GRATITUDE - Scavenger Hunt Photo

Gratitude is the art of appreciation. It is directing your focus from all things -good or bad- to a focused appreciation of just those things which are good. Even if temporary, this focus helps adjust our reality to a sweetened view. Letting the good "outshine" the bad, allowing the positive to take center stage, we do not ignore what is imperfect, but we allow the negative to take a momentary backseat in our lives. And sometimes, this little reprieve heals the heart more than anything else.

This week, I am grateful for my 10 week old (pictured to the left). I am grateful for my loving husband. I am grateful for my entire family. I am grateful for wonderful friends!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

[I nominate AlienCG to choose next week's scavenger word. I ALSO nominate AlienCG to pick up the slack left by his brother EvilE to keep an updated list of all the words used so far and by whom (in chronological order) so that we know who's been picked recently and who is getting left out of ther picking process. All agreed? Say 'aye.' *bangs gavel*]

SUPER-CALA-FRAGIL-ISTIC-EXPI-ALI-DOCIOUS

I blame No Regrets for this week's crazy photo scavenger hunt word choice! I couldn't help but get sappy and sentimental with this one. Who's to blame me? Piccies of our recent Honeymoon to Alaska. My marriage fits the definition of this word to a 'T.'

BY THE WAY! I got magically tagged again for next week's Scavenger Hunt Word, so I'm picking a no-brainer for this weekend: GRATITUDE. Capture 'gratitude' on film in any way you can and have a GREAT Thanksgiving holiday!

Blueberries....

...are bouncy

LACUNA MATATA! - Scavenger Shot

On our honeymoon, my husband and I went to Alaska and visited some of the most beautiful country we had ever seen. This flower, nestled in the crag of a stone wall, caught my eye as we climbed an overlook in Sitka, Alaska. (More pictures of the scene at the bottom of this post.)

Lacuna means a missing part, a gap, or air space. Not only is lacuna the tricky word of the week (thanks to yours truly), it is also the name of the company that erased Jim Carrey's painful memories in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. You can still visit the company's website, where you are invited to take a quiz to see if memory removal is right for you!

Lemonade Awards

These must be the kind with organic sugar...

I am the proud recipient of two (count em!) TWO Lemonade Awards! Dmark so honored me as did Mrs. Hairy Woman.

I am deeply, truly touched and honored to be considered worthy of this international award! My heartfelt thanks go out to Blogger, my readers and teh interweb for making this day possible. *sniff*

And since all of my blogging buddies have already been nominated, for the most part, I hereby nominate people I don't know!

Pulled from notables on Blogger.com (some I followed a link on a blog to the next):

Pam of "Sidewalk Shoes"
Lyndsay of "I Used To be Witty"

C. Beth of "One Minute Writer"
Caroline of "Cheaper By The Dozen"

"Her Bad Mother"

Kari and Kijsa at "Kari & Kijsa" (I think that's a two-fer)

Jen of "Cake Wrecks"

Julia of "A Slice of Cherry Pie"

For All Veterans

WATER Scavenger Hunt

Hi, Tara! Thanks for this week's wacky word 'Water.' This post is a bit of a failure in that to really understand the pictures you need to see them lined up side by side and I failed to figure out how to do that. But I'm posting anyways, because it is my turn to pick next week's WORD! YAY!

These pictures are all from a beach along the shores of Lake Tahoe, Nevada side, I believe, although it could be the other side. I had just gotten engaged at the time so i was a little giddy. :)

I've decided to do my best to throw everyone a curve ball. Thus far we've used words that have a pretty clear meaning, concrete language, easy etymology... let's do something different this week. Let's WORK for it!

This Week's Scavenger Hunt Word is: LACUNA

It is up to you to find the definition and to interpret this week's word in photos. Good luck to everyone!

Next week's Word-Herder is Woman of No Regrets