Feburary 2015 Scavenger Hunt ~ Transitions!

This has been a big month in our household!
My husband retired on the 20th,
I applied for Medicare,
and we have abandoned winter
for a vacation in the tropical sun.
So the pictures for this post
have been picked up 
all over the place.

February's List

1.  Flowers

King Soopers Gears up for Valentine's Day!

Hibiscus, Honolulu

2.  Love

A Valentine's Day Tradition

We always exchange valentines and maybe a bit of chocolate!

We're not big on valentine splurges.
We'd rather spend the money on other things.

3.  Number

32   Thirty-Two   XXXII

A little over thirty-two years ago,
I sat on this bench and was slammed 
with such a premonition that I fled to my car,
making a choice that changed my life forever.

I suddenly knew that if I rented
an apartment here, I would take
the WRONG fork in my road
and miss out on something critical.

Some days later I rented a place
in a different part of the city
and met my future husband.
Our paths would never have crossed,
if I hadn't listened to that premonition.
  

4.  Something Beautiful

Waikiki, Late Afternoon

On our arrival day in Honolulu,

we raced to Waikiki to walk in the sand.

5.  Your Favorite Color

Red:  Fremont Street, Las Vegas

6.  Bird

Macaws Waiting at the Crosswalk

You never know what you'll see along Waikiki!

7.  On the Road

Tiny Vehicles on the Road

Liftoff from Denver International Airport

took us over this cloverleaf exchange

filled with late afternoon traffic.

8.  Tap

The Snowpack Along the Front Range

Many millions of people, 

east and west,

depend on Colorado's snowpack

for water to flow from

their taps.  

9.  Price

The Price of Flying

Such a small price 

to fly SlotZilla,

the world's largest

slot machine:

Shoot out the bottom 

below the logo for $20

to zip halfway

down Fremont Street.

Or shoot out the top

above the white reels

over 10 stories high for $40

to zip all the way

under the canopy.

Now if I could just work up the courage!

I rode the precursor to SlotZilla,
but this is a whole different animal! 

10:  Heart

Heart, Street Art
East Fremont Street, Las Vegas

11.  A Corner of Your Home

Favorites of Mine

In one corner of my home 
are three of my most favorite things:

A basket beautifully woven
by an Iban woman in Sarawak, Borneo
(whom my husband and I met when we
stayed at her tribe's jungle longhouse).

and two Indonesian puppets
that my brother and his wife gave us.
The puppets are about 20 inches 
or 51 centimeters high.

12.  Whatever You Want

Rescuing a Stalled Flyer 

Sometimes high flyers get stalled near the end
of the zip lines under the Fremont Street canopy.
Here the front flyer is zipping along,
but the second one is being rescued 
by the man in green.
He quickly hauls the flyer back 
using some kind of equipment
that pulls them along the line.

March's List:
Circle,  Card,  Window,  Art,  Skyline,  a Favorite Word,
Movement,  Bathroom,  Car,  Plate
Something You Made, Whatever you want 

Thanks to Jill (Greenthumb) 

and her Made with Love blog 

for setting up the scavenger hunt.