Memories from a Busy Day and Other Times

Prompts for Sunday's Scavenger Hunt are double, Friday, memories, busy day and where I stand.

1. Double

This weekend Joe and I helped my brother, Joe, with some remodeling work. If you have a Joe in your family, you probably already know what characters they can be. Both my Joes are like 'joke' without the 'k'. In this photo they look a little mild, but they are usually double trouble!

2. Friday

This trailer doesn't look like much, but it is sturdy despite the fancy contraption Joe rigged up to keep the fender from flapping. He was getting it ready to do some heavy hauling on Friday.

3. Memories

We had one little snow, so I grabbed the camera and took a few quick photos. We don't get many snows around here and I don't have photos of most of them, so I wanted this one for my 'memories' sake. It was a bonus to have found this nativity scene to include in the photo.

4. Busy Day

My nephew is helping with the remodeling job. It was a busy day for him. He was working hard taking up the old tile. 

 5. Where I Stand

If you are a good hunter, you can see what I saw from where I stand or stood. It was almost dark when I took this photo. The deer were in the yard not far from my brother's house. They must have thought they were hidden from view, because I got six or eight shots before they moved on. Too bad I only had my Canon and not a rifle!

Hope you enjoy my interpretations of this week's prompts. I would love for you to leave a comment. Now I'm off to look at your photos and leave a comment. Have a great week.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday 8-31-14

August ends today. I barely even knew it was here. This year is flying by--no wonder I'm exhausted!

Joe and I have worked hard this summer. We are excited to see the progress we have made in our quest to organize the storage building. Within a few weeks we should be ready to have a 'clearance sale.' We have been fine-tuning our resale/antique business in hopes of making it more manageable during the years we should-but-will-never-be-able-to retire. My response to today's prompts give a peak into our plans for the future of our business. 

1. Back to School

School has already begun for most children, but as a home school mom, I always waited until after labor day to start classes. This is the second year that I have had no children to teach. I ran across this book in storage and decided to add it to my personal library anyway. 

2. Family

Several years ago, my brothers and I decided to start a reunion for our immediate family. The girlfriend of my nephew took this family photo with my Canon. It amazed me to see so many people all looking at the photographer, and most even were smiling!

3. Books

Joe and I share a love of books. We have bought out many book sales over the past few years. He once had a used book finding/locating service. I have wanted a used bookstore for years. A few weeks ago we happened upon a storage unit / flea market a few miles from our home. Of course, we had to stop and shop. 

We were intrigued with its success and decided to set up a book store in one of the units. For the next few weeks, Joe will be building bookshelves and I will be filling them with books. Not only is it an exciting venture, but is a giant step toward making our 'non-retirement' easier to manage. 

4. Portrait

The building we had our family reunion in had a row of these chairs. They were great for portraits. I thought of the old movies where the stairways lined with paintings of long deceased family members sitting in such chairs.  

5. Detail

Joe has tried to get me to sell this old pine box for years.

His 'practical' question for stuff I want to keep is always "What will you use it for?" I don't always know. I just know I like it. Today as we loaded books into the truck to take to our 'store', Joe came up with a great use for it--for me. We took it to the 'store' and set it up on the base of an old table, so that the lid of the box would open down. The second photo shows the detail and age of the box. It should make a great desk for the used bookstore once we are finished with it! 

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday--Week 26

This week marks half a year that I have participated in Scavenger Hunt Sunday without missing a week other than the Christmas Season--New Year when SHS was "closed". Do you think it's time for me to quick posting the week number in my post title?

Today's photos all from my archives. At least one of them is taken with an iphone 3S--before I got my Canon. The story for the prompts revolve around my only son. I don't get to see him much since he lives in Kentucky. I try to spend quality time with him whenever possible. The first picture is to introduce him. I would like you to meet my son, John.

This is one of my favorite photos of John. On this day he and I ate lunch at Los Portales in his home town. I asked what he want to do next. He chose to play pool, but was very careful to say we could do something else if I preferred. We had a great time.

1. Bubbles

Nearly every time I see John, he has changed his "look". It isn't often that he has such a short hair cut. This was taken several years ago. I can't remember what he was doing, but it made me think of blowing bubbles.

2. Jump

In this shot we were playing disc golf. It is his favorite outdoor sport. I like to play, but am not good at it. John was giving me lessons. They point he was demonstrating here had something to do with letting your arm carry the disc in front of you, let it sail, and end in a crouch. I believe there was a slight jump involved, but I honestly don't remember the "order of events". Needless to say, I'm not good at it. John, though. plays a great game!

3. Pajamas

Quite a few years ago, John helped Joe and I when we were set up at the North Dakota State fair selling marbles and a few other things. This day business was slow and John fell asleep. As you can see, he isn't wearing pajamas.

4. Blur

The day we played pool was just a week or so after I got my Canon. We took turns experimenting with it. The blur in the background of this photo is me. As with disc golf, John is skilled--I am not, but I still like to play.

5. Chalk

He has taught me it is important to put chalk on the end of the pool stick often so it won't slip away from the cue ball and ruin the shot. John is the shooter in this photo. See how holds the stick? I can't control it like he does, nor can I put such a great spin on the pool balls. 

John and I had a great time together. I hope we can do it again soon!

Thank you for joining me this week for Scavenger Hunt Sunday. I hope you enjoyed meeting my son. He is a great guy. 

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday--Week 25

Joe has been out several times over the last few weeks hunting for mushrooms. He had all but given up on finding any until a friend posted on Facebook that they found a big batch. Needless to say, this week he has been hunting with a vengeance. I went along with my Canon to record the hunt.

The first few days out we only managed to find a few dried up red morels and (which are poisonous to some people even if they are fresh) and some old puffballs and inky caps. I did get some good photos though, so it wasn't a total waste of time. I will be doing a series of posts later about edible vegetation, including mushrooms, that can be found growing wild.

My interpretations of this weeks prompts were shots I took on our mushroom hunts this week.

1. Trick

We hoped the land close to water would not be so dry and maybe we could find mushrooms. I couldn't resist taking a few shots from the bridge. When I viewed these pictures later on the computer the images in the water looked like the 'real deal'. It was quite a trick to at first. Did you think the top of the picture was the sky?

2. Selective Color

I don't seem to have a program to produce selective color, so I improvised by choosing photos from the woods that appeared naturally for this prompt. The upper picture is a beef steak mushroom. It was too old and hard to eat. Joe says they do taste like beef.

I didn't pick this nice specimen of moss up to see what it was connected to but the color was a great contrast to the leaves around it.

3. Close Up

On the way to the woods yesterday we stopped at a flea market. We found an 35mm Canon EOS Rebel X with a small lens and a 75-300mm all for $25.00. The lenses fit my digital Canon. I can sell the 35mm camera with the small lens for what I have in it and keep the 75-300mm for myself. I used it for this shot. My other lenses are image stabilizers so I wasn't sure how good this 'close-up' shot would come out with no tripod. I was quite pleased.

4. Mirror

Water is the only mirror that I've found in the woods, but it does make a good one.

5. Bright Colors

Some of my favorite shots are looking up into the trees. The deep blue sky accented by soft white clouds made a nice bright background for the green leaves on the newly budding trees. 

This picture doesn't satisfy any of the prompts but does show that we finally found morels. We were about to call it a day when Joe spotted these. We found around a gallon of them. Needless to say, Joe is a happy hunter!

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