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    Summer challenge #1

    June 1, 2014 - By 

    I’ve been anxiously awaiting today since last August when I discovered the scavenger hunt that Rinda of Gallo Organico puts on each summer. 2014summerhuntI 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.

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    Calendar challenge

    March 31, 2014 - By 

    I’m keeping up!! I’m so excited that I dove in and took this art calendar challenge hosted by Kate over at thekathrynwheel.blogspot.com.

    First I’ll show my completed March calendar. See… something every day. March completeAnd I’m on time with my April calendar too! April calendarReally pastel and spring like. You can’t see it but the page is very rough from a new gesso brand I bought so we’ll see how that works out for writing on all month.

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    Calendar Challenge…and I’m late already.

    February 3, 2014 - By 

    JanuraryHere we are with the first check in and I’m 2 days late. Nice. Oh well…I made it and that’s all that matters.

    I managed to get something in each day.  Just a brief note about my day…or a picture…or whatever came to mind. I noticed that Sunday I don’t really have much to talk about.

    FeburaryMy February calendar is ready to go… I’ll likely add more embellishment along the way but for now I’m thinking that I’m going to leave my calendar pages somewhat unadorned then if/when the mood strikes during the month I can add whatever I want.

    I like that I only have an inch and a half to fill…well likely more like 1.25 inches. Short and sweet, no pressure journalling. Just my speed. I’ve got to get dinner going but I’ll be back later to check out the linky gadget over at thekathrynwheel.