Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Our Christmas Photo Competition was judged yesterday – thank you, Rudy, nothing like being put on the spot and made to choose. I’ve included a copy of her e-mail, because it had me in stitches, and God knows, I need a laugh.


Hey guys,

Ok...after agonizing over the artistic pictures and I mean agonizing...I've finally made up my mind. These pictures are too beautiful for words. Not just sucking up here, I truly loved and reacted to them all.

Y'all have any idea how hard this was?

No, really...any clue?

I mean these images are amazing....

Incredible!

Hey...it's my moment in the sun....I'm savoring here...

Savour, savour, savour...


Ok...nuff Savouring...onto proclaiming...

Yes, I know Quackers (Bloody cheek!) said pick 1st and 2nd, but in her first email asking me to do this she said 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, so I'm going with that :-P.

Drum roll....rumblerumblerumblerumblerumble....


Funny Category:

3rd place: #P-9, Max Speed (me)


2nd place: #P-7, Snowduck(me)






AND....May I have the envelope...

Oh...Sorry...wrong awards....

1st Place:


#IMG_0055, About to be naughty woman w/big bow hat tree! (Scally - yes, trust her to find this one).


(Don't even try it...Gimme a break...that naughty part was the reason this one got entered, ya little pervs) .
Ok...now....onto artistic....like we say in the dog show world...there wasn't a wrong choice to make...you guys are something else...I swiped your work by the way...they are all safely saved in my computer, lol. (there's my one for the day).

In 3rd place: #P-2, Rails less Travelled (Scally)
(Showed these to my son and my friend...this one leapt out at all three of us...beautiful, hopeful...gorgeous)




2nd Place: Just-a Swingin' (Chris - Sadly, this reminded me of a the magic roundabout) .
(Amazing bridge of time...that incredible ancient architecture as the backdrop for modern-day amusements)....Love the contrasts...Glowing colourful light vs. the dark stone...gosh, just love it.


And in 1st place....(c’mon....where's my drum-roll)...rumblerumblerumblerumblerumble...

Ladies and Gent...We have a tie! That's right...a tie....There was just no way to choose between these two striking, breathtaking pictures,

#'s P-11, the moon tree, and P-3, the blue tree (Scally, me)









WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND ALL THE PARTICPANTS!!!

There’ll be no living with Scally now – she’ll be walking round looking like the Cheshire Cat, but I’ll grudgingly admit that I would have chosen the tree with the prevy lady in it and I loved the railway line.

++++

I’m feeling sorry for myself this morning. No, not because Scally walked off with most of the glory and we’ll get hints about this in e-mails for months to come (and to prove that point - view the comment left on Chris's blog, at least he got a poor you with it) - but because I’ve hurt my toe.

Himself wouldn’t wait a minute for me to help him get undressed last night and in my rush I kicked the books that are currently under the bottom of the bed. The specialist told us to put them there to raise the bed as it would help Himself from slipping down the pillows in the night.

I turned into a wailing banshee for a few minutes and used words that a lady probably shouldn’t know, let alone scream – but it hurt. Really hurt. *Sniff*

Looking on the funny side – it would have made a great picture, Himself with his t-shirt stuck over his head, couldn’t see or do a thing and me holding my foot, hopping up and down on the spot.

It’s not broken, just bruised and painful to walk on. I couldn’t put my boots on this morning and have gone to work in trainers instead, and I’ve taken them off now that I’ve got here.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

*gloat, gloat, gloat*

BTW, I like coffee chocolates if you don't want them.

Sue said...

Weeks, we'll get this for weeks. We've opened Scally's box - ten times worse than Pandora.

And I really think you've had more than enough chocolates of late. No wonder your tooth started whinging.

Please note - no sympathy what so ever for my poorly toe, too busy gloating

Anonymous said...

OK, OK! ....um....coffee chocolates are bad for poor toes (there!) so hand it over.

Sue said...

What?...Ooops! That show of sympathy took me quite by surprise. I'm afraid I've dropped them and the dog has eaten them now.

I'm, Sooorrrry.