October 2010 Photo Hunt

Since May I have been participating in weekly challenges. In the month of October I took on a bigger task of doing a Photo Hunt month. There were 20 items that you had to look for and photograph. My! Was it a challenge, especially with fall colors and jack o' lantern because we don't have those where I live. So, friends, here we go! Twenty items!!

1. In Disguise
A little monkey disguised as a cute toddler, wearing a monkey t-shirt standing in front of a pub called "Monkey." ;-)
2. Crisp
The day is took this picture was a day of rejoicing. We were out of money two days before payday. My husband found this very crisp bill stashed in his wallet. Woohoo!

3. Fall Colors
No fall season where I live but I saw fall colors when I saw my son sitting and waiting for me at Starbucks - brown boy on a brown and orange chair wearing a shirt with fall colors on it.
4. Jack O' Lantern
Where I live we don't have pumpkins like the kind they carve in the U.S. And definitely no jack o' lanterns. A friend bought this muffin for my little boys.

5. Shot from the Ground
I love the sunset reflected on this old and rusted water tower behind our place.
6. Landscape
I'm so blessed to live in the country side where there are rice paddies everywhere. It's so beautiful out here! Here, the paddies are reflected on our friend's van windows.

7. Fall Tradition
Cool rainy nights + camping = perfect time for smores - a fall tradition!
8. Books
These mini books are ready to be distributed to our young disciples.
9. Dining
Last week we served pancakes in our Student Center/Church. 17 kids had pancakes for the first time EVER!

10. Child/Children
Oh the crazy things a child can come up with! This is my middle son washing his face by dipping it in our neighbor's cistern. Hahahaha! 11. Faces Formed in Nature
Holes on the road
12. Tilt-Shift Photography
An old broom made of bamboo and coconut. NO software used to create tilt-shift effect. :-)
13. B&W with Selective Coloring
There's an abundance of this plant in these parts.
14. Bokeh
A cut rose from my garden, placed in a glass. I did manual focus to achieve this effect.
15. Best Photo Taken - October 23rd
I love the beautiful sunsets we have here, pretty much year round.
16. Something from the Kitchen
It's a travel mug but I'm a stay at home mom so I use this mug for my coffee at home.
17. Something Vintage
Well... wadja know! I walked to the pub down the street to take a photo of the vintage-looking motorbike used as a decoration. It was gone. But I found this one instead. On Halloween night, the pub showed scary movies using this vintage 35-mm film projector. When my 9-yr old son saw this he asked, "What is that thing?" Hahahaha!  (Also, submitting this photo for Sunday Creative at Justine's Blog for this week's theme: OBSOLETE)

18. Something Creepy
Thais tie these colorful tulles on a tree and they burn incense and pray away the evil spirits lurking around the neighborhood. Sounds creepy to me!
19. Something Golden
I climbed on the other end of this fence at my mother-in-law's house to get this shot. You can just imagine the stares: #1) No one else carries a dslr camera in our area. #2) A 4'11" girl climbing on a fence to take a picture of what??? A fence? For what? Hahaha!
20. Self-Portrait
I dreaded this one. I waited until the very last day to do this and found out that self-portraiture is definitely not as glamorous as it sounds. Try to beat that 10-second timer from a few yards away on an uneven ground. I almost fell into the water for this shot. Now, that would have been hilarious!!!

Well... friends, hope you enjoyed my photos. Please head on over to The Photo Hunt Challenges website to see more of the other participants' photos.