Round Robin Challenge: Close

The challenge this week is "Focus on the Details...". Tammie Jean, author of the blog, "Long Drive to Nowhere" has challenged us to pay attention to what's around us, details we may miss through not paying attention. ...with this topic ... we can reveal those things that hide in plain sight. They can be large or small or tiny, exotic or everyday: the shape of a particular mountain ridge, a wallpaper pattern, a fine bit of wood carving, the veins in an insect's wing, or a thousand other examples.

I kept this challenge in mind while I was in Las Vegas last week; here are my catches:

This was part of the ceiling walking from Paris Las Vegas to the hotel/casino next door...I had to lay down on the floor to get the shot!

This was the ceiling of one of the hotels at the check in area...all lovely glass flowers! Don't they look like colorful jellyfish?

This image is a PERFECT example of WHY you should pay attention to your shots...damn tour guide!

In this shot, there was so much going on, so much to look at...but I was focused on one little thing...can you see? [you can click on it to enlarge it]

Sometimes you have to look beyond the prickly parts of life to see the beauty.

It helps to have an imagination. You might see a tree...I see a pointy rabbit shadow!

You know the old saying you can get blood out of a rock? Well, apparently in Vegas you can get SAP out of a rock...it was 117 the day I took this picture!

There was a herd of horses...and one pregnant mare...in that horrid heat!

Last but not least, while this wasn't taken in Vegas, it is a close up shot...
The Poppet Choir sings:

"Oh we can't waaaaaaait
for Harry Potterrrrrrr
and The Deathlyyyyyy
Hallooooowwwsss!!!"

Can you tell what I'm impatiently waiting for! I pre-ordered it thru Amazon today...!!!

Round Robin Challenge: Butterflies

The challenge this week is "Freaks of Nature...or Butterflies". Meg, author of the blog, "In Quest Of" has decided "Fabulous Freaks Of Nature," will be our new challenge subject. Her concept is to have us show off unusual natural finds, such as " an oddly grown tomato, a weird tree, six toes on a puppy... you get the idea." Yeah, like 8 knees on an elephant, or someone who actually looks like a Picasso painting, or maybe even a monkey with male pattern baldness, or a kangaroo with three left feet! Oh, oh, I know... a hummingbird that knows the words. Tee Hee. :) Now, "if for some reason you can't seem to find a local FREAK OF NATURE, that is odd or funny enough to strike our fancy, then post your best shot of butterflies...beautiful butterflies."


Since I couldn't find any "freaks of nature", I decided to use butterflies :-) Hope you like 'em!