The other day, I inadvertently knocked the sugar bowl over onto the table. I grabbed a plate and began sweeping the white grains onto it when I stopped suddenly. There before my eyes was the Fruit Loops character, Toucan Sam or perhaps it was a Common Kingfisher.
And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a POTW.
A GOOD READ
My Penny is Lost
by Red
at Hiawatha House
JUST PLAIN GOOD
Wood Ducks: Househunting on Lake Mary
by Cheryl
at Lake Mary Musings
PHINE PHOTOGRAPHY
Blue, Blue, Blue
by Gillian
at PS Whimsy - Behind the Brush
Gulls and Geese
by Ruth
at Ruth's Photo Blog
Sunset Peace
by Tabor
at Room Without Walls
READERS' CHOICE
Recommended by: Dianne
Speeding?
by EG CameraGirl
at Another Slice of Life
Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.
47 comments:
Best regards from Paris,
Pierre
I do see the eye and the hag as you said. Great find.
So glad you stopped by .
Good eye...and I love the sugar picture:)
Have been missing my blogging friends...I hope to be able to come around more now! Have a wonderful rest of the week:D
Well yes, now you come to mention it, smile, how could I have missed these?
Looking forward to a few good reads now..
you have a great eye for seeing things. such interesting trunks of trees!
thanks for sharing those wonderful botw.
yes, I see them now Hilary, but you have an amazing imagination, for sure! :-) - Dave
Love the tree fungus photo...so cool
Hugs
SueAnn
Your old hag looked to me like a cartoon frog or a snobbish camel...
Without the third dimension to distract me, I see that sugar as a peaceful mama bird sitting on a nest, angling her tail to one side.
I see both as you do Hilary; you've always had a wonderful, creative eye.
I see the hag. took me a minute though and you had to tell me which way she was facing. But when I first saw the sugar, before I read what you wrote, I saw a rabbit. An upside down rabbit.
I didn't see either right away but upon closer inspection I did
I love the way you think
congrats to all the POTWs
i like the sugar toucan!
and thanks for the great picks, again!
I do see some of the images, but my experience with childhhood cereals was limited to raisen brand and corn flakes. Truthfully I look for unusual variations but not identifiable as other things. In fact there is a 100+ year old tall stump I noticed yesterday has lichen or mushroom like growths I need to take a shot of. I loved this old tree and was why we bought the property, but and ice storm and its age necessitated elimination to protect the abode.
So much for my imagination as I cannot see the little old lady. But I do see things like this in trees many times! Thank you for the POTW and all the good reading links.
I saw the toucan immediately but had to really work to see the crone ..
That sugar shot is great,it gave me a good giggle. Yyou have made me more aware of looking deeper at what I am seeing, and I often think of you when I see a pic within a pic.
It took me a minute on that spilled sugar too, but oh my gosh! That's awesome!
It was a Kingfisher, I am certain, and not lump of the sweetstuff.
I DO see the old hag...spotted her right away. And after you pointed out the Toucan Sam and the kingfisher, I could see them, too. BUT the first thing I saw in the spilled sugar was a chubby rabbit with long skinny ears - ha!
Thank you, Hilary, for the POTW mention, too. It's such an honor, coming from you.
haha, sweet bird in the sugar :)
Few are gifted of this ability to "see" things and I love the world from your viewpoint, Hilary :-)
Hilary, you are just too clever. Good eye. That Hag sure has a pointy chin and nose. Love her warts.
The sugar toucan is quite amazing. So glad you captured it.
Now I'm off to read your suggested posts.
Thanks again for choosing my blog for POTW.
I am thinking whoever spoiled the sugar will be asked to do such again. Strange how things like that happen.
Off to read some POTW...
Should i say it? A sweet sugar shape? There, i did, sorry.;)
You do have an eagle eye!
Love that sugar shape - looks like a pelican.
I am humbled that you chose my post for POTW. Thank you.
I couldn't see the hag until the close up, but I could see the bird right away. Reminded me of how we used to lie on our backs and find things in the ever-changing clouds on a summer afternoon when we were kids. Fun! You have, obviously, not gotten out of practice. ;)
I feel the same way about clouds, which sometimes causes me to run into lampposts...
Pearl
You have a good eye-- which is why your photos are always so fabulous!
Thanks for the POTWs. I had no idea you are losing your penny. I bet ours are next :-(
xo jj
Well, I don't see the hag even if you described what you had seen but I love the bird! Just imagine, one careless move of your hand and there would have been no picture... :-)
I often see faces in the trees, I like this one you found.
Thanks for the post of the week award, I am honoured.
I saw the hag at once! I called it a witch and frankly it should be on one of my trees in my "Creepy Woods"! The sugar bird....all I can say is "Sweet!"
I definitely saw the kingfisher!
Maggie X
Nuts in May
These are great, and that's a great bird in the spilled sugar.
You're right! It's Toucan Sam!
i do see the shelf like hat, but not the rest, some people, like you are so good at finding these things!
Took me a sec with the first one, but the 2nd one got me immediately. (Love the way the spoon fell to create the mouth and eye!)
I'm seeing things, too - I think there is a name for that! PS I love the Benny photos in your last post.
I saw the hag. In the sugar I saw a bunny! And, wait, did someone say Benny photos? Going to read last post now.
Oh I can see them!! That is so awesome!
I saw a warrior in profile above the hag on the opposite side of the tree. A warrior with helmet. Small. On the right at top. Do you see it?
After you described the hag, I could see it. Sounds like you and your son's girlfriend enjoy a similar imaginative eye.
Old trees do have unique features on them. I have got a couple of such shots.
The sugar one is too good.
Just WOW stuff. Thanks.
here is a very nice POTW,,,!
It is a great sugar illustration. Your buds do bring promise for blooms.
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