Can you guess what I’ve shown in my pictures this week? The answers are at the end of the post.
1. A few days ago, I saw a carnivore and an herbivore next to each other on my kitchen window screen. Can you guess what I saw?
2. While visiting a Japanese garden in the fall, I noticed these wrappings around several of the trees. What do you think they are?
3. This dark, globular sculpture looked like it was creeping towards me. Can you guess what it’s made from?
4. I saw a bird perched on a telephone pole and stopped to take a quick picture. It flew away in a blur of motion. What kind of bird was it?
5. I’ve ordered this cocktail a couple of times. Can you guess what makes it so green?
6. The interior structure of this building is almost like an umbrella. Does its name reflect the shape of the building and is this place historically important?
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – What is it?
Can you guess? answers
- A praying mantis and a walking stick insect. I took this picture at my home in Bend, Oregon.
- These ‘komomaki’ straw belts attract hibernating moths that defoliate the trees. Komomaki are removed in the spring. I took this photo at the Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon.
- Mylar and hot glue. Artist Tara Donovan rolled the mylar into cones, and glued them together. This piece is currently on display at the Seattle Art Museum in Washington state.
- I saw this great blue heron at the Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Oregon. I’d never seen one perched on a telephone pole before.
- This tasty Thai One On cocktail includes Blanco rum, coconut, basil, matcha, and soda. The matcha gives it its bright green color. I ordered it at the Dogwood at the Pine Shed food truck pod in Bend, Oregon.
- Yes. This round barn is at the Pete French Round Barn State Heritage Site in eastern Oregon, near Burns. It was built in the 1870s or 1880s.
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fun puzzles siobhan!
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Thank you, Graham! 😀
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What a curious collection! I managed to guess #1 and #4. I was struggling with #3 until I remembered some Christmas decorations my parents had from the 70’s, their structures were exactly the same. It looks so cool. I have never seen anything like #2 and love the fact that I’ve learnt something today!
Thanks, Sofia! After you mentioned it, I remembered those Christmas decorations too. 😀 I’d seen those straw belts on the trees before, but had no idea what they were until I looked it up. You learn something new every day!
Great collection. You stumped me with all of them except the Blue Heron.
Thanks, Beth! It was a fun challenge.
Siobhan, I loved how you approached the challenge. There was no hiding. Everything was out there. Sadly, I only identified two of them. Great photos and stories.
Thank you, Egidio! I’m glad I stumped you with several of them. 🙂
I got two right… the praying mantis and walking stick photo, and the heron… Do I get a prize for guessing two, Siobhan? Maybe a Thai One On? >grin<
You get two stars, John! ⭐️⭐️ Sorry I can’t send you that delicious cocktail. 😁
A praying mantis and a walking stick sharing your kitchen window screen is a wild thing to just look up and notice. I got exactly none of these right, which I think means the challenge worked. The wrapped trees in the Japanese garden had me completely stumped.
Yes, it’s nice when things appear right in front of you to be photographed. Glad I stumped you, even with the tree wrappings.🙂
I git a couple of these (the insects and the heron) while others had me puzzled. The straw belts are fascinating and seem typical of Japanese ingenuity 🙂
Yes, the straw belts are beautiful and functional, like other things in a Japanese garden. It was a fun challenge. 😁
Definitely an unusual set. And a very unusual sighting of a great blue heron
Thanks! Yeah, it was weird to see the heron perched on the pole.
These are great choices. Fun challenge this week
Thanks, Kirstin! Yeah, it was a fun challenge. 🙂
I managed two only, but was happy to learn about the straw belts. Never heard of, but oh so Japanese.
I wondered what the straw belts were for. This challenge was a good opportunity to look them up. A good Japanese garden is beautiful throughout the year. 🙂