Complete - 2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt

Happy September!

I think it's fair to say that I've completed the Scavenger Hunt with all 21 items, plus the three alternates. Here are numbers 13 and 21 to round it out:

Although this is NOT a merry-go-round/carousel in the strictest sense, it goes around, it has horses (live, not wooden), and it's amusing (as in entertainment for children at an amusement park). It actually is a horse walker but it's the closest I got this summer to #13 on the Hunt!

Number 21 - A photograph of you with a sign reading "2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt"

That's me and the sign printed out from Rinda's blog (doctored a bit with white pen to make the words stand out - a suggestion from my sweet husband).

So, although a few of my photo finds are doubtful (#'s 7, a turtle; 13, a merry-go-round; and, 18, an over-loaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle), I had a great time hunting! Thanks again, Rinda, for providing another summer of photo diversion!

Here's how it ended up, with links to posts:

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A bouquet of flowers
2. An ornate door knocker
3. A person walking a dog (or other animal)
4. People playing a board game or card game 
5. Architectural columns
6. A metal bridge
7. A turtle8. Someone "plugged in" to social media 9. A tent10. A college or university
11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish
12. A public restroom, bathroom, or toilet
13. A merry-go-round or carousel
14. A traffic signal
15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it
16. A panoramic view, taken while standing someplace high in the air
17. At least two people wearing matching outfits or uniforms18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle
19. A ticket booth
20. A natural body of water
21. A photograph of you with a sign reading "2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt". 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 any one item on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: People eating outside
Alternative B: Someone holding an umbrella
Alternative C: A rocking chair

I'll be back in a day or so with My August in Numbers. Do check out Julie's August Month in Numbers here - she truly has a gift for entertaining narrative! 8)

Ta for now. 

Surprise Find for the 2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt

Hello, hello!

To my delight and surprise, I found #4 - People playing a board game or card game for the Photo Hunt! We drove up to Boise this last Tuesday to pick up a trailer and although we ended up not bringing the trailer back (story involving complicated Idaho laws . . .), we did have a nice meal at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Boise. And, the family in the table next to us took a break from their meal to play a game of checkers on one of the cracker barrel game tables set up in the dining area. So, dedicated photo scavenger hunter that I am, I asked them if I could snap a photo and they were kind enough to oblige me! Here it is:

If this isn't people playing a board game I don't know what is! haha!

The smoke from fires in Oregon and Northern California was very thick (and has drifted to Utah too) and so I didn't take any photos on the road; however, I did capture the sunset coming home - see my Instagram feed for that. Just a note, the sunflowers all the way are abundant which, according to legend, means a hard, cold winter ahead! Oh joy! 8(

We are loading up the motor home and going to go "camping" this next week. Looking forward to a bit of a break and will be on the lookout for a merry-go-round! 

Grandson Ty's first high school football game tonight . . . big rivalry game between Tooele (us) and Grantsville (them), two county schools. 

Bye for now!

Crafty Fun and More Scavenger Hunt Photos

Hello again!
Stopped into Janna's after grocery shopping (not my favorite activity!) and couldn't resist snapping this gem:

Oh yes indeed! May your coffee be STRONG and your Monday be SHORT!

Just brightened my day - as did the coffee!

Anyway, wanted to stop in and share a couple more finds for the 2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt; particularly, #19 - A ticket booth (well, office in this case), and Alternate B - Someone with an umbrella. 

At the Oakley Rodeo and Fairgrounds.

No one was actually IN the ticket office - rather, they were around the corner. But, how could I possibly pass up this very obvious place where tickets are sold to satisfy #19 on the list?!

I've circled my sister-in-law there so it is obvious that she is holding an umbrella...for shade!

I took this photo for a couple reasons - 1) To add Alternate B because I really doubt I will ever find #4 - people playing a board game or card game; and, 2) This is my sister-in-law as Grand Marshall for the Stockton (Utah) Days parade in my nephew's vis a vis (face to face) cart pulled by his matched pair of spotted draft horses, Cisco and Pancho. My nephew is driving. This was a fun day in a small county town which I will tell more about in my August Month in Numbers post . . .

So, the list now looks like this:

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A bouquet of flowers
2. An ornate door knocker
3. A person walking a dog (or other animal)
4. People playing a board game or card game
5. Architectural columns
6. A metal bridge
7. A turtle
8. Someone "plugged in" to social media 
9. A tent
10. A college or university
11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish
12. A public restroom, bathroom, or toilet
13. A merry-go-round or carousel
14. A traffic signal
15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it
16. A panoramic view, taken while standing someplace high in the air
17. At least two people wearing matching outfits or uniforms
18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle
19. A ticket booth
20. A natural body of water
21. A photograph of you with a sign reading "2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt". 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 any one item on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: People eating outside
Alternative B: Someone holding an umbrella
Alternative C: A rocking chair

There's still a month left to hunt and, who knows? I may just get lucky and even find #4!

I've been having some crafty fun this last month, making cards for various occasions (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) and trying out different techniques. Most of these cards I'm going to show are inspired by and/or lifted directly from awesome crafters/bloggers/YouTubers/Pinterest-ers. Unfortunately, I can't remember (or re-find) them all but I give them all the credit for incredible ideas. Thank you!

Warning! Photo heavy coming up!

This card I made for my granddaughter to accompany the bicycle her grampa and I gave to her to take to college. I cut the bicycle design on my Cameo (Design #27587) from Glitzy paper manufactured by Pressed Petals. Cut like a dream and is every bit as lovely as glitter paper by DCWV. I love the background paper and wish I had more; it is a 6x6 sheet from the August 2015 Simon Says Card Kit (Simple Stories Summer Vibes collection). I added sequins from Stampin Up! and my stash. Inside, I wrote her a note with grandparent kind of encouragement and advice as she goes off to her first year of college. 

This card I made for my son's 45th birthday. I used the mad scientist stamp and die from Paper Smooches Great Chemistry, and a balloon I fussy-cut from an older Hero Arts stamp set. I foam-tape mounted it on a grey cardstock which I think is Simon Says "Fog," I added a "floor" of  another paper from the Simon Says August 2015 Card Kit, splatters from Dylusions White Linen ink spray, and various enamel dots from My Mind's Eye. I also colored the little fellow and balloon with my newly-acquired Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, which I LOVE! (Gosh! I just noticed that I forgot to color in the little dude's eyebrows!) Oh yes, I added Glossy Accents to his glasses.

This next card was made for my granddaughter and her husband's 4th anniversary. I originally wanted to gold foil the bicycle but decided it might be a mess using double-sided adhesive and cutting a small, intricate design on the Cameo. Instead, I found this older Stampin Up! set, Enjoy the Journey (retired) and gold embossed the bicycle-built-for-two. The hearts are from another SU retired set, Road to Happiness. The two tags are tied with SU gold baker's twine and mounted on a die cut rectangle of paper from Crate Paper's Maggie Holmes 6x6 paper pad (the first collection). I had alot of fun with this card even though it took forever to finally figure out how I wanted it to look! My granddaughter texted me to say she really liked it. Whew!

This card was made for my brother-in-law. I did a technique I saw on Pinterest but which I failed to actually pin. Anyhow, I cut a zig-zag on my Cameo from various adhesive-backed cardstock, then mounted on four 3-inch pieces of cardstock in varying rows. Then I cut those pieces at the points of the zig-zig and rearranged them to look dimensional (if any of that makes sense!). The "happy" is die cut from adhesive-backed cardstock using Avery Elle's Simply Said Happy die. I like how this turned out; however, it was a bit tedious trying to get the rows to line up!

This card for my aunt was totally lifted from Nichol Magouirk's Stained Glass Butterfly card post here. I didn't have the Lawn Fawn butterfly; however, I did have an older Basic Grey stamp set with this lovely butterfly. Other than that and the colors I used, the watercolor technique is all Nichol's, as is the inlaid panel and sequins. The sentiment is an older Stampendous stamp that I have in my stash. This was quite challenging but something I'd like to do again.

These two cards are just about identical to the card JJ Bolton did here. I made the one-eyed Minion for my grandson's girlfriend and the Genius Minion for my grandson (not the same grandson).

The glittery octopus card was lifted from Lucy Abrams here. I just couldn't resist the extreme cuteness of this for three of my greats. It accompanied the just-released Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get? that I bought for them. While I was under the sea, I cut this whale out of glittery paper too. It is Silhouette design #61979 here and the octopus is here. I could spend hours just cutting and pasting fun designs on my Cameo!

Lastly, this card using Distress Inks and a stencil. This was also a Pinterest-found card. I added the green stripe because I masked too skinny for just four like on the inspiration card but I do like how it came out and will be doing this technique again using different stencils, ink colors, sentiments, etc.

I'm on a roll I think! And . . . today I received the MISTI stamping tool I ordered from Simon Says. Cannot wait to get using this! 

Going to Boise tomorrow with Clare to pick up a pipe trailer. Who knows? I may just spot a merry-go-round! Ha!

Hope you had a SHORT Monday. Have a happy week!

My July Month in Numbers

Hello again!
Here today to join in with Julie and recording July 2015 by the numbers . . .
It was a long, 31-day, month and inordinately full of happenings; not all of them "numbery" but a few quite memorable ones.

July 4 - Independence Day (369 years since signing of the Declaration of Independence). I only mention this because Julie's post about the 800th (!) anniversary of the Magna Carta really brought home how young the United States is in the whole scheme of things! By the way, Julie, this information was very enlightening and totally interesting - I am a bit of an history nerd. I'm including the above photo of 2 of my 4 great grandchildren because firstly, my granddaughter sent it to me on the 4th and it made my day, and secondly, it typifies what happens in small town America on the 4th of July - watching a parade! You'll note the bags they are holding; seems that parade participants throw a lot of candy and the kids actually become more interested in filling their bags than in the parade! Whatever! :)

Just for fun, here is one of the activities Clare and I participated in on the 4th:

Toasting America's independence with Uintah Brewing's Sum'r Ale in close to 100 degree Fahrenheit weather

It was kind of funny that about an hour after we took this photo, the clouds rolled in and not only let loose a torrential rainstorm but made the temps drop by 20 degrees! The beer, though, was tasty at any temperature!

Like last month, we recorded the water levels in the Settlement Canyon Reservoir - but only twice, because it was too hot and we got caught up in other things. Anyway, here are results for the 5th and 11th of July:

5 July - 41 feet at 7:00 p.m. MDT. A bit of a breeze put ripples on the water.

11 July - 39 feet at 7:50 p.m. MDT. A family of fishermen were set up at the water's edge where the scale is; the reservoir is planted with trout each year and people do have some success at catching their dinner!

Our two cowboy grandsons were written up in the local newspaper on the 9th of the month. . . 

and then left on the 11th for the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyoming. I recorded some of the details of this rodeo in my June Month in Numbers post here. In addition to participants from the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) and Canada, there were cowboys and cowgirls from Australia too! At any rate, our grandsons ran as follows: 

First Go for Ty was Tuesday morning, the 14th; First Go for Tee, Wednesday morning, the 15th; Second Go for Tee, Wednesday evening, the 15th; and, Second Go for Ty, Thursday evening, the 16th.

Here's how we saw the Finals:

Live streaming on Cinch TV - we had the large computer monitor on, my IPad, and granddaughter McKenna watched on her IPhone making sure that we missed nothing!

The names and times on the upper part of the screen indicate the fastest time in that round at the time of each run (kind of hard to explain!). Anyhow, Ty's first run (upper left picture) was 6.54 seconds; Tee's first run (upper right) was 10.48 seconds; Tee's second run (lower left) was 27.40 seconds; and Ty's second run (lower right) was no time. The pen of steers for the steer wrestling was big, fast, and nasty and all 142 steer wrestlers had a tough time of it. After all was said and done, our grandsons ended up in the top 30 which was out of the 20 for the Short Go (final performance) but pretty darn good considering the number of cowboys there. Team Utah had four National Champions, and the team overall had the highest accumulated points. 

On the 19th, Clare and I took a Sunday drive to Mona, Utah to see the lavender at Young Living Farms. I posted about that trip here, including lots of relevant numbers! Thank you Julie, for the plug. Like you said, lavender fields were the order of the day/month! 

On Tuesday, the 21st, I went to the monthly Tooele Quilters Meeting and for the "Roun-Tu-It" challenge (i.e., getting round to finishing unfinished quilting projects, which the majority of we quilters seem to have an abundance of), we were reminded that Christmas is close. The theme for July's meeting, incidentally, was Christmas in July.

Wah! Got the message!

At that meeting, we got the next clue for the Mystery Quilt project I blogged here, and it turns out we will be making 17 blocks out of the 72 half square triangles. Our Mystery master, however, was not about to give away any more information . . .

There were 7 birthdays I acknowledged in July:

My friend Heather's 44th birthday on the 4th; Granddaughter-in-law DaviJo's birthday on the 13th; Heather's sister Brenda's 46th birthday on the 15th; daughter-in-law Crystal's 44th birthday on the 18th; great granddaughter Aubrey Lynne's 9th birthday on the 21st; granddaughter Jessica's 22nd birthday on the 22nd; and, my sister Delta Louise's 62nd birthday on the 24th.

Another birthday was celebrated in July also; that is, Utah celebrated 168 years since the Mormon pioneers arrived in the territory on Pioneer Day, the 24th. Big deal here in Utah.

Lastly, I managed to find 6 more of the 21 photos for the 2015 Photography Scavenger Hunt plus 2 of the alternates. I posted about those two and 5 of the 21 here, here, and here. The sixth one, #2 - an ornate door knocker, is here:

Not terribly ornate but as good as we could find. We made a special trip into Salt Lake City and cruised the Avenue's where there are older homes sporting door knockers (I had looked all over Tooele and found nary a one!). Even the Governor's Mansion didn't have a door knocker and this is all we spotted, a vacant (note the paper sign taped beside the letter slot) house that, we found out from information provided by a fellow taking a smoke and beer break on the front porch, is being restored. Oh look! There's another number - 66 (which means 66 North on 13th East).
So, with that enlightening information, I leave you until next time.

30 July moonrise/sunset

Bye, bye!

Lavender Fields and a Few More Summertime Photo Finds

Hello, hello!

Want to share a few more finds for Rinda's 2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt as well as photos taken this last Sunday on a day trip we took to Young Living Farms in Mona.  I have had a desire to see the lavender in bloom at the Young Living Farm for a few years now and, as it turns out, the trip we took was perfect timing as the majority of the fields had already been harvested and the last one to go - set aside especially for late summer tourists - was still standing.

The gardens and grounds at the Mona farm (Whispering Springs) are beautifully lush right now and there is so much else to see besides the lavender.

The last lavender field - Mount Nebo (11,928 feet elevation) in the background.

The Farm covers 1,400 acres of lavender and other fragrant herbs fields. The buildings around the Visitor's Center and main farm are styled after 'ye Olde English' farms (minus the thatched roofs) and, in fact, there is a 'castle' and jousting arena where, until 2009, the founder of Young Living, Gary Young, held live jousting tournaments during Lavender Days, late June. Gary Young, incidentally is an authentic cowboy kind of character besides being a very successful entrepreneur; see his story here. 

Field of harvested and bundled hay - looking northeast towards Provo

The castle

The jousting arena behind the castle walls

Oh look! My knight in shining jeans!

Lavender fields forever!

It was truly a delightful experience and the smell! Oh my! 

After leaving the farm and discovering that the A/C in our car was kapoot - leaving us to 4/75 (4 windows down, 75 miles per hour) air - we zipped north to Provo Canyon where Clare knew there was Number Six on the Photo Scavenger Hunt, a metal (iron) bridge. And sure enough, he took us right to the private bridge crossing the Provo River. Of course, it being summertime, the river was over-populated with tubers (as in innertubes), rafters, and canoers having the time of their lives.

#6 - A metal bridge

Splashing happy people on a Summer afternoon. 

Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon - a double cataract waterfall near Sundance Resort

I had to take a photo of this famous spot while driving the canyon. I was amazed at the crowds hiking to the falls and AT the falls! I suppose it is something I would have attempted when I was young. Provo Canyon is gorgeous at most any time of year; love going up in the autumn when the colors come on.

We drove back from Provo to Lehi and then the back way home through Cedar Valley where I spotted and photographed:

#12 - A public restroom, bathroom or toilet

Unisex restroom out in the middle of the desert - literally!

Since I rather doubt that I will find #4 - people playing a board game or card game, I've gotten two of the alternates to cover.

Alt A - People eating outside

In this case, road construction workers eating from their box lunches on a bench outside the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Tooele Chapter, Museum downtown Tooele. 

I didn't want to be too obvious and pull up in front of them to take their picture so I pulled across the street and took the snap from the side like I was photographing the building. Felt a bit stalkerish!

Alt C - A rocking chair

I just love this whole small town America scene with not one, but two rocking chairs on the front porch!

So, that's it for me for now. See you soon!

Less of a Mystery and More Scavenger Hunt Photos

Hello friends and family!

Lots of fun (and some not-so-fun, but I won't go into that!) happenings this month so far. Some good stuff for July's Month in Numbers!

In the meantime, I wanted to talk a little about my latest creative pursuit (actually, back at it in January of this year) - quilting! Oh yes, I know there are many of you out there who are quilters extraordinaire and my feeble attempts pale in comparison . . . but who's comparing when the process is so fun?! Yes, back in the day (80's and 90's and early 2000's) I stitched my own clothes, clothes and fun things for the grandchildren, and then started quilting. Well,  I  joined the Tooele County Quilters, served as group president one year and really "got into" collecting fabric and even making a few quilts (and finishing them!). I had retired from my job as a civil servant in 1995 and until October 2004 played at stitching, scrapbooking, working parttime at a garden center, scrapbook store, even a month at an insurance company (yech!). In 2004 I went back to work fulltime at the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), University of Utah Chemistry department. Although I still did the occasional crafty project, those pursuits began to wane and I was mostly spending off-the-job hours going to grandkid's activities, reading, and gardening. So, okay, to make what is beginning to look like a very long story shorter!. . . This last January I rejoined the Tooele County Quilters and caught the quilting bug. I have vowed - and my husband reminds me - to not let myself get caught up in any leadership/chairman/spokesperson roles but rather to just enjoy the meetings, the camaraderie of fellow fabric-holics, and making beautiful things!

One of the fun challenges each year is the Mystery Quilt, wherein those wishing to participate are given a new instruction each month to complete - I think by August - a full size quilt top. So, this year's Mystery Quilt started with the following formula:

Fabric Requirements:     Three fabrics as follows:
Fabric #1 - 2-1/2 yards (background)
Fabric #2 - 1-1/2 yards (focus)
Fabric #3 - 2 yards (accent)

Since I didn't have a decent "stash," I of course had to go to the store and chose a yellow/multi floral for the focus, gray on gray print for the background, and black with white dots for the accent. We have had mysterious instructions for the past five months and finally, in June, it is becoming less of a mystery and more like a possible quilt pattern! Here you go then:

 

Step #5 - Using the four patch blocks from step #3, sew together following diagram making 34 units. Following the next diagram use two of these units and make 17, 10-1/2" squares. 

You can see the colors and I'm liking how this looks! Now, what will we be doing with the 72 half square triangles from Step #4?!

Of course, Chester the cat had to get into the action:

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Oh yes, here is a cute picture of BC resting on the charm quilt I made back in the 90's:

She is so darn cute!

On to three new finds for Rinda's 2015 Photo Scavenger Hunt. 

#5 - Architectural columns

This one had me stumped (not any outstanding architecture in this cow town) until I got to thinking that columns could be anything that is architecturally holding up something, yes?! So with that thought I took a photo of one of the older homes in town that sports four columns holding up the front porch overhang. Here you go:

This house has been painted pink and then purple until recently when new owners went for this mustard color - much more subdued. Also, where the rail fence is there used to be very overgrown lilac bushes which in the Spring were very pretty but obscured the charming architecture!

Then, #17 - At least two people wearing matching outfits or uniforms. My sweet girls down at the locally-owned coffee shop obliged me by posing in their matching aprons - and I must say, matching smiles too!

Then, #18 - An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle. This photo may not cut the mustard but I thought it was funny. The cowboy started to head into the drive-up ATM but thought better of it and parked his horse and walked up! 

Actually, this truck is plenty heavy enough to handle the horse . . . if there were more than one horse in the back, then, yeah, it'd be considered overloaded. I will continue to look for a REAL #18 photo opportunity!

One last thing before I sign off here; if you happened to miss my Instagram photo of receipt of  a copy of Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee that I pre-ordered from Amazon back in February, here 'tis:

I started reading yesterday after I took it out of the box and am loving it. Every bit as wonderful as Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird!

Bye for now.

More Finds for the 2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt

Hello, hello!

Following along with Rinda's Photo Scavenger Hunt, I'm happy to add a few more finds.  Yesterday after taking a photo of the college campus down the street and then the traffic signal on Main, it occurred to me that (duh!) there are [#9] tents aplenty set up in parking lots selling fireworks for Independence Day celebrations! So, without further ado, here are not only photos of a couple of those, but a few more to whittle down the list.

#1 - A bouquet of flowers

Appropriately, an Independence Day bouquet! Display at the entrance of Albertson's market.

These, I thought, were lovely, but I didn't buy one; probably because I am pretty single-minded when I'm at the market and headed right for the steaks (for tomorrow's BBQ), cob corn, and watermelon!

#7 - A turtle

There is some controversy going on amongst hunters, I've noticed, about turtles vs. tortoises. This, after looking closely, is most definitely a tortoise; a plaster yard-art tortoise. 

I will continue to look for a "turtle" but in the meantime, I am going with this! :)

# 8 - Someone 'plugged' into social media

My husband and BC (Barn Cat) checking ...

...the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association) website which for him (my husband, not the cat) is social media!

Hoping this works!

#9 - A tent

And here are two of the, at least, three tents set up to sell fireworks for the Independence Day holiday; and, in Utah, Pioneer Days on the 24th  of July.

I thought it was cool the way I captured the big U.S. garrison flag in the background of the second tent! Doesn't take much to entertain me!

#10 - A college or university

The Tooele Regional Campus of Utah State University right down the street!

I suppose I could also claim #5 - Architectural column with this photo, but I'm hoping to find something a bit more elaborate. That is all part of the hunt, right?!

#14 - A traffic signal

Stopped at Main Street in Tooele, heading east on Vine.

This is certainly not as original as the traffic signal on the lock that Amanda put up, but it's representative of the signals in this small town. You can't see in this photo, but Main Street is under construction and traffic is very dependent on these signals!

#16 - A panoramic view taken while standing someplace high in the air

I was standing on a knoll above this, looking down. This is the Wyoming Wild Horse and Burro Shelter in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

There are lots of wild horses here, all gathered by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) as part of the Wild Horse Adoption and Management Program. This was one interesting bit that we saw on our day road trip to Rock Springs on the 21st of June. Rock Springs isn't much to write home about, but people probably say that about Tooele! :)

So, here's how the list looks now:

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A bouquet of flowers
2. An ornate door knocker
3. A person walking a dog (or other animal)
4. People playing a board game or card game
5. Architectural columns
6. A metal bridge
7. A turtle
8. Someone "plugged in" to social media 
9. A tent
10. A college or university
11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish
12. A public restroom, bathroom, or toilet
13. A merry-go-round or carousel
14. A traffic signal
15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it
16. A panoramic view, taken while standing someplace high in the air
17. At least two people wearing matching outfits or uniforms
18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle
19. A ticket booth
20. A natural body of water
21. A photograph of you with a sign reading "2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt". 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 any one item on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: People eating outside
Alternative B: Someone holding an umbrella
Alternative C: A rocking chair

Ten out of 21 - not too bad for one month and three day's worth of hunting! Tomorrow I'm pretty sure I will find #17 (people in parades tend to dress alike!), possibly #13 (there might be a carousel at the park but most likely it'll be a bounce house!), and definitely #19 when we go to the rodeo tomorrow evening. I should consider capturing the alternatives, just in case by September 22nd, I've not found a couple that may give me a problem; like, #4 and #18!

Happy summertime greetings from HOT Utah!