Melli dreamed up and planned out a Photo Scavenger Hunt. She told us about it a month ago…but somehow time got away from me and I have only been working on it the last few days. And this happens to be one of the busiest weeks in a long time for me with my monthly ladies’ booklet due plus five different medical appointments for three of us (nothing wrong — just catching up with check-ups, eye exams, etc.) . All of that to say…I didn’t find all the items on the list. 😳 I wish I had started earlier. I don’t know if you have to have them all to participate — but I don’t want to waste the photos I do have — so I’ll post what I’ve got and then get my 50 lashes… (Edited to add: I did find more than I thought I would…but that’s one reason this is being posted so late in the day. 🙂 )
1.) Something in flight
2.) A gas pump
Sorry, nothing for this one. I was trying to find a picture of a toy one the kids used to love to play with.
3.) Graffiti … or street art
4.) Soap or soapy
5.) An herb
6.) Something vinyl
7.) A bottle of perfume/cologne
Pretty uncreative here — Jim doesn’t care for perfumes or cologne and most of them give me a headache, so I just got a picture at a store. These caught my eye because I used to wear this in high school. I almost bought it just to see if it smelled like I remembered and wouldn’t bother me, but figured that would be a waste. I would have loved to have found one of those old-fashioned atomizer bottles.
8.) Snazzy Shoes
Another store photo — all of our shoes are pretty basic.
9.) A worm
Sorry, nothing for this either. The only ones I saw were dead and shriveled. I was going to go to the children’s or babies’ section on W-Mart to see if there were any toy ones, and I forgot.
10.) A city bus
11.) Something curly
12.) A key
13.) Something cold
14.) Sports Memorabilia
From our school. NOT from me — I am totally unathletic!
15.) A feather/feathers
16.) Something twisted
17.) A hole
18.) A leprechaun
Sorry. Where else was I going to find a leprechaun this time of year? 😀
19.) Something lacy
20.) Something nutty
21.) Sheet music
22.) A splash
23.) An apple/apples/apple something
24.) A shovel
25.) Something empty.
26.) A triangle
27.) Something purple
28.) Juicy
29.) Noisy
30.) Something sad
Veteran salute at my father-in-law’s funeral. Sad, but poignant and honorable.
I did enjoy this challenge very much. Next time I will start earlier — I like thinking outside the box a little bit and taking time to find something interesting or unique. I was very pleased with a few of these. Some are new just today! Some are from years ago.
It may be later tonight or even the weekend before I am able to visit the other participants, but you can find links to them at Melli‘s.
Stray Thoughts 
Ohhhhhh sOMe of these are absolutely FABULOUS! I have to tell ya — I am CRAZY about your apples!!! That is, hands down, my favorite apple of the day!!! You should have seen me when I saw it! I was VERY excited! And your twisted and your holes got me too! YUM! I laughed at your empty…. and your KEY was very very clever thinking! I am well pleased with your efforts! Don’t feel bad about getting them up late… Quilly is still working on hers too – and several others are not up. I don’t know if they WILL be … or if they gave up.
Hi Barbara,
I almost didn’t think I would have them all either. I worked hard yesterday and was out chasing city buses!
You did great – the ball in flight and key are impressive thinking, I wore that perfume too for a little while back in the day.
Love the twisted and I’d love to have one about now. 🙂
Great leprechaun- I didn’t even think of that!
Your apples are super as Melli said – awesome find!!
Sorry Barbara, that link was my photoblog my photo hunt is on Round The Bend. Clicking my name here should take you there if you want to come look.
OMG Barbara what a fantastic photo hunt. I love your sad and your twisted is just awesome. The key, cold and apples are just the best. I loved this. Excellent work my friend. I had a great time doing this. Rabbit, rabbit Aloha 🙂
Loved your Soap n Soapy, I wonder what the dog is thinking. You one for Sad was really poignant,
Melli had a great idea with this.
Wow, Barbara! I am impressed! You are such a devoted blogger and a good one!
Of all of your pictures, my fave was the empty!! LOL Oh my word! How true and how funny!! I am the resident toilet-paper-filler-upper here at our house. *sigh* 🙂 No, really…I don’t mind!
I might have to see about doing this one since I have a month to do it! 🙂
Some of those were very, very creative!
I used to wear Love’s Baby Soft all the time when I was in high school. I still love the smell of it.
Very good shots of all the words. Love the soapy dog, could work for sad also. But your sad, very sad.
No more toilet paper, acccckk! LOL!
Great compilations of everything, Barbara!
That was a cool, funky apple sculpture. Loved the doughnut twists along with the hole! And the empty tp roll was classic. hehe!
I love your twists and the holes! You stole my leprechaun (but I have a great story to go with mine.) Those apples are way cool and your “empty” just left me feeling frustrated -LOL! Been there. Don’t want to do that again! Your key was way creative and I feel bad for the poor dog. Did you wash it just for the photo?
No, she needs baths whether I need photos or not. 🙂 That photo was from years ago.
These are great, as always. I love the doughnut twists, the leprechaun, the tp tube, and your versions of “wet” and “curly.”
The last photo is sad indeed… As you say, sad, but honorable.
Thanks, everyone! I think the apple one is my absolute favorite, followed by the twists and donut holes.
Wow, you did a great job. I really loved the “key” in pronunciation and the soapy doggie, of and the twisted donut thingy. Great Job!!!!
Hi–what a job to compile all of these photos!!! It looks like you really had to think—esp on the leprechaun (hmm, is that spelled correctly??)–hey, you could have shown a pic of your hubby and called it a leprechaun ha/——I wouldn’t have anything close to snazzy shoes!!
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