Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt 2014 - Beginnings

Hello!
Here again with a few words about another challenge I've taken on . . . thanks to Julie's Month in Numbers where she noted that she'd gotten seven of 21 photos for this challenge.  When I went here and saw the list, I thought how fun and "should be easy!" Well, I've gotten four so far and now find my mind is dodging here and there trying to figure out how to get them all! Rinda's list is truly a CHALLENGE but I'm game. Here's the list:

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp

Alternative B: A bird house

Okay, so here are those four:

#7 A rural landscape. This photo was taken at 7:15 a.m. (MDT) on June 18. It is the landscape we look at every day from our backyard. Of course, now (and, in fact, by the end of the day June 18th) the snow is melted. Note the seagull (Utah's state bird if you can imagine!) winging its way to the County Landfill probably! haha!

#10 - A photo bomb. I was taking this picture of the library to add to my Collect calendar and thought I was good when, boom, this reading patron blew out of the door! This was quite unintended on my part but a good one to use to check off the list!

#13 - A sunrise. This photo was taken at 6:30 a.m., July 2nd. the sun is just striking the tops of the trees as it peaks over the Oquirrh Mtns to the east. This I suppose, could also be considered a rural landscape as it is the same view as #7 above. But, since I took it at a time when I'm not usually up and about, and the rainbirds are still on (farmers must turn them off by 7 a.m.), I'm counting this as a sunrise! What do you think? Okay?

#17 - A lamp post. There it is to the left here at Veteran's Memorial Park in downtown Tooele on July 4th.

Alrighty then! Thanks, Rinda, for this fun summertime activity. It beats setting up a lemonade stand on the front lawn!

In other news . . . our two high school rodeo-ing grandsons arrived back last night from Winnemucca, Nevada and the Silver State International Rodeo, loaded down with great memories and accolades for super performances. They did especially well steer wrestling, both of them making the "short" round yesterday morning. Grandson Ty came away with this championship saddle for best average of the three rounds during the week. Woohoo, Ty!

Last year grandson Tee won the championship saddle at the Panguitch Invitational Rodeo. It seems we're getting quite a collection of leather! We'll be heading down there on the 16th again this year. 

That's it for now! A-hunting for photos I go!

Ta!