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THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN JULY – Y3 (canicular, splash, feathered, marine, scenic)
You are wrong, if you think that I forgot about July’s Pick a Word challenge. I’ve just been too busy to see the last week’s entries, but I will get to that soon. For now, here is the July’s mix for you:
canicular
splash
feathered
marine
scenic
canicular
splash
feathered
marine
scenic
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I wanted to keep things simple and easy these time, but I hope you’ll enjoy the challenge anyway.
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Simple but beautiful! I’m always so impressed with your work!!
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Thank you very much, Marilyn. I’m taking a break now and will be back with a new challenge on 16 August.
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Can’t manage to see the pictures…
Love the theme and i’ll try again to open your photos
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Interesting words, Paula – and love your scenic image!
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Many thanks dear Sue 🙂 I’m taking a blog break now till 16 August. See you!
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See you late August!
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Your photos are beautiful as they always are Paula. So crisp.
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Thanks, Colline. Have a great summer!
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In Paris at the moment 😉
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Yippee! Polished this one off quickly for you: https://suejudd.com/2018/07/05/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-in-july-y3/
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Such finely composed compositions, Paula. And canicular is definitely a new word for me 🙂
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Whoo hoo. My favourite part of the month. It was a pleasant surprise to find Pick a Word as I had not thought about it being the start of the month. I just love your water photos Paula.
Here is my contribution x
http://bushboy.blog/2018/07/05/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-in-july-2/
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Everything’s all right: saw your wonderful pics…
Here ‘s my contribute
http://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2018/7/5/Thursday's-Special/Pick-a-word-in-July
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Beautiful photos, I had to look up canicular (dog days of summer?) not a word I’d heard before. I like your “feathered” that would be a tough exposure to get properly and I think you have nailed it.
Cheers!
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So, I may do more than one entry, but I had to start with these seals: https://wp.me/s2owKx-seals
Cheers!, Amy
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Love them all, Paula! Where is the gorgeous scenic one from? Have a great weekend!
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Hello Ann-Christine. I’m sorry it took so long to respond. This is Ponte di Legno, Italy. Thank you so much. I’m taking a break now till 16 August. xx
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Thank you, Paula – wishing you a really wonderful break with good food, good friends and happy dancing!
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Missed out on one of them…I will have to look at others to see how they solved it! Here are four of them though! https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-in-july-y3/
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🙂 I should think that there are no many chances of “canicular” in Sweden thankfully 🙂 Your post and examples are wonderful, Ann-Christine.
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Thank you so much, dear Paula, for your always being so positive!
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These are amazing images…sharp, color, and composition. Canicular, a new word for my vocabulary.
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my submission: https://ameditativejourney.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-in-july-y3/
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Simple is never really simple with you, Paula, but the images are always beautiful. 🙂 🙂 My favourites are the 2 watery ones. Fabulous!
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Apparently I got this challenge all wrong as I used the words as prompts in a story, because I was not aware that I was supposed to post pictures.
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Beautiful images Paula! Yesterday’s post covered four out of your five words and I am linking it here: https://whippetwisdom.com/2018/07/04/wordless-wednesday-time-to-fly/
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Hi Paula,
Wonderful grouping of words. Your photos are gorgeous.
Here is my entry for the month.
https://ceenphotography.com/2018/07/05/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-in-july-y3/
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Love the little seal in the water. What a great face he has!
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:))
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Great prompt Paula. You had me thinking with your first photo. I could not work out how it pertained to little dogs or Sirius star. I looked closely for the hidden star or dog and couldn’t find one. Eventually I remembered about dog days. It is not something we refer to here so was not that common but I loved the puzzle. Mine: https://irenewaters19.com/2018/07/06/pick-a-word-july-2018-yr-3-thursdays-special/
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I couldn’t figure out the pics for canicular either, I still don’t get it.
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I get it now, stagnation, or inactivity.
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Kimmy I found this one hard too. From what I can work out Canicular relates to Sirius, alpha canis majoris, or the dog star. Canicular can therefore relate to this star but it also is used for dog days which are a time associated with Sirius’s rising in Summer where days were long, hot and sultry, drought was common, people languid. Too hot to do anything, a period of inactivity. So you could post anything to do with inactivity, heat, or little dogs – I think.
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Hope it’s okay to just pick one of the words. I picked splash: https://theoutershores.com/2018/07/05/splash/
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These are interesting words – here’s my response https://beinginnatureblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/five-words-in-july-photo-challenge/
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The first made some problems, but I think I managed: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/pick-a-word-in-july/
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https://tishfarrell.com/2018/07/06/making-a-splash-in-pembroke-thursdays-special/ Here are my pick-a-words: https://tishfarrell.com/2018/07/06/making-a-splash-in-pembroke-thursdays-special/
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love your water photos.
no canicular here ;-(, so here is what I can offer: https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.com/2018/07/pick-word.html
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Is that last one Szczawnica? It looks so familiar and I love it. 🙂 🙂 Finally stopped flitting around and found some time. Hope you can relax and enjoy the weekend, Paula. https://restlessjo.me/2018/07/07/six-word-saturday-282/
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No, it is Ponte di Legno. 🙂
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It’s beautiful 🙂 🙂
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All these shots are magical but I cannot take my eyes off the waterfall and the photo of the rapids! Simply Beautiful. Life is good! 😁
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Great hearing from you. Yes, life shall be embraced!
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Oh gosh Paula, that seal and the bird are both wonderful shots! I have some mermaids for you.
https://lucidgypsy.com/2018/07/08/sea-nymphs-splash-around/
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Your feathered friend and marine are my favorites. Here are mine this week. Sorry things have been so very busy for you of late. https://dailymusing57.com/2018/07/10/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-17/
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Thank you, Lisa. See you again on 16 August! xx
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Hi Paula, here is our feathered contribution for the challenge: https://tranature.com/2018/07/15/silent-sunday-ruffled-feathers/
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Thanks so much 🙂
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You’ve given us a splendid scenic view Paula, and I like your fountain. The long exposure makes it quiet and elegant in my head, so just a gentle splash.
And I have an offering at last – scenic, marine and feathered, and maybe a tiny splash: https://travelwithintent.com/2018/07/17/arbroath-horizon-sea-level/
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Thank you so much, Debbie. I love your entry. See you again on 16 August. xx
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Here is one for “feathered”
https://cactusdreams.com/2018/07/29/650/
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I have seen it now and tried to comment there, but the comment did not stick. Thank you very much.
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sorry, i have to approve all comments but I was asleep. Thanks for visiting!
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Muito bom!
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I always like the photos where animals look at ease in their habitat, so the otter and bird photos are my favourites.
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