Rinda's 2012 Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt Recap

Happy Saturday, everyone!

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Today I'm linking up with my dear friend, Rinda, and giving a recap of the photos I found for her 2012 Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt. I'm posting these photos in the order that the items were listed on Rinda's blog...

Item #1 - a pier

Ok, right out of the gate, I'm using the option to substitute one item with a photo of a heart shaped rock. I wasn't able to find a pier this summer, so I give you heart rocks in my little garden:

Thing two: a clothesline
Oh dear. Wouldn't you think that living in a sunny place like Arizona there would be a plethora of clotheslines to be photographed? Nope. None in my neighborhood or anywhere I've looked, so I'm throwing in this photo that I snapped over my parent's backyard fence. Not an attractive shot, but a clothesline, nonetheless.

Item #3 - a border
Taken in Rexy's habitat...

Item #4 - A roadside stand selling something
One of my favorite photos from the scavenger hunt - my step-dad Rod purchasing goods from a roadside-stand-selling-something-guy who posed for the shot. :o)

Item #5 - a train
Our local light rail transportation. We took this train in July, going to downtown Phoenix for a Diamondback's game.

Item #6 - a historical landmark:

Item #7 - someone {my girl C} playing a musical instrument:

Item #8 - a statute of an angel

Item #9 - a fountain

Item #10 - a horse

Item #11 - a shadow

Item #12 - a trail

Item #13 - a library

Item #14 - someone playing with a ball
Ok, a bit of a stretch - Instagram of the Diamondback's game we attended in July...

Item #15 - someone dancing - Total bust on this one, and I suppose I could have asked someone I know to dance for me, but it just didn't happen.

Item #16 - a bride

Item #17 - a church

Item #18 - a movie poster - Not having a shot for this item is my own fault! I had a chance to take a photo this past week and blew it. ~sigh~

Item #19 - an outdoor stairway

Item #20 - a swing hanging from a tree

Item #21 - a photo of me with something that symbolizes my nation
My plans to create this shot with myself holding a small replica of the Statue of Liberty didn't happen (no statue available) so I give you a photo of me with one of my sunflowers from this year's crop. How fortunate am I to live in a county where I have the freedom {and a little piece of planet to call my own} to grow these happy flowers.

And speaking of fortunate - having a clever friend like Rinda who has sponsored this photography scavenger hunt two summers in a row now. It was so much fun to see what everyone has photographed this summer, and you can see a list of links to other's on Rinda's blog {click here}.

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Sedona Road Trip - Westfork Trail

Oh, Sedona.

How I love you.

Especially Westfork Trail.

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~sigh~

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{For Rinda's Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt, Item #12, A Trail}

Random Things on Thursday...

Hi friends!

We're just about to make it through another week.

I don't know about you, but it's been a busy one for me.

I have been able to make a little time for taking pictures, so

today I'm sharing some random shots I like.

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Rexy's getting big! I have been saying I'm going to measure him for four months now! {Maybe this weekend...}

This is one of the trees in our backyard that we weren't sure we could save {it went without water for a year}. Slowly but surely she's coming back. And you've just gotta' love that blue Arizona sky!!!

Some night photography...

Same evening, a black widow spider on our patio {yikes}... I know this will creep a few of you out, but don't you think this would be a great Halloween card? :o}

A bride for Rinda's Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt {item #16}. {Seriously? For a wedding cake?} I'm using this photo because I'm pretty sure I won't be seeing another bride between now and the end of the photography challenge.



I'm so excited that tomorrow is Friday!

And it's a 3-day weekend for us here in the US. {Kind of like a British Bank Holiday, I suppose.}

My plan is to do some sewing this weekend, unless I'm distracted by something else.

You just never know with me.

I'm random, like a blog post.

:o)

Photos for Rinda

I was counting on adding a few more photos to check off the list for Rinda's Photography Scavenger Hunt while Carrie and I were in California last week. Thanks to my sweet step-dad {Rod}, I have a few to share with you today.

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My parents live in the middle of California's San Joaquin Valley ~ an agricultural utopia. I knew it would be fairly easy to find a roadside-stand-selling-something {item #4}. When we stopped so I could take a photo I asked the roadside-stand-selling-something-guy if he'd mind if I took a photo. I didn't realize until I got home and uploaded my pictures that he was actually posing for the shot. Haha - makes me love the photo even more!

I didn't feel right asking for the favor without purchasing something, so we bought some little tomatoes and these strawberries. {Carrie said they tasted like candy.}

Of course they were yummy ~ they were grown right here, behind his roadside-stand-selling-something, and were probably picked that morning.

After that we drove into town because Rod knew where to find a fountain {item #9}. This one is in front of the cancer treatment center where my mom first started treatments over a year ago:

And then an outdoor stairway {item #19}...

From where I stood, I could see this stairway and four others. Yes, I took photos of all of them, but this shot was my favorite.  :o)

And with that I have found 13 of the prompts and have eight to go.

The remaining eight will take some creativity on my part.

I'm thinking...

Road Trip Photos {for Rinda}

My friend Rinda is hosting a Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt over on her blog, and my efforts so far have been a bit lacking. I knew of a place where I could find several items to check off the list, so Doug and I packed up and took a day trip to one of our most favorite places on the planet: Young, Arizona.

Along the way, Doug stopped so I could take a photo of a historical landmark {item #6}.
{I love that this is in the shape of an Arizona map.}

A shadow {item #11}

A library {item #13}

A horse {item #10} - super sad that one is blindfolded. I tried to call

them over to the fence, but they were stuck to each other like glue.

{Ooh, no pun intended with the glue reference...sorry horsies!}

The closest shot I could get without inviting myself into

this front yard space ~ a swing hanging from a tree {item #20}

And finally, a train {item #5} - blurred because we were both in motion.

And just because - I'm throwing in a few photos that aren't on Rinda's list. They're photos I took during our little day trip that I thought you might enjoy. :o)

Dear Rinda ~ Thanks for hosting the scavenger hunt again this year. I love looking for items on the list! And by the way, I found a stinking ANT HILL this past weekend too - one of the few items I could not find last year! :o]

Dear Doug ~ Thanks for taking me out so I could photograph stuff for Rinda's hunt. You're the sweetest husband ever! Let's go back to Young again real soon, ok? xo

To see more fun scavenger hunt photos, please visit Rinda's blog for her link up party!