Photo Board Assignment: Winter Scavenger Hunt, January-April, 2012

[PrincessInOz]

At night, there was another free concert…this time at the Myer Music Bowl.

There was a percussion band on stage, The More the Merrier, conducted by Sergei Golovko

Shall we call him The Grand Pooh Bah?

Sergei Golovko is supposed to be internationally known for playing the marimba and xylophone. He did come back on stage to play later in the concert…and here’s how he came back….Painting the Town Red.

Be Still my Heart

It takes Two to Tango

Hanging in the Balance

Look What the Cat Dragged In! Kilted bagpiper has been a favourite of our previous hunts! Yes, that is a Goat he's playing.

Boys will be Boys

Vicious Circle Maybe more circle and less vicious!

Let there be Light

Colour My World

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Very entertaining, Princess!

But I'm still a little over the goat!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Finally have some ready!

Icing on the cake (DD made these lemon cupcakes!)

Elvis has left the building

Jack of all trades

We had a debate in our house on what to call this shot.

I had Close but no cigar in mind. But I think DD pegged it with It takes two to tango

Wing it

Not enough room to swing a cat

Lost in the city

Crime Doesn’t Pay (Double parked outside the donut shop. )

A dime a dozen

Writing on the wall

Paint the town red

Every cloud has a silver lining

Eat, drink and be merry

Straight and narrow

Double whammy

 

[Pea-n-Me]

In the spirit of the Hunt...

we thought we'd take a little trek up to a neat, old burial ground where many of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower and other settlers of Plymouth, MA, are buried. Burial Hill

Graveyard Shift

So far, so good. Nice, sunny day.

Managed to get a Coast is clear from inside

DS, the Apple of my eye, climbed up a wall to capture a shot from a headstone with his new PEN.

Oh my. Boys will be boys

He managed to do pretty well On the side of angels

But being up there by himself apparently Gave him the willies and he couldn't jump down fast enough!

He waited for me to come get his camera, but I couldn't resist getting a shot from this unusual angle first before he began Dropping like flies.

I honestly didn't plan to include these shots but I noticed tonight when I was looking at them, a weird grey mist in the bottom right hand corner that wasn't in other shots in the series except this next shot, that also had it in a slightly different spot.

I know many people think of these things as Old wives tales but DS saw them and was like

I don't know what anyone else sees but looking closely we see a little "lady" in the second one that looks something like the "Hurry Baaack" lady from Haunted Mansion!

We looked back on some of the other shots he took of the headstone and noticed in this shot that it belonged to a woman named Rebecah Sears, whose birthdate, I believe was July 29, 1783!

No offense, Rebecah - but Good Riddance!

 

[plyeng2ff]

This is Moses, my Fat Cat

Awesome picture my older cat Midnight is famous for drinking from the sink. Her water bowl could could be full and she still at sink but no pictures for me she don't like her picture being taken.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Awesome picture my older cat Midnight is famous for drinking from the sink. Her water bowl could could be full and she still at sink but no pictures for me she don't like her picture being taken.

Maybe you'll get lucky in the next 3 months.

 

[hjd0411]

I am loving seeing everyone's photos - they are all great!
Linda - that photo of the graveyard - That is really spooky..!!! Great capture though!

OK - here goes...

It has been Raining cats and dogs here for more than a week so I have been unable to get out on my days off, so here it is at work:

A little birdie told me that they were about to leave their nest (they did the afternoon after I took this photo!)

(Sorry about the date stamp - I didn't realise it was on there until yesterday!)
This could also go under the title of Give me the willies as the birds are Willy Wagtails..!!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Nice pictures all.

Linda - Love the Elvis!


Heather - those Willies are so cute!

 

[plyeng2ff]

Maybe you'll get lucky in the next 3 months.

Highly doubt it.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Chinese New Year - Melbourne Downtown Celebrations

Melbourne Chinatown held their celebrations on Sunday 29 Jan. Here's some of what I saw.


Writing on the Wall This sign is meant to deter people from graffiti'ing on the wall. Anyone else think there's an irony in this?

Love is a Many Splendoured Thing I was marking out time waiting for the Lion and Dragon dances to commence, when this caught my eye.

Bolt Up and possibly Spitting Image

Vicious Circle

The Dragon Dance on New Year’s Day is said to scare away the evil spirits and all the bad luck with them. The longer the dragon, the more good luck it brings. The Dragon follows a man carrying a ball on a stick, known as the "Pearl of Wisdom". It is said that the Dragon chasing this "pearl of wisdom" represents the Dragon's way to pursue insight and knowledge.

Making Ends Meet

The next group of dancers came along....I figured I’d just get a snap or two in and then pack up and leave…. Pretty in pink really isn’t my thing.

I delayed a little bit as one of the dances started with the ribbons…

And then I realized that this was going to be one of those Rabbit out of the Hat tricks…..

….or more the point….Dragon out of the Lotus flowers!

These dragons really are Straight and Narrow

Smoke and Mirrors The 'horns' on the Dragons are meant to be mirrors.

Tons of people around....Not enough Space to Swing a Cat

We looked around some more...and I found this!


Saved by the Bell It's a Wishing Bell!

All that Glitters is Not Gold

Grand Pooh Bah This current Dai Loong in Melbourne was commissioned in 2003 and is named the Millenium Dragon. It is the largest processional dragon in the world and the head weighs 200 kg.

See the man in the White Shirt with the Red Tie holding up the right side of the dragon's head? He's the Grand Pooh Bah too. He is the current Premier of Victoria, Ted Ballieu. (I guess he's like your State Governers).

Long in the Tooth

Thankfully for me, the next major event in town isn't going to happen until MARCH (so you might all be safe from more pictures until then ).

 

[hjd0411]

PrincessinOz - those Chinese New Year pictures are great! Looks like a fabulous celebration!
Those willy wagtails are the 2nd lot of 3 sets of baby birds I have had in a nest just outside my front door! There have been 7 babies in all and it has been wonderful watching them grow and then leave the nest! They hang around for a while after they leave the nest too playing in the garden!

 

[KLEONARD]

Barking up the wrong tree.

 

[kofslinky]

A face only a mother could love. That is, until he tried to burn down her castle in another vain attempt to catch Robin Hood.


Oodilaly by bianchiea5, on Flickr

And I'm now very proud of my picture, since that makes 10 topics and I have finished my first scavenger hunt! (I'm going to keep trying for pictures cause it's fun though.)

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Hey, where'd everyone go??

Helllllllloooooooo out there! Anyone here?

 

[PrincessInOz]

I'm still here....but I have kaput'er problems. Got a message that my hard drive failure was likely.

I've been busy backing up everything, double and triple, and shopping for a new computer.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Let's keep this going!

I know people are out there shooting - let's get your shots posted!

 

[eblong]

Straight and Narrow (C&O Canal)

Also Straight and Narrow

Spitting Image

Hanging by a thread

Boys will be Boys

Hindsight is 20-20

The early bird catches the worm (even it it's swimming)

 

[PrincessInOz]

Savour the Moment

Just for a bit of fun, my company has launched a photography competition which they plan to run regularly. The inaugural photography competition topic was "Festive".

Each employee is allowed to submit up to two pictures.

Judging is by two 'panels'. The first was by a popular vote of all entries.....all employees were allowed to vote for the picture they liked the best.
The second is by a panel of photography 'professionals'.

Every picture (anonymous) is judged by both panels.

I missed out on the populous vote. But what can I say? I'm used to not being popular.

But the "professional judged" category.....

The second verse of the Australian National Anthem starts with:

"Beneath our Radiant Southern Cross"....which is the caption for my picture below.

I won first prize, which is a $200 voucher to one of the photography shops in Australia.

Savouring the moment right now!

 

[rmdavis]

Congratulations Princess. I love the shot


and great shots and interpretations by everyone here. Hopefully everything here will slow down enough for me to play soon.

 

[hjd0411]

Hey - well done Princess!!! Nice photo - and who cares what the "populous" thinks!! (Except us, of course!! )
$200 is not to be sneezed at - will definitely come in handy! Enjoy spending!