Saturday, October 30, 2010

Images and Words Week 78: Happy Halloween/Scary Fun

Greetings from Amy and welcome to week 78 of Images and Words!  I'm thrilled to be hosting on this Halloween weekend, and so my theme is "Happy Halloween/Scary Fun".  I added "Scary Fun" to the theme because not everyone celebrates Halloween, so I think that anything that's both scary and fun would be appropriate.  Here's my entry:

This is part of the "Haunted Woods" along the Boise River Greenbelt.  Every October it gets dressed up as an outdoor haunted house--hence, "Haunted Woods".  This is also where I got Dana and his son Ethan horribly lost while we were eaten alive by mosquitoes.  I took this photo last year on an incredibly photographically prolific morning in which I was supposed to go balloon chasing but the upper level winds were too fast for flying, so I went down to the river instead.  This is the same morning in which I took the photo of the steamy river with the two ducks, and also the weird bent twig structure (which I was trying to find for Dana and Ethan when we got lost).  On this morning I had the whole woods to myself that morning, few people and no mosquitoes.  I took this photo at a make believe graveyard that was staged where there had been a fire a few months earlier, and I think the black burnt wood looks gorgeous against the white skeleton hand and gauze.

I'd like to take a moment to say I'm sorry that I haven't been around much these past weeks--I've been swamped with a visit from my mom and sister, getting sick immediately following, and then increasing my responsibilities at the restaurant.  And I'd also like to say thank you because among my increased responsibilities is social media marketing so I'm putting my Images and Words skills to work!  Thank you, Joel, for starting this wonderful group!  And thank you to all of you who participate!  I'm almost finished catching up on my tasks, and then I should be back into the swing of things here at Multiply.

The Rules:

Each week we will post an original photo with words on it. The idea behind this group is to expand our minds through our photography.

Photos must be your own, but the words can be someone else's as long as credit is given after the words.

Your post can either be serious, or if you'd like comical, but never obscene .

Posts can either have one word on them,quotes, or full poems ... Your choice.

All posts are to be done on your own site in a blog form with a link back to it being left here.

New topics will be posted on Sundays.

Posts can be made through Saturday.

One post per person only please.

46 comments:

  1. Very fitting theme Amy, and I must say that's a very spooky shot lol!!
    I'll be back later with mine..

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  2. Oh! I nearly forgot! Happy Halloween!

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  3. GREAT THEME DIDN"T HAVE MUCH TIME AS I AM TRAVELING HOME TOMOROW BUT HERE IS A LITTLE SOMETHING

    http://starfishred.multiply.com/journal/item/3279/IMAGE_WORDS_HALLOWEEN

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  4. I can just imagine the area you took us through all decked out with goblins and ghosts....

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  5. Thanks Amy, for a great theme this week. Lol- I love your shot. Its fun and keeping with the theme.

    Here's mine:
    http://suebella.multiply.com/journal/item/57/Images_Words_-_Happy_HalloweenScary_Fun

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  6. Have been busy lately, so haven't taken part for several weeks. Couldn't resist this theme though!!

    http://mitchylr.multiply.com/journal/item/347/Images_Words_78_HALLOWEEN

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  7. Great photo, we just don't have anything so halloweenish here, so I had to do a bit of dressing up.
    (The skeleton is an original photo, taken in my physio therapists surgery).
    http://tabbynera.multiply.com/journal/item/1454/Images_and_Words_Week_78_-_Halloween

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  8. Amy you certainly have had fun here. LOL.. fab images and a Happy Halloween to You and Yours.
    Images and Words Week 78: Happy Halloween/Scary Fun

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  9. Amy you certainly have had fun here. LOL.. fab images and a Happy Halloween to You and Yours.
    Images and Words Week 78: Happy Halloween/Scary Fun

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  10. I'm back....and while some might not be scared doing this, I bet I could change your mind.

    http://ethansdad54.multiply.com/journal/item/2297/Images_WordsScary_Fun

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  11. Awesome shot, Amy! It did scare me, LOL!
    Halloween is very new in Portugal. Anyway, here is my contribution
    http://belita747.multiply.com/journal/item/1174/IMAGES_AND_WORDS_HAPPY_HALLOWEENSCARY_FUN

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  12. I had come to Trick O' Treat
    But found after repeated knock
    Your door it stayed closed
    I couldn't get in
    It appears to be LOCKED

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  13. Wow Amy that is spooky. What a find.
    Cool picture.
    Amy you are doing an excellent job as host. You and the other hosts make
    this such a fun group. We all get busy. Take care.
    http://cruizin57.multiply.com/journal/item/207/Images_Words_-_Scary_Fun

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  14. Thank you Amy for the theme and well done picture.
    HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL
    Here in Turkey we have no Halloween.

    http://ummancan.multiply.com/journal/item/298/Images_and_Words_Scary_Fun

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  15. Ok Mine is more for the health of out community. A public service announcement so to speak.

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  16. I'm so late! Love that shot up there! I'll be back with mine, I'm working on it now.

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  17. This looks like a very interesting group. Hope you don't mind if I look around a bit.

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  18. No please do and feel free to join in if you would like...We love having new people !!!!

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  19. But watch out if you feel something grabbing your leg. You never know what kind of strangers live here!

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  20. Sorry to be late posting, but I've been out of town. I don't keep many suitable pictures for Halloween, but I think this one works nicely. See what you think:
    http://awordsmith.multiply.com/journal/item/235/Images_Words_78

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  21. Hi everyone! With Halloween yesterday, and working today, I haven't been around to nearly as many entries as I'd like yet, but I will catch up probably on Wednesday. Wonderful entries so far! I'm glad that everyone is having fun with the theme :-)

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  22. Yes! Please look around! I hope you'll join us because it's a lot of fun :-)

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  23. Thank you! She was also in the "Haunted Woods." Since I took the photo in the morning I did a bit of Photoshopping to make the picture look more evening-ish.

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  24. Hi Amy , great theme and I love your haunted wood............... I have been off line since Saturday, came in briefly on Tuesday and bombed out again. Just got fixed up and trying to catch up. I don't know if I have something scary, will try. Back later with either a link or a sorry no can do. *smile*


    I am back..............the best I can do in a hurry, we are off to Parys in the FreeState tomorrow for the weekend.

    http://klintm.multiply.com/journal/item/38/IMAGES_AND_WORDS_-_HALLOWEEN_

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  25. Just a quick note, as some of you asked where I took my photo for this week's theme. It was taken a the famous Cheddar Gorge caves. Now while they are mostly famous for their show-caves, featuring beautiful stalagmites, stalagtites, flowstone and reflection pools, one of the smaller caves houses a sort of adventure theme, which is sort of "Lord Of The Rings Meets Halloween". My photo was of one of the scarier parts of the adventure :-))

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  26. I had to go back and look at yours again... that looks so dang real!

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  27. I finally got caught up with everyone's entries! Thank you all for patience as I have been incredibly busy lately. Wonderful photos and terrific creativity! I think this was my favorite week that I've hosted so far, but I'll probably say that the next time I host ;-)

    There's still time if anyone else wants to jump in!

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