Scavenger Hunt ~ March 2012

Well, where did March go? My feet haven't touched these last few weeks. It's been mad busy in work and and not much better at home to be honest, but thankfully it's finally the Easter Hols! 

Two whole blissful weeks! Yippee!!!

I made a good start on my photos this month and then ground to a dismal halt. I took my last one today, and really had run out of ideas for some of the titles.

Buttons ~ on a stall in Camden Passage

Words ~ I love this!!!

Street Name ~ take your pick!

Half a face ~ in Camden Market

Fashion ~ in Camden Market

City ~ London

Landmark ~ the Liver Building in Liverpool

Fancy ~ wrought ironwork under Chester's clock

Square ~ Trafalgar Square

 Morning~ a quiet moment in my classroom before the children arrive

Kitchen ~ My favourite part of our kitchen

Theatre ~ failed on this one as I just didn't get near a theatre this month, so I ended up using a flyer that popped through our letter box.

I've just put the linky on the page at the top of this post, and I'll leave it open for a week!

Here's next month's list:

rock

in/out

amazing

can't live without

on the move

smile

spring

multi-coloured

sticky

tangle

indulgence

direction

Happy Hunting!!!

March's List!

Hi there!
I've enjoyed looking at everyone's entries for February. There's some wonderful photographs out there. I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to comment on them all. It's been a mad week at work, with a dreaded Ofsted inspection! All over now, thank goodness!

Here's the Scavenger List for March as promised:

morning
buttons
square
kitchen
theatre
street name
fancy
landmark
fashion
words
city
half a face

Happy Hunting!

Calling all Scavengers

Welcome to the first Scavenger hunt of 2012. 

The rules are as simple as always.

Take one photograph for each word on the list during the month. 

They are completely open to your own interpretation. 

That's the joy of the game .... everyone has so many different ideas!

If you are absolutely desperate you can 'scavenge' from older photographs, I suppose, but it must be something you have taken!!!

And just publish them on your blog by the end of the month! Voila!

You can also add your posts to the Linky  on the page on the top of my post each month>

soft

2

blur

in season

in my bathroom

mess

information

company

warning

odd

in the distance 

entrance

It will great to welcome old friends back ..... but anyone is most welcome to join in. 

You don't have to ask.... just jump in!!!!

Happy Hunting!

The Christmas Alphabet ~ December's Scavenger Hunt

I've really enjoyed this Scavenger Hunt. My photographs aren't technically good, but they give a flavour of what Christmas means to me!

I think we've all got the same one for Q!

A is for

An angel in the book shop at York Minster

B is for

A Bauble

C is for

The Christmas Crib ... we've been collecting the figures for this one for years on our trips to France. This year we added the hen and the goose.

D is for

Driving home for Christmas .... from Yorkshire to Cheshire on the M62

E is for

An Evergreen Wreath

F is for

A Fairground Ride in Liverpool One's Christmas Wonderland

G is for

Gold brought by the three wise men (in York Minster)

H is for

Holly

I is for

Icing on the cake (made by me ... thanks Mary Berry!)

J is for

Jingle Bells

K is for

The Three Kings

L is for

Lights in York

M is for

A Market Stall in Liverpool's Church Street

N is for

The Nutcracker 

O is for

Oranges .... I always had an orange in the toe of my Christmas stocking, did you?

P is for

A Perky Penguin in a Christmas scarf

Q is for

The Queen's Speech on Christmas Day

R is for

This handsome reindeer is in the centre of Liverpool

S is for

A snowflake

T is for

The table .... I was going to snap the turkey, but forgot!

U is for

Upside-down tree 
(these are really on sale at my local garden centre!)

V is for

Vase

W is for

A Winter Wonderland jewellery shop display

X is for

Kisses on a card from a child in my class , thank you Molly!

Y is for

Yuletide in York

Z is for

ZZZZZ .... this is an old photo of Inca, who was a Christmas puppy. Four years later she still spent Christmas sleeping, only she's much bigger now and not as cute!


I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's Christmas ABC, and I'll post a new list for 2012 very soon!

Scavenger Hunt December Special

Welcome to the last Scavenger Hunt of 2011. 

Before I go any further, I would just like to thank every single person who has taken part in my little game this year. 

What started off as a diversion to keep me amused, has grown into something truly amazing!!! 

I can't believe how so many of you have taken it to your hearts and have published your collections faithfully at the end of every month ..... without you I would have fizzled out in February!

I have loved looking at everyone's interpretations of the same titles ... with so many similarities and differences from all over the country, and from all over the world!!! 

I promise I have looked at every collection I have seen published, 

even if I haven't always had the time to comment.

I have met so many new friends ... so many like minded people. 

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

I thought we might end the year with a challenge .....

How do you fancy a Christmas Alphabet ?

26 photographs .... or is that too many? 

Here's one to start you off!

I just thought that most of us will be snap-happy over the next few weeks anyway 

It shouldn't be too much trouble ~ should it?

Meanwhile, do you want to carry on with the Scavenger Hunt in 2012?

Or should we let it rest for a while ...... I'm open to your suggestions!

September List

I'm still on holiday, but I know some of you will be eagerly waiting for September's list, so I've left it here to be scheduled .... I hope it works!
I'm looking forward to catching up with all your collections for August when I get back!


back to school
the football/soccer season
what's in your bag?
relaxation
Harvest
a pile of things
your desk/workspace
a public telephone box
something taller than you
apples
a road sign
a view from above

Happy Hunting!

Catching up!

I've been mad busy these last few days catching up with everything after our long weekend away ... you know how it goes ... there was no food in the house ... but there was mountains of washing and ironing to do! Where does it all come from?

But I've also been trying to catch up with nice things too, like everything that's been going on in blogland .... so many posts to read!

Everyone seems to have loved this ... and I've caught up with all the best bits on Youtube!

And I've been trying to catch up with everybody's April Scavenger Hunt collections.

As always there are some very inventive 'snappers' out there ... especially for the Shakespeare and St. George titles ... just wonderful! If you haven't seen them yet check out the linky at the top of my page!

I haven't had a chance to comment much this month but I have done my very best to read everyone's posts ... and I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with for May!

Another day off for me tomorrow ... our school is used as a polling station! I don't know how we're going to cope with five days next week!

Photo Scavenger Hunt ~ May's List!

As promised here's the new list :

a butterfly
a bicycle
a red door
a cartoon character
an emergency vehicle
think vintage!
something blue
a street light
texture
a sign of the zodiac
an interesting local building
a portrait in black and white

Happy hunting!

January Scavenger Hunt

I can't believe the level of interest that has been shown in this little venture. 

I just started it up to give me a bit of focus for taking photographs during the winter, and I thought one or two other bloggers might like to join in. Nearly one month after that first post people are still asking if they can do it too.

The answer is YES of course you can!!!!

If you click on the link on my side bar it should take you to a Flickr group where you can post your photos for January. I've just put mine on, only eleven at the moment 'cos I'm stuck on one!

There's also a page at the top of my blog which has a 'linky' ... where you can add your photos for one week starting from January 30th. You should be able to put this 'linky' on your own blog so you'll have everyone's photos too.

If you don't want to do either of these, just do a post and show your photos there .... plenty of people will see them whichever way you choose!

Now, this is the first time I've ever attempted to do something like this, and it all sounds a bit technical to me, so I've got my fingers crossed

(and everything else crossed too!)

If it all works, I'll post the list for February very soon!