No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen
You all make these mystery photo games so much fun. Especially when you don’t guess right. That’s not nice of me, is it? LOL. But last picture, so many of you figured it out without having to much more than think. In fact, you said it was so easy that you were sure I wouldn’t have tried to make something so easy mysterious. But, alas, I did. It was a cloud.
So, I was determined on the next mystery photo, the one I posted Wednesday night, to give you all a little more trouble figuring out what the mystery might be. I almost had a slam dunk, but not quite.
Many of you thought it was a flower, and I do love to take pictures of flowers. If you follow my posts on Facebook or Instagram, you know that. Well, I have been known to put a few flowers here on One Writer’s Journal at times too. Nine of you just said flower. Ann was one of those. She made me smile because she said she wasn’t sure about her guess but wanted to get as many entries in the giveaway as possible. Guessing on each of the mystery photos does get you another entry in the drawing to be one of three winners for one of my books.
Judi and Susan said a flower petal. Birdie and Paula said flower too but specified a begonia. Lee thought it looked like a zinnia or a rooster comb (not sure if that was the flower one or one on the rooster) or watermelon. Shirley agreed with her on that watermelon guess. Pamela added a guess with her flower guess too of a cake with icing. Sometimes you have to keep thinking about what it might be.
Nancy, Lisa, and Deborah thought it looked like a rose. I do love a red rose. Joanne picked a peony. Lucy thought a poinsetta. I just planted the poinsetta I had at Christmas in my flower bed and it does still have red leaves. Love that Lucy keeps guessing, even though she think she’s always wrong. I know she’s been right in some of these games. Becky says crabapple blooms. Those blooms are beautiful on my tree in the springtime. I liked Janice’s guess of a wild onion bloom. I’ve been wondering if I could make a mystery out of one of those. I’m not sure but that I may have already tried that in past mystery photo games. They can be surprisingly pretty.
Megan said flower but thought it was on a shirt. Debi and Nancy thought I’d done another close-up from the cover of The Song of Sourwood Mountain – this time the flower on the cover. Nancy, I’m so glad you liked the story. I love hearing that from readers like you.
Some of you went with food ideas. Connie and Ann M. thought strawberry shortcake. I could go for a piece of that too. Kayla thought jello salad or pie. The photo had her ready to dig out her recipe books to make some kind of delicious pie. We had a big family gathering here yesterday to celebrate my husband’s birthday. I made four pies, blackberry with raspberries and peaches added, cherry, chocolate chip, and a pineapple blueberry pudding no sugar pie. Those pies all disappeared. So I’m ready for more pie now too. Can you tell I love pies?
Judy Sch had an individual guess of a fabric label, but she wasn’t the one to spoil my shut-out. That was Emily who knew what the picture was. Here it is. A picture of my granddaughter’s graduation class last week while waiting to walk across the stage for their diplomas. The photo did get a little fuzzy when I cropped it, but way to go, Emily. I had to wonder if you were at a graduation ceremony in the last few weeks.
Okay. I’m ready to see if you guess this new mystery photo up top.
This one might be hard too, but we’ll see. Your guess, right or wrong, will get you an entry in the drawing. Thanks for playing.
Happy Father’s Day
Before I go, I hope you all had a wonderful Father’s Day with the dads in your life. I had a great dad who’s been gone for many years now, but plenty of good memories linger in my heart. My kids have a great dad in my husband and my grandkids have great dads in my sons. I know many other great dads. What a blessing a good father is to a child.
Here’s a picture of my dad. After I got my first camera when I was around 10 or so, he liked posing for a picture. This is one I like.
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.” – Unknown