Sunday, December 9, 2012

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 12.9.12

edited with PicMonkey
It's TIME --- TIME to post this week's SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY interpretations.
The host site, RAMBLING & PHOTOS, is bound to be colorful --- especially with these words --- CALM, SEASON, WEATHER, COLORFUL & SILHOUETTE.

CALM
This love-ly cellist was sitting in a courtyard off State Street in Santa Barbara --- just waiting for her opportunity to play. JPE & I were in SB to see our nephew, Daniel, dance in his 12th year of the Nutcracker. THIS production of the Nutcracker is fairly UNIQUE --- the music is played by a live orchestra. I love the moment of CALM between the orchestra warm-ups & when the director lifts the baton before the first note is played. Ahhhh!

SEASON
"Tis the SEASON" --- for candles, snowmen (or snowpeople, if I was being gender sensitive), snow, glitter, decorated trees and houses --- on the Central Coast of California (several miles from the beach), "Tis the SEASON" for frosty mornings --- nothing like this adorable holiday village.

WEATHER
Current WEATHER --- here's a glimpse at the past week. The trees are changing colors --- we had a bit of sprinkles (or "spitting" --- barely enough to wet the ground). Oh, we also had some wind --- a couple of days, the wind chime played some light tinkling sounds.

COLORFUL
Enjoying all the COLORFUL decorations --- without the frenzy of getting our house fully decorated. I mentioned in a previous post that we're "decorating light" --- candles, JPE's miniature village, wreaths --- no Santas (yet??). We discussed using our extra time, to bake "goodies" --- our traditional treats ---  JPE will bake three types of biscotti (double-chocolate; craisin; and peppermint) --- I'll select a few holiday cookie cutters, then bake & frost the "family requested" Christmas cookies.

SILHOUETTE
Just after parking the car (Santa Barbara), I spied a fabulous art piece --- on the dark side of the street, it made a perfect SILHOUETTE against sky, as evening approached. 

The past few days I've played around with PicMonkey (free photo editing program) & then sent THE PICTURES to the kids in my family --- Lydia, Katie, Ada, Matthew & Derek. Can't wait to see them at the holidays. Hoping the technology bridges the physical distance gap!!!  

Hey --- add participating in SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY to your list of things to do --- kidding!! But, it's open to everyone. Next week's words are:  SPARKLY, DOOR, DECORATE, STRIPES & A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.



6 comments:

  1. I enjoyed your interpretations of this week's words and really like your silhouette shot.

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  2. These are so great! Calm and season are my favorites!

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  3. What a great post, your photography skills just keep getting better and better!

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  4. What a great silhouette! Perfect! In fact, your whole set of scavenges are great and full of color too!

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  5. When my granddaughter's were younger we attending The Nutcracker every year...such a wonderful holiday treat...and how nice that you nephew performs in it..what fun. Great set of challenges this week..the silhouette is lovely and I really like all the sparkles. Thanks for letting me know that your Mother is following my blog...so appreciated.

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  6. Lovely photos! The trees in your area are still beautiful--I'm a little jealous, 'cause most of the pretty leaves have already dropped around here (I'm in GA). ;) That's a fun silhouette shot!

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