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Photo Hunt – Orange & Electric

12 September, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Electric” and here are my choices for this week.

Blackpool lights – print photo scan

Arthur’s Seat, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

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Last week’s theme was ”Orange” … not “Curved” as I originally posted!! It appears I stuffed up last week’s Photo Hunt, as I accidentally published a post meant for December 5 instead of September 5!!! So here are some choices for last week’s theme of Orange:

Sunset at Oia, Santorini, Greece

Carp in the Chinese Friendship Gardens, Sydney, Australia

Animals & Insects, Cairns, Christmas, Napier & Hawkes Bay, Photo Hunt, PhotoHunt, Queensland

Photo Hunt – Surprise

29 August, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Surprise” and we got a Surprise when we saw this sight in Napier, New Zealand last Christmas – unfortunately times are really tough, and it appears the reindeers have all been made redundant … there may be delays in gifts arriving this year! 😛

Then imagine our Surprise when we turned a corner in a Queensland Zoo and found this ‘little’ Surprise waiting for us on the footpath looking all brave! Yep, definitely a surprise when we’d only just recently been looking at one of its relatives behind wire bars!! Here’s an Iguana enjoying its day in the sun 😀

Birds, Ducks, Melbourne, Photo Hunt, PhotoHunt

Photo Hunt – Ripples

22 August, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Ripples”.

Flowers Trees & Gardens, Photo Hunt, PhotoHunt, sculptures

Photo Hunt – Artificial

15 August, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Artificial” and here’s a photo I’ve used before – artificial, wooden tulips.

And one of my favourite shots of a sculpture in Melbourne – don’t know why I love this one, but I do…

Animals & Insects, Flowers Trees & Gardens, Melbourne, Photo Hunt, PhotoHunt, Travel - Australia

Photo Hunt – Low

8 August, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Low” and I had to get down “Low” to take this photo of wee toadstools in the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens, Melbourne.

Or perhaps cattle low-ing … OK, so they weren’t lowing, but I’m struggling with this week’s theme a tad, can you tell? LOL.

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Photo Hunt – Entertainment

3 August, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Entertainment” and this guy kept us entertained when we were killing some time in Fremantle, WA.

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Photo Hunt – Utensils

25 July, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Utensils” and these are a selection of some of my favourite Utensils … ones for my stitching ~~obsession~~ hobby – this is probably about 2/3 of my collection … yep, LOVE those scissors! 😀

One thing that draws me to some of my favourite scissors are the beautiful designs on the handles – this design is one of my all-time favourites:

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Photo Hunt – Rock(s)

18 July, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

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This week’s theme is ”Rock(s)” and I’ve chosen two separate interpretations this week – first up is some rocks on Flynn’s Beach, Port Macquarie:

Next up are two shots of “The Rocks”, one of the most historical areas of Sydney, on Sydney harbour.

Chatelaine, Cross Stitch, Finishes, PhotoHunt, Stitching Leporello, Works in Progress

No Photo Hunt this week

12 July, 200925 February, 2012 Anne S

… Because the week’s theme is “Garbage”, and to be honest I don’t feel like taking photos of rubbish bins or its contents, and I can’t think of anything clever that’s not actual rubbish … so for me this week’s theme is garbage and I’m not playing …

Instead this weekend I took Thursday and Friday off, and caught up with a friend from Melbourne on Thursday night before she flew out to Tokyo – then on Friday I managed to pick up yet ANOTHER blasted viral infection and over the last 2-3 days have had a blocked nose, raging sore throat, and today have added sore ears into the mix … never ever in all my life have I had such a rotten run with viral infections – I’m starting to think the boy in the bubble had a brilliant idea!!! At least I have plenty of cold & flu tablets left over after the last bout, so I’m well set up!

Due to feeling not too crash hot over the last few days, while my stitching has been relatively non-stop during the day, my pace has been very very slow – I have, however, managed to meet my UFO challenge for this month by completing the final of the 4 larger pieces of Chatelaine’s Stitching Leporello. I have to say this is definitely my least favourite piece of all of them – I really don’t like much at all about this section. The colours, in my eyes, are quite washed out, and an odd blend, and I really detest the acorns and leaves – they seem almost ‘clumsy’ in the middle there. Unfortunately I wasn’t clever enough to try to replace them, and by that stage pretty much “over” stitching it, so I just wanted to get the darned thing finished and off the Qsnaps to be replaced by something else. Only two more ‘medium’ sized pieces to go and it’s all finished. I’m a bit tempted to just keep stitching until it’s finished, but after the totally unenjoyable stitching session I’ve just finished, I feel like something simple to cheer me up in the meantime.

I’ll leave you with photos, before I head back into the warm cozy confines of my bed once again …