October Challenge

I got most of the list accomplished, mainly by going through my photos from this month and fitting them into categories... it seemed to work out okay.


1. A Fall Activity
2. A Fall Treat ~ apple-caramel skewers
3. A Harvest
4. Leaves
5. Fall Colors
6. Something Orange
7. Something Spooky
8. A Cemetery ~ from April 2009 archive
9. A Costume
10. A Black & White Photo ~ from June archive ~ Mother and Daughter
11. A Critter
12. Symmetry
13. Contrast ~ young and old
14. Texture ~ hayride tractor tracks
15. A Logo/ Mascot
16. Something Neon
17. Something Inspiring
18. Something Entertaining ~ a Halloween-themed birthday party
19. Something Fast ~ running to the patch to find the perfect pumpkin
20. Something Slow ~ decaying pumpkin

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ pumpkin patch

It's been awhile since I participated in this meme - but at the pumpkin patch last weekend, this caught my eye and so I had to share! Happy SSS!

October Photo Challenge!

I am ready to get into this again! Yea! Here we go...
1. A Fall Activity

2. A Fall Treat

3. A Harvest

4. Leaves

5. Fall Colors

6. Something Orange

7. Something Spooky

8. A Cemetery

9. A Costume

10. A Black & White Photo

11. A Critter

12. Symmetry

13. Contrast

14. Texture

15. A Logo/ Mascot

16. Something Neon

17. Something Inspiring

18. Something Entertaining

19. Something Fast

20. Something Slow

September Photo Hunt

sorry guys, Alexa and I are not hosting a hunt this month - life is just taking over!
But I did find a challenge out there hosted by Insanity Prevails...

Sweetsauer Photo Hunt #3

I didn't finish this month's challenge, but felt like posting the shots I did capture - though non-edited, here they are, for fun:

1.A fountain
2.A Road or Pathway
3.A Fence
4.A symbol
5.A Black & White Photo
6.A clunker car
7.A cool car
8.A Portrait
9.Amusement
10.Back to School
11.Urban/ City
12.Suburban
13.Country/Rural
14.Something Domestic
15.Something Wild ~ wild hair on this ol' sheep!
16.Something Silver
17.Something Gold
18.Something Shiny
19.Something Miniature
20.Something Delicious

And the Winner is.... drum roll please... Korinne! Congratulations on a creative selction of photographs! Your prize will be personally handed to you within the week!

Vote for your Favourite!

Ok - sorry, finally Alexa have been able to see all the wonderful photo hunt entries and have come up with our favourite five... now it's your turn to vote for your favourite overall!
And THANK YOU to all who participated! What a great turnout!

Please visit each of the following five and then come back here to leave a comment with your favourite! (you do not have to have a blogger account to leave a comment - just choose Anonymous, but please leave your name!)

We will leave voting up for one week and announce the winner on August 22nd.

In no particular order: (you can click the following names to get to their entry)

1. Jan at Murrieta 3652. Timo in Finland3. Korinne at Mercyful Musings4. Faith at Always Faith (scroll down to half way in this post to see our challenge)5. Tanya at Capturing Tranquility

the winner TBA!

Thanks for everyone's participation in our Photo Scavenger Hunt for July!
Alexa and I are going through them - between the camping and busy summer schedules we have - so by August 15th we will post the top three and get you to help us pick a finalist for the prize!!

Thanks for your patience - please visit all the participants and leave them comments for the work well done!

We will be working at this on our end and back to you shortly... stay tuned!

Brenda's Photo Challenge ~ Keeping Cool

Well, we are experiencing a heat wave here - with humid temperatures that we are not used to one bit! So my husband came home with this lovely unit that makes sleeping more pleasant for our family!and well, since Lucerne Frozen Treats were on sale last week at Safeway, my freezer is embarrassingly stocked well with fudgesicles, popsicles and ice cream sandwiches!We're KEEPING COOL, Baby!

Keep on scrolling down for the July Photo Hunt links and my results as well!

July Photo Hunt

Man, July has flown by and it's been busy!! We are excited to see what you have found! It's so fun to engage in this way into so many different worlds!

For all you that managed to complete the photo hunt (Alexa and I found it quite difficult!) sign up with Mr. Linky below and we will check out your photos in this next couple weeks.
Thanks for participating!

Photo Hunt for July ~ my results

Well, I scrambled today to get a few more pictures for the hunt... here's what I found! Can't wait to see what you found and how you can inspire me!

1. disney character
2. someone in uniform
3. work of art ~ mural on the side of an Aboriginal Education Centre
4. A word spelled with unusual lettering
5. a hat
6. a tree native to your area
7. a bug
8. library/book
9. sign in more than 2 languages ~ English, Spanish and ---?---(anyone know?!)
10. money/ foreign currency
11. a pool
12. the colour purple
13. a window - or looking through a window ~ a Lighthouse window looking over the Pacific Ocean
14. crying ~ from archive, Nov 2008 - meltdown during story at bedtime - couldn't resist
15. a fruit (a berry)
16. a sport - this is a 10 year old girl (under my care) who was totally out of breath by the time she swam over to me, I actually had to "drop" my camera and grab her hands to pull her up out of the water!
17. sky ~ in the middle of a thunderstorm, the sky to the right was a gorgeous orange
18. license plate from another State/Province/Country
19. Height ~ my husband cliff jumping
20. Music ~ the Itsy Bitsy Spider