Finding anything remotely Gray in the middle of Summer is no easy feat, but this is exactly what joining in Project 64: Out of the box required this week!
Also perfect for Justine Gordon's patterns and repetitions theme !
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Whilst parts of the world are in the midst of severe winter weather conditions, in Australia we have been inundated with floods, cyclones and heatwave conditions. Here in Sydney we are onto our seventh consecutive day of unrelenting heatwave, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees. It has been difficult to summon the strength to do any activity, but here regardless is my Scavenger Hunt Sunday, heatwave hunt!!!The prompts this week were 1. Quote 2. Water 3. Activity 4. Window 5. Page 25 of a magazine.
3. Window: Well I certainly have an abundance of windows - great for letting in light, but not the best for keeping out the HEAT!
4. Activity: About the only activity we can summons ourselves to do this week is a trip to the beach!
1.Quote: As Chinese New Year celebrations have been in full swing this week, thought it appropriate that my quote should come from a fortune cookie - I can never resist breaking them open!
2. Water: One of the few positive things about this heat is the way the sun plays upon the water tips!
5.Magazine ( Page 25). In true "Serendipity" spirit it was most appropriate that the first magazine that I pick up and turn to page twenty five should contain as it's heading "Here comes the Sun"! Enough!!no more sun.... Please!
Feel free to send some of your cool breezes my way!!!!!!!
I decided that I would link up again this week with Ashley Silk's Scavenger Hunt Sunday. My challenges was to find the beauty in the following ordinary objects.1. Beverage, 2. Texture 3. Button 4. Fog 5. Seventies.
Beverage: Just one of the many drinks from my "Alice in Wonderland" high tea party!
Texture: I just love the texture of this lovely old paperbark tree, reminds me of the "Faraway Tree"
Button: I found the simple "button" the hardest of them all!
Fog: With no fog in sight ( or any chance of any) I had to resort to my bathroom mirror.
Seventies: At least I have an obliging participant who is willing to help me out when I'm in a pinch!!!!
Hunting for Chestnuts in Summer is no easy feat! Yet that is precisely what I have been doing since I decided to join the Project 64 Colour Challenge! This challenge required me to find the colour chestnut and called for some serious 'thinking outside the square'. Fortunately on my beach walk today I found the answer!
When you look at this you may see a vibrant blue bluebottle. But when I look at this all I see is thousands upon thousands of grains of chestnut coloured sand!!!
When you look at this you may see a vibrant blue bluebottle. But when I look at this all I see is thousands upon thousands of grains of chestnut coloured sand!!!
Unfortunately so intent was I upon my newly discovered chestnuts I accidently stepped upon several unsuspecting bluebottles and ended up requiring some vinegar for my stings - the lengths we will go to for a photo!!!!
I am actually quite perplexed to realise that I have this obsession. Whilst I enjoy eating pears, it is not their flavour, smell or texture that seems to appeal to me, but their actual form. Why? I do not know.
How is it, that I have sat here surrounded by this obsession for so long and yet been totally oblivous to it?
I had so much fun joining Scavenger Hunt Sunday last week I thought I would challenge myself to try it again this week! The prompts for this week were: 1. Memories, 2.Silhouette 3. Doorway 4. Reflection 5.Silver.
Silhouette: I really enjoyed looking for silhouettes. Found this one on my evening walk.
Doorway: Running out of time I didn't have time to look any further than my own front door!
Silver : I hadn't appreciated how difficult it was to photograph silver. I can certainly see why it was chosen as one of the challenges!
Memories: Far too many memories to choose, so thought I would share my memory wall instead!
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Silhouette: I really enjoyed looking for silhouettes. Found this one on my evening walk.
Reflection: I took this earlier in the week when I was practising working on my lighting.
What is it about dandelion clocks? Every time I see one it takes me back to my childhood where we would tell the time by blowing on them and counting how many puffs it took for them to float away. I have evidently passed this onto my children, who can not pass one by without doing it too!
