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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Winter Scavenger Hunt

Winter Scavenger Hunt - one of my favorite types of posts.  We are challenged by a list of clues for the photos we should take.  

1 PEOPLE AT WORK 

Preparing for the harvest - Birch Bay State Park

2 LUGGAGE
 Some  of my bears having a tussle over who gets to go on vacation with us 

3 DOMESTIC TRIVIA
Ingredients for making oatmeal cookies

4 A WINTER'S TALE (OR TAIL) 
Bald Eagle soaring high

5 PASSENGERS 

Shorebirds floating by on logs at Wiley Slough, Fir Island

6 WRAPPING PAPER


7 ON THE WATER
 Pintails overwintering in our area
Mallards - Birch Bay State Park

8 SILVER 
 A cell phone tower on top of an old silo
And more traditional - silverware, ready for a buffet lunch

9 IN THE MAKING 
Spider web on a misty morning on Lopez Island

10 HAVING FUN 
Dressed for Halloween (a little early for winter) and looking at a painted rock that was hidden on our deck.

11 LIBRARY/BOOK SHOP 
Tiny library in a neighborhood - they even have a chair if you want to sit awhile and read

12 STATIONERY
After painting the geraniums on sheet music I am going make lighter prints and turn them into the background of stationary.

13 A LINE OF - -
 Trumpeter Swans
Shorebirds - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs 

14 STONES 
I painted  this stone - ready for Valentine's Day

15 BOW
 To the right of the arrow on the map is the small town of Bow, WA - a wonderful tiny town with a sweet cafe where we like to eat when out on bird watching expeditions
A delicious burger and salad fuels us up for more bird watching

16 A SENSE OF HISTORY
 The family has painted hearts with the wedding dates and names of parents and children on the side of their barn 
 My own personal history - I first saw these watermelon dessert dishes in 1964 in a cookbook illustration - and I've looked for them ever since - thrift stores - yard sales - antique stores - ebay - etsy
Recently we found them on Etsy - and they were a Valentine's Day gift from Don. 
 This is the illustration in the cookbook that sent me searching for over 50 years.
And this is the cookbook - printed in 1959 - it was a wedding gift in 1964.


17 MANY 
The flock extended far beyond the sides of this photo - it was estimated that the entire flock was 30,000 to 40,000 Snow Geese - they overwinter in our area every year.

18 SIGNPOST
A little bird told me

19 A PAIR OF -
 Trumpeter swans - flocks of them also overwinter in our area

20 DETAIL

 Full moon - taken from our deck.  My camera is a Nikon CoolPix P600 - and yes, I do use a tripod for steadiness.

21 HANDLE
 Croquet set on our deck

22 SYMMETRY
 A fence made of  snow skis

23 A HEART
Trumpeter swans

24 STEAM/SMOKE/MIST
Morning sun as the fog lifts in the woods across from our home.

25 A PEEK INSIDE

This has been fun - thanks to Eileen at A Bracelet of Days  - hop over and see what others are finding on their scavenger hunts.



















5 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Love those rainbow/chakra hearts painted on the stone!

Tom said...

...what fun, i haven't been on a scavenger hunt in years!

Angie said...

Where do I start? So much to enjoy in this post!!! The spider web is dazzling, and the painted stone is adorable. But the trumpeter swans putting their heads together captured my heart!

Lorrie said...

So many interesting and fun photos. You did well with the challenge. All those snow geese are amazing!

Maggie said...

JoAnn , as always you have created a wonderful innovative collection and really thought 'outside the box ' .The bird ones are beautiful. Your determination to find those dishes is amazing. Surely you couldn't have left any of those dear little teddies at home?