This week’s edition of the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is the first such challenge I’ve ever attempted. It’s not a fierce competition with a major award at stake, but I feel sheepish daring to share a theme with so many top-notch professionals who do this for a living and/or have had extensive formal training. In the spirit of fun, though, I’m giving the Challenge a whirl anyway.
Behold my octet of entrants from my own collection, submitted in the categorical competition of general greenery:
1. Sugar Creek runs through Turkey Run State Park near Rockville, Indiana.
2. The Jolly Green Giant, standing tall and proud in Blue Earth, Minnesota.
3. A mural in downtown Indianapolis, one of the “46 for XLVI” murals created especially for our 2012 Super Bowl tourists.
4. The Capitol Dome of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
5. The one and only Central Park, algae and all.
6. A John Deere tractor on display at the Indiana Flower and Patio Show. I took this photo only because it reminded me of Ken Cosgrove.
7. A friend’s garden of backyard delights, tended and curated in a Chicago suburb. They were actually the subject of a photo spread in an issue of Better Homes and Gardens, the only issue of which we’ve ever bought, let alone saved for posterity.
8. The Riddler, ably representing for our convention-costuming brethren.
In conclusion: green is your friend, your confidant, your exterior decorator, your tourist attraction flourish, an above-average R.E.M. album, and the fashion style of some of the best characters ever.
This message has been brought to you by the Green Council. Be sure to pick up green wherever you bank or salad. Thank you.
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Very nicely done!
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Thanks! 🙂
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I think most of the people participating aren’t professional photographers, so jump in unabashedly, lens first! Your photos are lovely – keep on shooting and posting 🙂
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I appreciate the encouraging words. I’m surprised at the response level, and thinking maybe I should let the Photo Challenges inspire me more often!
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holy moly that jolly green giant is a giant and green…and jolly. I have photos of the world’s largest ketchup bottle, but that green giant is something special!
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Giant-sized stuff is a recurring addition on our road trip itineraries. We’re just weird that way. Mega-ketchup sounds right up our alley!
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Well it’s in Illinois, so, if you ever get out in the middle of nowhere, lost in a cornfield, just look for the big Ketchup bottle!
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Nice shout out to REM. Great pictures, too. 🙂
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Thanks! Until WordPress decides to give us “Weekly Photo Challenge: Lifes Rich Pageant”, I guess this’ll have to do. 😀
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Extremely versatile >>Nice gallery!
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Thanks! I was surprised at how often I’ve encountered greenery in my experiences. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear the color green was stalking me.
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I like green only in nature, never on my body!! Some great green blogs huh?
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