Photo Challenge Day 6 - Childhood Memory

I remember a lot of game playing in our house growing up.  My favorite then - and still is - word games.

In those days it was Skip-A-Cross -- now it's Scrabble.  Some of the other games we played included Uncle Wiggily, Parcheesi, Chinese Checkers, and Monopoly.  I hated Monopoly then, and I still refuse to play it with any grandkids that ask.  I guess my brothers always got the best of me in that one.

Photo Challenge Day 5 - Someone I Love

with all my heart!

My sweet mom -- who will be turning 92 in one month.  We had some good giggles with an early morning photo shoot.  I had spent the night with her since she was a little under the weather; fortunately she woke up all perky this morning.   She kept blinking her eyes every time I'd take a picture -- I guess it doesn't take much to get the giggles at 6 in the morning.  Wouldn't it be nice to look that good at 6 a.m.?

I sure do love her to pieces.  Sometimes you may hear me grumbling because she loves to go go go -- that can be a bit exhausting for a homebody like me.  But I do appreciate that she keeps me from being a hermit.

Photo Challenge Day 4 - Favorite Color

Photo Challenge Day 3 - Clouds

Clouds are hard to come by here today.  We've got snow, wind, and completely overcast skies.  I thought about walking down to the snowmobile trail to catch a cloud of snow dust, but it was only a thought.

So I was left with this -

Yep -- there it is -- my cloud.  Not sure what all I can do with it, but it's there.  I know it's a little hard to read   so you'll have to trust me on this.

If that doesn't excite you, here's a poem about a cloud that will surely bring much lovelier pictures to mind.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud I wandered lonely as a cloud  That floats on high o'er vales and hills,  When all at once I saw a crowd,  A host, of golden daffodils;  Beside the lake, beneath the trees,  Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.  Continuous as the stars that shine  And twinkle on the milky way,  They stretched in never-ending line  Along the margin of a bay:  Ten thousand saw I at a glance,  Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.  The waves beside them danced; but they  Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:  A poet could not but be gay,  In such a jocund company:  I gazed---and gazed---but little thought  What wealth the show to me had brought:  For oft, when on my couch I lie  In vacant or in pensive mood,  They flash upon that inward eye  Which is the bliss of solitude;  And then my heart with pleasure fills,  And dances with the daffodils. --William Wordsworth

CopperDog 150

It was a perfect night to check out the sled dog races!  I don't think I've ever seen so many people in Calumet.

Just thought I'd share a few amateur shots of the event for those of you who weren't able to make it.  In my humble opinion, it's right at the top of the list of fun things to do in the Copper Country.

A few familiar faces in the crowd.

And fireworks in the park!

30-Day Photo Challenge - WHAT I WORE............

almost 20 years ago -

at Greg and Sharyn's wedding.

Some of you may wonder why this hasn't found it's way to Goodwill; sometimes I wonder myself.    I suppose I hang onto it just in case I end up in the hospital and wither away a couple of sizes before I die, I'll have something to wear to my funeral.  For those who need to know -- it's hanging in the attic.

You can look at yesterday's photo to see what I wore today ;)

A 30-day Photo Challenge

and I said "sure, I'll do it"!   Not because I'm a photographer, that's for sure.  I suppose the thought of something a little out of the norm on my blog sounded tempting.   I'm not even close to being a daily blogger, but I suppose I can give it a try for one month while I sit and wait for Spring.

Then I read the rules.  Aach!  A self portrait???

Twenty tries later, I got a shot I was reluctantly willing to share.

The rest of the month should be easier.

Check out the comments on Yvonne's blog to see who else is playing along.