Seeking the Mysterious

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We yearn for the beautiful, the unknown, and the mysterious. ~ Issey Miyake The Mystery Photo Game continues. I hope you all are having fun. “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” — Muhammad Ali I’ll make a little edit on Muhammad Ali’s quote and insert woman in there with man. We all need wings and imagination. So …

And the Mystery Beat Goes On

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“A continuing story is a beautiful thing to me, and mystery is a beautiful thing to me, so if you have a continuing mystery, it’s so beautiful. And you can go deeper and deeper into a story and discover so many things.” ~David Lynch Thanks for all your fun comments and guesses on my first mystery photo. You came up …

A Mystery Can Befuddle Us

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“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.” — Gregory Maguire The first mystery picture has come and tickled the imaginations of many of you. The popular guess was some sort of fabric like a rug, a blanket, a towel, something crocheted, even a couch cover, or a hot pad to set a dish on. …

Do You Love a Mystery?

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“You’d think solving mysteries would bring you closure, that closing the loop would comfort and quiet your mind. But it never does. The truth always disappoints.” ~John Green in Turtles All the Way Down Finally, finally, I have gotten brave enough to try a new Mystery Photo Game. Do you hear a drumroll? I’ve been dragging my feet about getting …

Are You Ready for a New Mystery Photo Game?

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“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle I’m throwing down a challenge again to all of you who like to play my mystery photo game. I’ve been taking pictures and trying to think mysteriously about this or that common thing and I am finally ready to see if I …

Another Mystery Photo Game in the Books

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Once again the mysteries have all been solved. Thank you so much for playing my mystery photo game and guessing right sometimes and guessing wrong sometimes. Especially that guessing wrong. LOL. I do like to keep at least a few of you in the dark on these pictures. I had a monumental fail with the typewriter keys. You all knew …

One More Mystery Photo

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“I love to see the sunshine on the wings of the Dragonflies… there is magic in it.” ~Ama H. Vanniarachchy And so we are down to our last mystery photo for this Mystery Photo Game. We’ll play again but I have to have time to gather up some more mysterious photos. You people are sometimes hard to trick with my …

Mystery Spots and Pet Photo Day

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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly. ~R. Buckminster Fuller Okay, so my first picture wasn’t quite as mysterious as I had hoped. A lot of you got it right off. Yes, the spots on a butterfly wing. I do appreciate those of you who used a little more imagination and saw …