Scavenger Hunt Musings

Scavenger Hunt Item #18 : My Local

It's been a while since I posted anything about the 2013 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt, but with just about a month left, I thought it was a good opportunity to post a few finds and assess my progress.  The photograph up top is of my new "local" pub.  Hop Dogma is so small that it's considered a nanobrewery (smaller than a microbrewery) and is right next to the post office in my little town. They have a nice selection of beers brewed on site and a few guest brews. Sometimes there's a food truck called "Shark Bite" which comes by to provide something to much on. All-in-all, it's a pretty nice little place and great addition to our neighborhood. In the photo above, you can see the sign with limited hours (closed Monday and Tuesday because they're brewing) and the reflection of the tree-lined streets.

Item #2: A Theatre for the Performing Arts

This is the little theatre in our town.  It's called the Coastal Repertory Theatre, and it seats about 150 people. It used to be called "This Side of the Hill Players" and has been providing community theatre for over 25 years. Recently, Clara and I went to see their production of Hair, and I snapped this photograph. We both thought the musical was, uh, interesting . . .

With these two posts, here's where I am on the list:

1.   Open air market
2.   Theater for performing arts (not a movie theater)
3.   City Hall, Capitol or other similar civic building
4.   Airplane
5.   A sunset
6.   Someone or something taking a nap
7.   A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny
8.   A tower
9.   A photo with someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong
10.  A bench that is outside
11.  An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve, etc.
12.  A cloud in the shape of something (please specify what you see)
13.  A fence
14.  A stained glass object or a mosaic
15.  A fire truck or police car
16.  A windmill 
17.  Candle(s)
18.  Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop
19.  A fisherman
20. A dinosaur
21.  A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply (you cannot substitute for this item)
Bonus/substitute items:
A person wearing an outfit (or item of clothing) that symbolizes your country
A sundial

I only have four left!  Three of them require a bit of a special trip, though. And I'm looking forward to getting them done.

I'll be hosting another link up at the end of the month and a final link up on September 21 (the end of summer and the end of the hunt). I know that many of you are done with the hunt so won't have anything new to link up and that's okay, but I do hope you'll be back to link up at the end.  In the meantime, here's a few thoughts on the Hunt:

Marsha of Cool Quilting created these really cool, on-line flip books with her photos. Looking through them makes me realize how this may be one of those projects where the whole is more than the sum of the parts. If you have completed the hunt, do you have some way that you're compiling the photos? Maybe you want to share it on the end of the month linky.
Windmills are just so awesome. I have really enjoyed seeing the variety out there.  Check out Julia's Greek windmills, Bernice's futuristic German wind turbine, and Starnitesky's beautifully photographed English windmill.
Towers are cool, too.  I might do a post on this later, but here's one extremely unusual take from Kerry.
I love the stories generated by the Hunt. Ladykis shared this wonderful tale (and very nice photograph) of her old local.
Finally, check out this awesome post from Sandie. It's got a terrific windmill, a fun story and, to my amazement, the same, really unusual something that doesn't belong as I had! I can't believe we both found a piano on a beach! Gotta love the scavenger hunt!
What's been your favorite part so far?