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photo scavenger hunt ...

How on earth has another month passed me by?

I never quite made it with April's Photo Scavenger Hunt, infact you could say I failed miserably.

I did have something to do with Shakespeare (a 1st class stamp celebrating 50 years of the RSC), and an idea for an interesting shopname lined up.

A local sandwich shop called Big Baps!



Now I've made a good job of lowering the tone, I shall leave you with the list for May:
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a butterfly
a bicycle
a red door
a cartoon character
an emergency vehicle
think vintage!
something blue
a street light
texture
a sign of the zodiac
an interesting local building
a portrait in black and white

I must try harder this month!
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Photo Scavenger Hunt ...

Here are my entries for March - all twelve of them!

a lion

Lucky for me this one lives in my garden!

a rainbow

No real rainbow to be seen this month.

something green

Living lettuce!

an empty chair

Splash Point in Worthing.

something sentimental

One of my late Mum's gollys.

peeling paint

A fisherman's box along the beach at Worthing.

a collection

A small selection of my vintage Yellow Cornishware.

a ring

My maternal great-grandmother's wedding ring.

a fancy gate

I've always rather loved the gate in this old family photo.

a shadow

On TK Maxx in Worthing.

something as old as you

A card heralding my arrival!

a lamb

Taken in a field at Botolphs, West Sussex.

Please let me know if you are joining in, so I can list your blog on my sidebar.

I really don't want to miss anyone!

Here's the list for April:

April showers
breakfast
your camera
a set of keys
an interesting shopname
a cross
a church
eggs
something yellow
a sculpture
something to do with Shakespeare
something to mark St Georges Day

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February Scavenger Hunt ...

Sorry no photos from me this time.

I got nowhere near completing the list for February.

Too few days in the month, too many hours spent at work, too many depressing dull and damp weather days, and a stinky cold all did there very best to get in the way.

You could say drat, drat and double drat - triple drat!

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Signing off on a more positive note, here is the list for March:

a lion
a rainbow
something green
an empty chair
something sentimental
peeling paint
a collection
a ring
a fancy gate
a shadow
something as old as you
a lamb

I should manage this one.

I've a few ideas up me sleeve already!

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January Scavenger Hunt ...

Here are my entries for the January Photo Scavenger Hunt.

All but two were taken this month, 'specially for the challenge.

I didn't get two of the categories either.

They must have been well hidden!



an abandoned building - potting shed at Yalding Organic Gardens in Kent.



a stained-glass window - St Botolphs Church, Botolphs, West Sussex.



a goldfish - one of J's birthday cards!



yarn - bunny egg cosy!



playground equipment - playing fields, Clapham, West Sussex.



a tombstone over one hundred years old - Church of St Mary the Virgin, Clapham, West Sussex.



a reflective surface - greenbottles swimming!



something out of place - penguins on an iceberg in Portsmouth Harbour!



nature - a sparrow in hawthorn.



bubbles - a lava lamp!



The list for February is:

a bridge
something with stripes
a musical instrument
a big lorry
a round clock face
your shoes
a park bench
a newspaper headline
a postbox
eyes
red
heartshaped ...

so get scavenging!

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in a different light ...

I've been having a bit of fun playing with images of presents given to me at Christmas time, using Photobucket.

I have Glo to thank of Porcelain Rose whose very creative adaptations of her own photos gave me the idea to experiment.

The image above of a Little Book of Pins (from my lovely niece Laura) has been edited using the Popart button.



The image of wall graffiti (from my equally lovely sister-in-law Stella aka Florence Hope) has been edited using the Inkstamp button.



The image of this wonderful little sewing kit (from my friend Val) has been edited using the Old Photo button.

I think I am going to have some fun using all three!



Talking of fun, I am participating in the Photo Scavenger Hunt.

Having originally read of the challenge on Kathy's lovely blog Postcards from the PP, it seemed like a good excuse to start making headways with my new camera, and time for escapism from the humdrums of life too.

Basically you have a month in which to photograph each subject on the list set for each month.

Here is January's list.

an abandoned building
a stained glass window
a goldfish
yarn
playground equipment
a library
a tombstone over a hundred years old
your front door
a reflective surface (not a mirror)
something out of place
nature
bubbles

At the end of the month you display them on your blog, for all to see.

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