I bet you thought I’d forgotten, but I didn’t.

I was just busy. Yeah, that’s what I was.

This gets almost all of ’em! Elephant, Rainbow, Paper, Angles

More elephants and rainbows!

A rainbow of mugs! And look! Some more elephants!

Rainbow whisk and colorful spatulas (and a hidden elephant).

Paper! Rainbow of book covers! Angles!

Insect and crayons (a Pirate rainbow of colors)

Because the alternate route from Cincinnati to Morgantown goes through Parkersburg, here are a couple pictures of Jules!

Lesson of the Day: You don’t eat clementines the way you eat apples.

And that birthday party?

Totally fun.

We had a stealth trip to Cincinnati this weekend, for a surprise 40th birthday party for my friend Andrew.

There are a couple things that are mandatory during Cincinnati trips. The first is Graeter’s ice cream:

The second is a trip to Jungle Jim’s, where we find many strange and wonderful things:

As a bonus, we found this tableau in our hotel drawer.

I also gave my point-and-shoot to Andrew’s daughter for awhile, so you can also browse what happens when you give your camera to a five year-old.

Today’s list comes from Phiala. Thanks Phiala!

elephant
rainbow
paper
insect
angles

I’m thankful for my niece:

His Furriness.

My brother.
And pie.

And Michael, but all the pictures of Michael taken in the past several days are….lousy (though that’s him in the background up there.)

I am almost certainly not going to get these done today. But by the end of the weekend for certain.

This weeks hunt is for six things for which you are thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here in the US. Happy Thursday to the rest of the world.

This weekend we visited Jules, and I have to say I think I got some really good pictures. YAY!

Curves

Angles

Age – Reading for all ages!

Anger – Taunting His Furriness (Black & White!)

Action (well, pre-action) Getting ready to attack

This week’s list is again sponsored by Jeri! Thank you Jeri!

Black and white, if camera or photoshop skills permit
Curves
Angles
Action
Anger
Age

Saturday we were in Charleston for our niece’s birthday, but since the “kid’s party” was in the early afternoon, we spent time with Michael’s mother, and wandered around a bit beforehand. Michael’s mom lives quite near the Coal River, so we went to the Big Falls area for a bit, and then to the Little Falls area.

Yeah, not so much with the items on the scavenger hunt. I found things that fit the criteria, but didn’t seem to fit with Wendy.

So you get these.

So the endpoint for our travel was Berkley Springs.

The center of Berkeley Springs are the springs that bubble up from the ground. The became a spa that was visited regularly by George Washington. In fact, there’s a little stone tub labeled “George Washington’s Bath”.

We again had beautiful weather, and since the Eastern Panhandle is slightly warmer than us, there was still plenty of leaf color.

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Our last stop on our trip was to the C&O Canal in Hancock MD.

I spent a lot of time in this area when I was growing up, as it is not only the halfway point between Morgantown and Baltimore, but because my aunt & uncle lived in nearby Warfordsburd PA. Except, of course, that was just their mailing address. Where they lived, we’d talk brief walks over the state line to Maryland, and church and grocery shopping were in Hancock MD.

And of course, walking and biking along the C & O Canal.

Tow path along the canal.

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