Scavenger Hunt

New week - new scavenger hunt - join in the fun.

WALKING

One of my favorite horses - walking up to the fence to greet us.

YUMMY

My very favorite sandwich - Monte Cristo - layers of  ham, turkey, cheese - then cooked like French Toast - oh my it is good.  This one was at a restaurant in Ellensburg on our way to Soap Lake.  It was the special of the day and not always on their menu.  A crispy, chilled salad completed the lunch!!

A Bunny Bum Cake that I made one easter for the grandsons - they,of course, thought this was very funny.

And to balance - bunny face cupcakes - love the spaghetti whiskers

 

And one more yummy - raspberry jam - cooked in the cold winter months, from berries frozen in the summer, when the farm stands are full of berries fresh from the fields.

FAVORITE TOY

You must know what my favorite toy is - my lovely camera - or favorite toys - lovely cameras - I have three of them.

This little lady rides in my pocket at all times - ready for a quick shot of the grandsons, or a flower, or a scene from the car.  She takes fabulous pictures at 60 mph.  She's my oldest camera right now.

This is the big one - the one that can zoom up to 140x and brings tiny things up close and personal.

The back is amazing - the screen flips out and also rotates - making it easier to get a high shot while viewing it in a comfortable position.

Part of each day, this camera is on the tripod in the living room window - trained on the bird feeders on the deck.  Sometimes it catches birds, sometimes squirrels trying in vain to get into the squirrel proof feeders and sometimes it catches the neighbor's cat.

Who me?

This is the newest member of the family - great for close ups and macros. It was a gift from our son and DIL when they came to visit last September.  It took a lot of photos of their son, Donnie, while they were visiting.  This one lives mostly in the house - ready for photo shoots of dishes, flowers and all sorts of pretties.

I'm lucky to have such favorite toys.

WHAT I DID THIS WEEK

Well, I played with my toys - and took lots of photos.

Wild Bleeding Heart alongside a country road

A Chickadee in our yard

A picture of the almost full moon - with a branch in front of the  moon.  You can see the outline of the lichen on the branch.

A big old red barn

And with the big camera on the tripod - some Pine Siskins at the feeders.

The tiny flock flew in - ate some seeds and left - never to return since.  

I was so lucky to get these shots - I happened to look up at the right time - and was able to sneak to the camera without frightening the birds off.

ANYTHING

I played with my zoom on the big camera at the sailboat races this week.  Here are the sailboats as you would see them with just your eyes.

Bringing them a little closer - 35X

Now 74X - you can begin to see that there are some people on the sailboats.

At 114 X - people are clearer

And now at 140X - you can see the people clearly. This is the boat with the red sail in the middle of the first photo of sailboats, you can see the reflection of the red sail in the water in this photo.  These boats didn't get much closer than in the first shot - it was all done with the camera - zoom - zoom!

That was fun!

Scavenger Hunt