Scavenger Hunt Sunday 8-3-14

Joe and I spent the last few days working in our out of town storage to organize and get ready for a huge clutter sale. I took my camera and the list of prompts for this week's scavenger hunt, but never took the camera out of the case. Saturday was my last chance to get the photos I needed.

As we worked, we were plagued by wasps. Joe found the nest and doused it with white gas (for use in lanterns) because we had no wasp spray. I have never seen such an effective remedy! Immediately wasps fell from the nest. They didn't move. at. all. It killed them dead. Wasp spray or even gasoline doesn't stop them all immediately. There are always some persistent ones that have to be finished off 'by foot.'

Caution: If you use this method, do not light a match or smoke!

As soon as Joe confirmed the danger of being stung was passed, I got my camera and went for some documentation. I took three great photos, then looked in the view window.

[NO CARD IN CAMERA]

was all I saw. I went to my purse to get a card.

NO CARD IN PURSE--NO CARD IN CAMERA BAG--NO CARD ANYWHERE!

When you see a shot, don't hesitate, just take it. You never know when an emergency might arise and you desperately need such a photo! I had to look through a lot of random photos to find some that were appropriate for this weeks hunt.

1. Two Things

This picture was taken on mother's day before last. My mother and I share two things--we both wear glasses and we both have a square chin. A third way we are alike is neither of us are comfortable having our picture taken. I have finally realized the stress we feel being in front of the lens contributes greatly to the 'bad pictures' we take. I am working on getting over it. My daughter, in the middle, has never minded being in front of the lens.

2. Animal

This animal, my daughter's cat, likes to stand in the window and watch the people who are on the outside. Does that make her a reverse peeping tom?

3. Handwriting

This concrete structure is all that remains of the old blue bridge that used to carry motorists across Highway 75 just south of Okmulgee, OK. It was once in the Guinness Book of World Records. A railroad bridge ran under it and a dirt road under the railroad bridge. At the time, it was rare to have three roadways crossing the same area.

The new highway runs parallel with the old one. The structure that is left is covered with hand writing. The graffiti pays tribute to a soldier who lost his life in service for our freedom several years ago. The young man's childhood home was very close to this bridge.

4. Frozen

I walked into the bedroom to find this old air conditioner blowing hot air, but with 3/4" of ice on the coils. It was frozen up because it was low on freon. Joe was already asleep in the other room, but luckily I remembered how to fix it. I turned it to fan only rather than cool. Less than ten minutes later the ice was gone and I was able to turn it back to cool and it worked just fine.

5. Nap Time

One of the antique shows we set up at earlier this year had a dining area. No one seemed to be eating in it, but when nap time came, this guy knew right where to go! 

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by. I would love for you to leave a comment to let me know you were here. If you would like to participate in Scavenger Hunt Sunday, just click the like below.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday 7-27-14

Hi! I'm glad you stopped by to visit today. I have shared this post to a link party--Scavenger Hunt Sunday. Each week we get five word prompts and are challenged to post a picture(s) to fit each prompt. Some take a little more imagination than others. My photos for this week are below.

1. Eyes

This pair of bloodshot eyes represent a long day of work at the Antique Show in Springdale Arkansas. I'm sure they will look even worse tonight after packing up from the show.

2.Upside Down

Bridges are one of my favorite things to photograph. In this shot I like how its shadow is upside down in the water.

The water was way down when we went fishing last week. (see the fishing pole on the right?) We were able to stay in the shade under the bridge to fish. We didn't catch anything, but the shade was nice. Other times when we have been here, the water has been too high to get a good photo of the underside of the bridge. This day I was able to get a good shot of its reflection upside down in the water.

3. From Behind

This piggy bank was in the pottery store at Silver Dollar City. I took pictures of it from several angles. It worked out good for my from behind photo.

4. Sunshine

I couldn't resist this shot of the sunshine peaking into the room under the curtains in our motel room. We were a bit crowded with three adults and six children.

The sunshine was quite bright the day I took this photo. I like the way the shadows accented this shot despite the brightness of the day.

5. Cup

Today my youngest daughter turns nineteen. This cup was from her wedding shower last summer. My friend hosted it. The theme was a tea party. She did a great job of decorating for it.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. I would love for you to leave a comment. Thanks again for stopping by.

The photos in this post are the property of Martha Jane Curtis. Please ask permission before using. Thank you.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday 7-13-14

This weekend we took a road trip to Kentucky. Usually we cross the bridges over the Mississippi River when it's dark, so I never get any good pictures of the area. This time we crossed during the day and I was able to get some good photos. I am using a few of them for this weeks Scavenger Hunt.

1. Sunglasses

We were stopped for the night when I remembered it was time to post SHS pictures. I downloaded the pictures I had taken during the day, hoping to find some I could use. I squealed when I saw this one. I had forgotten about it. It fit the prompt as if I had planned it!

2. Summer

This was taken from just above the Mississippi River.  I grabbed this picture while photographing the barges. I was hoping the couple didn't notice. When I enlarged the picture, however, I saw that the dude was looking right at me. Oh, well, hopefully he wasn't upset with me.

3. Outside

This is one of my favorite bridges. Joe stopped so I could stand outside the car for this photo. 

4. Green

Everything in this shot seemed to be some shade of green. There was quite a bit of green in most of the photos I took today.

5. Healing

This is one of my grandson's favorite shirts. It seems to fit the healing prompt in a round about way.

I hope you enjoyed my post for this week's Scavenger Hunt Sunday. If you did, I would love for you to leave a comment. 

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