I missed the last Weekly Words Challenge, so I’m making up for lost time tonight with two week’s worth of words.
Last week’s words were PHONE and KEYS:
And this week’s words, in a nod to Mardi Gras, have been BEADS and COSTUME:
Mardi Gras Beads
BEADS of water on the windshield
Marching Band parading in COSTUME
Halloween Costumes
Janet — the brilliant force behind Fond of Snape — is the new Head Spork. 😀
She has already posted next week’s assignment over at the WWC flickr site.
The WWC also has a facebook page for those who don’t mind having their worlds collide.
The words for the week of January 5-12 are “chip” and “new” … as they say, HAPPY SNAPPING! 😀
SPORTS
Soccer game sideline
AMERICANA
(click on collage to enlarge)
The Weekly Words Challenge continues to be brought to us each Tuesday by the now non-blogging Tink.  Jay usually manages the blogworld side of things on Tuesdays, but he is busy with Christmas & family stuff right now. Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr.
I need to apologize to my wonderful & faithful readers. The posts you have been reading are mostly pre-scheduled (with a tiny bit of last-minute editing) because I have been so very busy. And because I have been so very busy, I have not been able to reciprocate by visiting your blogs for the past few days. Can I blame my mother? LOL  Actually, I have been extra busy because my mother has been here visiting me!  😛  She leaves tomorrow morning and life will return to our normally busy schedule.
In the meantime…
FALL is my favorite season and I love all of the warm, bright colors found in nature (which is kind of funny, since orange is not my favorite color).
Here is a pile of my volunteer “baby pumpkins.” I threw out some old mouldy ones last FALL into the compost heap, and we got a nice little crop this year… not counting what the deer ate. 😛
Our leaves are truly beautiful this FALL
and sometimes the weird fungus that attacks leaves and looks/feels like spikes!
Speaking of weird…
Ditch Decoration created by SuperDad
Ella was too excited to SIT
Next week we will be exploring  F and ALTERED.
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The Weekly Words Challenge continues to be brought to us each week by the now non-blogging Tink.  Jay manages the blogworld side of things while Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr.
So many choices, so many views, and so many creative minds, and always on Tuesdays! Join us! 
At right is a shot of the water churning from the back of a Washington State Ferry in Puget Sound.
Below is a close-up of that water…
Winter Sunset on the Pacific, Ocean Shores, WA
breaking waves on the Outer Banks, NC
Taughannock Falls, Ithaca, NY
from the edge of American Falls, Goat Island State Park, NY
Rushing water, headed for Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls at Niagara Falls
SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs….
Stained glass dragon with Stained glass bokeh
SnakeMaster is a Scout
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The Weekly Words Challenge continues to be brought to us each week by the now non-blogging Tink.  Jay manages the blogworld side of things while Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr.
So many choices, so many views, and so many creative minds, and always on Tuesdays! Join us!
Warmth
I was impressed by the DEPTH of commitment this Civil War reenactor exhibited. We had a 20-minute conversation about what he does and why.
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BONUS PICS:
Additional pics from the 66th Annual Waterford Fair
Scenes from the Second Street School
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And I can’t seem to leave last week’s “favorite quote” project alone…
When Pigs Fly
Gary, this little purple guy made me think of you! 😀
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The Weekly Words Challenge has become a schitzophrenic operation of sorts… Jay manages the blogworld side of things while Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr.
So many choices, so many views, and so many creative minds!
Join us!
Update: Next week’s words are WATER and the letter S
Tuesday is the day!
Grab the HANDLE and POUND away!
This is the watermelon that survived in the garden this year. I *think* it was started by Snakemaster in his Sunday school class. EB has his hand on it, but you should know that EB is a 17yo, 6’1″ high school junior. We forgot to weigh this beauty but we think it was at about 30 pounds! Below is a sweet juicy slice (plate made by Gary Rith).
So what IS the Weekly Words Challenge ? It is a photo meme played out individually on blogs, facebook and flickr. Each Tuesday we are given a few words to photographically interpret and post for the following Tuesday.  Originally started by Oddmix (sadly no longer blogging), it is managed by the beautiful and talented Tink.  Jay keeps the WWC going in the blogworld side of things while Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr.
So many choices, so many views, and so many creative minds!
Next week’s words are “Go Green” and square — Join us!
This week’s challenge was to photograph LIGHT (either meaning) and the letter J.
Old LIGHT
This is the original Fresnel lens for the Cape Disappointment lighthouse on the Washington Coast (northern side of the Columbia River). Can you imagine how much work it would be to put all of those pieces of glass in just the right places AND keep them clean and shining? Whew!
current lamp in North Head Lighthouse
This LIGHT is more modern but not as pretty as the Fresnel lens.
J is for Justice
Uh, those in the peanut gallery, please refrain from throwing rotten tomatoes. I’m just doing my job here.
J pretzel
Bonus Pic: I didn’t take this one — MusicMan’s buddy took it on a youth group trip last year — but it was a fun shot and I wanted to share it with you this week. 😛
The Weekly Words Challenge has become a schitzophrenic operation of sorts… Jay manages the blogworld side of things while Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr.
So many choices, so many views, and so many creative minds!
Join us!
**Words for next Tuesday are “HANDLE” and “POUND”**
This week’s assignment was to focus on and interpret the number 8 and the word, EARTH.
One of Earth's beautiful places
This is the rock the previous picture was taken from
The credit for the pictures above goes to my husband. He took the kids hiking on the A.T. while I was traveling to PA on Sunday afternoon. (Be patient with me, I took pics in PA for this post!)
8 tubas marching
I was in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, on Sunday evening for the ordination of our youth director (now associate pastor).
Bonus pic of the rose window in the old church there in Eighty Four:
Not too bad for a wimpy little camera phone, eh?
The Weekly Words Challenge has become a schitzophrenic operation of sorts… Jay manages the blogworld side of things while Tink is hosting over on facebook … and then there’s always flickr. So many choices, so many views, and so many creative minds! Join us!
The Beautiful SOUTH — Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Bar (depending on what time of day you go)
I was driving up the road toward my little town and 2 things struck me: 1) There is my WWC picture for this week! And, 2) I live in the South. Technically. I’m in an area that had very mixed loyalties during the Civil War, thanks in part to the Quakers who had settled in this locale. I’ve never seen a Confederate flag flown here except for the tiny cemetery at a nearby battlefield.
Last year, I read Confederates In The Attic, by Tony Horwitz. This book was eye-opening for me. At the end of each chapter, which often left me a little shell-shocked, the author turns introspective and brings the reader along with him. I found it to be an attitude check, a heart check. I’m not a Southerner and I’m not a Yankee. I’m from the [beautiful, gorgeous, beloved] Pacific Northwest. I had not realized, prior to reading Horwitz’s book, the awful extent of racism that still pervades our country.
The Weekly Words Challenge is a photo meme hosted each Tuesday by Tink of Pickled Beef (and spork) fame. I’m a day late this week and short on photos/long on words. Luckily, the WWC group is a forgiving bunch of folks. A few people have made a cool button that links to a master list of regular paricipants, but I haven’t figured that one out yet. (HELP?)
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