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This statue caught my eye in Mendocino, California. It was sitting outside an art studio on the grass and it appeared the artist was still working on it. The elderly woman's face was to me the most interesting and real. Someone had also place a small yellow flower between her fingers and I thought that was a nice touch.

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Y

Our last letter is 'Y' - go find Y in your space.

A few natural Y's create the border of this gazebo.

I

Show us I's in your space.

A pencil and eraser

E

What E's do you have in your space?





A lighting fixture

O

Another easy one, today find 'O' in your space.



A funky little table I own. Just love the fancy cut-out woodwork. Actually showing off three O's from this perspective.

W

Find a 'W' in your space.

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Taken in Mendocino, California

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B

Show us your "B's"

Q

You may have to be a little inventive with this one, see if you can find a 'Q' in your space.

J

I think you all need challenging today, go find a 'J' in your space.


Fancy a spin on some J's?

V

Today find 'V' in your space.



A sexy Elvis V (check out that open collar)


Lots of happy V's here.


The letter V makes an appearance in this sign too.

S

Taking the easier route to find the letter "S", but hopefully these campy incense packets will amuse you.

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We know that you took a fabulous picture this week and we wanna see it!

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Its self portrait saturday (how quick did that come around?). Share with us your portraits.

Split

To separate into equally positions between 2 or more sections. Have you got something splitting in your space?



A pomegranate from a tree in our yard.

Bracelet

Jewelery, trinkets or adornments worn on the wrist. Show me your fave bracelet.

Chew

To masticate with ones teeth. Who is chewing where you are?



This one was taken a couple of winters ago.

Triangle

A 3 sided shape, touching at each end. Simple huh? Show me some triangles.

Leaves

Expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant. Show us leaves.

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I discovered this large spider and web on the patio this afternoon. There were also around five other webs all with spiders of this kind on the patio, sitting and waiting for some unsuspecting insect that would become their next meal. I am working on my arachanophobia as I don't want to pass on my fear of spiders to my daughters. My husband also picks up spiders and shows them to my daughters in an attempt to make them comfortable with them.

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Me with a pretty dragonfly painted on my face.

Rust

A reddish brown tinge to metal that has been exposed to water or vapour. Who has rust?



It is interesting how I drove by this dilapidated metal factory for a couple years but hadn't really "seen" it. The building has broken windows, no doors, a rusty roof and one would think it was abandoned. That is not the case. People actually work in this place. I think they fabricate metal beams. The other interesting piece is the large ball chained on top of a concrete pedestal. Even while photographing it I didn't realize there was an engraving below. I had to do a close up on the photo to read what it says. Not only is the history a little strange but that someone would create it into a monument of sorts struck me as very curious. All but the two bottom lines are legible. Here is majority of the inscription:

This ball is erected here as it resembles

bowling in a Paul Bunyan way.

This famous land clearing ball developed

by C. L. "Red" Wilson was used for knocking

down 16,000 acres of timber on the

Hungry Horse Reservation in Montana and

many more acres in other parts of

the United States and Canada

Another view of the building behind the ball.

Hold

To carry and bear weight or load. What are you holding?



This is my husband holding a sea cucumber. He pulled it out of the touch tank so our girls could touch it and look closer. While in the water this creature looked all spiky but once pulled out of the water it turned all soft and the spikes seemed to meld back into itself. Such an amazing transformation.

Swing

A suspended object moving to and fro. What's swinging where you are?

Pipe

A tube of material in which to feed liquid or air. Have you got a fine set of pipes? (he he heeeee)



The faucet is attached to the pipe which isn't completely visible in this photo but I figured this was a little more interesting to look at than one of my rusty old pipes.

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Photo taken in the Bellagio Hotel garden in Las Vegas.

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Knot

A tangle in a length of string or hair, the hard, cross-grained mass of wood at the place where a branch joins the trunk of a tree found in planks or cuts of wood, a group of people....the list goes on. Show me knots!