July Photo Challenge -Discussion

Hex's mouse was better than the mouse shot I took, so I didnt even post it, and her dish running off with the spoon still gives me a fit of the giggles.
Storm was tight in the running with Talsyia and Hoopy for composition, I still hear my mothers voice singing "there were 3 in the bed and the little one said..." when ever I look at storm's first entry and Dame Andrews sings in my head when I see her second, I want to kiss Talsyias flowers and laughingly cry over Hoopy's egg, and who could blame Miss Muffit for abandoning her breakfast to so large an unexpected guest.

was planing on being out of town from this weekend till middle of the following week, but plans change and now I'm not leaving till Wednesday and will only be gone one week instead of nearly two, so am very happy to have a chance to vote and even more delighted that it was such a hard thing to do with such excellent entries. much more whimsical than skyscapes, I'm glad it won the coin toss.
 
springs said:
Hex, who is away in the world without internet, sends lots of incredibly nice thoughts about David Evil Overlord, which seem to boil down to being delighted by the vote. She also says to say thank you. :)
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What world has no internet? Did Hex take that time-share holiday to the 1960's? :)

When she gets back to the future, tell her she's welcome.
 
OK: First up, congrats to Hopewrites for coming up with an excellent theme. Not sure about the poetry though. However, it has certainly produced some interesting and varied entries, so once again, good choice.

Short list
Hoopy: - Egg.
Talysia:- Bell.
Hex - Clock
DEO. - Pig.
ATG&T Tub.

Vote went to Hoopy.
 
Lol it was my spoof on hay diddle diddle, still looking forward to hearing everyone's rhymes. I know there some in here I've not heard.
 
More than welcome, and I hope she's enjoying herself dispite the lack of internet
 
Okay, I'm back from a monumental extended weekend with a boatload of house guests. Actually, two boatloads of house guests. Fortunately, only one boatload actually wanted to go ocean fishing.

The crews have cleared out and and I will vote, soon, after the first good night's sleep in days.

A friendly Epee salute to HoopyFrood for a hot race. 4 and 4 tie, between us. Oooh, Hoopy, brilliant first entry of the month.

Can I vote for my nemesis, knowing I might sink myself?

Lots of close contenders.

I've been at sea for 3 out of the last four days. 'Twixt nautical forays, lots of feasting on the oceans bounty, fine wines; and short sleeps, I'm having trouble sorting out this months impressive entries.

I see, upthread that these nursery rhymes might not be as universally known as one might assume.

I didn't "get" Tiffanies "Teddy Bear's Picnic" reference, all of this time, until today. (Just a glitch... I should have known...) A popular children's song in my father's generation. We had it on 78 RPM records from my Dad's parent's collection, when I was a child.

I guess maybe the rhyme, in this months theme, might have been more important than I was thinking.

"Everybody knows these...." Well, maybe not. There are a couple of references entered which I hadn't on the tip of my tongue; when I thought that I was a compendium of, what they call nowadays, "Kid Lit."

Interesting. Quoting the rhyme might have beenImportant to some of the voters
More later.
 
Alex said:
Interesting. Quoting the rhyme might have been Important to some of the voters
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I did think long and hard about making it part of the requirements, having run into people who hadn't grown up with the same set of nursery rhymes that I have many times before. I was sure there would be some I wouldnt know, and that I wouldnt be alone in that position.

But I could think of more than one set of rhymes that could be represented by a single image, and so left the rhyme requirement out on a strong second thought that has acuity tortured me this last month, as second thoughts are often wont to do when I follow them.
 
My vote goes to Talysia for the Silver bells. I love the way it's been set out, and the colour of the blue flowers against the shells.

There are many others I liked too, Three men in a boat, being a close second. But I kept being pulled back to Talysia's.
 
A big grin for the scabrous wart hog posing as a cute little piggie.
Likewise. the dish running away with the spoon.

Love the Spider, and the Mouse in the clock.

The Planets are looking good. Very nice with the cockleshells.

Humpty Dumpty is priceless.

Choosing is too hard!

I'll go a little weird, then. DEO captures the strange mix of wonder and horro that comes with some of the stranger nursery ryhmes. The giant Lobster gets my vote.
 
Congratulations, Hoopy. Well done and well earned. It was the tear that really put that tableau over the top!

It was fun running the close race. (Secretly, I'm glad I wasn't thrust into the onerous onus of choosing the August theme.)

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On a side note, on the men in the tiny boat.... That was a full color shot, unaltered... it was, in fact, that bleak for color that day. Made for a surprisingly dramatic shot, though; I thought.

Thanks for al the votes, and mentions, all. I had a lot of fun with this.
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It seems there is a request, up thread to reveal the rhymes; post vote... so ...

I websearched to verify my quote and got several versions of the men in the tub:

Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker,
All put out to sea.

Which has my nautical theme. My more favorite, childhood version:

Rub a dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three

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And a limerick, of disputed authorship for the Pelican pic:

"A wonderful bird is the pelican;
His beak can hold more than his belican.
He can hold in his beak
Enough food for a week,
Though I’m damned if I know how the helican!
 
Oh I wish I'd known the pelican one growing up, though, knowing my parents, I can see why I didnt.

hearty congratulations Hoopy!! and thank you for starting us off and running as well.

I only know the first half of my first rhyme (if anyone knows the rest and can supply it I'd be grateful, its one of those things that gets stuck in my head and I cant get it out again because I dont know how it ends)

A tiskit, a tasket, a green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love, but on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it, but on the way I dropped it,
A little boy picked it up...( and something something something)

my second was not as clear as I thought when I posted it i think...

Rain Rain go away
come again another day
 
Congrats, Hoops!

(Um, I know Hoopy's just moved house so not sure if she has internet?!)
 
Mouse said:
(Um, I know Hoopy's just moved house so not sure if she has internet?!)
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Yup, new house, no internet yet and used all the data on my mobile for the month!

So this is just...er...Ghost of Hoopy Past?

(No, luckily my job sees my being on the internet all day long and I can do a sneaky log in at lunch time).

And eek, did not expect this! Alex was winning yesterday and I was certain it would stay that way. But many thanks to everyone who did vote for me. It was really nice getting back into the competition, I really need to motivate myself again.

As regards to my vote, I had to actually flip a coin because I simply couldn't decide between three men in a boat and a pig at market. So sorry DEO, you were a victim of chance!

I'll have a think this afternoon while making my links and hopefully inspiration will strike. Should have the new one up by tomorrow at the latest (unless inspiration fails me completely).
 
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