Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt 2014 (Part Three/The End)

As Autumn has officially started, Rinda's Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt has official ended. I scrambled with the last few items that I still needed on my list and in some cases have to use photos that I did not want to use hoping to find better ones... So here is my last installment of photos:

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)

2. A garden gnome

3. Birds on a wire

4. A group of tourists

5. A rack of post cards

6. An urban street scene

7. A rural landscape

8. A tattoo on a person

9. A bakery ALTERNATE A

10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)

11. A horn

12. A mascot

13. A sunrise

14. A parade

15. A juggler ALTERNATE B

16. A sign in a language other than English

17. A lamp post

18. A water fall

19. A public garden

20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.

21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.

If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:

Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp

Alternative B: A bird house

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)

Not exactly a "welcoming" sign and not exactly my home town but definitely my adopted town

where I've now lived for 10 + years

8 and 10? A tattoo on a person and a photobomb

This one was taken this summer by my youngest son who had spotted the big guy in front of a tattoo parlor and tried to be sneaky... but didn't realize that there was a gentleman in the foreground looking at him!

Alternative A: a kite, hot air balloon or blimp for 9. A bakery

Anyone driving from Los Angeles to San Diego (or vice versa) will be familiar with this sight: the "blimp port" for the Goodyear blimp.

I am ashamed to have to replace bakery on the list because I have indeed visited multiple bakeries during our European vacation but never remembered that it was on the list!

12. A mascot

It's not life size, something I tried to find all summer, but it still works doesn't it?

Alternative B: a bird house for 15. A juggler

Not one juggler around throughout the summer so bird house it will be. This one's been sitting in a drawer for a while. Decorated by yours truly :)

18. A waterfall

The whole family went on a bike ride this past Sunday just to take care of this item on the list! One more reason to love the Hunt! Since Southern California faces a serious drought there's not much water coming down!

21. A photograph of you with something representing the season

This one was greatly inspired by this post from Tara Whitney, go ahead, read it. 

Look Tara, I did it :)

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And this hodgepodge of photographs (all taken with an iPhone) finishes my 2014 Summertime Scavenger Hunt. Thank you Rinda for this great annual challenge! You can find the last round up of participants HERE on her blog.

(Part one and two of my hunt can be found HERE and THERE)