Greetings & Good Morning. Today is our second link in for the 2021 Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt (SPSH) - the easing, but not gone pandemic restrictions edition. June 1st - September 30, 2021
Listed below are the folks wanting to link in & in no particular order. After that are some of my finds. Next Link In Date is the final one Friday, October 1st
Eileen at: A Bracelet of Days
Ruth at: This West London Life
Deb at: Debs14 Blogspot
Bless at: My Two Cents
Joy at: Forty Three, The Final Front Door
Nil at: The Little House by the Lake
Karen at: Random Reflections
Amanda at: Amandas-Scrapbook-Pages
Anne at: New Happenings at the Table
Leslie at: Once Upon a Time Happily Everafter
Liz at: Life at the Gables.
Kirstin at: Loving Life
Louise at: Louise's Book Buzz
And now to some of my latest finds:
#2 Favourite Time of The Day: morning, I have always been a morning person & in the Summer & early Autumn you can find me sitting on the patio to enjoy the morning quiet & the way the sun appears across the field.
#3 Something To Represent Home But Not The Building: my cats represent home to me as they are a huge part of the comfort I find at home. (yes they are on the table ... but at least we were done lunch 😊)
#8 Window Views: this is the church I attend & for the last 17 months I have only been able to view from the outside & I have missed looking out the stain glass windows from the inside. There are 5 types of windows in this photo & each one frames the same view in a different way.
#18 Upside Down, Right Side Up: our crazy black squirrels.
#20 Decades of Sharing: I believe this set of corn on the cob "plates" is from the 80's possibly the 70's. I inherited this set from my Foster Mom a couple years ago when she was downsizing to move into a senior's apartment. They, at the time, amused me, so yes I lay claim to them. Maybe after this season of fresh corn on the cob they might be part of the August de-cluttering challenge!
Alternate B: A Local Landmark: this home was once a private boy's school known as The Academy, built in 1853 by William Wetherald, a Quaker. The school closed in 1883. The movie, Agnes of God, used this home as the convent. The current owners use not only as their home but as their art gallery & pre-COVID, each August they hosted an open house to the gallery. Maybe next year.
And that is a wrap for me for now. Our next check in/link in will be the day after the closing of the 2021 SPSH, Friday October 1st.
What great finds - those cheeky squirrels are perfect for the upside down right way up prompt! What a pretty church, you must be longing to get back to see the view from the windows from the inside.
ReplyDeleteOur church is a classic Anglican style & I was pleased when we added on they kept the style intact.
DeleteWhat a great set of finds! I hope you're able to be back inside your church soon. Your black squirrel is perfect for the upside down, right side up. :)
ReplyDeleteI am not happy with the squirrels right now - rather destructive behaviour of late. Back to church is suppose to happen September 12th - we'll see.
DeleteA lovely selection of photos, Mary-Lou. I especially liked your art of the fold cards. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bless, I have been watching a few uTube vids for some of the special folds, I few we did before the pandemic in card class.
DeleteI love your photos for clouds! Also your lovely patio and darling cats! Great finds. Mine went up this morning; I have more to find--good thing we have some time!
ReplyDeleteLately we have been getting the build up of big fluffy clouds, they almost look like you could just flop into one.
DeleteLove your morning photo - definitely my favorite time of the day as well!!
ReplyDeleteThere is something extra special about the quiet of the morning.
DeleteA cute photo of your cats. I like the squirrel photo and the early morning on the patio is just perfect.
ReplyDeleteMy kitties are so part of my everyday joys.
DeleteCame looking for the update date and found this post. Will get my update together this weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhat terrific photos you added to your finds for the month. We don't have squirrels here in El Paso and I am not sure we have black squirrels at all. Never have seen them anyway. That was a fun capture. What a lovely patio space to welcome the day on. Morning is my favorite time of day, too. Although, I probably prefer sunsets to sunrises. That corn set is so fun. We have the corn handles but not those cute little dishes to set the cobs on. I think you should hang on to them!!
Black squirrels along with red squirrels are native to Canada, but we also have the American grey in abundance! I have previously purchased new corn cob holders, but for the life of me I cannot remember what amused me about the dishes.
DeleteWhat cute kitties they are and I am so envious of your crafting abilities - card making always eluded my skill set. I'm a little late with my link up - I went away on the 8th and completely forgot to schedule the post!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see your final photos.
Thanks Louise, I so want to be a card stamper but when I attempt at home, which I have had to do for the last 17 months, my attempts fail. I am so looking forward to attending card classes again, but probably not until 2022!
DeleteGreat photos for the prompts. I especially like the corn on the cob set. I remember Mom having something similar
ReplyDeleteI am not sure I am sold on keeping the corn cob dishes, but I have to admit they do make rolling again & again in the melted butter so much easier. Maybe a second thought on de-cluttering them (lol).
DeleteWhat a lovely collection of cards! I was intrigued by all your different folds, and I love the stitching effect round the edges of some of them. Hard to believe that such innocent looking clouds could hold such force ... That's a lovely spot in the morning - so relaxing to look out at the fields. Though I'm guessing there might be gnashing of teeth if your squirrels are anywhere near as destructive as ours!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are beautiful! I have a few of these prompts that I'm struggling with and am glad for some inspiration. I only have 4 prompts left so I know I can do it but I just have to get myself out there for the final push.
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