2012 Scavenger Hunt -- Finale

Today is the last day of the 2012 Scavenger Hunt. I had so much fun doing this Hunt that I can't wait until next year's to do it again! I found all 21 items on the list. I can't say any of them were particularly outstanding, but some were more difficult to find than others. I'd have to say Someone Playing with a Ball was my hardest and almost the last one I found. The last one was a photo of me standing beside something that signifies my country. I dreaded having my photo taken and that's why it's last.

Here's a collage of all my photo layouts that I put in an 8x8 album. The collage doesn't show them in proper order but the album goes from 1 to 21.

2012 Scavenger Hunt -- #21 A Photo of Me Next to Something that Symbolizes our Nation

I'm really sorry to see the 2012 Scavenger Hunt end for me today. I've now found all the clues, posted all the photos, and the layouts I made for the 8x8 album. What am I going to do until next year's Hunt, I ask myself? Guess I'll just have to live with the anticipation!

Here is the photo of me standing next to something that symbolizes our nation. What could symbolize our nation more than its flag? I did have plans to travel to Philadelphia and take photos of me standing beside the Liberty Bell, or perhaps visit Betsy Ross's house where the original flag was sewn together by her. These plans never materialized so the photo of me with the flag was taken in my living room. I did wash my hair but forgot to put on makeup because my husband was hurrying me. He has some important he wants to do and I held him up by primping. Men have no patience.

So here I am, in all my glory, simply holding my American flag.

African Violets

A few months back, we went to a flea market held by our local fire company. I tend to stop and talk with people (I always hated when my mother did this, and here I am doing it!) I stopped at this one table because I was curious about two light stands that were on a gentlemen's table. He explained that they used to grow African Violets as a hobby, and the lights were specifically designed for this type of plant. We talked for a while about how I have never been able to get an African Violet plant to re-bloom after receiving them for gifts. He finally talked me into buying one of the plant stands for $5.00. He originally asked $10.00 but wanted to prove to me that even I could get them to bloom.

So, the next day I went to the nursery and bought an African Violet plant. Now I regret not buying both of the light stands because he was right and here's my photo to prove it. Wish I knew how to get in touch with him, but I don't think he was local.

Nuts to You Squirrel

The other day, my husband got the tractor out to cut the grass. He backed it out of the shed but when he to put it into drive gear, it would budge. He tried everything he could think of short of taking the battery out--which he finally did. Underneath the battery he went to the spot where the gears would engage and found a black walnut. We have dozens of squirrels bringing their black walnut treats from the house down the street that has several black walnuts trees. Why they come to our deck to eat them is still a mystery.

We are assuming they got into the shed and hid the black walnuts for food in the winter. We found a pile of them in the corner of the shed but probably one of them somehow got into the tractor.

Here's the evidence...look within the white circle.

2012 Scavenger Hunt -- $14 A Person Playing with a Ball

I think I'm going to make it to the end of the Scavenger Hunt! I only have one more clue and that one will be easy--it's #21 a photo of me standing next to something that symbolizes our nation. I just have to wash my hair and put on a bit of makeup so I don't scare you all!

Here's my photos and layout of a person playing with a ball. It was my husband who finally came to my rescue and said, "why don't we go over to the sports club and see if anyone is on the outdoor tennis courts?" I belong to this sports club and go three times a week. You'd think I would have remembered they have outdoor tennis courts. I was always checking on the indoor courts, and since the weather is nice most people play outside until it's too cold. No wonder I could never find anyone indoors!

The photos aren't that great because of all the blue tarps around the courts to prevent the balls from getting stuck in the fence, and probably privacy for those who play like I do.

School Photos

I enjoyed school, I really did. One of the events I always looked forward to was having our yearly photos taken. Since this is an important moment in a child's life, and maybe the only photo of them taken during that year, you would think the photographer might tell the students when they weren't look quite right. Maybe the hair is a little messy, or a ribbon is not on straight. This never happens, though, as evidenced by the photo taken of me when I was about six or seven. When I brought the proofs home, my mother looked at the photographs, and then looked up at me crying. She calmly said, "Perhaps we should only get the minimum this year." You have to love a mother who would purchase the photos even when they are so bad.

Learn Something New Every Day

Although I still have two clues to hunt down for the 2012 Scavenger Hunt, I am starting Shimelle's class Learn Something New Every Day (LSND) It will run for the entire month of September and is a lot of fun to do. No pressure with this class because I'll be using the 4x6 album set that Shimelle has kindly provided.

All I have to do is record something I learned the previous day. So my first posting for LSND will be tomorrow. I haven't learned anything today--it's too early in the day!

For the Scavenger Hunt I have to find someone playing with a ball, and a photo of me with something that symbolizes our nation. I had intended to travel to downtown Philadelphia and have a photo taken of me in front of the Liberty Bell. I haven't been able to schedule that so I may just take the easy way out and hold a flag for the picture taking. We'll see.

Anyway, I hope you all stick with me throughout Shimelle's LSND class to see my postings.