Philotic Web

Here you go.

The what? There's a way to not get your hand completely covered in graphite after writing for a couple of hours?

The easiest way is to learn Hebrew.

Syphon, your new avatar freaks me out. Whither the Mad Men cartoon?

Syphon, your new avatar freaks me out. Whither the Mad Men cartoon?

Justice Scalia ate him.

I don't agree with Scalia on a lot of things, but man, you can't disagree with the guy's style.

I don't agree with Scalia on a lot of things, but man, you can't disagree with the guy's style.

Frank Easterbrook's (Seventh Circuit) style is even better. He's pretty much a badass.

October

Capture something fall related.

Okay, so instead of doing something really scenic or even something artsy, I decided to share a picture of something that really reminds me of fall around here. This is an apple place about five minutes away from me, that is open year round, but is absolutely mobbed in the fall. People drive from hours away to come to this place. Tour buses come, people pose for pictures, it's crazy. I tried to take a picture on a mid-week afternoon but it was still packed with cars. They have the BEST cider donuts (they just won first place!) and have dozens of varieties of locally grown apples (that you can pick yourself, of course). They also have all kinds of other locally grown produce. Oh, and they also have a distillery where they make apple vodka. But the donuts...oh, they are just so good. Anyway, they have this giant apple balloon in the sky from September 1st through the end of October every year. So, when I see it up, I know it's fall!

Front of the anniversary card I'm making for my husband:

Pumpkin picking!

That poor, lone pumpkin. Is that yours?


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Haha, no. Nobody wanted that pumpkin.

That glass decoration is awesome! Was it really just hanging on there?

I *think* I see somebody's finger holding it up there at the edge of the picture. But it's adorable nonetheless.

Nomi does in fact see my finger holding him there. He was a Halloween table top decoration (it says BOO above his head) and he smiled so big at me, I figured I ought to do him the favor of letting him get a drink of water. Who knows how long it was since he last got some of the old H2O.

Well now I just feel silly. Someone should make a decoration that does that! It would be awesome.

Fall I have 2!



And

Both are awesome!

Brilliant photos, especially the first one!
You seem to be a lot further through autumn than it is here. Our trees are still mostly green!

November

Capture something food related.


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Love the pumpkin, Shannon. Is that a specific owl, like Hedwig, or just generic owl?


And Teresa, the color in those pictures is so vibrant. Simply amazing. I'm glad Cleo was a part of those; she's gorgeous.

Yay! I was worried about November's challenge not coming. I shall have to use this as an excuse to make something yummy.

It was just a generic owl.

Oh No! I missed October.

Here's mine, late.



Punkins!!

Yours could work for October AND November since pumpkins are food! :D

Also: This month it is on! There will be something food related posted, I promise! I can't promise it will be a good photo, since my phone SUCKS at taking photos (it does GREAT video, just horrible photos...) but it will be of something yummy. :D

Chicken Pot Pie!
Pie crust and Bisquik versions thereof.

Dudes! November is almost over. Ack.

Food pic:
I made doughnuts!

Dudes! November is almost over. Ack.

Food pic:
I made doughnuts!

Oh my god... you are EVIL!

I have one but I have no idea how to do the pictures. someone please school me.

From the FAQ:

Q: How do I post pictures?

You'll need to upload them to another site first. Sites like Flickr, Photobucket and TinyPic do it for free.

Here's a great step by step instruction for tinypic.
1) Go to http://www.tinypic.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
2) Click the "Browse" button in the middle of the page, near the top.
3) Browse your computer and find the picture and click "Open"
4) Click the "Upload Now" button and wait.
5) When it finished, find the line "IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards"
6) Click the text box below that. It will automatically copy.
7) Go to make a new post and paste (ctrl+v or right click->paste) the line. It should look like:
http://i36.tinypic.com/xxxxxxx.jpg[ /i m g] (without the space)

The only one I didn't make is the pumpkin on the left, poor little guy got burnt!

Thank you!

I don't see food in that picture.

This one better?

Alright, folks. Last challenge. Thanks so much to those of you who have stuck it out the whole year through. :) The ever so creative last challenge is:


December

Capture something related to winter.