Photo Board Assignment: Summer Scavenger Hunt, June-September, 2012

[Pea-n-Me]

Welcome to the Summer Scavenger Hunt!

The purpose of this Assignment is to get out and have fun using our cameras, maybe learning a few things along the way, so pictures should be new as often as possible (though if you have a relatively new picture that fits a category, you can use it). All cameras and skill levels are welcome.

We'll run until September 15th. No prizes can be rewarded other than recognition for a job well done! Once you post ten categories, however, you will be eligible to put the 2012 Summer Scavenger Hunt Avatar in your signature.

Let's see what you've got!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Anchor
Antiquated
Apparition/Spooky
Arrowhead

Best Friends
Bird Bath with bird
Black and White
Blue Ribbon
Bumble Bee

Cactus
Camera, antique
Century
Chickadee
Chilled
Cool drink with umbrella
Corsage

Dad
Decadent
Double Decker
Diner Menu
Drive Thru Attendant

Fair Food
Fedora
Fiberoptic
Fire Fly
Fishy

Gears
General Store Sign
Grapevine

Harmony
Hobby, yours
Horse and Rider Statue
Hot Air Balloon

I Beam
Illumination
In the kitchen
Irate

Lady Bug
Lazy, Hazy
Lightening
Light Trails
Lilipad

Macro
Mannequin
Mohawk or Mullet
Mosiac

Nail Art
Navajo
Newstand
Nobility
Noshery

On Sale
"O" Animal
Ozark

Painter on Ladder
Patriotic
Penny Candy
Peppermint!
Pet Riding Shotgun
Plane with banner

Rise and Shine
Rose
Rope Swing

Snow cone
Something your city or town is known for
Soulful
Splash
Steamroller
Suspension Bridge

Tadpole
Tall Ships
Toothless Grin
Tourist Map

Unicycle
Upside Down

Waitstaff, favorite
Welcome
Wild Turkey
What is it?

Yacht
Yawn

Zigzag

ETA: Thank you to BirdsOfPreyDave for making an incredibly creative list for us to use, here:

I hope Pea-n-Me doesn't mind, but because I keep forgetting what's on the list while I'm actually out and about with my camera, I decided I needed a printed version of the list. Well, I'm not one to do things half way. Here's what I'm using.

A PDF version is available here if anyone else wants to print a copy.

 

[LongLiveDisney]

This sounds like fun!

 

[rmdavis]

It's here. Thanks for doing this again Pea-n-Me

 

[PrincessInOz]

Thanks again Pea-n-me. Looks like another mixed bag of items.

 

[PrincessInOz]

I'm going to kick start this hunt.

I acknowledge that these pictures were taken in April...but it seems a shame not to share them. And I will be on the hunt for these items over the next 3 months!


Welcome

Suspension Bridge

Bumblebee

Upside down

Light Trails

 

[PrincessInOz]

Tourist Map

Fedora

Splash

Fishy (complete with Hidden Mickey)

Lily Pad

Chilled

 

[PrincessInOz]

Double Decker

Nobility
In the Buddhist faith, the Four Heavenly Kings are four gods that guard a cardinal direction. In Chinese, they are collectively known as Feng Tiao Yu Shun.

ZengZhang, Heavenly King of the South. Feng corresponds to the edge of the sword. When ghosts and monsters dare to step in, he chants an incantation and throws his magic sword up into the sky. In a flash the sword flies down like lightning, hitting, sometimes even killing the intruder. He resides in the Glass Palace on the south of the Four Heavens.

Chiogu, Heavenly King of the East. Tiao corresponds to the sound of “tune”, hence the pipa or musical instrument. On the battlefield, he plucks the musical instrument and gives his enemy a headache. So he wins the battle. He resides in the Golden Palace on the east of the Four Heavens.

Duowen, Heavenly King of the North. Yu means rain and the umbrella, although in this case he is holding a stupa. Whenever he puts up his umbrella, the sky over the battlefield turns dark and a cyclonic storm howls, sending sand and rocks whirling about. The eyesight of his rivals is sure to be impaired. Hardly has he shut up the umbrella when the rivals are drawn into it and arrested. He resides in the Crystal Palace on the north of the Four Heavens.

GuangMu, Heavenly King of the West. Shun refers to the symbol of the crimson dragon. Once released, the dragon mounts the clouds and rides the mists. All of a sudden, this animal spurts out water and disperses his enemy. He resides in the Silver Palace on the west of the Four Heavens.

What is it? These are all fruit!

Mangosteen and Dragon Fruit.

Durian.

In The Kitchen

 

[PrincessInOz]

Category Stretching....

Rope Swing We did swing on that rope a bit!

 

[Cafeen]

I finally got in from the start and have no plans on disappearing! (Granted, I didn't plan on it before either, but it just tends to happen over the holidays... but this time, I'll have a trip planned for next fall at that time, so... um... yeah).

These are a bit of at timeframe stretch as they were taken a little over a month ago. But I had this in mind... really I did.... honestly.

What is it? - I took a walk across the campus of the University of South Alabama (it was a utilitarian walk, I was walking home from work) and saw these birds. I've spent hours trying to identify them, and have come up empty. Of course, I'm most definitely not a "birder". But, I still have no clue what it is!

Lilypad

Tadpole - Granted, it's not the primary subject of the photo, it still counts though!

Something your city is known for - Mobile, AL. We're known for Azaleas (I think... we DO have a historic/natureish trail named the Azalea trail... so I'm assuming here. I'm sure that not many people know much about Mobile anyway, so I think I can sell this. Too bad it's not Mardi Gras season, as we DO have the oldest one of those in the country... yes, older than New Orleans.... not that I have any desire to head downtown for the parades though...)

So, there's 4/10. I do plan on walking home tomorrow if I'm feeling better (was sick yesterday, out sick today...) so should get some that count (except the Azaleas, they're not in season right now, and those above were stretching it for theirs, from what I understand).

Also, I'm going to be turning in some of the work late, don't flunk me! I'll be on vacation from 13 Sept - 22 Sept. It's an excused absence to visit Disn...erm.... my ailing relative. Really.

 

[Twigs]

Thanks Pea-n-Me! It looks like you are off to a good start Cafeen and Princess!

Princess in Oz - Have you ever tried a Durian? The first time I saw that fruit on TV was on Chef vs Cityy and they made a drink out of it which they said was surprisingly good. I can't imagine anyone getting that far with it from the way the smell is described!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Thanks! Hey, it's my pleasure!

It's a little stressful getting started (especially when you lose a whole list! ) but it's so much fun afterward, it's worth it!

Way to get us started, guys! Princess, you just kill me with what you have in your arsenel over there!

I have a few of my own (that admittedly may have inspired some of the categories ).

Gears

Rise and Shine

Mohawk or Mullet (You know we have to have Mullet!)

Soulful - My Girl

 

[Twigs]

I have some from my recent WDW trip:

Antiquated (Snow White's Scary Adventures is gone)

Antiquated - an 85 year old Bonsai

Double Decker the tallest topiary

Fishy

Hot Air Balloon and Upside Down

Illumination

Mosaic

 

[Twigs]

Nobility

King or in this case Queen of the Beasts

Cinderella and Prince Charming

Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip

Roses

Upside Down

Welcome

 

[Twigs]

What is it? - Naked Mole Rat

What is it? - Dragon Topiary

Zig Zag

Kidani's lobby has a lot of zig zag patterns in it

"O" Animal
Ostrich

Okapi

Owl

Yawn

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nice pics everyone.

Princess in Oz - Have you ever tried a Durian? The first time I saw that fruit on TV was on Chef vs Cityy and they made a drink out of it which they said was surprisingly good. I can't imagine anyone getting that far with it from the way the smell is described!

Twigs - I'm a child of Asia! Durian used to be one of my favourite fruits. It has a very distinctive odour but the taste is pure custard ambrosia.

It was one of the first fruits I made sure I ate when I was recently in Hong Kong.




Cafeen - Nice to see you back posting.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Twigs, I loved your Zigzag and Yawn!

How is everyone coming along? Anyone gotten out yet?

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

Patriotic


USS ANZIO mans the rails by BirdsOfPreyDave, on Flickr

 

[AndrewWG]

What is it? - I took a walk across the campus of the University of South Alabama (it was a utilitarian walk, I was walking home from work) and saw these birds. I've spent hours trying to identify them, and have come up empty. Of course, I'm most definitely not a "birder". But, I still have no clue what it is!

Looks to be some sort of Muscovy Duck maybe? The feathers don't match at all though...

 

[kofslinky]

Great list Pea-n-Me! I can't wait to get started today- I've already got some ideas floating around in my head! Great pictures so far everyone!