Willy Nilly Friday Five

Hello! - Well it's been a couple of weeks again since I've posted but I'm back today to join Tom (The Backroads Traveller) for:
WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE

1.  This past week I took my granddaughter and her friend to the local Corn Maze. - Didn't get any pictures because we went at night but though you might enjoy this little video of this years maze.   Click on the link:

https://www.facebook.com/365WashingtonState/videos/269031427058478/

It was a lot of fun.  We had to ask for a couple of hints to get out but for the most part we did the maze on our own.  Took us about an hour to get in and back out.

2. Coleen is really into Skeletons this year and I spotted this on the Whitman College Campus so I decided to take her to see it.  After we got there though she informed me that she'd already seen it on a field trip to the campus, bummer!  Still it made for a great photo to share.  They do have some "strange" art work on the campus.

 3. This weeks Black and White Shot and a colored version as well.

4. Some Halloween fun spotted out and about.

 

5.  Fall is still in glorious color.  I liked the way the sun was shining on this tree and the leaves on top of the roof.



6.  Spotted this on a drive this morning.

 

7.  It's Balloon Stampede Week here in town.  So far this is my favorite shot that I've taken of the balloons.  More to come in another post.

 

 



  So in honor of our Balloon Stampede I'm leaving you with this musical selection.

 

Have a great weekend.

Friday Fun - Sept. 22, 2017

Welcome!

Today is the "official" First Day of Autumn (Fall) here in the US.
One of my all time favorite seasons and it has been a beautiful day here.

So today I'm joining Tanya (Around Roanoke) for WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE

I went to Rooks Park today to take some pictures and I'm sharing some of the photos I took while I was there.

1.  I spotted a large bird flying in the air as I was walking through the park.  I managed to get a shot of the bird in flight but I'm saving that for another post. (I know rats....) - Anyway the bird landed in a tree and I was able to get some shots of it.

This is as close as I could get with the lens that I had on the camera.  The bird is some type of a hawk I believe. - Edited to add,  I now believe this bird is an Osprey rather than a Hawk.  Any birders out there to help with identification let me know.

  - Later on in this post you'll see another picture of this bird.

2.  A sign that Autumn is in the air...

 

3.  Just a pretty shot of the clouds and one of the trails in the park.

 

4.  A photo of some Queen Anne's lace in bloom. - What caught my eye was the tiny hint of "lavender" in the center of the bloom.  - That's a bit unusual.

5.  On the way out I noticed these little rock cairn formations.

 

 

6. Okay for my bonus photo...I caught another shot of the hawk in flight and after I uploaded it to the computer I noticed something cool in the shot. 

 

Be sure to enlarge the photo for better detail.

 

 

 

Do you see it? - The bird has a fish in it's talons!  My first ever capture of a bird with a fish. 

 

 

Also joining in on FRIENDLY FILL-INS on McGuffy's Reader.

 

 

Week 72: September 22, 2017

 
1. I would never be friends with someone who _______________.

2. I will never refuse ________________.

3. I have never been to                     , but                              .

4. When it comes to                            , I                              .

 

My answers: 

1.  I would never be friends with someone who cuts down others to make themselves appear to be better. - That really annoys me.

 

2.  I will never refuse a helping hand when I'm stressed out.

 

3.  I have never been to Hawaii, but I have been to Canada.

 

4.  When it come to housework, I tend to procrastinate as long as possible.

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Finally for FELINE FRIDAY (being hosted on Comedy Plus)

 

 

It's Caramel Honeybun - Checking something out that caught her attention.

 



Warm Heart Wednesday & Willy Nilly Friday Five

Hello & Welcome!

Today I am joining in on a brand new Meme called: Warm Heart Wednesday hosted by Jenny Matlock and also joining Tanya for Willy Nilly Friday Five.

 

WARM HEART WEDNESDAY - Please visit Jenny's blog and check this meme out.

Yesterday my Granddaughter Coleen surprised us (well I sort of knew about part of the surprise since she told me she was doing it for her Grandpa) by making us breakfast.  -  She got up at 5:00 am so she would be awake before her Grandpa got up.  He normally fixes her breakfast in the morning before she goes to school.  I don't get up until around 7:00. 

She made up this Menu Board of various choices for us to pick.  I had Granola Cereal, A Hard Boiled Egg & Orange Juice.  Grandpa picked Cereal and a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich.  She warms my heart by being such a thoughtful and sweet child.
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Now let's join in for some WILLY NILLY FRIDAY FIVE FUN


1.  My mom's next door neighbor has an Apple Tree in their yard.  All summer long I watched this one apple that just kept hanging on the tree until it shriveled up into a very flat looking apple.  We had very high winds this week and I decided to check and see if that apple was still there.....

"Hanging On."

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. - William Feather.

2.  I've enjoy finding some unusual stuff like that apple and the leaves below this week to photograph.  Sometimes those little unexpected and often over looked items can really be interesting and beautiful.

"Caught"

 

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.  What you have caught on film is captured forever...it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. - Aaron Siskind.

 



 

3.  Sometimes you find life can be so fun when you capture moments like this:

 

"Daring."

 

All serious daring starts from within. - Eudora Welty.

 

4.  Or this....

"Intent"

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day. - William Law

 

Just so you know, Ghost did not get that squireel but boy was that squirrel taunting him.

 

5.  I love to laugh and Coleen is really good at making me laugh.  Check this out...She'll be embarrassed by this but hey she's the one who decided to do it.

 

"Laughter"

 

A day without laughter is a day wasted. - Charlie Chaplin.

Be sure to laugh today (if you haven't already) as I would hate for your day to be wasted.

 

Have a great weekend.

 

 





Friday Fun - June 19, 2015

Welcome! - Okay let's get started on the fun.  Make not that there are several Memes featured here so if you don't see the one you are looking for keep scroll down. 

CAPTION THIS -  This is my own little "thing" that I've started doing.  Each week I post a photo and ask people to give it a Caption (you do this in the comment section) - Then next week I post the name of the person who gave the best caption.  At the end of the month those 4 winner go into a Poll to pick the winning caption for that month.  That person will receive a prize from me.

Click to Enlarge All photos.

Here is last weeks winner:  MessyMimi's Meanderings caption won.

 

I had a hard time picking a winner so I ended up cutting up the captions and picking a winner by having someone draw one of the captions out.  They were all so good this time (way to go people).

 

So here is this weeks Caption This photo:

 

 

 

You have until 12:00 am on Thursday (25th) to leave your caption.  Have fun.

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Let's join Tanya (Around Roanoke) now for WILLY-NILLY FRIDAY FIVE.

 

Today will be a bit different for me.  I generally include links about the stuff I post but that will not be the case today for all the photos. Instead I have a little "theme" going on with the photos.  You get to see if you can guess what it is. (No prize though for the correct guess) :o(

 

1.

 

 

The neighbors house across the street - Yes I (spy) on people.  Just kidding.

 

2.

Feathers from one of the colorful Phesant in our Parks Aviary.

 

3.

 

Green maples leaves

 

4.

 

Clematis vines in a neighbors yard (Yep, I'm spying again.)

 

5.

 

Power pole lines in front of my mom's house.

 

6. - Bonus photo - Same theme though.

 

Another neighbors trees.

 

Okay what do you think I was going for with these photos?

 

Time now for FELINE ART

 

 

 

The original photo:

 

 

The Artistic Version:  I edited this using a photo frame found on Pho.to

 

I love how this turned out.

 

 

That's it for today.  Coleen has a little friend staying over and we are going to go do something fun.  I'll visit your blogs when I can.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - October 5, 2014

  Welcome! -  Won't you join me now as we head out with Ashley (Ramblings and Photos) for,
SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY.

This weeks prompts were:  Autumn, Leaves, Boots,
Hot Beverage, Game. 

Click to enlarge photos.

AUTUMN:  This is my favorite season of the year and I just love it when I find scenes like this one.

This is the spillway on Millcreek at Rooks Park.  The same place I photographed the Great Egret last week.

LEAVES:  Of course I could have gone with some fall colors for leaves but instead I found these while out on a little photo shoot around town.

Varigated leaves are some of my favorites and I like the stone pillar with the lichen that they are resting up against.

BOOTS:  You've got to love an Ox wearing boots.

This bronze statue sits in Pioneer Park. - I convereted this shot to black and white and really like how it turned out. 

HOT BEVERAGE:  I so wanted something really cool for this shot but just could not get a photo I really liked and was running out of time so you have to settle for this:

Hot Apple Cider.  I wanted to include a Cinnamon stick but at $7.00 for a small bottle with about 3-4 cinnamon sticks inside I decided the cider would just go without it.

GAME:  Coleen and her new dad, Kelly like to play different games.  Here they are enjoying a game of Battleship together.

We have awful lighting in our living room so you this isn't exactly the best shot but it fits the prompt. 

It was a hard week for me with a couple of the prompts.  Maybe next week will be better.

Next weeks prompts for those who want to play along are:

1. Details

2. Friend

3. Comfort

4. Above

5. New

So that's it for this hunt.  I hope you've enjoyed your stay.  Be sure to stop by Ashley's blog and check out the other participants.  Have a great day.

A Song and a Hunt - July 28, 2013

Linking up again this week with Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) for Song-ography This weeks song was:  Here Come The Sun by George Harrison and Friends.   

Lot's of different ways to get creative with this song and photography.  I'm not sure I achieved what I was hoping for but we'll see what you think.

Click to Enlarge:

I think this has a bit of a romantic feeling to it. 




Now let's pop on over to Ashley's blog, (Ramblings and Photos) for this weeks Scavenger Hunt Sunday.

 The prompts this week were:

Cool Colors, Leaves, Iced Beverage, Cooling Off & Raw.


COOL COLORS:

Morning Glory and some little weed that I don't know the name of.  They were such soft cool colors.

LEAVES:

Spotted these very large leaves growing out from a fence by a little creek on a short afternoon walk today.

ICED BEVERAGE:  Found this recipe for a "mocktail" - They called it a Shirley Temple but I'm thinking they had to be mixed up a bit as I've never heard of a Shirley Temple fixed this way.  I wish I could have gotten a better picture but the lighting in our house sucks.
Recipe can be found here:

COOLING OFF:  - I got so lucky with this photo today.  I was watering the lawn and had just put out the peanuts for the squirrels when this little guy decided it was time to "cool off" and head for a drink.

RAW:  Couldn't decide between veggies or fruit...went with fruit.

Raw Nectarines dressed up with some Cool Whip.  Yum!