Today's photo challenge: A number

One more long work day. I ended up with this (my house number).

Today's photo challenge: Three of a kind

Three Cornell birds

Or three carved ravens

Today's photo challenge: Scalloped

Apparently my scallop shells are in the boxed collection downstairs. So I settled for scalloped edged quilt.

Today's photo challenge: A fence

This is a great old fence near the campus.

Today's photo challenge: An optical illusion

Well this was a bust. Of course it didn't help that I had an emergency trip to the dentist for a crown. In the end I took a picture of the computer screen showing my favorite optical illusion. My attempts with small glass and big glass just didn't work.

Today's photo challenge: Something breaking

I struggled with this because work was so all consuming today. It's more broken than breaking, but it'll have to do.

Today's photo challenge: A car

The car was a gift from my nephew Joey and the rock was a gift from his sister Rachel. I couldn't resist using this photo.

Today's photo challenge: Something scary

Suggestions from my friends on Facebook:

Arlene: Your TBR pile!

John: Furniture mountain? Jenny: Sadly it's been removed.

Karen: A picture of a teen with car keys and a credit card? Jenny: Good one, but I don't know any teens near me.

Robin: Knife blades, one-edged razor blades, ice picks, you catch my drift?

Marjanna: Maybe shift it to what fills you with dread? Or is dangerous. Or creeps you out.

Lisa: My ex is terrifying! Not that I think anyone should get close enough to him to take a photo. Jenny: YIKES yes your ex is scary. I think I'll pass on that photo op.

Kristin: APA style question Jenny: LOL You are cracking me up again. Yes this is a terrifying question for me.

Okay so I left my house and found that my windshield had iced over. I so dread cold days when I have to scrape and scrape. Good news, it was a sunny day and the melting had already begun. Thinking of all the suggestions I thought this might work. I certainly dread early morning frozen windows on my car.  

Later I realized that a set of stairs would have been a better choice.  I still have occasional issues because of the ice +stairs accident that kept me off my feet for 3 months. 

Today's photo challenge: The most valuable thing you own

It took awhile to figure it out for me. I could have taken a picture of Shanna. My daughter is super valuable to my happiness as is the rest of my family. Or, should I take a picture of my house or an heirloom? In the end I choose this physical representation of the education that made my career possible. The career that pays for the house and makes our life so much easier. It has introduced me to friends, enemies, and colleagues. I have had funny times and sad times, and it has challenged me to learn something new every single day.

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Today's photo challenge: Something at night

Something at night (sorry I posted this so late, I've been out birding since 6:00 a.m.)

My photo: A view from my porch

Today's photo challenge: Something mid air

Suggestions from my friends on Facebook:

Robin: Images of badminton cross my mind

Karen: Snowflakes!

Ralph: i
Jenny: That's so abstract I don't understand.
Ralph: What's the midpoint of a-i-r?
Ralph: Yes, that was supposed to be a groaner
Jenny: Definitely groan worthy. 🙂 I love clever humor so carry on.

American Kestrel (using the big lens)

Today's photo challenge: A bowl + water + something else

Shanna and I played with this lovely blue edged bowl, various objects and blue food coloring.

Today's photo challenge: An extreme close up

In celebration of the Snow Moon (full moon in February) we got snow.

Today's photo challenge: A small toy in a real world setting.

I loved the juxtaposition of the small toy on an image from a book, the book being the real world setting (well at least it is my world). This small horse is a duplicate of one that my sisters and I played with till it no longer had color or legs. I found this one in my 20s while in college.

Today's photo challenge: A mirror

This was so hard because of reflections. I gave up and this is what you get.

Today's photo challenge: Food as art

My favorites from today's efforts

Today's photo challenge: A body of water

This morning I left my house at 5:30 and drove to the Bear River refuge to go birding and take photos. Here's one of the river using my iPhone. Yay I made it in time for sunrise!!

Raederle: How was the birding?

Interesting, the bald eagles have started migrating through and a few tundra swans are still hanging out. But overall the number of species was pretty low. For bird photos check out my https://blueravenbirders.com/2022/02/15/bear-river-refuge-feb-2022/ post

 

Today's photo challenge: Something abstract

A piece of a painting by Bill Bybee.

Today's photo challenge: A computer screen used as a light source

I had real problems with this one. I finally noticed this. It's a reflection of the only light in my house - tv, but it's connected to so many devices now that I consider it a monitor.

Today's photo challenge: A piece of jewelry

My friend John Bybee made this necklace. I love it so much.

Today's photo challenge: Water

From my new shower

Today's photo challenge: Paper money

I asked Shanna if we had a themed Monopoly game and she brought out the Pokemon version.

Today's photo challenge: Dessert

I was planning on baking something yummy. Then I had a friend show up to help move bins and boxes around and I'm too tired to make anything. Here's the lazy person's dessert.

Today's photo challenge: The night sky

My sky had too much cloud cover so all the pictures turned out as big dark blurs. Here is the pre-night sky.

Today's photo challenge: Unappreciated beauty

The best photo for this challenge was my funny cousin's self portrait that he posted on my Facebook page.  Facebook is where I'm publishing these every day. 

As for my photo, I've always been fascinated by decomposing snow:

Today's photo challenge: Decay

Today's photo challenge: Letters

The question was is this challenge about a letter you write to someone or a letter as in a character of the alphabet. I met it both ways with this letter that is an entry in a 1970s encyclopedia published in the Soviet Union, and an entry from the Oxford English Dictionary on the word letter. It's good to be a librarian.

Today's photo challenge: Fire -or- Something burnt

An artist in Bozeman takes slabs of rock and turns them into oil lamps. I could hardly believe it when I first saw them. Oh probably 20 years ago was the first time. Now you can find similar things on eBay or Esty, but most do not use this raw of a stone.