A Scavenger Hunt - sent from Canada

My friend Jen made a scavenger hunt for my grand daughters.  It arrived from Canada as a surprise and she'd put a lot of thought into it with a list of things to find and do. So I decided to wait for the right opportunity and it came back in February, when my daughter suggested a visit to a country park. I went with bags for collecting and the list in hand and the country park had a Stick Man trail so it was the perfect time and place.

What better way to start than with sticks in hand!

These are good for drawing in mud and leaving trails....












There were other things to do in the country park that worked well with our scavenger hunt....  like making a nest out of sticks.

Thick ice on the pond and puddles didn't stop the girls finding more!

And there was lots of bark rubbings to collect. 

Of course, there was lots of time for climbing and fun as well!

When we got home we had hot chocolate to warm us up and then we emptied all our bags.  We had a lovely hoard and everything was crossed off the list that Jen had sent.  Then it was time to make things and follow the rest of her ideas. I'll show you what we did next time.

I've been planning to share this post for ages and it was good to look out the photos and remind myself of this day. It might be June now, but it's not a lot warmer! In fact, friends have put their heating back on and we've been tempted to do the same.  Let's hope summer pops her head up soon!  Thanks for popping by and I'll be back with part 2 next week.  

  

5 in 5 - MELANIE - May 2016

Melanie is my friend who lives in Australia and she loves photography.  Every month since the start Melanie has taken

part in this monthly meme and we managed to find a way round

her not having a blog by posting here. I love that we have found a way for her to take part!  So, over to you Melanie:

Already the month of May and in the UK the saying goes ‘March winds, April Showers bring forth May flowers’.  Over here in Adelaide it is Autumn but this year a new festival called ‘Living Colour’ has brought forth May flowers in the city.  Not the beautiful spring flowers of the UK but a colourful selection of flowers which bloom at this time of year over here.  I took the train into the city and walked the length of Rundle Mall.  This is the main shopping mall in the city it had crates filled with flowers dotted throughout its length.  Of the different sites the Stephens Place site seemed to have more crates and variety of flowers than others so I chose this site to do my five minutes of photos.  In addition to the flowers mentioned as being at that site there were also several from others site.  Of the many flowers I only recognised the Pansy and geranium but fortunately on the web site http://rundlemall.com/living-colour-festival/ there were details of the flowers at each site with photos so they could be recognised.  In five minutes I took heaps of photos and it was difficult to select five but I have settled on the five below. Top row starting from the LHS Angelonia Archangle series purple, sunpatiens series white and Pansy Matrix Blotch.  On the bottom row on the LHS Verbena Blue Series (red) and on the RHS Capsicum Medusa. Hope you enjoy these colourful flowers.  If you check out the web site you will be able to see what the crates looked like.

Thank you for sharing here Melanie, what a lovely colourful

display. These flowers look familiar and are so cheering. My own garden is sadly lacking in colour though I did plant lavender and gernaniums today in pots by the front door.

If this has inspired you to pick up your camera and take part in

this challenge you have until 25th before this months link closes.

  It's great fun and you can see more posts and link up here.  

And if you want to know more 5in5 this post should answer any

questions and give other information that you need.

Hopefully Melanie will be back next month and I look forward to you joining us. Thank you for popping by, it is great to have your company!