Cheating for a scavenger hunt

I had decided to join Ashley's scavenger hunt this week before I saw the list of items. And there it was. The self portrait. I told Ashley it was fate. She told me to use one from my archives. It sounded like a good idea to me. Why be creative when I can just be lazy?

1. Self portrait

Everyone seemed so fascinated with this one. If you're curious, I explained how I got this shot HERE.



But I really like this one. Mostly just because I feel like such a rebel.



I'm rather intrigued and obsessed with the process of taking self portraits. It's like opening a jar full of monkeys (or opening the door to the chicken coop). You just never know what's going to happen.

2. Handmade


Great Grandma F. made hats for everyone. It brought her much joy. She made this one for our little Bean. We didn't know she was going to be a girl, but apparently Grandma did. She passed away a month before the Bean was born.

3. Orange


All he wanted was some lovin'. All I wanted was to keep him more than a foot and a half away from me for just a few seconds so I could get this shot. Prior to that, we had a little commotion. I told him it wasn't classy to steal bread from the chickens and then smack them when they tried to take it back. Then again, chickens are thieves too. Maybe it was good for them.

I did not add a vignette to that photo. Approximately 2.7 seconds later it began to snow.

4. Candle

Epic FAIL! I wasted how much of my life trying to get a decent photo of a candle? I'm just going to pretend this wasn't on the list.

5. Traffic signals or signs


Some very odd things have been left here by previous residents: wedding photographs in the basement, pheasant in the freezer, a gigantic satellite dish in a tree row, a human foot buried in the backyard, a barn cat (see above). And some sort of road construction or detour sign, or at least part of it.