“You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.” (Janet Erskine Stuart)
And so the mystery photo game is nearing an end. You guys have been great fun this time and good sports about the challenging photos I’ve found to snip a bit out of to see if you can guess. This is the last one this game. I’m sure we’ll do it again. Maybe in September when my new book, These Healing Hills releases. You can check out my News & Events Page to see how you can pre-order it if you’re interested. I’m super excited about readers heading to the mountains with me in this book.
But back to the mystery photos. You all had some very interesting guesses. Nothing wrong with your imaginations! First, I do believe we have some chocolate lovers out there like Doris who guessed chocolate frosting or soft ice cream. Jeanne was seeing a swirled chocolate ice cream cone too. April and Brenda thought chocolate icing too. But no chocolate for Evelyn. She saw sliced ham. I loved Connie’s teabag guess. Could have been, but it wasn’t. Melissa and Pat said vacuum filters. Robin thought coffee filters and Paula went from a filter to a seed pod. Marji agreed about the seed pod. Meagan and Emily thought pleated shower curtains and Sis said a mop. Oh yeah, and Sis saw an angel flying around in that shadowy blue line. I didn’t see the angel though I did try, Sis. I promise. Lisa said an old paper fan and Melissa said paper mini blinds. Both great guesses. Wrong, but great guesses nevertheless. Cheri said a flower. Linda covered a lot of bases and said a plant but she did notice that blue stripe Sis turned into an angel. Maybe that’s what had Kathleen saying ribbon. Only two of you, Margaret and Ola, guessed what I thought you might and that was the curled pages of an old book.
Amy got close with fungus on a tree and Nyla Kay and Virginia got it right when they said mushroom. If you mushroom watch, you know you can see mushrooms go through some interesting stages. This one was in one of those stages. With all the rain we’ve had this spring, mushrooms were sprouting all around. Some are here today and gone tomorrow. Others stick (literally) around a little longer. So yes, here’s the rest of the picture. A mushroom beginning to curl away.
So now one more mystery picture before I draw the three winners after the contest deadline of midnight EST on Monday, July 3, 2017. So make your guess before then to get another entry in the drawing. No big prizes. Just winner’s choice of one of my books and a grab bag book to boot.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you’ve had fun playing my mystery photo game. Compliments to you all on your wonderful imaginations. Now what can you imagine the new picture being?
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.“ (James Paolinetti)
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on the last one I’m going to say Blueberry cobbler but it may be a different berry….
maybe rhubbard….
Getting in here too late! An acorn?
I see some type of pastry.
I’m stumped this time! Looks like some kind of food tho.
To me i see cake with blue icing
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Connie, what kind of meringue pie? I do love a good chocolate or lemon meringue pie. So maybe I took a picture.
Lisa – you are seeing pastries too. I think we should all go out for breakfast and eat sweet rolls and maybe pie too.
Evelyn – Could it be an apple pie? It could be. It could not be.
Karen – You and Loretta are both seeing babies. Interesting.
Robin – A burrito? I like Mexican food, but I go for the nacho fajitas. Love those chips.
Marji – I am now officially worried about both of us because I can see that duck bill stuck between the toes of a pig’s foot. That is one imaginative guess that you woke up in my imagination. But I think you’re right. I stumped you. 🙂
Whew….so glad I’m not alone….relieved you can see that pig’s foot and duck bill 😉
You’ve stumped me AGAIN!
But, here’s the first thing I ‘saw’ when I looked at the picture:
A duck bill stuck between the toes of a pig’s foot 🐤🐷
Maybe a burrito?
Baby getting a diaper change???
Could it be apple pie?
Pastry on a plate.
I think it might be some kind of pie with meringue on it.
A baby’s leg and diaper.
On the last picture I thought it was the underside of a mushroom–I remember writing it, I must have erased it and guessed something else! Good that guesses don’t count 🙂
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I never saw your comment, Loretta. I may have missed it, so I’ll add your name twice today in the drawing to give you an entry for each guess. Plus you were absolutely right with mushroom. Not exactly the bottom, but sort of the edge of the bottom of the mushroom, I suppose. Anyway, great guess.
And baby’s leg and diaper. Hmm. Perhaps. Perhaps not.
A clove stuck into some type of food.?
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Cloves do have a way of flavoring things, Melissa. Interesting guess.
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Hmm, lobster tail pastries and caterpillars. Interesting. I’ve either stumped you all or I didn’t come up with a very good mystery this time.
Emily, I like how detailed your guess is. You’ve got something in mind, but then that question mark makes me wonder if you’re so sure after all. 🙂
Margaret – I do love pastries and especially cinnamon rolls, Kathleen. Glad you’ve had fun guessing.
Amy – I like your guess and I have been known to take pictures of caterpillars. Wonder if I did this time. We shall see.
Paula – You’re not the only one to see pastries. Could be you’ve all figured it out. Could be. Could not be. And I have tried to be extra sneaky in this mystery photo game. I really wasn’t sure whether this picture would be sneaky or not, so even if you got it right – and I’m not saying you did – but even if you did, I’m glad you’re feeling stumped. 🙂
A lobster tail pastry with cookies and cream filling? 🙂
I’m guessing it’s a close up of some sort of pastry – it looks like glazed crust on one side and some white frosting on the other 🙂
This is a tough one, so I’m going to just guess the best I can. I think I see a caterpillar near the bottom right, so I’ll say a caterpillar crawling on a basket. Your mystery picture games are always fun.
I’m going with Cinnamon Roll this time ~ thanks for fun guessing. Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House
Ann, you’ve got me completely stumped this time. Those bands look metallic but the first thing that came to mind was a pastry. Then that thing on the left reminded me of a clove? Really can’t put that all together!??! You’re really getting sneaky!