Back in the Saddle… {Scavenger Hunt Sunday}

I’m hoping that the upturn of weather means I’ll be more photographically active again. As it is, I had to sort of reinvent one of the prompts to make them all fit ;).

All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.

1. Vintage 
“Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.” — Heinrich Heine.
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2. Word or Quote 
Time wasted is existence, used is life. ~Edward Young.
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Health is not valued until sickness comes. ~Thomas Fuller.
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3. Nature’s Own
“Just living is not enough…One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~Hans Christian Anderson
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Nature reclaims what humans destroy
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4. People 

People Destroy
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And then rebuild
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5. Photographer’s Choice
“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.” ~Rabindranath Tagore.
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A Simple Thing:
Something that I’ve come to enjoy finding is a wonderful vintage book. I love that the local half-price books carry them and once in a while I find one that is in excellent condition from the 19th century…If I can snatch it up right away. Like this one I got several months ago.

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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Too Cold (Scavenger Hunt Sunday)

First half of the week was nice and almost warm, but I’ve been on a bit of a cleaning binge. By the end of the week it was too cold for me to feel eager to get out and get pictures. So about 2/3 of this weeks pictures are archive pictures from last winter.

All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.

1. Stacked Up 
“Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.” — George Sheehan.
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2. Winter Wonderland 
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. ~Anne Bradstreet.
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3. Sweet 
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life As love’s young dream. ~Thomas More
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4. Frozen 

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5. Hole
Down the rabbit hole…
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A Simple Thing:
As I said, I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning this week. Decluttering. Organizing the house. I’m spring cleaning ahead of the spring. One of my simple pleasures this week was setting up this organization central. So everyone makes sure I know what’s going on….and the wants and needs are so we see every day what we want/need and maybe take more care with our frugality.

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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Photo Mojo Returns

After a few blah months where my camera languished in silence, I felt a bit revitalized this week. I think having a “take everywhere” camera in my new phone has helped a little.

All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.

1. One Color
“Of all the hues, reds have the most potency. If there is one electric blue, a dozen reds are so charged. Use them to punctuate white, burn into bronzes, or dynamite black.” — Jack Lenor Larsen.
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2. Laundry
The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell. ~Joseph Smith.
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3. Empty
The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing. ~Natalie Kocsis
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New Years Day – Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ~Mark Twain
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4. One Dozen
A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg. ~Samuel Butler
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We went from no Barbie dolls to a dozen in a matter of days (Thanks, Santa).
P.S. There is a dozen, but one’s face is hidden, count the exposed arms. LOL.
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5. Soft
Instead of going w/ a soft item, I chose soft focus of a flame.
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A Simple Thing:
First a gorgeous sunset, followed the next day by a most beautiful sunrise.

The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper, set the clouds to one great roof of flame above the earth. ~Elizabeth Coatsworth
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There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. ~Bern Williams
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Weekly Winners – Christmas Traditions

All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

1. Less is More
The girls have yet to learn that when it comes to ornaments – less is more.

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2. Holiday Lights

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3. Ornaments
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4. Cup of Cheer

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5. Nativity
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A Simple Thing:
My kids looking at classic window displays like I did at their age.

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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Weekly Winners – Holidays are Here Edition

All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

Christmas on the square. A photo walk with the kid. Trying to find photos to fit all the hunt items is a little tough, and I fudged on a couple while I had extras for others. Here we are :D.

1. Waiting
Waiting for Spring

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Waiting for Snow
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2. Foliage
The leaves of a pine wreath

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There weren’t any leaves left on the trees, so I got this cool bark. It looks like camouflage.
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3. Candid
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4. Knife Fork or Spoon
A Fork in the Road

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5. Rule of Thirds
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A Simple Thing:
This heart shaped rock I found on my photo walk is my simple thing this week.

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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.

Weekly Winners – The Next Week I Won’t Cram Edition

All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.

After missing last week, and cramming everything in last minute this week, I’m looking forward to actually having some time this coming week to get SHS done more efficiently.  In the meantime, here’s my submissions for this week. I almost caved and did this all archive photos since I had so many relevant photos to the prompts, but I decided to settle for as many new pictures as possible and adding some smaller versions of archived photos when I knew I just HAD to. (it happened a few times…) Unfortunately no time for my usual quotes accompanying the pictures this week 🙁 I’ll return to that next week.

1. Mainly 1 Color
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2. Around the Home
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3. Reflection

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4. Writing
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5. Water
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A Simple Thing:
We’re dog sitting my parents dog this week. Her big expressive brown eyes are my simple thing this week.
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.