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    2015 Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt wrap up

    September 1, 2015 - By 

    Here we are at the end of summer…well, at least the end of the 2015 Summer photo Scavenger hunt hosted by Rinda.

    At my last check in I had over half of the items on the list as well as the alternates.

    2015photo hunt 1

    I am so happy to say that I have completed the list!! Hooray! I love being able to check something off a list. In fact…secret coming…I write stuff on my to-do list after doing it just so I can cross it off. Yeah…I have a problem.

    The remainder of the items are as follows….

    4. People playing a board game or card game

    game time

    a rousing game of Scattergories Categories

    6. A metal bridge

    metal bridge 1

    This first photo was taken while passing a company that builds metal bridges. We passed it at least three times so on the last time I had passed of my phone off for someone to snap the photo at my direction.

    metal bridge 2

    I think this may have been one from that same company in real world use.

    8. Someone “plugged in” to social media

    plugged in

    Sad but true…computer in the van.

    11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish

    cell tower

    Along the interstate…

    14. A traffic signaltraffic signal

    Rural central Minnesota gas station with really old pumps and the craziest items for sale in a convenience store I’ve ever seen. It was like an episode of Hoarders with price tags complete with a literal path to the “customers only” restroom. Yikes!

    15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it

    three flags

    Ok I’m taking a little liberty with this one…but it was REALLY HARD to find.

    18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle

    overloaded 1

    Two examples on the interstate…The first some big piece of farm equipment

    overloaded 2

    And this one was just crazy and freaked me out when it came into view. I saw this white truck in my lane ahead of me suddenly.  AWH!!!! But it was being towed by another truck piggy backing on the lead truck.  WHAT?!?!  I’ve never seen anything like that before.

    Photos taken while on the road were taken by my kids…thanks you two!!  Safety first. 🙂

    21. A photograph of you with a sign reading “2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt”. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.

    sign

    This was great fun! I’m already looking forward to playing along next year! Special thanks to Rinda for once again hosting this great summer challenge.

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    T Tuesday: abbreviated edition

    August 31, 2015 - By 

    Hello and welcome to an extremely abbreviated edition of T stands for Tuesday hosted by the one and only Elizabeth. I must admit this is a scheduled post. As you read this Tuesday morning, I’ll be sitting in a waiting room as my mom has cataract surgery.

    I thought I’d share a sweet little tea set my my mom picked up for a song at the annual garage sale in her building.

    mini tea set | Halle's Hobbies

    It’s so cute and so tiny…I really should had set a coin out for reference.  The entire plate is perhaps 6 inches across at the widest point.

    Fingers crossed that next week I’ll be here in full capacity …school has started…things should be settling down.

    What are you doing today??

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    T Tuesday: vacation edition

    August 25, 2015 - By 

    Welcome to another edition of T stands for Tuesday where we share a beverage and catch up a bit.

    T stands for Tuesday

    Summer is winding down. The back to school preparations have begun. Orientation, picture day, curriculum night.

    But before that happened we got out of town for a few days. The weather was a scorcher the day we arrived…105°F heat index. All we could think of was jumping in the lake. It was delightful!!

    resort 1

    The evening ended with a beautiful sunset.

    We woke the next morning to overcast skies and rough water.

    resort 3

    The kids did their best to try out the activities, I even did the stand up paddle board for a bit. The waves made it a bit more challenging.  Even a bad day by the lake is a better day than at the usual grind.

    The following day was even more windy and rough water to start the day. I don’t even have photos of that. The lake looked and sounded more like the ocean with the crashing waves.

    But then something wonderful happened. The wind calmed, giving way to another beautiful evening.

    resort 2Hot dogs were roasted. Marshmallows were toasted. A lovely final evening for our mini vacation. The rest of the extended family were staying a few more days…we had to hurry home for the aforementioned school preparations.

    The kids and I also made it to a local pub yesterday for their Monday special…2 for 1 appetizers and drinks all day.

    pub 1

    The calamari was delish!!

    pub 2

    I chose to sit at lucky table #13.

    More school stuff today and hopefully I’ll get some salsa canned as well. I have a ton of tomatoes!!

    What are you doing today?