Round Robin Challenge: Gimme, Gimme

The challenge this week is Gimme, Gimme; Karen, author of the blog, "Outpost Mâvarin" selected the challenge:

C'mon, admit it. We all get greedy sometimes, and we all want something. Maybe we indulge ourselves, and buy that latte, ice cream cone, book or BMW, and maybe we don't. But it doesn't stop us wanting.

So show us what you want. It can be something huge and expensive, or a little thing you might buy on a whim; a habit you're trying to break, or the goal for which you're breaking that habit. Concrete or abstract, your own want or something your kids or your cats keep begging for, it's all good. If you can capture it in a camera lens, go for it!

Wolf, enjoying some Molasses Tipsycake ice cream!

Max, enjoying some strawberry icecream!

Linking List:

1. Karen (Outpost Mavarin) - POSTED!
2. Carly (Ellipsis) - POSTED!
3. Kerrin (A New Day, A New Photo) - POSTED!
4. Vicki (My Maracas)
5. Nancy (Nancyluvspix) - POSTED!
6. Steven (sometimes)photoblog)
7. Brandon (A Visual Experiment) - POSTED!
8. Gattina (Keyhole Pictures) - POSTED!

Harry Potter Party in Harvard Sq!!!

Ooooh, my...I might have to go check this out!

Round Robin Challenge: The Road Less Traveled

The challenge this week is The Road Less Traveled and Vicki, author of the blog, "Maraca" selected the challenge. A fine topic for this summer’s traveling season. The road is wide open for you and your camera, have you taken the road less traveled? Always, Vicki!

The Road Less Traveled...altho I didn't take this picture, I AM in it!

The road to the right is called Sodom Road...that's definitely a road less traveled (NEVER travelled!) for me!

Truly a road less travelled...and guarded by a fierce gargoyle!

For those of you suffering from the heat, here's a shot of a road that shouldn't be traveled at all!

A lovely deserted side street in the Latin Quarter of Paris

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! Also, I have a new layout, courtesy of my friend, Heather, of Goofy Girl Designs! Isn't she talented??? Thank you SO much Heather!

And yes, I know the "More" page is gobbledygook right now...I have to make changes to it!

A perfect summer's day!

Sitting on the porch, watching the sky

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!

Round Robin Challenge: Mailboxes

The challenge this week is "Mailboxes".


Waiting For The Mail, a sculpture by Lowell Davis. He is most famous for his detailed porcelain sculptures of domesticated farm animals and says:

I think the animals were the magic of my work. I have a dog that paid for this entire farm. Just an old dog that I bought for a dollar at a pound. She had mange and blisters all over. They were going to destroy her that afternoon. I said, "I’ll take that one." She went to all my shows with me. I used her in four figurines and eleven plates. The very first figurine I did was the dog sitting by the mailbox. It was an instant hit. She made me tons of money. I still give her a little credit for paying for the farm. In fact, that’s why I put a paw print on my work.

I have quite a few of his sculptures, used to collect them in my 20s :-)

Pink Lady Slipper

Took Wolf for a walk in the woods today and saw these lovely rare pink Lady Slippers!

Like me

Dirty and a bit old, but still there

Crash into me

Oh I watch you there
through the window
And I stare at you
You wear nothing but you
wear it so well
tied up and twisted
the way I'd like to be
For you, for me, come crash
into me

Round Robin Challenge: Pink

The challenge this week is "Pink".


Pink rose: When Mom was in the nursing home, someone gave her a HUGE bouquet of flowers, and there were these beautiful pink roses
Lost doll: Took this shot for my friend Krista, she loves dollies ;-) This particular one was just laying on Hampton beach, all by itself.
Target: This shot was taken at a resort in the Bahamas...I just loved that it looked like a target LOL!
Pink dog: Poor lil lost doggie, took this in Newburyport, MA

More tiny things

This flower was the size of my thumbnail!

Diane & Bailey

I love this picture of Diane and Bailey! They look so relaxed and happy :-)

the leaves are coming out!

Looks a bit like a hanging bat, doesn't it? Or is it only me? :-)

Skunk cabbage

This is skunk cabbage; so called because if you tear off a leaf, a pungent odor is released. If you don't touch it, it's just a pretty green leafy plant, eh? It's not poisonous, and the odor attracts insects to pollinate it. It's said the odor may also discourage large animals from disturbing or damaging the plant, which typically grows near wetlands.

the tiniest of things

There was a hiking group behind me, laughing and talking and making a TON of noise...but I lost myself in shooting this picture and they went away :-)

25

Need a quarter?

Watchful

I was out taking pictures recently and noticed this little girl...she was staring at a passing car and I loved the intense look on her face!

Waiting and reading

Round Robin Challenge: Nature

The challenge this week is "Nature". I'm a bit late this week, sorry!


Winter: Snowy day in Meredith NH
Spring: Forsythia is always my first sign of spring!
Summer: Summer solstice moon, right before my birthday
Autumn: My favorite season!