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So glad you joined up with us this week!  Loved the different takes on *Summer Treats!  Most centered on enjoying food, but we had a few treats from nature, also :)

Here are the photos that really stood out to me this week:

1) Our Peculiar Lives

I love the vibrant colors of the peach, the softness, and how tight she cropped this shot.  His little, soft boy hands are so sweet, too.



2) Janet Rose



You can just taste how cold and refreshing this treat is on a hot day.  Love the bright colors on his shirt!

Thank you everyone for playing!
I hope you will join us on Saturday when the challenge will be:

the view from here

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I loved looking at all the photos for this challenge.  I say almost every week that it is hard to chose just two, but this week it was really hard to narrow it down to just two picks. 

Here are the picks for this week:

1) The Missionary Mama



I can see why this little guy is her sunshine!  This photo has so much personality, and  I love how her subject is in the forefront, grabbing our eye. 


2) A Meg Moment


A fun action shot.  I love the beautiful scenery, and how she caught the swing of the subject's hair, and the golden sunlight bouncing off her hair.  Wonderful shot!

Thank you everyone for playing with us!  We had some new participants this week, I enjoyed getting to know you a bit on your blogs :) 

I hope you will join us on Saturday, when the challenge will be:

{Summer Treat}

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Thank you for joining us for the *Red, White & Blue edition of the L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge.  Here are the two picks for this week:

1) Seven Steps Up


how can anyone resist this?  Love all the red, white & blue in this shot, how sweet little Chloe fills up the frame, and how the white of the blanket fades into the background.  Wonderful shot!




2) Janet Rose



A happy photo!  Love the traditional red, white & blue in this shot, plus how the bright blue of the water fills up the frame.  Love it!

thanks for playing!  I hope you will join us next week when the theme will be:

You are my sunshine

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Thanks for playing everyone, I loved seeing your photos of learning happening!

Here are the two picks for this week:

1) The Pelsers


serious learning is happening here in this kitchen!


2) These Grace Filled Days




this is a great photo, great close-up shot! 

Thank you everyone for joining us! 

I hope you'll link up on Saturday, when the challenge will be:

Red, white & blue

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Loved the entries this week!  I enjoyed seeing the different takes on the theme tilt.  I hope if you haven't used this technique before, that now you will consider it.

Here are the two picks for this week:

1) Janet Rose



 This photo is stunning with the background of blue. I love this photo!  She did not tilt the photo, but played on her son's tilting of his head.  Clever take! 


2) The Missionary Mama





This close-up is very pretty.  I love the purple of the thistle and the beautiful bee perched on top.  She took a nice flower close-up and added some interest by tilting the photo.  Fun!

Thanks for playing, everyone!

I hope you will join us on Saturday, when the challenge will be:

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Here are the two winning photos this week for the theme *Summer Time!

1) The Toy Box Years



This photo makes me happy!  Love the bubbles, and I love how the dog looks like he is dancing.  There is so much energy and joy in this photo!


2) The Pelser Family



This photo, I love how he has a hand on his brother's shoulder- and the scene, a graduation- this will be played out several times in June- for sure a Summer happening :)


Thank you everyone for playing!

I hope you will come back on Saturday when the challenge will be: 

~Tilt

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We had some lovely entries this week, and some new bloggers joining us :)  As always, hard to choose just two...but here are the two photos that jumped out at me:

1) Light Trigger






2) The Pelser Family




Thanks for playing this week, everyone!
I hope you will join us next Saturday when the challenge will be:  

Summer time

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We had some very sweet entries, I'm so glad you linked up with us!
Here are this week's winners:

1) Superwoman's Stunt Double



Dreamy indeed!  Oh how those newborn days seem like such a distant, dreamy memory!  She got the dreamy/sleepy/other-worldly-ness mood here.  I love, love the initial on the diaper <3

2) Our Peculiar Lives


The water looks so hazy and dreamy.  I love the vantage point of this.  I also like the processing on the photo.  Wonderful :)


Thanks for playing, bloggy-friends!

I hope you will join us on Saturday when the theme will be:

~A Moment~

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I enjoyed seeing your sweet comfort photos!  Here are this week's winners!


1) Our Peculiar Lives

such sweetness!  This makes me all squishy inside and I remember holding my boy the same way. Lovely photo, lovely memories :)  I love the hat- it just adds to the awesomeness...


2) Janet Rose



Now this- makes me wish for a hammock!  Sweet, and oh my- the bright colors, love this photo!

thanks for playing!  I hope you will join us on Saturday when the challenge will be:

{Dreamy black & white}

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This week's challenge was Math!  Here are the two winners for this week- though I bet, not a big surprise :)...


1) Cafe Mirecki





nothing says Math! as much as an abacus!  MomLaur writes that they are using Right Start Math this year.  I love the bright colors of this abacus :)


2) Janet Rose



Janet Rose shares this Math equation: 



love it! :)

I hope you will join us on Saturday when the challenge will be: 

Comfort

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Thank you for playing this week!  I loved looking at the memories you wanted to always remember.

Here are the two photos that grabbed me this week.  It's so hard to choose only two!

1) Cafe Mirecki


...remembering the milestones. She had several photos in a chronological story-telling post.  It was like reading a lyrical picture book, hop over and read her post!



2) Vanessa -flickr stream




Something about this photo...the vintage look, a familiar rite of childhood..starting out for school, and I love that he is walking away- and all the lines in this photo leading up. 

Thank you everyone for sharing your memories with us.

I hope you can join us on Saturday when the challenge will be:

Math!

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As always, choosing just two winners for this week's challenge was really, really hard.  We had some great photos entered!

Here are the 2 top picks for this week:


1)  Our Peculiar Lives


What can I say?  This is a wonderful portrait.  The golden eye is so compelling among all the white.  I love this photo.  Beautiful shot!


2)  Nina Bee/ He Searches Me




This photo, wow- the reds framing the bright golden sun.  Beautiful!  She caught the light just right. 

Thank you everyone for joining up! 
I hope you will come back this Saturday for the L.E.N.S  Photo Challenge,

when the theme will be:

Remember

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Thank you everyone for joining up with us this week!  As always, it is so hard to choose! 
[bold] was a fun theme :)

Here are this weeks' winners! (I apologize for getting them up a few days late, life sort of got in the way/Science fair project time here at our house!)

1)  A Pause on the Path


 This handsome fella is indeed, bold!  Lovely bird!


2)  Homeschool Nature Study and More



A very bold adventurer here!  I love how the photo stopped the water spray, and how bright the red boogie board is.

Thank you everyone for playing!  Join us on Saturday when the challenge will be

golden

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Thank you, everyone who participated in the challenge this week, I loved seeing your entries.

This week's winners of the L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge- Light edition, are:

1)  Golden Grasses




2)  Live, Laugh, Love...Our Way





As always, it is so hard to choose just two photos to highlight- they were all really great examples of the theme!


[ Bold ]

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We had a great turnout this week for the LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge!  Thank you everyone for playing :)

Here are the two winners for this week's challenge :

1)  Distracted by Shiny Things



Randi wrote about catching this sweet moment- two normally rambunctious little ones, the boy giving a lesson in how to pray.  I love this.  The subject is just heart-melting, and the photo itself is beautiful.


2)  My Home in the Smokies



proud mama snapped this photo of her daughter playing the Cheshire cat in a production of Alice in Wonderland.  The colors in this photo are so bright, and the subject is magical.

Thank you everyone for sharing your wonderful photos and memories with us.   

**I hope you will come back and join us on Saturday when the challenge will be: 

Light

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Loved the entries this week!  We had some really creative takes on the theme: corners.

Here are this week's winners:

1) Lori's LOLz


Lori titled this "turning a corner" - indeed!  Congratulations to the graduate and to the proud family!


2) Live, Laugh, Love our way



A photo of what, else? A corner!  Love it! 

I hope you can join us next week when the theme will be:
 
This Moment

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I loved the reading entries this week, specially the flickr entries!  I apologize for getting this up so late, sometimes- specially lately- life has just really gotten in the way of blogging...

Here are the two winners for this challenge:

1) Cafe Mirecki


Mama Mirecki captured her boys reading together, and rejoiced over the wonderful natural light.  I love how she got down to their level, and cropped in close. 


2) Moms Mustard Seeds



Rebecca writes that this photo was taken the week her city was covered with snow.  I am sure this photo will remind them of such special memories.  I love that she captured so many members of her family enjoying a good book, including Dad, being read to!

Congratulations, winners!  thank you, everyone for entering the challenge! 

I hope you will come back and join us next week when the challenge will be:  corners

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Just wow, we had so many beautiful Spring photos entered this week!  Thank you everyone for joining up with the challenge!

Here are the two winners this week:

1) Scripted Heart



Cherry blossoms ARE Spring.  This shot is wonderful, I love the delicate, blurred bokeh in the background. 


2) K-Tribe




Birds and Spring, birds of course announce that Spring is here.  This is a great shot of a beautiful bird, I love the bright red!

I really loved seeing all of your entries!  I hope you can join us on Saturday, when the challenge will be:

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Thank you so much for joining up with the LEarning Never Stops Photo Challenge! 
Again, it was so hard to choose just two...but here are the 2 entries that jumped out at me:

1)  Janet Rose




2) Our Peculiar Lives

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This challenge was a bit more challenging, funny how as moms- we are taking the photos, but not in many of them!  Here are my two picks of the week!:

1)  Skees Family Blog


I love this shot!  So outside of the box, wonderful!



2)  Songs Kate Sang



Kate's photo is the more typical 'mom in the middle' photo I was thinking of- I love how she is indeed, right in the middle, and I like how the camera tilt adds a little something to the shot.

Congratulations, winners! 

I hope you will join us this coming Saturday when the challenge will be:

Green

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