Scavenger Hunt Sunday 05.05.13

Hello!  And welcome to another Scavenger Hunt Sunday!  I had another crazy, busy week and am pleasantly surprised that I was able to find a photo to fit each prompt this week.

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We have these beautiful blossoming trees behind our house.  The other evening after a walk I asked Alex if he would pose in front of them so I could see how they looked as a background.  Surprisingly he agreed.

{spotted or dots}

We had the privilege of welcoming a Black Swallowtail into the world this week.  He'd been in chrysalis since September.  He was magnificent with his white spots and areas of blue and orange.  I shared a post last week on the different stages called Waiting for a Butterfly in case you'd like to check it out.

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Now that spring has finally arrived, the weather has mostly been gorgeous!  Honey and I enjoyed a walk/run on the bike trail on Wednesday where we came across these beautiful buds.

{motion}

On Friday I chaperoned Alex's field trip to the Children's Museum.  When you looked up in the art room, there were all these streamers hanging from the ceiling so I just had to take a picture.  If you mouse over the photo, you can see the photo before I added twirl and liquify filters in PSE in order to give the illusion of motion.

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Alex has decided that he wants to learn to play the violin.  Keira was so sweet to allow him to try playing hers for a few minutes.  When we rent one for him, it will be much smaller than her full-sized one.

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week!

Oh, and in case you are interested, I'm giving away a super cute children's book.  Hop over and enter to win!  Today is the last day to enter!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 09.30.12

I'm feeling a little off my game this week.  We had a very gray, rainy week, with some sunshine thrown in the mix.  But it has left me a bit uninspired.  I need to stop letting the weather dictate my moods, I know.  I did manage to round up some photos for the hunt though.

This week's items are Yellow, Getting ready, Bright, Teeny tiny, and Connections.

{yellow}

Our maple tree leaves aren't usually so colorful when they hit the ground.  But I did manage to find this one that was mostly yellow.

{getting ready}

We spent most of the afternoon on Saturday getting ready for Keira's 14th birthday party.  YIKES!  I can't believe my baby girl, once 6 pounds 5 ounces, is now a 14-year-old!  Anyway, I decided to keep things simple and just make cupcakes instead of a cake that would then need decorating.  Keira had fun putting the icing on the cupcakes.  And we found these music notes at our local cake/candy store.

{bright}

Keira is not only a bright, beautiful young lady, she was also complaining that my reflector was shining the sun right back into her eyes and it was really bright!  :)  But I wanted some practice with the reflector and I love having the sun behind her because I love that glow from her hair.

{teeny tiny}

The corn tassels, which I just read are the male flower of the corn plant, are teeny tiny.  According to ehow, the silk is the female flower.  How did I never know that?

{connections}

This is our 16th and last Monarch butterfly of this year.  And while it may be a stretch for this prompt, I can't help but feel a connection with each butterfly we raise.

Thanks for stopping by!  If you'd like to play along for next week's Scavenger Hunt, these are the items to look for:

1. Shadow
2. Keys
3. Smile
4. Unedited
5. Spice

Have a great week!

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