The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
You all came through once more and exercised your imaginations with some wonderful visions of well, imagination. After my granddaughter looked at the last mystery picture and knew in five seconds what it was, I thought maybe some of you would do the same. To make you feel better my daughter had to ask what it was and I think I’d shown her the rest of the picture a week ago. I thought it was a really hard one and except for one of you (and my granddaughter), it was.
But I loved your imaginative guesses. Several of you saw a deer head whether a picture of the real thing or one from folded paper or a towel. Some saw flowers. Three of you saw a popsicle. Trudy said that was because she needed a way to cool off with the temperature so hot where she is. Here in Kentucky it’s been cool, but a popsicle is good any weather. Oh wait, I forgot about Lucy’s deer licking a popsicle. Love that Lucy.
A couple of you saw a coffee mug. Others saw a faucet. Lisa saw an animal skull on a dishtowel. Loved Hope’s very imaginative guess of the inside of a red pepper. And Amy thought maybe I was sewing something that needed a zipper.
Lee started out with a popsicle and then added a few more. She thought maybe I took a picture while making Christmas cookies. Rebecca, I loved your very detailed description of what the photo was. I especially liked the paint-spattered ladder. I went back and looked at the mystery picture and could almost believe you were right and I had just forgotten which picture I posted.
I had to love the imaginative animal sightings from the deer I’ve already mention to a giraffe and then an aardvark and finally Suzanne’s armadillo perched on something. She had second thoughts, but I’m really glad she sent her guess on in. Love it when you all let your imaginations whirr and come up with such great answers for the mystery photo.
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. ~Dr. Seuss
Ahh, but one of you was right. Yay, for Elisabeth who said candles.
I think the blown candle flame is what gave rise to all the animal head guesses.
Oh, and if you’re wondering, the granddaughter who solved the mystery in seconds is the sister of this birthday girl. In fact that granddaughter is celebrating a birthday today but is having to wait for her birthday candles until another day. She celebrated with friends today and will have a family party later, with cake and candles, although sometimes she chooses cookies instead of cake.
And speaking of celebrations, I’m happy to report that The Song of Sourwood Mountain won a Silver Award (2nd place) for Historical Romance novels in the Selah Book Awards this week.
Are you ready for more imagination exercise? Got a guess for the photo up top?
If you guess on each new photo, you get another entry in a drawing to win an autographed copy of one of my books (winner’s choice. and 2 winners.) I have a feeling this one is finally going to be the easy one for you, but it is such a neat picture, I couldn’t resist letting it be my third mystery photo.
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The face of an animal, maybe a frog or other reptile?
I have no idea. Maybe an eye of something.
It might be a frog face.
Actually, can I guess again??? I think its a stuffed animal face.
Maybe a dog face…I would have guessed a pug, but I went to you’re info page and you don’t have a pug. Lol. You do have beautiful dogs though!!
Congratulations on winning the Silver Award for The Song of Sourwood Mountain…love that book…waiting patiently for the sequel 😉
As for this mystery photo…no idea as to what it could be.
I’m guessing it’s a yew berry…no idea why it has a tiny flame coming out of it 🤷♀️
Congratulations on winning the Silver Award for The Song of Sourwood Mountain…love that book…waiting patiently for the sequel 😉
As for this mystery photo…no idea as to what it could be.
I’m guessing it’s a yew berry…no idea why it has a tiny flame coming out of it 🤷♀️
If you were in FL, I’d say a gator, but since you aren’t, I’m going with a snake, though I really have no idea!
My first thought was a candle on a chocolate cake, so I’ll go with that.
It looks like a really CLOSE close-up of a snake face, but I can’t imagine you taking a picture of one of those, Ann. So, maybe a lizard or a bug? I am really not good at this! 😬
crocodile or alligator
A candle but I really can’t tell. I guess I have no imagine.
My first thought was godzilla, but I can’t imagine you having a picture of that. So I’m guessing a bug…specifically a cicada since they’re abundant right now. My Ollie is practically gorging himself on those noisy critters. He’s like a kid turned loose in a candy store, racing to see how many he can eat before being dragged back inside.
That last mystery picture was fun! I thought it looked like a banana peel. I enjoyed reading all the guesses, but my phone wouldn’t let me respond with a guess. Sometimes technology is frustrating!
I hope everyone has a fantastic week! I’m hoping for warmer temperatures. 🙂
I think I could have looked for days and not have guessed the correct answer for that last photo! Great job on being tricky with that one! 🙂
I think that this new photo is a close up of a toad with one eye open. I know that I could be wrong though. Thanks for a fun game once again, Ann!
Looks like a cicada eye.
It looks like a bug’s face so I’m going to guess something different. Is it a blackberry?
Maybe a doorknob.
The red thing looks like an eye…and that’s my best guess! Lol
I’m thinking a turtle or alligator.
A dog’s nose ? I am having fun guessing, even though I’m not good at it..