We have a winner!

Thanks so much to everyone who submitted an entry in my Caption Contest. All of them were wonderful and I'm glad it didn't fall on me to make the final decision. It would have been far too difficult!

I shared the submissions with a number of people today and they all agreed that the entire lot was worthy of winning. However, there was one that always brought a smile and seemed to be the favorite. So without further ado, the winning caption is....

"SQUIRREL! Squirrel? SQUIRREL!!"

Congratulations, Marion!! To give you a little taste of what you have to choose from at Bush Babe's, here are my BB prints. I had a little trouble trying to photograph them.....kept getting reflections in the glass. (which might have been nice for my earlier "reflections" post, but not for showcasing my prints!)

Caption Contest

Ever since I won a contest over at Scotty's blog last April, I've wanted to host some sort of contest here. After much contemplation, I've decided to make it a "caption contest".

I've re-posted a picture I shared recently of Alice, Esther & Mabel looking out my office window. I want you to come up with a clever caption that you think best describes the situation or what they might be thinking or saying. Leave your entry as a comment and in about a week I will have an independent judge (so I can't be accused of bias) select the best caption. The winner will receive their choice of a photo from the selection at Bush Babe's blog. If you've never visited her place before, you have no idea what you're missing out on. She is an outstanding photographer and quite an entertaining person in general! The contest will conclude at 7:00 a.m. CST on Wednesday, February 3rd and I will announce the winner the following day.

Okay, time to put on your thinking caps and see what you can come up with! One entry per person, please.

Giving & Receiving

I like to think events like the recent earthquake in Haiti bring out the generous, humanitarian spirit in most of us. However, knowing exactly where to give can sometimes be a problem. If it all seems a little confusing to you, here's a good website our pastor shared with us this morning:

Charity Navigator

On the receiving end, yesterday was my lucky day. I was a winner over at DJS Krimiblog and received a $15 gift voucher from Amazon! Thanks Dorte!

I'm a Winner!!!

I am so excited!

Debby recently posted an entry about a contest on her friend Scotty’s blog. Scotty posted a photo with instructions to guess what it was and write a little something about it. The photo fascinated me and I decided to take on the challenge.

What a thrill to find out this morning that I had won!! Next step is to see about claiming my prize… a photo taken by Bush Babe. If you’ve never taken a look at her work, you’re definitely missing out on something.

Thanks so much, Scotty, for sponsoring the contest and for choosing me as the winner. Thanks, too, to Bush Babe for providing the prize. Of course I must thank Debby as well for posting the entry about the contest or I might never have known about it. And Hal… if it weren’t for you I wouldn’t even know Debby!

I’d better stop… this is beginning to sound like an Academy Award acceptance speech!