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

July Photo Hunt

The end of July is here! Stay tuned for a Mr. Linky so you can share your completed photo hunt with us! (I've still got a few more to get yet - July was super busy!)

In the mean time, have a great day!

window views

We were at a wedding last month in a little quaint wedding chapel - these two stained glass windows were beautiful - this one created this reflection on the floor:For more Window Views - click HERE.

PhotoHunt 170: Rock(s)

Along the Oregon Coast - with Heceda Head Lighthouse in the background and Sea Lions basking in the sun in the foreground:

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ fence

On our Oregon Coast vacation 2 weeks ago, I snagged a shot of this fun shadow of the 'fence' along the promenade

Straight out of the Camera ~ covered bridge

In Lane County in Oregon, we went on a route to take in quite a few covered bridges from the early 1900's - here is the Currin Bridge built in 1925:

For more shots that are straight out of the camera - visit:

Straight Out Of the Camera ~ Haystack Rock

Last week we were on the Oregon Coast for a vacation - the view of Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach is one of my most favourite views...

For more great shots that aren't tweaked... visit Jan at:

Shadow Shot Sunday ~ doughnut

I love looking for shadows now, thanks to this meme!
For more shadow shots from around the globe, visit:

Silence

Sunset in Seaside, Oregon on June 28th

Brenda's Photo Challenge ~ Shadows

This is a staircase railing in a Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast!

Sky Watch Friday ~ dawn

I took this photo from inside our van while making our way South to Oregon - 5:00am, Norhern Washington State.

For more sky shots around the globe, visit:

Straight Out Of the Camera ~ fourth of July

This past week we were in the State of Oregon for a Family Vacation - we just LOVE it there! :)
We visit a little candy shop in the town of Seaside more than once on trip every year. This shop is filled with rows of Salt Water Taffy - here is one variety available this week!
It's not the best picture (out of focus a bit) - but it's an appropriate one for today!

If you are interested in a Photo Challenge for the month of July... click here!

July Photo Scavenger Hunt

JEN and ALEXA are wanting to do another photo hunt this month and because we couldn't find anything out there... we decided to host our own.

We are going to use my blog Phun with Photography to host a little photo hunt for the month of July.

Sign up here with Mr. Linky and on July 31 a new post will go up to link up your completed hunt.
Photos must be taken within the month of July - a maximum of 2 photos can be used from your archives.
There will be a prize for the winner !!! At this point we aren't quite sure how we will pick the winner, if we will pick or if we will have you vote.

So here's the list we came up with. Hopefully we haven't duplicated too much of our recent finds.

1. disney character
2. someone in uniform
3. work of art
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
10. money/ foreign currency
11. a pool
12. the colour purple
13. a window - or looking through a window
    
14. crying
15. a fruit
16. a sport
17. sky
18. license plate from another State/Province/Country
19. Height
20. Music

Happy Hunting!

Window Views

We are on vacation along the Oregon Coast this week!
I am glad I learnt of this window views meme earlier this week and happened upon some neat window shots.
The following two are display windows in Seaside, Oregon's Aquarium - looking out over the ocean:this is at the Sea Lion Caves in Florence, Oregon - looking out over the ocean and a viewing area
I have another one to show, but need to go so I will share it next week!