“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle
A new book ready to be released means it’s Mystery Photo time. I’ve been trying hard to see things in a new light so that I can somehow make them very mysterious for you. 🙂 But everything I try, I decide you’ll guess right away. While I don’t mind some of you figuring out my mysteries, it’s no fun for me if all of you figure out my mystery photos. But you are an observant bunch, perhaps made even more observant by playing my Mystery Photo games. I’m stealing a little credit anyway.
Some of you are going to think this is funny. I just went to the picture file where I have kept my mystery photos from the past along with the original photo that solves the mystery. I couldn’t match them all up. Some of them I had no idea what they were. True mysteries to me. Makes me wonder if I should replay some of those mysteries. But first I’d have to figure out what they were myself, wouldn’t I? A mystery game where the mystery never get solved wouldn’t be much fun.
Anyway, I’m taking the plunge into a new game with the picture above. You may all recognize what it is right away. And if so, I’ll simply congratulate you for your keen mystery solving skills while I try harder to trick you with the mystery picture on my next post. I’ll be out there or in here taking pictures of everything to see what I can make mysterious. LOL.
Oh, yeah, and there will be book prizes. We’ll play the mystery photo game for a couple of weeks. Each time you guess (or solve) a new mystery photo or simply say “I don’t know,” you’ll get an entry in the drawing. I’ll draw for the winners (three of you) and contact you by e-mail as well as announce the winners here on my blog post on Sunday, May 5th. Winners will get their choice of one of my books which could be my upcoming release, The Refuge, if that’s the winner’s choice. The Refuge is going to be out there for readers any day now. I’ll throw in a grab bag book by a different author to sweeten the pot. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. But you can let your kids help you guess. 🙂
I’m also sending out a newsletter with a prize chance this week too. A fun prize that’s very Shakerish. So if you haven’t signed up for my newsletter yet, now would be a good time. The sign-up form is in the margin here on my website.
Happy Easter
Here in Kentucky we had a beautiful Easter day after a couple of pretty crummy cold and rainy days. I’m thinking Saturday was extra crummy since my grandkids were all here and it’s more fun when we can enjoy the spring sunshine outside. We did have an Easter egg hunt (the youngest kids hunted) but they hunted fast to get back inside. My son, granddaughter and I hid them pretty fast in a misty rain too. LOL.
But rain or shine, family home for Easter is great. And rain or shine, gathering with my church family on Resurrection Sunday is always a blessing. Hope your Easter weekend was a blessed one too.
As always, thanks for reading. I’ll look forward to your guesses – as long as they aren’t all right. 🙂
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Chives or shallots. This seems hard could be alfalfa. Those are my guesses anyway. Thanks for a chance anne.
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I intend for it to be hard, Rory. LOL. Sometimes I’m good at mysteries and sometimes not so good. At least you guessed several things to give you some chances to be right. Not saying you are, but you never know. At least, you won’t know until tonight after I’ve figured out mystery photo 2 to post. 🙂
I think porcupine quills. Looking forward to your new book!
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Porcupine quills is a popular guess and I could have hunted up a picture online to try to trick you guys. I could have, but the question is, did I?
So glad you are looking forward to my new Shaker book, The Refuge, Tiffany.
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Melanie, several of you have guessed dried flowers. So, several of you could be right or several of you could be wrong. You will get to see the rest of the picture on Wednesday night along with a new mystery photo.
Lois, I love how you put your guess. Cat tails bursting out in the low land. Sounds like some characters need to be walking through there whispering a story to some writer. 🙂
Evelyn, could it be poppy seed pods? Yes, it could be, but then again, it could not be.
Marilyn, I love the writing quill guess. It had to be hard to write with those quills and yet some of the old ancient writing is beautiful. And I do love a friend with a good imagination to be able to see even more. Those fish fins. An interesting guess.