Photo Hunters - Curve(d)

Photo Hunters - Curve(d)

Saint Francis Cathedral. Santa Fe, NM

Influenced by the French-born Archbishop Lamy and in dramatic contrast to the surrounding adobe structures, Saint Francis Cathedral was designed in the Romanesque Revival style - round arches separated by Corinthian columns and truncated square towers.

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Photo Hunters - Technology

Photo Hunters - Technology

I better cut this conversation short. Think she's onto me. I'll text you tomorrow.


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Photo Hunters - Bird(s)

Photo Hunters - Bird(s)

Sitting on a beach in Hawaii this summer, his little guy came by to visit me while I was watching everyone in the water. He was pretty perplexed why I wasn't out there with them. Or maybe he just wanted to know why I wasn't eating anything. He is a red-crested cardinal and he made me smile.


More birds here.

Photo Hunters - Bags

Photo Hunters were in search of a picture of "bags" this week. This was a challenging one for me, until I stumbled on this picture.

Photo Hunters - Bags

Last fall, our family had a bake sale to raise funds for Free Wheel Chair Mission. We baked brownies and sold them outside our neighborhood drug store. Our goal was to raise enough money to buy one wheel chair for around $50. We were so thrilled when, at the end of our time, we had raised enough through the sale and donations to buy three!!








Bag it.

Photo Hunters - Sports

I spent some time at Kailua Beach in Oahu, Hawaii this past June. It's a beautiful beach that's rarely crowded and has plenty of wind. The perfect place for windsurfers. I loved watching them seem to just fly across the waves. The power of the wind is an awesome thing. I captured these images, which fit well with the Photo Hunters theme of the week, "sports!"

Photo Hunters - Sports

Wind Surfers - Kailua Beach, Hawaii




More sports.

Photo Hunters - Twisted

Photo Hunters - Twisted

The Loretto Staircase
Loretto Chapel
Santa Fe, NM


The Loretto Chapel. Santa Fe, NM. When was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Not uncommon of chapels of the time, when priests used ladders to climb into the lofts. But since Loretto was run by nuns, a staircase was needed. The chapel is too small for a conventional staircase. The sister prayed for an answer. Legend has it that a mysterious carpenter appeared and with only a hammer, saw, T-square and buckets of hot water for shaping the woord created the miraculous structure. Months later, the staircase was completed and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. The stairway confounds architects, engineers and master craftsmen. It makes over two complete 360-degree turns, stands 20’ tall and has no center support. It rests solely on its base and against the choir loft. The risers of the 33 steps are all of the same height. Made of an apparently extinct wood species, it was constructed with only square wooden pegs without glue or nails. When finished, the staircase had no handrails. The banister and balusters were added ten years later. It really is an amazing structure.




More Twisted Things

Photo Hunters - Upside Down

The Photo Hunters theme for the week was "upside down." Kids have a way of really turning your world upside down.

Immediately, these two picture came to mind.

Photo Hunters - Upside Down

TN Chick has more "upside down" at her blog and drop by Criz's place for a bunch "upside down."

Photo Hunters - Orange

Haven't played along with the Photo Hunters in a while and frankly I've missed it. This summer really derailed life in many ways. I dislocated my knee back in June. Tore my ACL and meniscus and damaged the cartilage on my femur where my bones crunched together. The summer itself was consumed with the repair and a long recovery, with very little energy to do anything else, esp. blog. And I still have a ways to go yet.

But the end of August symbolizes the beginning of fall (even though officially it will be several more weeks before it's arrival). And I'm happily saying "good-bye" to summer with a renewed hope that I can come back to blogging with new vigor. Time will tell I suppose.

So I'm jumping (figuratively, of course) back into The Hunt and have found a photo I took of something "orange."

Photo Hunters - Orange

I saw this photo that I took last spring and it made me feel happy. I could use a little more happy lately so it seemed like a really good choice.


You'll find more "orange" things at the blog of TN Chick - the creator of The Photo Hunt. (for which I'm grateful) And also, if you'd like to find a place with easy links to many Photo Hunters' blogs, you can always drop by my bloggy and photographic friend, Napaboaniya. Her photo choice for orange is terrific!

Photo Hunters - Entertainment

This week the Photo Hunters were in search of photos of "entertainment." So vast a topic! Was it a tough choice for me, you ask? Are you kidding me!? I have seven children. We have enough entertainment around here I should sell tickets.

Photo Hunters - Entertainment

More entertainment can be found here.

Photo Hunters - Utensil(s)

Photo Hunters - Utensil(s)

More Utensil(s).

Photo Hunters - Garbage

Finally back to Photo Hunters this week. It's been a while. Today's theme of "garbage" threw me for a loop until I stopped by Carver's Place. I realized that "garbage" could be a part of my photo without being the primary focus of it. Then my choice came to mind right away.

Photo Hunters - Garbage

This is looking down the street from the frontyard of the home where we stayed in O'ahu Hawi'i. It was such a quiet and lovely street. Can you see why this picture fits the theme?


More garbage to be explored.

Photo Hunters - Book(s)

Believe it or not, this week's Photo Hunters theme of "book(s)" was a tough one for me. It isn't as though we don't have books to photograph. We definitely have a lot of book-lovers in our family and therefore a plethora of books. We have books everywhere! I just couldn't think of a creative way to make the theme interesting.

Then I remember this photo that I took of my kids last November during a brief stop while we were on a road-trip. Works well for the theme but is also a fun photo. Plus, the book featured is one of my all-time favorites.

Photo Hunters - Book(s)

I love this picture. My kids are characters.



I'll be really interested to see all the other books this weekend.

Photo Hunters - Plastic

The Photo Hunters theme of the week was "plastic."

Remember these old toys? Lite-Brite

You poke the plastic pieces through the black paper and the light from behind creates a beautiful picture. I had one when I was a kid. I can even remember the tune of the jingle from the commercial..."Lite-Brite, makin' things with light. Outta sight, makin' things with Lite-Brite." Hasbro has made an updated version but I found this original version at a garage sale and picked it up for my kids. They love playing with it as much as I did.

Photo Hunters - Plastic

More plastic things.

Photo Hunters - Painted

Photo Hunters were searching for something "painted" this week. Should be an interesting full of diverse and amazing photos.

I chose this photo.

Photo Hunters - Painted

This was sculpted and "painted" by my cousin, Harry Benjamin. He calls it, "The Left Foot of Budda" and it stands outside his home and gallery, The What's a Pot Shop.

I especially like it for our theme this week because it appears that the toe nails have been painted red.



Please do stop by TNChick's Place for great links to all sorts of "paintings" this weekend.

Photo Hunters - In Memory

Photo Hunters - In Memory

...a quiet moment with the past...

Masonic Cemetery
Silver City, New Mexico
March 2009

Pay your respects at TNChick's Place.

Photo Hunters - Walking

When I heard what this week's Photo Hunters was, I couldn't stop thinking of the chorus to that old Nancy Sinatra song:

These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do...

And then this picture became obvious.

Photo Hunters - Walking

I know. They look intimidating, huh? Downright scary. They were modeling their most fierce "super hero" look.

So lookout bad guys!

One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.



More walking over at TNChick's Place.