• Blog - Creativity - Photography

    Summer photo hunt update

    Just popping with a few more items I’ve been able to check off the list for the 2016 Summertime scavenger hunt.

    2. A footprint or pawprint

    footprint

    I’m the guilty party here…I rarely wear shoes at home…even when I should. I walked through the wet grass on the way into the house. Lucky for me my phone was in my pocket to snap a quick photo before it dried.

    4. A book or magazine read during 2016

    books

    I read on my Nook 95% of the time but I did check out some books from the library this summer. It took me a while to get used to reading E-books but they are much lighter reading in bed…and don’t hurt so much when I drop it on my face. Yep, sleep reading is a dangerous hobby.

    5. A porch or deck

    deck collage

    This is the Trex deck at the MN Landscape Arboretum. It overlooks a lovely pond.

    15. A team logo

    teams

    Just a few of our local teams including our beloved North Stars. So sad when they left MN for Dallas of all places. Hello… Minnesota=Hockey. At least now we have The Wild.

    19. A seasonal cocktail or beverage

    summer drink

    New favorite beverage….a Moscow Mule in a chilled copper mug. YUM!!!

    I still have yet to find or at least photograph these items.

    3. A skeleton, bone or x-ray
    10. A bicycle
    12. A window
    16. A map showing a trip taken during the time period
    18. A supermarket cart, basket or trolley full of groceries 
    20. Someone laughing
    21. A photograph of you with a newspaper or calendar page from the time period covered in the Hunt. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
    Alternatives – if you’re having trouble finding any of the above, you may substitute from this list (but you may not substitute for item #21):
    alternative 1: a lighthouse
    alternative 2: a baby (human or animal)

    I’ll do a final check in before the end of the challenge which ends at the autumn equinox on September 22, 2016.

    Happy hunting!

  • Art - Creativity

    Beginning to blossom

    Another art journal page on the books…er…the book. *wink* I was heading in a different direction with this page when I began last night. I walked away while waiting for the gesso and a bit of light green paint to dry. I was feeling as if I’d make another abstract geometric type page. Those have been my favorite kind lately. I feel as if they are becoming my “signature style” so to speak. This morning my muse took a sharp right.

    beginning to blossom

    I was in the mood to use some gelatos. I used a light hand when applying several shades of green and yellow. I used a baby wipe to blend.  At this point I was at a loss so I started looking though my scrap bucket for inspiration. I found a book page with the words and knew then I had direction. The scrap of vellum got me thinking about a sweet paper pieced daisy I recently received from a generous fellow blogger…more on that in another post. (em-hem…Tuesday)

    Daisies are really one of my very favorite flowers. I journalled a little about how they make me feel before stamping the date. Incidentally while doing that I realized that I had inadvertently stamped August on the last two pages I did. DUH! I’ll have to go back and fix those.

    I’m once again linking up with Art Journal Journey for the current months theme of In my garden.

    Art Journal Journey