SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY - 8-28-2011

1. Old and New

 

Old -  a photo of a vintage crayon box, my research says it is from around 1890. New - a box of Crayola crayons. I used one of Kim Klaussen's textures to add a little more interest.

2. Night Photography 

This is a photo I took from the end of our pier, with the lights from the house reflecting on our kayaks and on the water. I thought it created some interesting reflections, but realized I have a lot to learn about Night Photography. Since I am a beginner, I can't wait to learn more. (So much to learn and never enough time).

3. Music 

Music could be an old Beatles album cover & record saved from my childhood (I suppose that dates me). Or it could be a photo of a row of saxophones that are part of a marching band sculpture located in a local park. On this one I added a texture I created from an old piece of sheet  music.

4. Cheesy 

Yes, this is about as cheesy as it gets. I talked my husband into posing...trying to steal the cheese from the top of a pile of mouse traps.

5. Sun

I thought this one was going to be easy...sunset, sunrise, sunflowers...(I took photos of them all), but I wanted something a little different, so this is a shot taken very early in the morning, as the sun was just peaking out behind my cherished waterwheel (built by hand with lots of love, by my father).

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY - 8-21-2011

1.  Geometry

 

This is a photo of one of my decorative greenhouses. Taken against the bright sky, the photo really shows off the geometric patterns.

2.  Brushstrokes 

At the end of our pier is a little sanctuary... a great spot to just sit in one the bright turquoise Adirondack chairs and take in the beauty of the lake. I used a Photoshop Brush Strokes filter to get the effect.

3.  Hanging by a Thread

Hanging by a thread....it brought to mind the finely crafted web of a spider. So after some photo exploration, I finally found a good shot under the neighbors deck.

4.  Collage

I put together a collage of photos taken of my "Lakeside Cottage-look" spare bedroom. I added one of the great textures from Kim Klassen Cafe (the one I used was Yesteryear).

5.  On the Dotted Line

When I'm out on my bicycle, my eye is always searching for good photo material to go with the prompts for the week. This is one of the "cooler" parts of our ride and it caught my eye. On a hot day, as we ride down the hill into this cool wooded area, we always appreciate what we call "air-conditioning". But today the camera is "on the dotted line".

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY - 8-14-2011

The week's Scavenger Hunt turned into a special one for me...while searching for the photos that depicted the prompts, I spent some time looking through old boxes of treasures - bringing back lots of old memories. It made some of the photos even more special...

1.  Against the Light

I took this backyard picture of the grass blooms "Against the Light" of the morning sun rising. I caught on camera the beginning of another beautiful day.

2.  Frame Within a Frame

 

The door frames are reflected in the framed mirror hanging in my foyer. I like the contrast of light and dark in this photo, depicting frame within a frame.

3.  Best Part of Your Day

This one was easy for me...I'm totally a morning person and I love exercise, so the best part of my day is riding my bike in the morning and enjoying the peacefulness and beauty of the countryside, before the busy day begins for most.

 

4.  Buttons 

 

My grandmother, who I never really knew (she died when I was 1 year old) was a seamstress and my mother had saved many of the buttons that she had in her collection of goodies. My mother told stories about the advantages to having a mother who could sew anything...she would look through Vogue magazine and pick out an outfit she liked and her mother would make it for her. I have an old box filled with some of the treasured notions, so it was perfect for photographing. If only some of these buttons could talk...

  

5.  Ink 

 

This is a page from my grandmother's cookbook (probably close to 100 years old). Of course back then all of the recipes were hand-written in ink. And the pages even had a few stains probably from the butter, milk or other ingredients used to make the goodies...

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY - 8-7-2011

1. Seeing Double/Two

This is really seeing double/two.....My twin grandsons, sitting in 2 turquoise chairs, wearing 2 matching orange life jackets.

2. Whatever

This is my 6 month old grandson and I'm sure if he could talk, he would be saying "Whatever", as he was splashing water on himself in the lake.

3. Sweet

A sweet delicious dessert...picture taken through the glass case at a bakery. Unfortunately, I didn't buy a piece to taste it, but by the looks of it, I guarantee it was sweet!

4. Space

 When you are three years old, the space between your teeth adds awesome character to your smile. One of my 3 year old grandsons agreed to pose for the picture.

5.Bright

The bright morning sunrise...what a great start to a beautiful day.

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY - 7-31-2011

1. Walking Empty Streets

A good friend of mine has an awesome model train set in his basement. It was a great place to find a cow walking empty streets.

2. Repeating Patterns

This photo is of a row of columns and lights on a newly renovated theater in our town. I repeated the photo two more times with different transparencies.

3. Floor 

The floor of our shower revealed a neat pattern when the water sprayed from above.

4. Then and Now

Time really does move too fast. This is a picture of myself and my daughter quite a few years ago and a picture today of my daughter with her little son...then and now.

5. Fingertips

My 5 1/2 month old grandson showing me that he can eat not only fingertips, but toes as well. I had 2 good pictures for this theme, so I decided to show both - Below, I caught a child reaching up to pet a horse at the county fair.

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY... 7-24-2011

1. Music to My Ears - I took a photo of a metal sculpture depicting a band playing musical instruments, located in a park near the confluence of the Elkhart & St. Joe Rivers. The town is Elkhart, Indiana, known as the Band Instrument Capital of the world.

 

2. Hat - My awesome neighbor who used to be a member of the Red Hat Society. 

 3. Clear - The clear sky shown through clear water in a clear glass overlooking the clear lake.

4. Out of This World - A quaint old cemetery located on one of my favorite cycling roads. The people who are memorialized here are definitely "Out of This World".

5. Sprinkles - A photo of my sprinkling can sculpture that I created in my secret garden on the side of my house. The drops of rain are still hanging on after a morning rain.

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY... 7-17-2011

 Black and White - Spending a day in South Haven, Michigan gave me lots of photo opportunities. I met this rescue dog walking with his owner at the Farmer's Market. The epitome of black and white...

 Reflections in Glass - Sunrise on the lake, reflecting off a picture on the wall, through the sliding glass doors in our master bedroom. What a beautiful way to wake up each morning...

 Headlights - It's amazing how the light bounces off a headlight to create an interesting composition. This was taken in my garage.

 Seeing Double -  I just had to take a picture of my twin grandsons, Ethan & Aaron. And since Ethan had fallen into a table corner 2 days earlier (hence the shiner), I felt the theme was very appropriate.

Bare - These bareback horses were eating dinner on an Amish farm in Middlebury, Indiana. I snapped the photo as we were driving through the beautiful countryside. The horses probably aren't ridden bareback, but rather are used to pull the Amish buggies.