The picture I posted on Sunday turned out to be more of a mystery than I thought. I actually believed most of you would guess it. You did make some really neat guesses, but nobody got it right. I’m doing the mystery photo “ha ha, tricked you” dance. LOL. I had to use my imagination to see what your imaginations were showing you! Our minds are such amazing things and can come up with the most amazing answers sometimes.
Of course, the popular guess was a tire with a bike tire heading the tire list. That I could imagine. Amy made the guess I expected more of you to make and that was a toy tire, like the tire on a Matchbox car. Marji said tire or a chocolate cake in a bundt pan. Loreta and Melissa both thought it was a cake decorated with chocolate chips. Linda and Margaret said an Oreo cookie. Made me go dip into the grandkids’ cookie stash and eat one of those Oreos. 🙂 Mary and Evelyn showed their seamstress backgrounds and said a fabric covered button. That was actually a great guess. Those covered buttons did have a silver back. I actually made my sister’s wedding dress and covered about 100 of those little buttons. When I think about doing that when I was seventeen, I can hardly believe it. Or that my sister would have trusted me to do that! We must have both been crazy! Anyway, a fabric covered button could have been what it was, but it wasn’t.
Then Linda thought I knew way more about cars than I do when she guessed a brake pad. Emily’s guess of an aerial view of some kind of farm equipment tire was a fun guess. Maybe I should get a drone to take some of my pictures. Betty W. came up with a unique guess of a poodle on a poodle skirt or a crocheted beret. That took real imagination. Sandy was more down to earth with a container with a metal bottom and Paula was fashionable with an ebony wood bracelet.
Karen just said she didn’t have a clue. Hey, Karen, I’ll let you in on a secret. Nobody had a clue! Well, maybe that’s no
t entirely fair. Those of you who guessed tire did have a bit of a clue. It is a wheel. And it did look like it had tread. Also those of you who thought it looked like it was steaming, well, that was because I tried to clean it off with a tissue and some of the tissue stuck. But here is the rest of the picture. It’s the wheel on a mouse.
It’s a good thing that right guesses aren’t necessary to get your name pitched in the drawing for the books. You all got an entry. If you guessed on the first picture too of the green raspberry, you now have two entries. You can get another entry by guessing on the new mystery photo up top. I have a feeling that this one might be easier for you. We’ll see.
Thanks so much for playing my mystery photo game. I’ll draw for three winners on June 12th, so that gives us time for this new mystery photo and two more. I still have the one I’m saving that I think nobody could guess. Should I or shouldn’t I post it? Maybe. But whether you guess right or not and whether you end up winning a book or not, I hope you’re having fun playing the mystery photo game. I’m seeing mysteries everywhere.
Thanks for reading. And if you downloaded Murder at the Courthouse, thanks for that too. It’s going to be at a reduced e-book price for a while, but maybe not 99 cents. Also, if you took time to write a review or rate my books, I do appreciate that too. You all are the best! So now about that mystery photo…
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A stamina of a flower.
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Mary, you know those flower parts. Not saying you’re right or wrong, but I like how you keep us remembering our old science lessons.
We also like the iris beard theory! A strong possibility 🙂
My son and I have come up with a Puffer caterpillar toy or a Koosh ball 🙂 Fingers crossed!
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Fun that your son is helping you guess, Susan. And your guesses are fun. We’ll see which of them is the strongest possibility when you see the rest of the picture on Sunday.
I will guess the inside of a flower bloom, not sure what kind of flower.
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Hi, Connie. Thanks for guessing. Fun to read everybody’s guesses. We’ll see who is right or if anyone is on Sunday.
I have to guess the beard of an iris. Now … which iris? A dutch iris in light purple.
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Kristy, you were very specific with your guess. But that’s you, even making your guess sound poetic. Love reading your writing. We’ll see if you’re right in your written guess on Sunday.
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Kristy, love the way you were very specific with your guess and so poetic. But that’s you. Love reading your writing. We’ll see if you’re right in your written guess on Sunday.
A dishwashing brush.
Just stumbled upon this game. What fun.
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Hi, Angela. Glad you stumbled over my mystery photo game and decided to join in with a guess. Who knows? You might even be right, but right or wrong, you get an entry in the drawing for one of my books. Check back Sunday for the “rest of the picture” and a new mystery photo.
At first I thought it might be a flower but then decided it’s some kind of brush.
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Good guess, Ola. So glad you are playing my mystery photo game. Hope you’re having fun.
Hi Ann I think this is the inside of a flower and I would say maybe an Iris not so sure which . That is my best guess after looking at it for awhile. My last guess was so far off i said a kids bike tire and here it is the wheel off a mouse wow must of been an old one as it looks like rubber on it . Have a good week.
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Actually the mouse isn’t an old one, but for some reason it did have what looked like tread on that wheel, Peggy. Maybe so your finger wouldn’t slip on the wheel. Maybe. I don’t know. Anyway, I think that’s how I was able to trick all of you. It looked very much like a bike tire. Good guess on this one too. I’ll let you know if you might be right on Sunday.
A Cheese grater with someone grating the cheese!
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Now that’s a sensible guess, Pat. Maybe right, maybe not, but a down to earth, I know my cooking guess. Thanks so much for playing my guessing game.
I think this is a dandelion just before it goes fuzzy, or spider mum just before it is done flowering
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What a great guess, Lois. Shows you’re really looking at that picture and thinking. Not saying you’re thinking right, but it’s fun, either way. Thanks for playing my game.
I think this is a photo of a toothbrush. 🙂 This guessing game is fun, even if I don’t get the answers correct.
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So glad you’re having fun playing my mystery photo game, Melissa. It keeps me thinking trying to figure out what pictures I can take that might be something that would be a little interesting looking close up. It I’d let you all see more of the mouse wheel that would have been easier to guess. But I don’t want it to be easy to guess. My competitiveness is showing up here. LOL. So a toothbrush? We’ll see when I show the rest of the picture on Sunday.
Looks to me like a scrub brush. Like one you might find in a kitchen or laundry room.
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You do sometimes need those scrub brushes, don’t you, Karen? And with me, you never know. I could have taken a picture of mine. That would be easier than scrubbing something with it. Thanks for stopping by with a guess.
You sure stumped me with the last picture…..since I’ve been using touchpad computers for years, I never would have thought of a mouse wheel.
The new mystery photo looks like anthers (with pollen) inside a flower.
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Well, at least you had a reason for not guessing the mouse wheel, Marji. I don’t like using the touchpad so even on my laptop computer with one, I hook up a mouse. So much easier for me. We’ll see if you are right with your new guess come Sunday.
My guess is a bottle brush.
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Could be, Jan. Thanks for playing my mystery photo game. You all keep me hopping trying to be mysterious enough.
Mystery photo #3 Duster for ceiling fans or for cleaning blinds. Second guess – brush for cleaning fish tank. Third guess-dog brush for grooming.
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You’ve got some good guesses there, Betty. All those are good kinds of brushes to have and some I should be using. You just made me notice the dust on my ceiling fan. 🙂 I have to admit that I simply replaced my mini-blinds in my big office cleaning this winter because I guess I’d waited too long in between using that duster. Thanks for playing my mystery photo game.
A corn bloom. The very top of the corn in the cob.
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Linda, that’s a great guess. And I do have a garden so it could be right. Maybe. Maybe not. I’ll keep trying to be mysterious until Sunday.
To me it looks like the center stamen of a flower with all the pollen on it. I suppose it could be a toothbrush, but I haven’t seen any with that bright a yellow on the tips 🙂
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Margaret, thanks for dropping by with a guess – or two. One of them might be right or maybe not. It will have to remain a mystery for a little longer. I remember having to draw all the parts of a flower when I was in school and learn their names. Now I just enjoy the flowers.
The center of a flower where the yellow is the.pollen or where bees land to pollinate.
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Fun guess, Rory. Not saying it’s right. Not saying it’s wrong. Just not saying. 🙂 But we need more bees. Folks in our area who used to keep hives are having trouble keeping their bees alive. So I’m happy when I see bees.
brush
Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House
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Short and to the point, Kathleen. Good guess. We’ll see if it’s right on Sunday.
Hi Ann, wow so many possibilities! A feather? A toothbrush . A bottle brush. A sea anemone ?
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Of those guesses, I definitely like sea anemone best, Paula. You certainly covered a range. Great to use our imaginations. And who knows? One of those guesses might be right. So glad you are playing my mystery photo game.