Eek yay! Are you ready to see the answers to these mystery pictures, guys? Thank you all so much for guessing! I enjoyed reading everyone’s comments. 🙂
And now I shall reveal the mysteries…
#1. Kitchen grater
#2. Fingernail clippers
#3. Avocado
#4. Dollar bill
#5. Serrated knife blade
#6. Flyswatter (I have no idea what the marks on there are from. XD )
#7. Straw broom
#8. Sand dollar
#9. Cork
#10. Shell
Ta-daa! Are you like, “duh!” now? XD That’s usually how it happens with me.
Now for the winners: Out of around 30 participants, I think only two people got them all correct, and they are…
Oh my goodness, it’s been almost a year since I did one of these! I guess it’s high time for another one, huh? Eep, I’m so excited! In case you’re not familiar with these posts, here’s how they work.
I’m going to show you 10 super close-up pictures of ordinary objects, and you guys just guess what they are. Comment below with your guesses, and I’ll reveal the answers and the winners next Wednesday the 14th. Oh, and I don’t approve these comments until I reveal the mystery, just so no one gets ideas from another guesser, so don’t panic if your comment isn’t showing up. 😉 And lastly, to see my previous mystery pictures posts, click here.
Alrighty! Let’s begin!
#1.
#2.
#3.
#4.
#5.
#6.
#7.
#8.
#9.
#10.
And that’s it!
YAY I’m so excited to read your guesses! I hope you enjoyed this little post, and thanks for reading, dears!
Thank you, Clara, for suggesting this post idea! 😀 I’m really excited to show you this, guys! It’s similar to my mystery pictures posts, but more like “I Spy.” I’m going to list the hidden items for you to find, then give you several pictures with those items hidden somewhere inside. I also included a few extra pictures that don’t have any of the hidden items to make it a bit more tricky. 😀
These are six things to find in the pictures below.
a butterfly
a mushroom
a gnat
a grasshopper
a pinecone
an ant
By the way, this is not the mushroom you have to find. I wouldn’t go THAT easy on you. XD
Since I haven’t done this before, would you guys mind telling me your opinions on it? Was this too easy? Too hard? Just right? Do you like this kind of posts or not?
I hope you had fun! Oh, and if you need a hint, I’d be glad to help you out in the comments. 🙂
***Allison***
P. S. Autumn is in full swing here, guys! A few of our trees are practically burning up with fall colors. Ahh, so pretty. 🙂
I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT, GUYSSSS! 1,000 FOLLOWERS! EXCEPT BECAUSE I TOOK SO LONG TO POST THIS, NOW IT’S 1,190 FOLLOWERS!!! OH MY GOODNESSSSSSSS! Just think… before being featured on WordPress Discover, I had 150 followers. That’s really pretty great! And now…. *GASP* It’s simply amazing.
Thank you all soooooo, so much! You guys are one of my top favorite parts of blogging. ♥ I’ve met Clara, Grace, Hayley, K. A., Misty, Rebekah, Josie and so many more lovely girls through blogging. I love you! ♥
In celebration of this momentous moment in my blog’s life, I’m hosting a giveaway (in case you haven’t noticed). 😀
» The Prize «
The prize will include two things:
A miniature garden kit to make a garden similar to this one. This includes the following:
1 glass terrarium globe
A mini-bag of soft, green, dried moss
A mini-bag of blue glass pebbles
3 clay succulents (made by me)
1 clay mushroom (made by me)
1 shiny, marbled clay stone (made by me)
Plus a few other tidbits I might throw in 😉
2. Your choice of one of the following coupons for my Etsy shop:
30% off any item
Free shipping on any item
» How to Enter «
If you are under 18, please get a parent’s permission before entering this giveaway.
I will need your email address and/or your address so I can notify you and give you the prizes. But of course I will NOT share either of those – they’re safe with me. 😉
To enter, comment saying you would like to enter (well duh), and include a bible verse, quote, or riddle (or all of the above) that you like.
NOTE: This giveaway is only open to my readers living in the United States. I’m so sorry about that, but shipping gets complicated (not to mention expensive) otherwise. 😥
» To Collect Extra Entries… «
Take my survey to collect one extra entry – but please take it only if you actually read my blog or it won’t help me much. 😉 (By the way, this is a new survey, so none of you have taken it yet as far as I know.)
Share this post on Pinterest or social media to collect one extra entry. (NOTE: You may share this post as many times as you like, but you still will only get one extra entry.)
Share any other post from my blog on Pinterest or social media to get one extra entry. Please pick a post you actually like instead of randomly sharing any post. (Again, only the first share will give you an extra entry, but I’m ecstatic if you want to share more! 😀 )
»When Will This Giveaway Close?«
This giveaway will close October 28th at 12:00 am, ET. You have only two weeks!
On October the 29th I will announce the winner. I’ll also add the bible verse, quote, or riddle they included with their entry, as well as my favorites from the rest of the participants – just to add a little extra fun. 🙂
AAAAHHH THIS IS SO EXCITING! Thank you guys once again for reading my blog. ♥
In my last post I did a poll of what post to do next, and you guys chose… Sisters Q&A! So voila! Welcome back to Sisters Q&A part 2.
In case you’re new to this little series, here’s how it works: You guys have asked us questions, and Megan and I are going to answer those questions for the other person. We write our guesses separately, then combine them and see how many we got right. Megan won the first round; let’s see who won this round!
What is your favorite movie soundtrack of all time?
Guess: Maybe Frozen’s.
Answer: Ahh! I don’t know. Frozen has lots of pretty songs… well, they’re pretty until you get them stuck in your head for days. XD
Gracie
Would you rather have a wardrobe of only neutrals, or only bright colors?
Guess: Bright colors.
Answer: Bright colors. I don’t like black, gray is okay, and I love white, but I wouldn’t want to only wear those colors.
Favorite dessert?
Guess: Coconut cake.
Answer: I love chocolate things! *Slurp* There’s this one chocolate fudge crockpot cake my grandmother makes that is sooo yummy. I also like German Chocolate pie and Lemon Merengue pie… Ooh, and I love egg custard! And chocolate custard! Heh heh.
Cooking or baking?
Guess: Baking.
Answer: Baking, definitely.
Small, cozy house or large, regal mansion?
Guess: Small, cozy house.
Answer: It depends on how small and how large, but probably the small house. For one thing, it would take forever to clean a mansion. XD It just depends on what the houses where like, though.
What picture are you most proud of taking (if you have one)?
Guess: One of the silhouette photos she took of our friends and us on the barn roof.
Answer: I’m really proud of the ones I entered in the fair. Click here to see this year’s fair pictures, and here to see last year’s fair pictures. My favorite ones of all of those are the silhouettes, the snowflake, and the eye. I also really like this one:
Brr, chilly!
Josie
Favorite room in the house?
Guess: Our room.
Answer: Our bedroom is definitely my favorite as far as looks and coziness goes, but I’m usually in the kitchen (it has the computer 😉 ), or the schoolroom.
Favorite book?
Guess: The MBS!
Answer: THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY!
Reading or writing?
Guess: Reading.
Answer: Hmm… I like writing when I’m in the mood, but probably reading.
C.
Have you ever been over seas?
Guess: Nope.
Answer: Nope! But I’ve been to Canada.
What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten?
Guess: Frog legs.
Answer: Probably canned octopus. 😛 It tasted okay, actually, just kind of like rubbery sardines…
What’s your favorite thing to do?
Guess: Photography, blogging, arts and crafts.
Answer: Blog/be on the computer, draw, or make stuff from polymer clay.
Olivia Bell (aka Livy)
What made you decide to start blogs?
Guess: I think Allison started blogging because I had a blog and my mom had a blog, and probably because it looked like fun. 😛
Answer: I think I started mine because Megan had one and it seemed fun. XD
If you could be an animal for one day, what would it be?
Guess: I don’t know what she’d be. A giraffe? Or perhaps a cat.
Answer: Oh, a bird! Then I could flyeeeee!
Flip flops or boots?
Guess: Boots.
Answer: It all depends on the season. In hot weather, flip-flops, in cold weather, boots.
Who is your favorite singer/band?
Guess: TobyMac… I think.
Answer: TobyMac!
CutePolarBear
What was your favorite birthday?
Guess: I don’t know. Maybe that year she had the paint-filled balloons that we threw darts at? Or maybe this year when we went hiking in the mountains. Probably this year.
Answer: I honestly don’t know. It was fun when we went fishing that one time…
What is your favorite brand of car?
Guess: She doesn’t really have one, I don’t think. If she had to choose, I think she’d choose Chevy. (But maybe Toyota…)
Answer: Uh… I like Toyota pretty good, but I’m not very learned in the ways of car brands. XD
Would you ever want to swim in an Olympic-sized pool?
Guess: Yep.
Answer: Sure!
Do you browse Amazon/eBay/some other selling website to find things you might like to buy in the future?
Guess: Not often, but maybe occasionally.
Answer: I don’t really browse it for fun, but I do like to look on Amazon when I want to buy a specific thing.
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I hope you had as much fun reading that as we had writing it! Wasn’t it hilarious how some of our answers where almost identical? (Well, in a few instances we changed our answer because we saw the other person’s guess after the fact, and agreed with them.)
So… are you ready to see the points? Megan got 15/19 right! She won this round by one point. 😡 XD
***Allison***
Sneak peek of future posts: The Dust Pixies, baby bunny pictures, and Beauty from Ashes!
I’m so excited to present this Sisters Q&A! Megan and I are going to answer your questions – but for the other person. So I wrote out my answers on a separate page from Megan’s guesses, and then we combined them like this…
Guess: Because I like meeting new bloggers and writing about my life.
Answer: One of my favorite parts of blogging is interacting with other bloggers and meeting new friends. I also blog because I love sharing my photos, thoughts, writings, etc.!
Answer: Psychiatrist is fun! Have you ever played that?
What is one of your favorite words?
Guess: Fluzzy?
Answer: Uh… maybe fluzzy? (K. A. made it up – it’s a cross between fluffy and fuzzy, and is very helpful when describing ADORABLE FLUZZY BABY BUNNIES!)
What is a superpower you wished you had?
Guess: Flying.
Answer: Flying! Or else being able to transmit thoughts and feelings to someone else and vice versa.
What do you want to do with your life (AKA a job)?
Guess: Maybe sell things on Etsy?
Answer: Keep selling stuff on my Etsy shop! (But make it into a real business). It would also be fun to be a professional photographer. Or an interior decorator! 😀
Guess what? Megan and I are going to host a Q&A to celebrate two things: one, Megan’s birthday was August 29th (Happy Birthday to Megan! ♥ ), but also because I HAVE 919 FOLLOWERS OH MY GOODNESS COULD I ACTUALLY GET 1,000 THIS YEAR??? *Takes a deep breath*
Ahem.
But this isn’t just a normal Q&A. This is going to be – *dun duh dun* – a Sisters Q&A!
Say What?
A Sisters Q&A is like a regular Q&A, except we will answer the question for the other person instead of for ourselves. This is Megan’s example question:
Q #1: What is your favorite color?
Megan: Allison’s favorite color is purple.
Allison: Megan’s favorite color is yellow.
Megan and I get a point for each question we answer correctly. If we didn’t answer correctly…
Megan: Um, Allison, my favorite color is hot pink. You didn’t know that? Yellow was my favorite color a long time ago! Like, last week or something.
Allison: Yeah right. You just changed your favorite color RIGHT NOW to make me lose a point! I happen to know that you do NOT like hot pink. Like at all.
Whoever answers the most questions correctly wins the best sister award. (Heh heh, just kidding on that last part. XD )
Let the Battle Begin!
You can ask classic questions (like what is your favorite food) or funny questions (like would you rather wear a little kid princess dress or a striped tie). If you ask questions that depend on the time, like “what are you wearing right now”, that may not work so well. XD
Also, we decided to set a limit of 10 questions per commenter because that could get really long. 😉
Is There a Deadline?
Yes. You have until September the 10th to submit questions via the comments below.
***Allison***
P. S. I have a big prayer request for you guys. My cousin/best friend Leisha is going to have major heart surgery on Thursday. *GULP* Please, please pray for the surgery to go really well and for the recovery to be quick. ♥
Ahem. This post is scheduled because I am getting my wisdom teeth out on Monday morning! *Sniff* It’s kind of exciting, but… yeah. 😦 I would appreciate prayer for a quick recovery. ♥
Also, I have exciting news that is way happier and not as painful. XD My blog and I are going to be featured on Discover today! (This post was featured before, but this time they’re featuring my whole blog.) I’M SO EXCITED OH MY GOODNESS YAY! Check it out here on the Discover page. It’s not up yet, but it should be sometime today. 🙂
Okay. Now that the news part is done, we can move on to the game answers.
I simply matched up the vegetables with the correct number of flower. (Heh heh, that’s more confusing than simple I guess – just look at the pictures instead. XD )
And the extra flower is…
A nasturtium which incidentally can be eaten too. XD
I think garden flowers are neat because some (like the okra flower) look like real flowers, and others (like the lettuce flower and asparagus berries) I was surprised to see at all! You don’t really think of lettuce having a flower (at least I don’t).
And the winner is…
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CutePolarBear! You officially get the Green Thumb Award. XD
This was a pretty hard game, but you did a great job guessing, CutePolarBear! 😀
Thus ends your before-school nature lesson. XD
***Allison***
P. S. One last piece of news. We got our entries and ribbons back from the fair! My sister and I were pretty successful this year. 😀 I always love entering things in the fair!
I was out taking pictures of the garden this morning when I had an idea. It’s garden season, so let’s play a little garden game…
The Rules:
Your job is to match 9 different flowers to the 9 different vegetables they produce. For instance “tomato and __ (insert number)” match, or “#1 and #__ ” match. One vegetable can match a flower from either collage. BUT! I’ve included one extra flower that does not match any of the vegetables to make things more interesting. 😛 Next Monday I shall reveal the answers and the winners (see below). It’s kinda similar to my sister’s “Name that Flower” game. As in Mystery Pictures, I won’t approve guess comments until I reveal the answers.
*Update* Oops! The 4th and 8th flower pictures were actually the same. Sorry about that! I fixed it, though. Thank you for telling me, Rapunzel!
The Points:
1 point for each pair you match correctly
1 bonus point for correctly telling me which flower is the trick flower
2 bonus points for correctly identifying the trick flower
And no going outside in your garden to check your answers! (Or looking them up on Google. (Or Bing, Megan.) *Shakes finger*)
Ahem.
I’ll tell you the vegetables, and you tell me their matching flowers:
Okra
Cucumber
Green Bean
Tomato (I hope you knew that already)
5. Lima bean
6. Lettuce
7. Asparagus
8. Corn
9. Butternut Squash
And here’s the extra flower which may either match one those vegetables up there, or it may be the trick flower. Who knows?
I hope you enjoyed this slightly strange, random game; I know I’ll enjoy reading your guesses! 😀
Do you have a garden? Do you like gardening? What is your favorite of those veggies up there?
Maybe that year she had the paint-filled balloons that we threw darts at? Or maybe this year when we went hiking in the mountains. Probably this year.
Allison Marie 