Week 44 in Pictures

Last week was probably the looooooongest week in the history of weeks!  The rain started on Saturday, October 27 and continued until Saturday, November 3.  Eight straight days of cold, miserable, windy rain.  We did get a break every now and then ... and the sun even tried to come out a few times on Friday and Saturday.  But overall, it was a very blah week.  We are blessed in the fact that Hurricane Sandy didn't leave much destruction in her path in our area.  Things were predicted to be much worse than they actually are.  I wish I could say the same for those east of us.  We are keeping those folks in our prayers.

I predicted that I would struggle to pick up my camera during the rainy weather and I did.  Several of these photos are "cheats".  I took all of these photos this week, but some were taken on the same day.  We'll just pretend they are from the day I say they are, okay?  :)

{Sunday}

Gross, rainy weather.  I even added a colorful gradient to make my original photo more appealing, but it didn't help much.  :)

{Monday}

The nuttiest Nuthatch that frequents my feeder.  I just love this little guy.  He's so fun to watch.

{Tuesday}

I decided to play around with some low-key photography since I don't do it often.  I'm not sure I did it right, but I like the way it turned out.

{Wednesday}

Despite the fact that my kids don't go trick or treating, we still seem to end up with a huge bowl of candy.

{Thursday}

Poor Blue Jay.  Soaking wet in all this rain.  I was pretty pumped to have gotten this photo of him though, since he is pretty elusive and usually flies away as soon as he sees me.

{Friday}

Very rare to have another photo of me so soon (just featured one last week).  Especially since I hate self-portraits.  :)

I set out with the intention of getting a much-needed haircut and ended up having my perm straightened.  It had grown out 5-6 inches anyway so it was either get another perm or go straight.  I thought I'd try straight for a while.  The girls at the salon kept asking me if I had colored my hair at all.  Strangely, no, I don't color my hair.  The light and dark streaks are all natural.

{Saturday}

Keira got invited to a costume party at a friend's house.  And they ended up going trick or treating.  Fourteen years old and she finally got to go.  :)  Anyway, after much costume searching and deciding, she went as a gypsy.  The clothes were found at Good Will and most of the accessories were borrowed from my MIL.  (And as you can tell, the sun was out for a bit.  But on our way to drop Keira off at the friend's house, it was raining and sunny and we got to see a gorgeous rainbow).

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 9.25.11

Time for another Scavenger Hunt!  After missing last week due to my weekend away with my wonderful husband, I'm glad to be back this week.  Our items to find this week were Low Key, The Color Wheel - Monochromatic/Analogous Color, Circle, Scarf, and Phone.  I don't think I nailed a few of these, but here they are anyway. :)

{low key}

So I thought it would be cool to take a picture of the kids while they were watching their portable DVD player.  I told them they needed to be really still so the photo wasn't blurry.  They decided that they should hold their breath also, which is why they have chipmunk cheeks.  I'm not sure this is "low key" but I'm sticking with it.  And I'm embracing the noise.  :)

{color wheel}

Again, not sure this is exactly right, but this yellowish/white mushroom in the green grass, I thought, fell into the analogous category.  Maybe?

{circle}

This is actually from my archives.  It was taken at our local farm show back in August.  It would have been even better if there had been a horse hooked up to it and someone driving the cart, but I take what I can get.

{scarf}

Taken this morning after church.  Keira wearing her sparkly scarf.

{phone}

Also taken after church this morning.  I'm probably one of the few people left on the planet that still has a TracFone as opposed to one of the new smart phones (hence the occasional smart-phone envy on my part).  But I can make and receive calls and even text on it, so it works for me right now.  And it doesn't cost us an arm and a leg to have it, which is even better.  I love the look on Nick's face ... like "don't bother me, I'm texting."  (He wasn't really though ... just pretending so Mom could get a picture for this category).  :)

If you'd like to join in for next week (and you really should if you haven't been!), the items to find are:

1. Inspired by a Book or Movie
2. Brown (Paper Heart Camera prompt)
3. Hazy (Olivia's suggestion)
4. Coffee or Tea (Olivia's suggestion)
5. Linger (Olivia's suggestion)  

Head over to Ashley's to see other interpretations of this week's hunt items.  I'm looking forward to seeing what some others have come up with!
Have a great Sunday!

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