Once again, I joining
Rinda at Gallo Organico's
Summertime Scavenger Hunt with the final seven photos. To see the first 14, please go here.
In order, they are:
1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)

Technically, this doesn't welcome you to my city, but to a part of my city. It was the only sign I could find, even though I looked at all four city limits. I hoped it would work, since our nickname is River City.
4. A group of tourists

While out to lunch last week, I heard these people talking in a language other than English. I wasn't about to ask where they were from, but discretely took a photo of them.

My friend Sally said this statue looked like tourists pointing to a building, so I thought I would include it, too.
5. A rack of post cards
I stole borrowed this idea from my friend
Patty, who justified her entry by saying
after looking up the definition of “rack” (1. a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited)
From: Rinda’s 2014 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt: Part 1

Although, unlike Patty's, most of my postcards are commercial, there are two that I made myself among the menagerie.
6. An urban street scene

I showed an urban street scene in part 1, but this one is from my home town.
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)
Can you believe it? As careful as I am about keeping myself out of all photos, I seem to have photo bombed my own self. The top of my head can be seen in the blue area (Kitchen hours) and you can see both arms, too. Was I surprised when I downloaded the photos off my camera? YES! (and yes, I'm really that short!)
13. A sunrise

Not the best sunrise you will see, but I spent a long time trying to get this one. Add to that, the mosquitoes were out in full force that morning, and I have the bites to prove it, too. There are just too many trees in my neighborhood that face east. A sunset would have worked far better for me.
14. A parade
I borrowed this idea from others who used ducks, geese, and swans to show a parade. There were a lot of parade onlookers, too.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season
You would think I would have cleaned up a bit for this selfie, but I had just mowed my yard and was all hot and sweaty as I watered my veggie garden. This was the best one of the four I took, Sorry, this is as close as you'll get to seeing me on the internet.
And just in case you thought one of these didn't meet expectations, here is
Alternate B: A birdhouse
Actually, it's two birdhouses, and they were taken at my friend Sally's house.
Thank you Rinda for hosting this fun challenge. Now that I have decent camera, I plan to play as long as you offer this yearly scavenger hunt. And thanks to each of you for joining me on this journey this year.
Thank you for sharing all this super photos Elizabeth!
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xxx
Susi
Wow Elizabeth! I am so impressed that you got these done! Such a fun thing to do - I was definitely too late to join in this time - next year maybe! Can you please e-mail me - address in my profile - would like to ask you something! Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteNice group of photos. I like the statues as tourist and of course the parade one :) Have a great weekend ♥
ReplyDeletePS You cheated on the selfie by the way...some day a photo of you will pop up :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent photos Elizabeth. You certainly got out and about to get them all. I only have my mobile phone for photo's, but it's better than nothing.
ReplyDeleteI like your photo-bomb, but you're not really visible and I think you're very brave to put even part of yourself 'out there' - I'd have used a magazin image or some other cheat, haha.
Have a lovely Sunday :D
ps - thank you for your comment on Wee Man's post, he said you "are funny for saying they are fun and useless facts", haha. :D
Ilove all of these E, although technically, despite your surprise, I don't think you reveal enough of yourself in the menu reflection for you to be photbombing! I love the photo of you too...for starts,I never imagined your hair wuld be bouncy and curly...so there's my surprise! I would also like to pint out (again, I'm sure) that you seem to live in a deserted town.....
ReplyDeleteFun wrap up of your scavenger pictures E...
ReplyDeleteReflection photos are fun...not sure I really see you though ;-)
and I am flattered that you liked my postcard rack idea...yours looks super and I especially like your handmade cards!
I have my Part 3 blog post to finish up my scavenger hunt this year...
We leave on Friday for a couple weeks at the beach so it's feeling like crunch time.
oxo
There's no doubt some things were hard to find. My worst was a juggler.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! I still haven't posted my end of summer wrap up on that one. Too dang busy I guess
ReplyDeleteWe were in WI all weekend. Had a blast sans kids.
Looks like you've been having some fun with pictures : D.
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