A is for Autumn Allergies.

[Solly Mack]

(Ragweed bouquet)



Let's Play the ABC's of Photos

If you are new to the game:

You reply to main thread with the next letter (B,C,D etc..) using a photo that begins with or relates to the letter we're on at that time. (B for blue, C for cat, D for dizzy, etc..)

This post will contain the "A" photo, so the next will be "B" - and so on and so forth.

All the way from A-Z and then we start over again.

MUST be your own photo.

Please feel free to comment on photos!

[elleng]

1. B is for

BIRDS

[Solly Mack]

4. You wouldn't know this but I just love birds.

[elleng]

7. Good; I've got more!!!

These guys are probably related to the ones posted above. LOTS of crows around!

[Solly Mack]

2. C is for

Cutie with her tongue out!

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. D is for

Our Dog Mocha in the vacation rental a few weeks ago

[Solly Mack]

5. Adorable! Beautiful dog and a nice shot!

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. E is for

[Solly Mack]

25. Those are gorgeous!

So is the photo!

[NRaleighLiberal]

26. yes, that was my "50 shades of..." phenomenon taken to eggplant!

[Solly Mack]

27. LOL! Love it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. F is for

FOG!

[Solly Mack]

24. If you told me you climbed the roof for the shot I would believe you.

[Adsos Letter]

9. G is for Glass

Old glass at that...

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[Solly Mack]

22. Neat!

Impressionism!

[Earth_First]

10. H is for Hold

[Solly Mack]

20. Great shot! Beautiful!

[mnhtnbb]

11. I is for Icicles

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[Solly Mack]

19. Brrrrrr.

Too cold for me!

[mnhtnbb]

28. I realized when I found this it could have been a contender for the "lines" theme.

Didn't even think of it at the time!

We rarely get this kind of weather. Last winter was unusual--and I hope
it doesn't repeat!

[Solly Mack]

41. We had a bad winter last year too. I'm hoping for more normal weather this year.

That could have been used for lines...lots of them.

[CrispyQ]

12. J is for Just Another Day in the Neighborhood

Solly, your photo is very van Gogh-esque.

[Solly Mack]

18. Thanks, CrispyQ!

I wanted the ragweed to be beautified. lol

Love your shot! How cool is that!

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. K is for

Kingfisher!

[Solly Mack]

17. Excellent! Those things can be hard to catch! Very flighty.

For me anyway.

[NRaleighLiberal]

21. they tend to be one of the most challenging birds for me to capture well!

very skittish - even coming upon them slowly in a kayak they depart quickly!

[mnhtnbb]

14. C'mon! This is fun. L is for

LION!


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This particular guy is a resident of the Berlin Zoo.

[Solly Mack]

16. It is a fun game and we get to see some wonderful photos!

[Solly Mack]

15. M is for

Mask

[NRaleighLiberal]

23. N is for....

NAP! used my cell to snap this unsuspecting, clearly exhausted couple at this year's heritage harvest festival.

[Solly Mack]

36. Teehee! Was that before or after the walking tour?

[NRaleighLiberal]

37. that was at the end of a very long day for most people!

[Earth_First]

29. O is for Ocilarris

[CrispyQ]

33. Love this! The secondary color scheme is wonderful!

Seriously, this is contest worthy, imo.

[Solly Mack]

34. What CrispyQ said. Beautiful!

Contest worthy!

[handmade34]

30. P is for Pipe (water pipe)

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[Solly Mack]

35. Very nice!

[mnhtnbb]

31. Q is for

quack, quack!

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[elleng]

32. Great quackers!

Had the same thought!

[Solly Mack]

38. R is for

Red

[NRaleighLiberal]

40. can we call it a tie!

[Solly Mack]

42. Sure! Doubles work!

[NRaleighLiberal]

39. R is for

Resting!

?584

[NRaleighLiberal]

43. S is for

Serenity

?660

[Earth_First]

44. T is for Turtle

[mnhtnbb]

45. U is for

Underground

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[handmade34]

46. V is for "Vegetarian Restaurant"

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[Earth_First]

47. W is for Waves

[trusty elf]

48. X is for.....

xylocarp

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[mnhtnbb]

50. LOL!

While I was fooling around with getting the wind mill on photobucket, you posted!

[trusty elf]

51. Sorry!

Yours is very nice! I cheated-the coconut (xylocarp) is fake I figured I was helping out by taking X.

[mnhtnbb]

54. I wondered if that was photoshopped!

[mnhtnbb]

49. X

The shape of wind mill blades!

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[handmade34]

52. so many different kinds of Windmills

windmills would be a good theme someday

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[Solly Mack]

53. Y is for

Yellow

[mnhtnbb]

55. Z

is for, what else but ZEBRAS!!

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[Solly Mack]

56. Of course! Now the game begins again. :)

[handmade34]

57. "A" is for the ALAMO

couldn't help myself... being here in San Antonio

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[Solly Mack]

59. I'm glad you couldn't help yourself! Nice shot!

Hope you're enjoying yourself in San Antonio!

[Solly Mack]

58. B is for

Bee's Butt

[mnhtnbb]

60. LOL, Solly!

What a shot!

[Solly Mack]

62. It's hard to resist a cute butt.

[mnhtnbb]

61. C is for

Castle (this one in Salzburg, Austria)

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[Adsos Letter]

63. D is for Dogs...

There are actually two of them there...bless their little hearts...

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[handmade34]

64. "E" is for Energy

that my daughter has more of than me... she runs 3 times around the trail while I do once (this is one from the RiverWalk)

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[elleng]

65. Keep this going around and around and I have 'dibs' on W

after November 7 (W is for WEDDING!!!)

[Solly Mack]

66. I'll be in the hospital on the 7th but if everyone keeps it going

I'm sure they'll reserve 'W" for you.

Nothing major. Colonoscopy. I'm at that age for one and considering my history, I better get it done.

[elleng]

67. 'Break a leg,' Solly Mack!

'See' you on the 8th!

[Solly Mack]

68. lol! The show must go on!

[Adsos Letter]

69. F is for Flower

[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/nfc1ynj][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[Solly Mack]

77. Pretty!

[Solly Mack]

70. G is for

Grouping

[CaliforniaPeggy]

71. H is for.................

HOLIDAY! Christmas, in this case...

[Solly Mack]

76. Nice shot.

[yourmovemonkey]

72. I is for Izmailovo Kremlin

[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[Solly Mack]

75. That's beautiful!

[yourmovemonkey]

88. Thanks. A friend of mine took me there last year.

It's a strange, magical place.

[mnhtnbb]

73. J is for

Jewels! In this case, displayed in a window on 5th Ave. in NY at Christmas a couple of years ago.

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[Solly Mack]

74. Wow.

[mnhtnbb]

79. Yeah. How'd you like to find that in your Christmas stocking?

[Solly Mack]

80. I'm usually on the naughty list.

[Adsos Letter]

78. K is for Kitty and Keyboard

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[mnhtnbb]

81. L is for

living in a tree house

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[mnhtnbb]

82. M is for Michelle!

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I apologize for doing L --but I really wanted to post a shot of Michelle! She came to the UNC campus during the
2012 campaign and I was lucky to be able to hear her speak in person. Not the best shot...but..

[Adsos Letter]

83. N is for Night Owl

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[Solly Mack]

84. O is for

Over my head

[ohheckyeah]

85. N is for night at the diner.

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[yourmovemonkey]

86. P is for Pondering the Plunge

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[yourmovemonkey]

87. It really needs the followup

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[Adsos Letter]

89. Q is for Quill

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[elleng]

90. R is for Rising Sun

[Adsos Letter]

91. S is for Ships

[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/6bimg18434611j][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[mnhtnbb]

92. T is for

Turkey vulture

We see lots of these guys soaring on the wind over our hill.

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[rdking647]

93. U is for

Under the surface of the earth

[Adsos Letter]

98. I like it!

Where is that?

[rdking647]

111. longhorn cavern

about an hour or so from austin

[Solly Mack]

99. That is magnificent! Truly spectacular!

[elleng]

94. V is for

[Solly Mack]

100. Very cool!

[elleng]

102. Thanks, Solly Mack.

I thought there was one of these in my 'gallery!'

[Adsos Letter]

95. W is for

Window

[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/jn421vsj][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[yourmovemonkey]

96. this is cool too!

I hit reply, and your photo changed. I just love old hand tools. You're very good with light.

[Adsos Letter]

97. Thanks, yourmovemonkey

I've been looking for a place to use this one. It was taken from the basement at Château de Chillon. It looks out over Lake Geneva.

I'll save the hand tools for another letter.

[Solly Mack]

101. Nice!

[Adsos Letter]

103. Thanks Solly

I'm glad you started this game.

[Tom Kitten]

104. X is for

the shapes of the poles holding up the walls of this building

[elleng]

105. Y is for Yellow!

[Tom Kitten]

106. And Z is for

Zoo...(thankfully) abandoned zoo...

[mnhtnbb]

107. A is for

Anteaters!

Seen in the window of an art gallery in Vienna

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[Adsos Letter]

108. B is for

Bird

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[mnhtnbb]

109. I thought maybe

someone would be giving the 'bird' to a few Republicans!

[justiceischeap]

110. C is for

Chicken! Seen in Thurmond, WV

[rdking647]

112. D is for

dangerous

[Tom Kitten]

113. E is for

Endeavour!

[Adsos Letter]

114. F is for

...Fuzzy...(could also be called Focus...as in it needs more...)

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[elleng]

115. F is for

FLOWER!

[Tom Kitten]

116. G is for

Ghost Town!

[Adsos Letter]

117. Is that Bodie? n/t

[Tom Kitten]

119. yes

I had always wanted to go there and last Sept. I finally did. Would you believe it had snowed there the day before?

[Adsos Letter]

120. Oh, I would definitely believe it.

That part of the state can get very cold.

I haven't been there in twenty years. Cool place!

As the young girl is reported to have said: "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie."

[Adsos Letter]

118. H is for

John HENRY

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[Tom Kitten]

121. I is for

Ice Storm brrr!

[mnhtnbb]

122. J is for

jigsaw puzzle!

We always have one at the beach. Sometimes they get completed, and sometimes they don't!

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[elleng]

123. K is for Kitchen

with a surprise, brother the guest cooking!

[Tom Kitten]

124. L is for

Lizard

[CaliforniaPeggy]

125. M is for.......

Moon!

[Adsos Letter]

127. N is for

Nap Time...

[mnhtnbb]

128. O is for

Owl!

This barred owl--a hoot owl-- was a regular visitor to our back hill a couple of years ago.


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[Tom Kitten]

129. P is for

Pelicans at the Salton Sea

[mnhtnbb]

130. Q is for

the Quartet about to take the stage at the Mozart House in Vienna.

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[rdking647]

131. R is for racing

[CaliforniaPeggy]

138. I have been there! Isn't it a wonderful place? I loved it.

[mnhtnbb]

140. My husband is a huge fan of Mozart

and from what I understand, there are several places in Vienna where Mozart lived
after he left Salzburg. Hubby went to the Mozart museum in Vienna--I passed--
and we went to the house in Salzburg where he was born and grew up. The other
house/museum in Salzburg was undergoing renovations and closed.

BUT, we discovered the little cottage where he wrote the Magic Flute had been moved
to Salzburg and was sitting on the grounds of the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.
Hubby talked his way in--having written a scholarly paper on The Magic Flute many
years ago--and he got to go out on the grounds--not open to the public--and see
the cottage.

Here he is, in front of the cottage in which Mozart wrote The Magic Flute. He talks about that day
as one of the high points of our trip last year.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

141. How very cool! How lucky you got to go there!

[Tom Kitten]

132. S is for

Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Sawtooth Ridge

[Adsos Letter]

133. T is for

Tools

[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/n6teatimeatfortross5j][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[Mira]

134. U is for Undressed

[Tom Kitten]

135. V is for

Vineyard

[Adsos Letter]

136. Is this an Oregon vineyard?

When I lived up in Amity (about 15 years ago) I remember that the area around Dundee was gearing up for wine.

[Tom Kitten]

137. that's a good area for wineries

The whole west side of the Willamette, going into the Coast Range foothills, is where most of the wineries are. The soil and climate is really conducive to producing a top quality pinot noir there. The Newberg/Dundee area has a ton of vineyards. This is the Shaffer Winery, about 20 miles northwest of Dundee, in the Forest Grove area. I don't know if it's related to the Shaffer Vineyards in Napa...This is my favorite one to go to, it's on a hill in a little valley and the tasting room has an old lodge quality to it, and it has a large Christmas shop in it.

Each year, the day after Thanksgiving, all the wineries have an open house with wine tasting...I've gone, off and on, with a group of friends for about twenty years now. In the beginning, wine tasting was free! But now they charge $5-10 to sample. But you can get good deals if you buy it by the case. I'm not that much a wine drinker, but my friends are!

I've gone through Amity before, it's near McMinnville. The countryside there is beautiful, rolling hills and farmland, lots of oaks, nice temperate climate...

[handmade34]

139. "W" is for Walk in the Park

I am now working just outside Atlanta and I always look for the closest park/woods to hike in... this is Suwanee Creek Park (Suwanee Greenway) ....getting closer to home

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[Adsos Letter]

142. X is for...

Xyloglyphy!



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[mnhtnbb]

143. I wouldn't want to play you at Scrabble...

Nice post!

[yourmovemonkey]

150. I had to look that up

I love it when that happens. Also, thanks for finding another place for the hand-tools photo. I really like that one.

[mnhtnbb]

144. Y is for

Yuletide ornaments

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[Tom Kitten]

145. And Z is for...

ZOMBIES!

[mnhtnbb]

146. LOL! That's great!

[Tom Kitten]

147. Shall we start again? OK! A is for

Art Museum

[Adsos Letter]

148. B is for

Beignets

[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/mc0221j][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[Tom Kitten]

149. I'm hungry now

Looks tasty! Luckily it's dinnertime soon. Teriyaki Chicken with Rice!

[mnhtnbb]

152. Oh, yum!

[mnhtnbb]

151. C is for

Charleston carriage tour

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[Adsos Letter]

154. Yay!

Been there! Charleston is a beautiful city, as is Savannah.

[mnhtnbb]

155. We've been going to the Spoleto Festival in Charleston the last few years:

plan to go next May, too. It is a very pretty place and very walkable, one of
the things I like most about cities.

[elleng]

153. D is for Duck

DUCKING!

[Tom Kitten]

156. E is for

Echinoderms!

[Adsos Letter]

157. F is for

Fire!

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[elleng]

158. G is for GEESE!

[mnhtnbb]

159. H is for

horses, seen in Hyde Park, London

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[Tom Kitten]

160. I is for

Iridescent

[mnhtnbb]

161. J is for

jazz on a riverboat cruise of the Vltava River in Prague.

[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

[Mira]

162. K is for KAYAK

[elleng]

163. L is for LOVE!

[Mira]

165. this is a phenomenal photograph, elleng,

the angles in it make it move although you totally arrested the moment at hand.
A great shot in my opinion.
Carry on! You are doing so well!

[elleng]

166. Thanks!

So funny you say that, as it felt awkward as I took it. Julie likes it too!

[mnhtnbb]

164. M is for

Morgan --parked on a street in Paris.

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[alfredo]

167. N is for

Nikola Tesla

[Tom Kitten]

168. O is for

Oil Well...

[Mira]

169. POWER … & a Pretty Perplexing Photo

[Tom Kitten]

171. I like!

What and where is this? Looks like some funky buildings - I like it...very abstract!

[Mira]

173. Here you go and thanks for asking

It's a Brewery/Beerhall Restaurant and Hotel in Karlruhe Germany. I stumbled upon it when I, ever curious, explored an interesting looking alley and there it was!
First photo is the restaurant after hours (I know how to beg forgiveness and rarely ask permission) looking up to the hotel's facades, the second is one of many similarly funny facade shots of the hotel.


The girl is my young niece whom I took on the adventure to see it, made her close her eyes til we were standing at the door that looks like a mouth.

[Tom Kitten]

170. Q is for

Quarterhorses

[mnhtnbb]

172. R is for

ROSE

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[Mira]

174. S is for STEEP

These are the ladder type steps I crawled up and down for a month when I stayed at the overcrowded house of my brother’s visiting with my sick Mom this past summer. There was no need to be neat. I had no visitors up in that attic.

[alfredo]

175. T is for

Trek

[Tom Kitten]

176. U is for

UFOs!

[Adsos Letter]

177. V is for

Variegated

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[elleng]

178. W is for

WEDDING!

[Mira]

179. W is for WET

[Tom Kitten]

181. X is for...

Xanthic!

A 90 foot tall tulip tree a few blocks down the street

[mnhtnbb]

182. Y is for

YAWN after a busy week at the beach in the car for the ride home.

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That's my Snowy.

[Mira]

183. Z is for the letter Z

I hope you Z it, too

[Tom Kitten]

184. A is for

Aloe Vera

[elleng]

185. B is for

BABY.

[Adsos Letter]

186. C is for...

...Cow...


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[mnhtnbb]

187. That looks like

a bull dressed up in his wife's clothing to me!

[Adsos Letter]

189. She does have udders under that dress.

Please don't ask me how I know this...

[mnhtnbb]

188. D is for

deer

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[Adsos Letter]

190. And in velvet!

I always enjoy seeing the bucks in velvet.

[Tom Kitten]

191. If D is for deer, then E can only be for...

Elk! The one in the foreground liked me...and I liked her too! Such a deer...

[elleng]

192. F is for

FLY!

[Adsos Letter]

193. G is for

Gray


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[mnhtnbb]

194. H is for

bleeding Hearts

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[Adsos Letter]

195. One of my favorite flowers!

Three times I've tried to grow them in the yards but without success.

[mnhtnbb]

196. They are so delicate. This one got bigger this year--hope it does well next year, too.

[Adsos Letter]

197. I is for

i-Phone


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[Tom Kitten]

198. J is for

Javelina

[mnhtnbb]

199. K is for

kimono

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[Mira]

200. L is for Love

[Adsos Letter]

201. M is for

Mist


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[Mira]

202. That is spectacular!

Perfect rendition of mist - with the focus wafting in and out.

[Adsos Letter]

203. Thanks, Mira.

It's down on the Embarcadero, in San Francisco.

Did you do the work on the walls in the photo you entered in the Windows contest? Looks like some very nice decorative painting.

[Mira]

204. Oh no. They would not have let me near those walls :)

They are above the sacristy of the Luther Church in Karlsruhe Germany - it’s all solid masonry and stucco.
An Art Deco Church. Attaching a photo of the Statue of Martin Luther on the outside. Imagine the size of it!