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Friday 29 May 2020

MAY PHOTO SCAVENER HUNT - 2020

Joining in once again with Kate from I live, I love, I craft, I am me, for the scavenger word hunt.
Wow, did I find this one difficult and not because of the words, but more than likely these unreal times we are experiencing.  I had high hopes for the words to start with & it just fizzled, so have had to go to the archives yesterday & scout around.  Hope it doesn't disappoint.
1.  TRIANGLE.
I think I've shown this before, but it looks triangular shaped to me.  We see many of these teepee type structures on the beach at Inverloch, I guess made by visitors, from the flotsam that gets washed down from the river & the scrub that lines the shore.  This beach has been getting badly eroded over many years & the native plants are succumbing to the battering. 

2.  CIRCLE.
Thinking about this one, I'd just heard something about the cancellation of the Olympics, which got me thinking about rings & circles and I remembered this photo I took at Lake Wendourie in Ballarat a few years ago.  My Dad spent a few weeks here in 1956 for the games, relaying messages across the world from the rowing venue on the lake.  He was a telegraphist & I was all of 7 years old & so excited when he came home to hear all about it.
 
3.  SPLAT.
I had to scan this one from an album.  When we belonged to the Morris Minor Touring Club, we had many adventures across much of this wide brown land.  We had been travelling along the Sturt Highway between Mildura & Euston & went into a service station & realised we had a bad case of BUG SPLAT.  So much you could barely read the number plate.  This photo was taken in the late 90s.

4.  SQUARE.
Lovely mosaic squares on the wall in the park at Thornton-le-Dale in North Yorkshire, which I posted about earlier this year from our holiday in 2019.

5.  STAR.
Notice the the star in the background of this bit of paving at York Gate Garden, in Adel, a suburb of Leeds.  I took this photo in 2016 & if you click on it, there is also some writing around the edge as well as the shamrock compass in the centre.  DH did point out that I could have used this for circle too.

6.  MY OWN CHOICE.
Using my older small camera the other day, I found a few odd photos lurking on it & thought I'd use this one for my own choice, as I really could not think.....
This is a beautiful stained glass window on Flinders Street Station in Melbourne with the old clocks denoting times when trains are leaving for the different lines fanning out over the suburban rail network.
Well, that is my lot for this month & although tougher than usual, I'm pleased I've done it.
Maybe things will get easier, though I know life will never be the same as before.  I suppose life is more about what lies ahead of us & the past is a bank of memories & at least I've got photos to go with those memories.
I'll be looking in on the other hunters later.
Have a great weekend, take care, stay safe and huggles from down under.
Susan.

27 comments:

  1. You did really well with your photo choices. I had to look hard to see the star in the circle and yes, your hubby is right :)
    Take one day at a time Susan, take care to stay safe x

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    1. Thanks Eileen. The star is hard to see & reminds me of a quilt pattern.

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  2. It's always fun seeing what you come up with to go along with the words, I think you did really well. It's a good job you've got a big archive of photos to choose from.

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    1. Thanks Jo. Glad you enjoy & yes I'm glad I have quite an archive, as I'm sure you have too.

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  3. Lovely selection Susan, spanning both your UK visits and your wanderings around Australia. I always look forward to seeing your choices. Stay well and safe. xx

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    1. Thanks Carol. It's been hard to think in this weird time, so the archives are really coming in handy & wondering if we'll ever be able to travel again.

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  4. I have also been to York Gate Garden, loved it there, it was a garden we had to study as part of the RHS course. Thanks for remind being me of it 😊

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    1. Thanks Kate for both comment & this hunt. I loved York Gate & often have one of it's photos as my desktop wallpaper. Oh dear, the shamrock has a date & isn't compass points. I wonder how many have noticed?

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  5. This post is inspired and I love your choice of photos. I'm particularly interested to see pictures of Oz. As I think I've said, I spent a wonderful year there in 1975-6. I liked the beach photo, and was interested to hear about the problems with erosion.

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    1. Thank you & hope you enjoy seeing my photos. Just thinking...1975/76 DH & I were still living in Sydney & I was pregnant with my 2nd. Hmmm.... Erosion seems to be getting worse in some places along our coastline & is a worry.

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  6. I always love your photos Susan, and this month's are great - the beach one is fabulous ... and I love the mosaic squares ... It must have been so exciting waiting for your Dad to tell of his adventures .... this was a fun challenge this month - stay safe and well - things will get better - sending you hugs from up north xx

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    1. Thanks Fil. Glad you enjoyed & I was also looking forward to your next trip over here, but suppose that is now on hold for the foreseeable future. (sad face).

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  7. Love your selection. The Triangle one caught my eye as did the splat one but my favourite, is the stained glass window; reminds me of work from Charles Rennie MackIntosh. Thank goodness for photo archives!

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    1. Thanks M. I do like the teepees on the beach & always look to see how many there are, when we can go out(haha). I love stained glass windows too & yes the archives definitely come in handy.

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  8. Great choices I love triangle and bug splat. The window is lovely too. Take care:)

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    1. Thanks Rosie. Glad the "splat" got a couple of mentions. It was quite gross, actually.

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  9. Some fantastic shapes in your photographs.

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  10. I too had to look in the old photograhps this time.
    I love the beach triangle one, so atmospheric, I wonder what generation of people made that, young, mid life, old?
    Take care
    (big hug) x

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    1. Thanks Julie. I'm not sure who builds them, whether locals or visitors. There are a lot of holiday homes & a caravan park so has a big influx of people in summer. It takes us about an 3/4 to an hour to get there.

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  11. I do like your choices here, especially the triangle one.

    All the best Jan

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  12. This is a brilliant collection, I liked them all!

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    1. Thanks Louise. Tougher at the moment due to not being able to go far & winter on the way.

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  13. You chose some great photos for the shapes, I really like the triangle teepee and that stained glass is gorgeous!

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  14. Oh Susan I love your interpretations! Who would have thought of bug splats! My mind kept wandering to bird 'splats' but I really didn't want to go there and couldn't find one anyway!!
    Don't you just love seeing those flotsam sculptures? Or the smaller stone tower thingy's? I love the ingenuity and impetuousness of people!

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    1. Thanks Evi. Bug splats are so typically Australian I thought & would be a bit quirky for all the English hunters. I love walking beaches too, to see what there is washed up on the shore. Next holiday to the mainland you can check them out.......

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  15. Lovely photo's, thank you Susan. I looked at the last one and knew immediately it was Melbourne but until i managed to see the clocks couldn't think where. Melbourne is my favourite "Me time" holiday place and I will miss not going this year.

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