Showing posts with label scavenger hunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scavenger hunt. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Nicole B's Scavenger Hunt II (The Sequel)

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Nicole had so much fun with her first scavenger hunt she decided to do another one. And you know I couldn't pass on the opportunity.
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1. A Souvenir
Tiki idol from Coco Joe's in Hawaii, carved from lava rock. I had a whole collection of them at one time, but this one is the sole survivor I think.


2. A Fish
Taken at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. Not sure what species it is, but it's not very big.


3. A Religious Building
Technically not a "building", but certainly a place where religious observances are... observed. You probably wouldn't see it if you weren't looking for it (possibly even if you were looking for it) and no, I'm not going to say where it is. (Because there's no way to know what small-minded people might read this.) It's not "owned" by any of them, but at least three earth-based religious groups use this as a meeting place. And don't they deserve representation as well as anyone?


4. A Fire Department
If my house caught fire, this is the station that would respond. At least I hope it would be since it's the closest one.


5. A Manhole Cover
Yeah, and you should've seen the looks I got while taking this shot. At least there's no shortage of them.


6. A Postcard
I'm pretty sure my brother and his wife sent this one from their honeymoon in Toronto.


7. Water
Surf on the Rocks. The house brand is just fine with me.


8. A Communication Device
Satellite array at WRAL TV


9. A Life Event
One of the only two weddings I've ever shot. And if I don't shoot any more I'll be okay with that.


10. A Foreign Stamp
I was really scrambling to find this one. Decided that Canada was foreign enough for me.


11. A Tree
This tree survived a couple of hurricanes and who knows what else. It must be over 200 years old. It's up the road from my house at the home of one of our former mayors.


12. The Living Space of a Non-Human
I finally found out what olives in this hole. Chipmunks. Beats some of the things that could be down there for sure.


13. A Street Mirror
We don't have a lot of street mirrors here. I guess nobody's seen the need. This was the only one I could think of in fact.


14. A Decoration Fixed on a House
I almost used this as my "Foreign Flag" entry, but I already had one of those.


15. A Foreign Flag
And this was it. The Union Jack flies over the "Antique British Car Show" at North Hills Mall 5.16.2009. But I have to question the "antiquity" of some of the cars on display.


16. A Fire
No photo can do justice to this cozy bonfire at Tiff'oween '08. But people kept throwing stuff on it that made ashes float everywhere and they wound up in everything.


17. An Antenna
Transmission tower at WRAL TV. At least I'm assuming that's what it is. It's got a bunch of bling on it that I can't identify, but their "Dual Doppler 5000 Weather Radar" is outside of town, so I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with that.


18. A Phone Booth
After running all over the place trying to find a phone booth (they're getting rarer by the day I swear!) I found this one at the grocery store half a mile from my house. Figures.


19. A "Verboten" Sign
And right over the phone booth is this proclamation of verboten-isms.


20. A Beach
Beaches are something we have in abundance here, and this one is one of my favorites. The rip tide where the inlet meets the ocean makes it too dangerous to swim here, but if you get lucky you can see the dolphins at play.


21. A Cityscape
The view of Raleigh everybody shoots... southern approach on S. Saunders St.


22. Something Goofy
Some of my neighbors have a phenomenal sense of humor. This is an archive shot from last Halloween. But I couldn't resist...


23. Something Carved
Georgia O'Keefe got nothin' on me!


24. An Eye
It is too an eye!


25. Something Rural
It doesn't get a lot more rural than this. Trust me on this one. (Read: "If you hear a banjo, be afraid.")


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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Sweetsauer Photo Hunt #1

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Twenty-six shots of ... random stuff assigned by (wait for it) Kristi.
Check out the other players and vote here. (There'll be a poll there somewhere, I just don't know where yet... I'd bribe you to take a moment and vote for me, but I'm a state employee... which means I can't afford to bribe anybody. Especially now that the Governor and the General Assembly have decided they pay us too much and they want some of that money back.)

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1. Cool or Interesting Architecture
Dorton Arena: Completed 1952 and uses no internal bracing. The entire structure is supported by the roof. I call that way cool.


2. A Sign of Spring (Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere)
Dogwoods are a sure sign of spring around here. They're also the state flower.


3. Something Musical
Organ Hall UNC-Greensboro School of Music. Taken at my son's recital.


4. Something Sweet
The new "Premium" M&M's -- Mocha flavor specifically


5. Something Metallic
Part of my Halloween costume last fall. No prizes for guessing what I went as.


6. A Landscape
View from the summit of Mt. Mitchell, highest point in North America east of the Mississippi River. Hard to get more landscapey than that


7. An Interesting Doorway
I don't know what's behind the door, I just know it's part of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.


8. A Reflection
Side mirror on a 1960 Chevy Impala


9. A Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery, one of Raleigh's oldest graveyards


10. A Pair of Shoes
It's not like I own a lot of shoes. These are the best hiking boots I've ever owned though. Insulated and waterproof but breatheable and just stupid comfortable. YMMV.


11. A Body of Water
Is the Atlantic Ocean a big enough body for ya?


12. A Drink
So why do they call it "Frappuccino" anyway?


13. A Mosaic or Mural
Mural on the wall at Jimmy John's, a restaurant in Greensboro near UNC-G.


14. Rain
Rain coming off the awning at my office.


15. Classic Car (1970 or Older)
1966 Pontiac GTO - they don't get any more classic than this.


16. A Work of Art
Sixteen tons of sand became this sculpture promoting "Bug Fest" at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences


17. A Church
Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal on Hillsborough Street a block from the state capitol building


18. A Statue
Sauratown Woman, outside the NC Museum of History


19. An Interesting Sky
I call it "Hole in the Sky"


20. Something In Motion
Traffic at Night in Rochester, NY


21. Lights At Night
View from the Boylan Ave Bridge in Raleigh


22. A Silhouette
Trees on a ridgeline in the Blue Ridge Mountains


23. Something Historical (pre-1900)
Hammock House, Beaufort, NC built c.1709 rumored to be haunted by one of Blackbeard's wives


24. A Shot From An Unusual Perspective
One more time: Organ Hall UNC-Greensboro School of Music


25. Flowers
Hibiscus in my front yard


26. Self-Portrait
My hand stamp at India Fest 2009 at Dorton Arena (What, you were expecting my butt maybe? Be careful what you wish for.)


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