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It’s time! Time to wrap up the 2014 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt.
1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
This is a sign from a nearby town I took one morning…hey, this one could even work for #13 a sunrise. Kind of a crummy photo but what do you expect for a really old cell phone through a windshield.
2. A garden gnome
I didn’t need to go far for the gnomes since my neighbor collects them.
3. Birds on a wire
I wish I’d gotten a picture of a large power line that was just solid black with birds but I was driving…so you’ll have to be satisfied with these.
4. A group of tourists
What a great day this was with the family.
5. A rack of post cards
Wall Drug: Wall, SD
6. An urban street scene
Minneapolis, MN
7. A rural landscape
Various MN locations
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery I’m going with Alternative B: A bird house
Another crummy cell phone picture
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
Gracie photobombing while I was trying to capture photos of giant bubbles 
11. A horn
I honestly could have had a whole collage of horns but I left it to this one photo.
12. A mascot
All taken during the 4th of July parade.
13. A sunrise
This one was hard to get over summer since I didn’t have to get up quite so early. 
14. A parade
Self explanatory.
15. A juggler
A little pre-parade entertainment.
16. A sign in a language other than English
I took a liberty with this one. If I’m not mistaken those are Latin names for the flowers.
17. A lamp post
I had never noticed all the unique lampposts around until this scavenger hunt. 
18. A water fall
I really could have made 2 collages of waterfalls. I saw a lot of falling water. :)
19. A public garden
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
I thought this one would be difficult but I saw lots of painted buses, however, I only had my camera ready for 3.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere).
This first photo I can be seen in the rearview mirror photographing the bison that tried to ram the van…seriously. It was almost a “State Farm moment”.
I can be found under the yellow canopy waiting for the parade to start.
Whew!! I did it! I’m a little bummed that I didn’t get a bakery. I saw one over summer but again was not prepared with a camera. I considered taking a photo at our local grocery store of the baked goods section but decided that was cheating.
I’m looking forward to playing along with this challenge again…. Thanks to Rinda @gallorganico for this fun summer challenge.
Happy Tuesday! So glad you could join me for another edition of T stands for Tuesday.
We’ve been trying to get out and about more this summer with the kids before they are too old to want to go out with us….or have jobs and can’t. I know we still have a couple of years but the times goes by so quickly.
On one adventure we came across a garage sale…more of a sample sale I guess. The kids convinced me I needed this travel glass.
Of course, this edit would be most accurate…
We’ve explored the MN Landscape Arboretum twice already. I bought a 1yr membership with my birthday money so I want to make sure we make it worth while. 
Such a beautiful place…abundant trails…something new around every corner.
We always have a great time on Independence Day.
And no, those are not my kids. Mine are much, much older.
We just had to go see Minnehaha Falls after the torrential rains and flooding. I’ve never seen the Falls running that fierce. It’s just a few short blocks from the Mississippi River, we ventured over there as well. 
These photos were taken from Lock and Dam #1. The trees in the middle of the river look pretty strange right?! It’s normally an island about 200 yards from the dam. A good share of the walkways used by the Army Corp of Engineers are totally under water as well. I’ve never seen anything like it.
The more we adventure around…the more places we want to see. I keep making lists of things to explore. I’m sure we’ll have lots more to share before summer is over.
But for today, I have my everlasting list to tackle.
What are you doing today?
I had mentioned a little while ago that I’d be playing along with Rinda at Gallo Organico on her 2014 Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt.
I’ve been out and about with my camera this week…before the deluge of rain. Over 5 inches of rain in 7 hours. And it’s coming down again. JOY.
In a couple separate adventures, no more than 30 minutes from our home, I found several items on the list…
#3 Bird on a wire
#7 A rural landscape
#8 A tattoo on a person
#17 a lamppost
#18 a waterfall
My list so far stands as:
1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp
Alternative B: A bird house
Are you playing along? Would you like to? It’s not too late…just pop over to Rinda’s blog and check out the details…
I’ve been anxiously awaiting today since last August when I discovered the scavenger hunt that Rinda of Gallo Organico puts on each summer. 
I discovered it at the very end of summer and figured it would be more fun to play along from the beginning.
Here is the super awesome list that I can’t wait to get started on.
1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp
Alternative B: A bird house
I’m not setting a schedule for my posts. When the mood strikes me, I’ll post a few along with a brief description of how it photo fits the list item. In addition I’ll be posting the list each time with the items “found” with a strike through the item.
I intend to use all new photos…nothing from my collection. I can think of so many of these that I already have…but what fun would that be!?! None. And also not in the spirit of this challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today for T stands for Tuesday hosted by Elizabeth, Dr. E (yep she’s got a Ph.D), Queen of Free, caretaker of Bleubeard, teacher extraordinaire and all around nice gal. How’s that for an intro!?!
I’m getting a bit stir crazy again…I’ve had at least one sick kid since last Wednesday. I’ve been disinfecting everything they touch or at least trying. I’m scheduled to work later this week and it would be just like it for me to get deathly ill for that day.
Once again I’m not showing my mug of tea…yes, I’m drinking a cup of Twinings Lady Grey but its in my ugliest mug. I just can’t post that…yuck. I might even throw this one out today…stained and ugly.
But I will show you the mug candle I made last week.
I picked up the mug at Goodwill a while back. I recycled my candle bits and made a new candle with a touch of fragrance oil and colorant. The mug seems very Scandinavian in design although I think it’s just a cheapy from HomeGoods.
Miss Gracie keeps thinking now that there is no ice on the inside of the windows that she should be able to go outside. She sits…waiting and watching…ever hopeful I’ll take her out. Nope…not going to happen honey. She’d get lost in the deep snow…another 4-8 inches are coming on Thursday…oh joy.
I thought this article about Lake Superior being 95% frozen over this year and for the first time since 2009 people can walk over the ice to the Apostle Islands was really interesting and the photos are fantastic.
Photo credit to Paul Johnson…he’s amazing!!!!!
Maybe this post should have been named T Tuesday: random thoughts edition, since I was really all over the place today. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. :)
What are you doing today??
We’ve had such gorgeous weather lately. It inspired me to create this journal page day.
Blue sky and puffy white clouds.
A field of flowers…
I think I was also inspired by a recent trip to the MN Landscape Arboretum. So many beautiful flowers. I took well over 100 photos in the 1.5 we were there.
I’ll share more of that day in a later post.
This was the last photo I took that day as we were walking back out to our vehicle. That’s it straight from the camera…no edits…no fussing with color balance etc….with the exception of my watermark, of course.
Here’s the same photo after playing around in Photoshop. It has a completely different mood.
I could play in the digital world all day but there are things in the real world that need my attention today.