MADE IT...JUST!

Who can believe that tomorrow is September the 21st?!......officially the end of Summer, my MIL's Birthday, the day 'the girls' go home ( good news for my kidneys but not for Boo, who has been walked beyond her wildest imagination!)....AND the end of RINDA'S SUMMERTIME SCAVENGER HUNT for this year!!

The final seven items have been photographed, and here they are:


#1-An Open Air Market

Actually one of the easiest ones to get around here...each town and village has it's own Market Day every week...this one is in a neighbouring (larger!) village

#3- A Civic Building

Our local Town Hall (Ajuntament)....now in a modern building

#16- A Windmill

An ornamental windmill sitting on someone's wall.....I was sure I might be arrested for 'casing the joint' whilst taking this one!

#17- Candles

a vast selection in one of the shops at our nearest Mall

#18- Your local bar/coffee house

'The Torre Bar' acts as both, plus a Restaurant...and that space upstairs is where we do our Keep Fit!

#19-A Fisherman

Having spent the summer looking for a fisherman....not something you often ever see in the mountains!!...I realised I walked past this one every day in life!

#21- A picture of you with an artistic tool or Craft Supply

me and my trusty 'Silhouette' Cutting Machine!

By my calculations all 21 items have been ticked off the list

1. Open air market

2. Theater for performing arts (not a movie theater)
3. City Hall, Capitol or other similar civic building
4. Airplane
5. A sunset
6. Someone or something taking a nap
7. A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny
8. A tower
9. A photo with someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong
10. A bench that is outside
11. An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve, etc.
12. A cloud in the shape of something (please specify what you see)
13. A fence
14. A stained glass object or a mosaic
15. A fire truck or police car
16. A windmill 
17. Candle(s)
18. Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop
19. A fisherman
20. A dinosaur
21. A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply (you cannot substitute for this item)

So once again it's time to thank RINDA for organising us all ...it's definately becoming  become a tradition in our little corner of the Blogosphere...I wonder what you'll come up with next year, Rinda ;)

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

A LITTLE BIT OF SCAVENGING......

...and it really IS a  LITTLE bit!

#11.... AN ANIMAL IN A ZOO, NATURE PRESERVE ETC.

You might remember that on my last visit to mum and dad, Kirsty came up for an overnight; well, one of her favourite places to visit in her home town is the Country Park.She talked mum and I into going to the Cafe there for lunch and then we went into the 'Wildlife Centre'....I can't say I put up much of an argument as I knew I would capture SOMETHING  for this category!!.....and I managed to catch this little cutie!

# 5...A SUNSET

Coming back from Scotland , I was fortunate enough to have a window seat and thus be able to snap the sun setting, just as we approached Alicante!

#2......THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS

There wasn't much Scavenging when I returned home, but I remembered to take a couple of photographs of the Theatre in our village....for all it is a small village we actually DO have one...some of the bigger villages in the vicinity don't have this facility....and although it only seats 200, it is much loved!

And that's it...by my calculations I have six left to get...and I actually know where to find them..yes, even the windmill!....I just have to get out and take the time to take the photographs.

Once again, thanks to RINDA for providing us with this fun list:

1. Open air market

2. Theater for performing arts (not a movie theater)
3. City Hall, Capitol or other similar civic building
4. Airplane
5. A sunset
6. Someone or something taking a nap
7. A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny
8. A tower
9. A photo with someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong
10. A bench that is outside
11. An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve, etc.
12. A cloud in the shape of something (please specify what you see)
13. A fence
14. A stained glass object or a mosaic
15. A fire truck or police car
16. A windmill 
17. Candle(s)
18. Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop
19. A fisherman
20. A dinosaur
21. A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply (you cannot substitute for this item)
Bonus/substitute items. If you find any of the above items too difficult, feel free to substitute either (or both) of these items. You can substitute up to two items, but you cannot substitute Item #21:
A person wearing an outfit (or item of clothing) that symbolizes your country
A sundial

I hope you're all having a good weekend ...and maybe have even got some scavenging done!

Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx

SCAVENGING UPDATE FOR JUNE

This weekend RINDA has put up a LINKY  on her BLOG..... for all those participating in the 2013 SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNT to share their finds with others who are (or even aren't..why not?..it's fun!) taking part.

You will find my first few finds in this post  HERE and in this one HERE... and here is the actual list:

1. Open air market
2. Theater for performing arts (not a movie theater)
3. City Hall, Capitol or other similar civic building
4. Airplane
5. A sunset
6. Someone or something taking a nap
7. A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny
8. A tower
9. A photo with someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong
10. A bench that is outside
11. An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve, etc.
12. A cloud in the shape of something (please specify what you see)
13. A fence
14. A stained glass object or a mosaic
15. A fire truck or police car
16. A windmill 
17. Candle(s)
18. Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop
19. A fisherman
20. A dinosaur
21. A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply (you cannot substitute for this item)
Bonus/substitute items. If you find any of the above items too difficult, feel free to substitute either (or both) of these items. You can substitute up to two items, but you cannot substitute Item #21:
A person wearing an outfit (or item of clothing) that symbolizes your country
A sundial

My final few finds for June are:

#14- A STAINED GLASS OBJECT OR MOSAIC

This butterfly mosaic is in my garden...it was made for me by a friend

#9- A PHOTO OF SOMETHING/SOMEONE CLEARLY OUT OF PLACE

A castle in the middle of a Car Park (meaning I couldn't park there!) - it was being built, Disney-style, for the Moors and Christians Festival in a nearby town

#15- A FIRE TRUCK OR POLICE CAR

Whilst sitting having a meal in a local restaurant, we saw a Police Car pull up and block this white car's exit from the village- Craig was mortified..not to mention a bit worried...when I leapt out of my chair and stood  snapping the event...he was sure they wouldn't be best pleased with my intrusion-though I DID use the zoom function on the camera-I'm not THAT brave!

Now I am on the lookout for a windmill(?) and I'm thinking that a zoo or aquarium visit aren't on my 'to do' list for the summer...that might be the one I have to substitute...how about you?...what will be the item you think will 'stump' you?

Happy Snapping!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

SCAVENGING UPDATE

As most of you know, I am participating in the SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNT, organised by our friend RINDA.

From the list of twenty one items, I can now score off:

A FENCE

The fence between the outdoor drying area and the rest of the garden

A CLOUD IN THE SHAPE OF SOMETHING

I see an elephant on its hind legs..hope you do too!

A DINOSAUR

A packet  of biscuits (cookies) in our local supermarket...I didn't buy them, just whipped my camera out, to the amazement of a couple of other shoppers!

A SIGN THAT IS FUNNY

This was bought for me by a friend, a few years ago

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING SLEEPING


It just HAD to be!....on my bed as I came out of the shower this morning!!
A BENCH THAT IS OUTSIDE

A stone bench in a Square I was walking through (camera  whipped out again!)

A number of us are also sharing our pics on Instagram..you can find them at :

#summertimescavengerhunt

By my calculations,I'm eight down, thirteen to go...how about you?

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

HELLO WEEK

This week I'm saying:

HELLO to a cleaner, cooler dog!

From THIS

to

THIS!

HELLO to the last week of KEEP FIT until September (it's getting uncomfortably hot and there's no aircon in the room we use)

HELLO to the start of FIESTA in the village

HELLO to having joined JENNIFER's online class PROJECTS THAT WOW!.....I will confess to having scrapped nothing yet, but I'm enjoying the prompts and have a photo all ready to go!

HELLO to getting a post written about my Scavenger Hunt finds

Hoping you have some fun things to say HELLO to, this week! 

Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx

HELLO WEEK!

This week I'm saying:

HELLO to being home!

HELLO to breathing slightly easier, having left my dad being improved enough to be enjoying some sunshine:

HELLO to a week of meetings....all to do with JALON VALLEY HELP

HELLO to catching up with blog reading!

HELLO to having started THE SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNT organised by Rinda!

NUMBER 4- AN AEROPLANE

Guess who I fly with?

NUMBER 8- A TOWER

I happened to turn round while waiting for Kirsty's train to arrive and saw this tower...after checking it out, I have discovered it is the tower attached to the Heritage Centre in Motherwell (a town in Central Scotland)

Two down,19 to go.....there a definately a few I'll struggle with this year: I'm especially on the lookout for a dinosaur and I reckon I won't be visiting a zoo or nature Reserve in the near future!

Hoping you are enjoying your scavenging if you're joining in...and if you've not joined in yet, it's not too late!

Have a good week...hope you've got some good things to be saying 'HELLO' to!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx  

LOOKING UP AND DOWN

It's time to join up with my friend HELENA- along with some other bloggers inspired by her weekly meme, and look up and down!

LOOKING UP

I think I may have mentioned this Pomegranate tree before...I pass it most days when walking Boo, but  had never realised that it has such vivid orange flowers on it at this time of year - the dark 'shell' is an unpicked pomegranate.

LOOKING DOWN

I couldn't believe it when I noticed these beautiful blue flowers growing by the roadside...not only because of the intense shade of blue...but also because it is a plant I'm always hauling out, as I count it as a weed!...maybe I'll be leaving them alone next time I find them in the garden!!

Talking of photographs, it's time for RINDA'S SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNT....it has become a much-loved summer tradition amongst us bloggers!!! Check HERE  for details....I'm hoping to get started this weekend! Thanks for organising it again Rinda.

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx