks at me slanty-eyed hoping I won't disturb his sun puddle napping.


LEAFY

Nasturtiums spill over the edge of a ceramic pot on my deck.


FIRST WORLD PROBLEM

I got a "smart" phone earlier this year.  I still have a lot to learn.  Recently I got the instagram app, and what fun that is!  I still have a lot to learn.  My daughter (the wine rep) installed the delectable app which tracks wine you like and does so many amazing things.  I still have pretty much everything to learn about that.  so much technology!  so many ways to connect!  But still, how connected are we?  What about simply enjoying nature and talking (by mouth!) to family and friends?  


STILL

still life:  a little snap of a detail of one of my terrariums.  The tiny mushrooms are fun and glow in the dark.  I got them on etsy HERE.  Usually the photos I post are straight out of the camera.  For this one I had fun playing with some editing on picmonkey.


A GOOD DAY 

On Friday evening, a few family members came over for dinner.  My son's girlfriend brought me these lovely flowers.  (I did a little editing on this one, too.)

 

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE! 
 
Next week's words are:   

1. Change
2. Your Mood Today
3. Dark
4. Welcome
5. Depth of Field

photos by me (taken today!) © 2013  all rights reserved

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

SOMETHING YOU WORE

a necklace I made of copper wire.  I wear it all the time!


 
REFLECTION

Edge of my house, deck, hydrangeas, and woods are reflected in the side panel of a car parked in my driveway.

 
INSIDE YOUR FRIDGE

a bowl of sliced heirloom tomatoes ( and yes, the green ones ARE ripe!) and a bowl of organic apples from my CSA.  See the edge of the pizza box on the right?  leftovers from Sunday lunch with our son, his girlfriend, and her parents.  (Ashley says Felicity loves the mustard container.  She is a girl after my own heart!  We are big fans of mustard, too!   There's a mustard container barely visible in back of the apples.)

 
DAILY ROUTINE

playing with Oliver!  (Trying to get him to pose for a photo is nearly impossible!)


 
MORNING 

I love tea, especially green tea.  (no coffee for this girl!)

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE! 
 
Next week's words are:   

1. Rule of Thirds
2. Made Me Smile
3. Lines
4. Alone
5. Together

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday

BODY PART

A young boy adjusts his hat at the baseball game on Sunday.


WEDNESDAY 

I discover the most interesting things in my garden when I stroll around, camera in hand. 


MUSIC

my guitar, which I never play anymore


GUESS WHAT IT IS

 answer below!



MIRROR IMAGE

drinking nectar from my butterfly bush on Sunday afternoon


It's a bowl of sliced heirloom tomatoes with a small piece of basil leaf.

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE! 
 
Next week's words are:   

1. Family
2. Grass
3. Silly
4. 1/2 (half)
5. Bow

photos by me © 2013  all rights reserved

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

COOLER COLORS
Someone is hanging out on this Beth's Blue star flower (isotoma axillaris).


 LEAVES

New plantlets are forming along the edges of the leaves of this kalanchoe plant.


ICED BEVERAGE

mint tea made from chocolate mint that grows in my garden.  The liquid is a very pale green.  YUM!


COOLING OFF

Bunkie sits in the screened doorway of the cabin catching some cool breezes (and wonderful scents, too, no doubt!).


RAW

a little bit of produce from my deck garden

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE! 
 
Next week's words are:  

1. Body Part (pick any of them, but let’s keep it family friendly)
2. Wednesday (take a photo on Wednesday – easy enough)
3. Music
4. Guess What It Is (photograph anything and make us guess what it is)
5. Mirror Image

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday

DISHES 

a stack of dishes in a cabinet



FAVORITE COLOR 

I love green.  But I love blue, too.  After taking photos of a number of things, this is the one that made my post.  It is an echinacea flower bud.  (I started echinaceas a long time ago from seed and have kept these plants and their progeny for many years.)



SUNFLARE

It was to the archives for this one, taken during a hike on Whiteside Mountain near Highlands, NC, in October, 2012.  (There's even a tiny rainbow--middle left.)



EXPRESSION 

Have you ever tried to get a cat to pose?  yeah, right!  I tried enticing Oliver with several things.  Was he interested?  Did he hold still?  It was finally the screwdriver that captivated him.  See, he's intently reaching for it.



STICKY

Flower pollen is very sticky.  


Thank you, Linda, for encouraging me to post this week!  Linda just participated in SHS for the first time!

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till Tuesday, June 11 at midnight EST to join in.
 
Next week's words are:  

1. Summer
2. Dance
3. Laughter
4. Helper
5. Water

photos by me © 2013    all rights reserved

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

This week it's open hunt, photographer's choice.  
My husband and I went on a short trip to visit our daughter in Cashiers, North Carolina.  We stopped in Knoxville, Tennessee on the way.  All photos except the phone were taken in Knoxville near Market Square. 

SHINY

 detail of unnamed sculpture in Krutch Park



COLD

 We stopped at Coolato Gelato for some refreshment




BUTTERFLIES

detail of sculpture:  Madam Butterfly by Mike Sohikian, created of steel, concrete, aluminum, and wood



VINTAGE

at the cabin my daughter is renting for the Summer in Cashiers


REFLECTIVE

That's me reflected in a detail of the sculpture Keeping Venice Afloat by Davis Whitfield.

LINKS:
►  Charles Krutch Park
►  Coolato Gelato
►  Mike Sohikian on facebook
►  Mike Shohiian bio
►  past POST on Krutch Park and Market Square
►  detailed POST on Tennessee Woman Suffrage Memorial (The women of the USA have so much to be thankful for in these brave women of past generations!)--  This above post got shared on Suffrage Buffs of America on facebook! 
►  MAP  City of Knoxville, map of Krutch Park and Market Square

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till Tuesday, June 4 at midnight EST to join in.
 
Next week's words are:  

1. Dishes
2. Favorite Color
3. Sunflare
4. Expression
5. Sticky

photos by me © 2013    all rights reserved

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Happy to be back in the Hunt after a several month absence!

ASIAN 

getting ready to make something yummy and Asian


WAVY 

a geranium leaf

DRAW

a detail from a watercolor sketch I drew while on a beachy vacation


SOFT

something soft checking out something wavy 


TEXTURE 

pineapple

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till Tuesday, March 26 at midnight EST to join in.
 
Next week's words are:  

1. Water
2. Empty
3. Fresh
4. Weathered
5. Ordinary

photos by me © 2013    all rights reserved

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

HOME OR THANKFUL 

I am thankful for many, many things, for I've been richly blessed in my life.  
Waldorf salad is a dish we serve only at Thanksgiving.  This salad was a Thanksgiving tradition in my family when I was growing up and I've carried it on through the years.  It reminds me of times past and of people no longer with us.  I am thankful that my children and their significant others were gathered 'round this Thanksgiving and that we had so much fun together.


IN THE KITCHEN 

My daughter and I cooked up a storm!  literally!  We made a variety of truffles, sticky buns, nut cookies (above), and pastel cream wafers.  This was, of course, in addition to the amazing amount of dishes made for the Thanksgiving feast itself-- cooked by me, my daughter, and my daughter's boyfriend.  I should add here that my son cooked us a delicious Mexican feast Sunday night.

 

COUPLE 

kitties who came to play--Tigra and Bunkie, my daughter's kitties, had quite an adventurous time with places to explore and resident cats to contend with.  I made all 4 cats catnip toys--pieces of sweater stuffed completely with catnip.  Oh the flipping and flopping!  the chewing and kicking!  These were the most fun ever!  We found that they all liked playing with small branches, too.  Who knew?!  



BUBBLES 

Shingleback sparkling shiraz from Mclaren Vale.   mmmm!  This was imbibed while making some of the above cookies.


TREES

My husband, daughter, and I visited the Cincinnati Art Museum on Saturday.  I liked these lit-up trees against the frosted backdrop of bare-branched trees and the reflection in the mirrored panel on the right.  The inside trees glow with warmth and cheer in contrast to their surroundings.  serenity.

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till Tuesday, November 27 at midnight EST to join in.
Next week's words are: 

1. Missing
2. Numbers
3. Purple
4. Music
5. Bracelet

photos by me © 2012    all rights reserved

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

NATURE 

Whimsically (or so it seems), we're having temperatures in the high 60s today.  This is a portion of the Little Miami River that I travel past often.  Because of the light today, scenery is somewhat muted.  I think this gives an overall serene feel. 


VINTAGE/RETRO 

I was looking for something vintage to photograph and found this nut chopper that once belonged to my mother. 


WHIMSICAL

I was having fun taking photos in the car wash today.  (Everyone does this, right?!)  I think the pattern created by water on glass with trees and bushes in the background is whimsical.


COOKING 

We got a brand spanking new stove yesterday!  woo hoo!  I had to try it out.  Here I'm making sauce to top noodles. 


WEEK'S BEST 

Who knows if this is the best photograph I took all week.  It is, however, a favorite, being as it's of a very special kitty--Oliver.  

This is a very fun meme hostessed by Ashley Sisk in which 5 prompts are given and one must then take a photo to illustrate each one.  Come see how others have interpreted these words HERE!  You have till Tuesday, November 13 at midnight EST to join in.

Next week's words are: 

1. Vision
2. Strong
3. Buttons
4. Map
5. Favorite Fruit

I've never stated this before, but 99% of the photos I have posted on my blog are straight out of the camera!
photos by me © 2012    all rights reserved