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Freedom for Education
2009 Homeschooling Adventures
Oct. 4, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Words"
I ran out of time to get real creative with some abstract interpretation of this week's theme -- Words. Time flew by too quickly until I had to fall back on a basic. One of my favorite reference books when writing anything is Roget's Thesaurus.
 I just stood the book up and let it fall open...is that considered impulsive? LOL!
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Sep. 26, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Twisted"
I missed last week's theme and this week also nearly came & went before I got to it. It's been crazy around here lately! I told my hubby that I needed something "twisted" for this week's theme, and this is what he said:
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Sep. 13, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Electric"
I thought this week's PhotoHunt might prove to be a big challenge, but we spent the day at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, which provided an abundance of "electric"!
I found the perfect display to meet this week's theme when I discovered this:  You are looking at a solar panel for the SkyLab, used to produce electricity to keep the SkyLab operational and allow it to support life.
Here's an up-close photo to show each individual cell:
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These photos provide some information about the solar panel--click on the photos to view a larger image.
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Sep. 5, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Orange"
Couldn't have asked for better timing--we just harvested our first pumpkin from our garden. Hopefully it won't be the last, but we're not complaining. We were surprised that we even had a pumpkin at all. We dug the small plant up from the yard near where we throw scraps out for the cows...thought it was a squash! LOL!
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Aug. 16, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Artificial"
Wow! I've been diligent in trying to cut out a lot of the artificial junk and sweeteners in the food we buy, but I was shocked when I went to find something that said "artificial" and I had to look and look and look! Apparently, I'm doing better than I thought. I finally found this....
 "name blocked to protect the innocent" LOL!
I used this to make a pie dessert years ago, and the leftover was stashed in the back of the pantry. Now, I look at the ingredients and think, "Yuck! I really consumed that?!?" It has absolutely nothing of value in the ingredients. See for yourself:
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What is the point of drinking that? Geeze, the garbage that we consume these days! What happened to real food? And how do they get away with putting all those pictures of kiwi and strawberry on the front when it's obvious there is none if it actually in the product? They should put the chemical compounds or something on the front instead....Yum! Wouldn't that look appetizing--LOL!
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Aug. 2, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Entertainment"
I missed last week's PhotoHunt theme, and I thought this week was kinda' tough. The more I thought about it, the more I thought: my husband's and my best entertainment is the kids. But, why just post a picture of those two crazy boys....?? Well, as usual, Zeke did me proud! Here's what my craziest little man does on a Sunday afternoon when he's bored:
Order in the court!! Order in the court!!!
That's one of those "neck warmers" that you use when you have a stiff neck.
Hope you guys are all enjoying your Sunday afternoon!
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Jul. 18, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Rock(s)"
This is one of my favorite pictures of a rock--what does it look like to you? We discovered this while searching for a Letterbox, and the boys and I decided it looked like a chimpanzee.
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Above the protruding rock is one of Alabama's historic covered bridges, Horton Mill Covered Bridge. Built in 1934, the 220-foot (67-meter) bridge is a Town's lattice truss construction over two spans. This covered bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1970, becoming the first covered bridge in the southeastern United States to be added. At 70 feet (21 m), it is the highest covered bridge above any U.S. waterway, spanning the Calvert Prong of the Little Warrior River in Blount County, Alabama. Here's a link to more info: Horton Mill Covered Bridge
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Jul. 11, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Garbage"
Does this look like garbage to you? Not to us! I photographed this atop the compost pile at this morning's fieldtrip to Captain Compost's home. We learned all about the science and methods of good composting resulting in no-till gardening.
Here's a link to his site if you want more information: Captain Compost
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Jul. 6, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Pink"
Oh, my! I was blessed with the most awesome PINK for last Saturday's theme! Have you ever seen a pink katydid? My internet research indicates they are rare, but we found one right in our front yard last week! We kept it for a couple of days to show homeschool friends at park day and take lots of photos before returning it to the exact same place we found it.
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Jun. 30, 2009 - PhotoHunt: "Flags"
We have been SO busy the past month that I have not had time to even think about the PhotoHunter challenge. This is definitely not a great photo, but it does follow the theme that I am late posting for....
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