On the hunt

For what? For some really great ideas for my list of items on the scavenger hunt! So far I've accomplished 0 of them ...yup, I rock. I did, however, accomplish eating strawberries& whipped cream, some pasta& soon some healthy cookies! I made a cake batter pizzert yesterday& that came out alright so I'm super hoping the cookies taste as delicious as they look in those photos. My cake batter pizzer did not.

Today, in an attempt to check something off that list, I tried really hard. Mom brought home Jones soda. I know, I know. I just had a photo up of one but this time there were 3 colors& so I threw them all in the lightbox. At first I was determined to make one of the photos work for my 'abstract' photo but I just am not skilled enough. More specifically, what IS an abstract photo? Can I take a photo of an abstract painting? No? Oh well. I tried!

So now instead of being able to say I checked something off my scavenger hunt list, all I can say is I have some okay-ish photos of 3 bottles of pop. I don't even drink the stuff. Or, at least, not that frequently. I may indulge in the occasional white cream soda. Only because it's like crack though. Thankfully, Mom didn't bring any of the good stuff home and I will faithfully remain a non-pop drinker for a few more months. Do you guys drink pop? Do you have a favorite kind? Mostly I like things because they are pretty. My number one rule is that I must, at the very least, find it cute (except my dog, obviously). Hence my liking of Jones! I have no use for Coke or Pepsi (except Pepsi throw back) because well ..they're boring. Sorry, faithful one-or-the-other drinking readers I have out there!

Thankfully for you folks, that's really all I have to say on the subject of soda ;) My cookies just came out of the oven& I'm ready to go outside for a bit with the pup before I go for an evening tea. Before you go though, I'm going to leave with 2 more photos!

Phew! You made it through all that carbonated nonsense and back to the written word ..congratulations! If you lived a little closer (or if you are close), come on over and enjoy a cookie with me! They certainly smell delicious.

PS I think I need an About Me page and I have no idea what to put in it. Do you folks have any burning questions about me that desperately need their own FAQ/ about page? Probably not but I keep wanting to ask other bloggers questions and I love when people have About Me pages so now I want one. Only problem? I have no idea what to put in it because when it boils right down to it I'm pretty sure I'm not that interesting. LOL!

Rock me like a hurricane

The hurricane has made it to my island, folks! It's windy but apparently also very mild out! On the agenda for today is going to watch a horse whisperer ..assuming he is still coming out in this weather! The wind is really starting to pick up. Crystal is out there brushing the horses and telling me none of them have blown away yet but I'm not sure I believe her!

I also decided to participate in the scavenger hunt photo challenge for next Sunday ..I have to get photos of 5 things. They are:
-Stairs
-Macro
-Clouds
-Abstract
-Smile

Feeling sort of lost for these except stairs& smile. I don't have a macro lens so it's going to only be a sort-of macro. I also don't know how to make clouds visually striking or have any concept of what 'macro' means. Should be an adventure. I have an entire week to try& find a photo for each topic though so I won't be too concerned ..yet. Saturday evening when I still have 0 of the photos will be another story. Trying to be proactive& prevent that! I will probably google them& see what others have done with them ..is that cheating?

I'm so lost when it comes to blogging photography contests. To be less specific? I'm so lost when it comes to photography in general. Oh well. I'm hoping to get some really great action shots from this horse whisperer breaking these 3 horses to saddle today. All I can do is practice and hope that I either get better eventually or that if I don't get better, I also get over wanting to take photos. Here is a bottle of Jones soda.

What does that have to do with anything? Nothing really other than exemplifying that I don't really know what I'm doing but I'm still trying really hard& hoping I'm improving at least a little. So that is my post for the day ..my photography dilemma. Now off to enjoy the hurricane winds!