Scavenger Hunt, October 2014: Colorado

October has been a spectacular month
in Colorado this year!

Unusually warm days and cool nights,
bright blue skies.

I love October almost as much as I love September,
and I can't wait to see the photographs everyone has collected.

Bright Flowers in Autumn Garden

October's List

1.  O is for Orange

 An Orange Chihuly Creation
Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, USA

Orange Autumn Leaves Near Sunset

Angel:  A Study in Orange, Black, and White



2.  6 p.m.
 

Colorado Sunset, Just Before 6 p.m.

3.  Morning

Tumbled Construction Pipes on the High Prairie
Morning Walk

4.   Something You Bought

A New Internet Service

I had to scramble to come up with something I bought!  
I've been laying low since my trips 
to Europe and Nova Scotia.

You can see our new internet box 
just to the left of my Dad's photo
on my writing desk.

Engraved Map

This is the last thing I bought especially for me, 
on Portobello Road in London last June
(but I just took the photo):
a 1736 map of the Bay of Fundy
and the Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia.

5.  Light

Light in Space

Light on Water

Light on Flowers

6.   Close Up

A Close-up of Dragonflies for Noushka,
a true master of dragonfly close-ups.

Orchids Close Up

7.   Favorite

This is my favorite photograph that I took in October,

a busy squirrel burying an acorn in the ground.

Red is my favorite color,

and I loved these red Chihuly sculptures 

at the Denver Botanical Gardens.

8.   Lunch

Sad, I know, but when I'm writing, 
I just need fuel!

9.   Childhood

This October I have been spending much of my time

working on my Lansdowne Letters posts, 

my memoir of our family's time in the North, 

and photographs from that time.

This photograph is a childhood favorite of mine

with we five little MacBeaths 

with our mother Sara and our dog Gretchen.

My father took it, not me ~

but I have played with the old image.

Picnic on Lake Attawapiskat

Sara, Gretchen, Donnie, Roy, Barbie, Bertie, and Me

Northern Ontario, Canada, 1961

10.   Your Sky

Morning Sky




Colorado Sky Above and Below

11.  Color

Water Lily

Bold Chihuly Blues
Against a Red Wall
and a Blue Colorado Sky

Spots of Yellow on the Vanishing High Prairie

12.  Your Shoes

I didn't have the heart to make my shoes big!

I sure hope Kezzie doesn't look at these, LOL!

November's List:

N is for ?,  12 p.m.,  People,  Look back,  Joy is,  Out and about,  Paper,
Window,  Hair,  Funny,  Something you found,  Whatever you please

Thanks to Jill (Greenthumb) 

and her Made with Love blog 

for setting up the scavenger hunt.