Round Robin Challenge: Joy: What Makes Your Heart Happy?

Looking over the bumper crop of recent Round Robin topic suggestions from Steven's "Camera Resolutions" Challenge, I was struck today by the ideas of two Robins who were thinking very much along the same lines. The #2 suggestion of new Robin participant Kathy of Through the Viewfinder was as follows:
THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED

Joy - whatever brings you joy, others showing joy

and Wammy of The Ellis Family Cincinnati wrote:

This shot makes my heart happy. I get a big smile of my face every time I look at it.... So the theme is 'what makes your heart happy?'

This theme of joy and happiness makes me happy! So here we go: the theme for our next Round Robin Photo Challenge on Saturday, February 7 is:

Joy: What Makes Your Heart Happy?

You can answer this question about yourself or a loved one, or anyone, really. Just show us a source of joy and/or its effect. Maybe it's someone or something that makes your heart happy. Or perhaps you'd rather show us someone whose joy is evident in the photo. We'll be happy to see either or both!

But first, a quick refresher on how all this works, for those of you who may be new or may not have played along recently:

• Please RSVP in the comments with your name (or screen name), blog name, and blog address, thus:

Yes, I'll be happy to play!

Jeremiah
Bullfrogs and Wine
http://joytotheworld.blogspot.com

• Please post your entry no sooner than Saturday, February 7th, any time from midnight to midnight. If you know you can't get to your blog on the day, that's okay, too. Your blogging service may let you upload it ahead of time and schedule it to post that Saturday. Or, if you're running late, you can still post your entry up to six days later if necessary. Just be sure that if you do RSVP, you follow through and post within that time frame.

• Please link back to this blog in your entry, so that people know where to come for info if they want to play along. If you like, you can even post the whole Linking List, which we add to this entry around midnight and update several times on the day of the Challenge. But at minimum, please post the main Round Robin link, or direct people to that same link on your sidebar.
  

Got it? Good! Now go be photographers!

Karen

Linking List

Wammy - Posted!
The Ellis Family
http://theellisfamilycincinnati.blogspot.com

Kathy - Posted! 02/08/09
Through the Viewfinder
http://naliorf.blogspot.com/

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Monica - Posted!
Click Shots
http://familyaffairphotos.blogspot.com/

gwenlyn - Posted!
Greenchair
http://gtsgreenchair.blogspot.com/

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Suzanne R - Posted!
SuzyQ421's Photo Blog
http://suzyq421sphotoblog.blogspot.com

Gattina - Posted!
Keyhole Pictures
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/

Yecap - Posted!
Camera Obscura
http://yecap1970rrc.blogspot.com

Sherrie - Posted!
Sherrie's Stuff
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com/

MavisMolly ***Welcome, new member!*** - Posted!
Holly On The Run
http://hollyontherun.wordpress.com

Mojo ***Welcome, new member!*** - Posted!
Why? What Have You Heard?
http://mojo11.blogspot.com/

Marina - Posted!
milepebbles
http://milepebbles.blogspot.com

Valerie - Posted!
Rosemary's Other Baby
http://rosemarysotherbaby.blogspot.com

Dawn - Posted! 2/8/09
Dawn's Drivel
http://dawnallynn.blogspot.com/

Jama
Sweet Memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com

maryt/theteach - Posted!
Work of the Poet
http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com

TJ - Posted!
TJ's Photo Expressions
http://tjphotoexpressions.blogspot.com/

Teena - Posted!
It's all about me!
http://www.purple4mee.com/

Ourhomeschool - Posted!
Through the Eye of my Camera
http://ourhomeschoolinthewoods.blogspot.com

Saffron ***Welcome, new member!*** - Posted!
CV Photographs... Do you see what I see?
http://chryseisvivienne.webs.com/apps/blog/show/419626-saffron

Round Robin Challenge: Not Of This Season

Hi Robins :) THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PLAYING :)

Thanks so much for the awesome ideas you all submitted in our last challenge, "Camera Resolutions." We have some fabulous ideas to work with this year! You guys always come up with the best ideas for our photography challenges. You're the best! Now, on to the challenge...

"Not Of This Season"

It's going to be an unseasonably warm week coming up, for those of us living in the Bay Area, so it inspired me to come up with this idea. Post a photo of something you wouldn't see, or which would be very difficult to find during winter. A sunny day at the beach, an amazing sunset, summer fruits, a beautiful flower in bloom, someone wearing shorts or summer clothes, a tree filled with beautiful leaves, a pumpkin on a porch, you get the idea. It is ok to post a photo from your archive for this one, but it would be really nice if it hasn't been displayed before. :) If you can find something between now and the date of the challenge, that would be preferred. But as I said, archived photos are fine too.

The date of the challenge will be Saturday, January 24th!

Please remember to R.S.V.P. in the following format...

Your Name
Your Blog or Journal's Title
The Full URL of your Blog or Journal

Example...

Carly
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

It is extremely helpful to us to have all your information each time you play. We use it to compile the Linking List that we post with each challenge, so please try to observe this rule.

Ok, that's it. That's all you need to know. If you have any questions, feel free to contact either Karen, Steven or myself, our email addresses are on the sidebar, and we will try to answer you promptly. We will see you back here in a little less then 2 weeks! Saturday, January 24th 2009!

-Carly

Linking List

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Monica - Posted!
Photographers Choice
http://familyaffairphotos.blogspot.com

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Gattina - Posted!
Keyhole Pictures
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com

Terri - Posted!
Ways I See The World
http://teelgeephotos.blogspot.com

gwenlyn **Welcome New Member** - Posted!
Greenchair
http://gtsgreenchair.blogspot.com

Vicki - Posted!
Maraca
http://mymaracas.blogspot.com

Suzanne R - Posted!
SuzyQ421's Photo Blog
http://suzyq421sphotoblog.blogspot.com

Jama - Posted!
Sweet Memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com

Linda
Mommy's Treasures
http://www.mommystreasures.blogspot.com

Marina - Posted!
Milepebbles
http://milepebbles.blogspot.com

Jill - Posted!
South Bay Soliloquy
http://southbaysoliloquy.blogspot.com

Julie - Posted!
Julie's Web Journal
http://www.barrettmanor.com/julie/journal.aspx

Kathy - Posted!
Through the Viewfinder
http://naliorf.blogspot.com

Chris**Welcome New Member** - Posted!
Camera Obscura
http://yecap1970rrc.blogspot.com

-rRose - Posted!
WAIT-NOTYET-MOUNTAIN RIVER WHISPERS
http://wait-notyet-mountainriverwhispers.blogspot.com

Annie
Pictures of Craziness
http://krspkrmmom.blogspot.com

Sherrie - Posted!
Sherrie's Stuff
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com

Basir Seerat **Welcome New Member**
Basir Seerat's Photography
http://basirseerat.blogspot.com

Connie - Posted!
Far Side of Fifty Photos
http://farsideoffiftyphotos.blogspot.com

Wammy - Posted!
The Ellis Family Cincinnati
http://theellisfamilycincinnati.blogspot.com

Round Robin Challenge: Camera Resolutions

Greetings Robins! Soon the new year will arrive so it's time to make some plans with your camera! What do you want to photograph in 2009? Time to make some camera resolutions!

"Camera Resolutions"

NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PLAYING!

Think of three photo themes for the new year! Pick one, photograph it, and share the other two along with your challenge update. Open themes - your choices - have fun with your camera. We'll add your other two themes to the photo challenge pool for use in 2009!

If you have sat out a few rounds or are playing for the first time, we've got a few rules. Go check'em out. Ya'll are doing great with the rules :-)

RSVP, follow my example in comments, and return on January 10th 2009 to share your camera resolutions!

(-: Your Linking List :-)

Steven - Posted!
(sometimes)photoblog
http://sometimesphotoblog.com/

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/

Monica - Posted!
Photographer's Choice
http://familyaffairphotos.blogspot.com/

Terri - Posted!
Ways I See the World
http://teelgeephotos.blogspot.com/

gina
Gina's Space
http://ginas-space.blogspot.com/

Linda - Posted!
Mommy's Treasures
http://www.mommystreasures.blogspot.com/

Connie - Posted!
Far Side of Fifty Photos
http://farsideoffiftyphotos.blogspot.com/

Nancy - Posted! 01/11/09
Nancy Luvs Pix
http://nancyluvspix.blogspot.com/

marina - Posted!
milepebbles
http://milepebbles.blogspot.com

Annie - Posted!
Pictures of Craziness
http://krspkrmmom.blogspot.com

Sherrie - Posted!
SHERRIE'S STUFF
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com/

Julie - Posted! 01/12/09
Julie's Web Journal
http://www.barrettmanor.com/julie/journal.aspx

Gattina - Posted!
KEYHOLE PICTURES
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/

Wammy Posted! 01/15/09
The Ellis Family Cincinnati
http://theellisfamilycincinnati.blogspot.com

Vicki - Posted!
Maraca
http://mymaracas.blogspot.com/

Suzanne R - Posted!
SuzyQ421's Photo Blog
http://suzyq421sphotoblog.blogspot.com

Kathy ***Welcome, New Member!*** Posted!
Through the Viewfinder
http://naliorf.blogspot.com/

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com



Technorati Tags: Photos, memes, camera resolutions, Round Robin Photo

Round Robin Challenge: Favorite Toy

Hi, Robins! It's time to announce our next Challenge. This one comes from, well, me, and sorta-kinda continues this month's holiday theme. The topic for Saturday, December 27th is

THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PLAYING!

Favorite Toy

Photograph a toy that has some significance to you or a loved one. What I have in mind here is actual toys, such as might be sold in toy stores and played with by children, rather than "big boys' toys" such as ATVs and motorcycles and RVs. It could be a present your kid is getting for Christmas or Hanukkah this year and will be playing with continually well into the new year, or a toy from your own childhood that you still have (or replaced using eBay), or even something that's been handed down in the family for several generations. New or old, take its picture and tell its story!

As always, we ask you to RSVP in the comments below, and wait to post your entry until the designated day, or up to one week afterward. For your RSVP, even if you've done so before, please leave us your full information of first name or handle, blog name and blog address, thus:

Yes, I'd love to play with my favorite toy!

Nick
Times of the Toymaker
http://comingtotown.blogspot.com

Be sure to check out the Welcome Entry and Rules of Play if this is your first time with us, or it you've sat out a few rounds. Our email addresses are on the sidebar in case you have any questions, or want to suggest a future Challenge topic.

Got it? Good! Go be photographers! Pick out that favorite toy, and be ready to show it off on Saturday, December 27th!

Karen

Linking List:

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Connie - Posted!
Far Side of Fifty Photos
http://farsideoffiftyphotos.blogspot.com/

Marina - Posted!
Milepebbles
http://milepebbles.blogspot.com

Em Dy
Captured Beat
http://intentiontotreat.blogspot.com

Jama - Posted!
Sweet Memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com

Suzanne R - Posted!
SuzyQ421's Photo Blog
http://suzyq421sphotoblog.blogspot.com

Marie - Posted!
Photographs & Memories
http://photographsmemoriestoo.blogspot.com/2008/12/round-robin-challenge-favorite-toy-this.html

Linda **Welcome new member!** - Posted! 12/23
Mommy's Treasures
http://www.mommystreasures.blogspot.com/

Sherrie - Posted!
Sherrie's Stuff
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com/

Molly - Posted!
Return of the White Robin
http://returnofthewhiterobin.blogspot.com/

Gattina - Posted!
Keyhole Pictures
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/

Terri - Posted!
Ways I See the World
http://teelgeephotos.blogspot.com/

Valerie
Rosemary's Other Baby
http://rosemarysotherbaby.blogspot.com


The photo: John Blocher's Handy Hank bulldozer tin toy, circa late 1950s. Purchased on eBay, 1990s.

Round Robin Challenge: Hometown Holiday Decorations

Greetings Robins :) THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PLAYING :)

We are heading straight for Christmas, and other holidays of December, so lets do something a wee bit different! Let's combine my love for public art, with the wonderful joys of the holiday season! Grab your cameras, and photograph the public holiday decorations around the town you live in. Or, if you like, photograph a nearby town's decorations. Oh well, any old town will do, as long as it includes some holiday decorations. Holiday banners, giant sparkly snowflakes hanging from street lights, a town square decked with boughs of holly, or a wreath strewn street. A giant animated reindeer in the middle of a shopping mall, a large Christmas tree in a quaint village, all shiny and ready for Christmas! If it is a public decoration, and celebrates the upcoming holiday season, it will be perfect for this challenge!

Save the date for this challenge, it will be played on Saturday, December 13th. As always you can post your photo entry anytime between the midnights of that day, or for up to one week late if you have to be late with your entry for some reason. It is best, however, to try to post on the day of the challenge to get the maximum visitors possible. The most important thing is not to post your entry prior to the challenge date. We don't post the Linking List until the date of the challenge, so you won't be linked to until then! It's also a good idea to double check the R.S.V.P. link to your blog for any errors before you leave it. It should look like this...

(EXAMPLE)

Carly
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

It is extremely helpful to us if you leave your R.S.V.P. in this format. :) And that you double check your link! Also, if you are new to the challenges, be sure to let us know so we can welcome you properly! :)

Ok, that's all there is to it. Grab your cameras, GO BE PHOTOGRAPHERS, and comeback here on Saturday, December 13th, ready to show off your HOMETOWN HOLIDAY DECORATIONS!

-Carly

Linking List

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Monica
Family Affair Photography
http://familyaffairphotography.blogspot.com

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mavarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Jama - Posted!
Sweet Memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com

Martha
Menagerie
http://meandering-martha.blogspot.com

Marina **Welcome New Member** - Posted!
Milepebbles
http://milepebbles.blogspot.com

Sandra
Strong Chemistry
http://strongchemistry.blogspot.com

Suzanne R - Posted!
SuzyQ421's Photo Blog
http://suzyq421sphotoblog.blogspot.com

Liz - Posted!
Visual Counterpoint
http://visualcounterpoint.blogspot.com

_rRose
WAIT-NOTYET-MOUNTAIN RIVER WHISPERS
http://wait-notyet-mountainriverwhispers.blogspot.com

Connie - Posted!
Far Side Of Fifty Photos
http://farsideoffiftyphotos.blogspot.com

Wammy - Posted!
The Ellis Family Cincinnati
http://theellisfamilycincinnati.blogspot.com

Sherrie - Posted!
Sherrie's Stuff
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com

Marie - Posted! 12/14/08
Photographs & Memories
http://photographsmemoriestoo.blogspot.com/2008/12/round-robin-challenge-hometown-holiday.html

Valerie **Welcome New Member**
Rosemary's Other Baby
http://rosemarysotherbaby.blogspot.com

Gattina - Posted!
Keyhole Pictures
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com

Teena in Toronto - Posted!
It's all about me!
http://purple4mee.blogspot.com

Terri - Posted! 12/13/08
Ways I See The World
http://teelgeephotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/round-robin-hometown-holiday.html

Kathee **Welcome New Member** -Posted! 12/15/08
Docu-diem
http://docu-diem.blogspot.com

Technorati Tags: Photos, memes, Hometown Holiday Decorations, Round Robin Photo

Round Robin Challenge: On My Table

Greetings Robins! Time for your next photo challenge! We've a holiday on the way in the U.S. so keeping that in mind I have selected a topic which can be adapted for the Thanksgiving holiday. The challenge for November 29th is:
THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PLAYING. :)

"On My Table"

What's on your table? Photograph your table and what is on it. A meal, some books or a floral display. A center piece or a place setting for ten. Show off your table and what's on your table. Holiday themed or just a slice of your everyday living.

Be sure to read the Welcome and Rules of Play if it's your first challenge or if you've sat out a few rounds. If you need to post early - don't. Check to see if your blogging tool supports a future timed post update. Have fun, take your time, and post on the challenge due date.

R.S.V.P. in comments so we'll know how many will be at our Round Robin table. Follow my example and return on November 29th to share what's on your table!

(-: Linking List :-)

Steven - Posted!
(sometimes)photoblog
http://sometimesphotoblog.com/

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com/

Martha - Posted!
Menagerie
http://meandering-martha.blogspot.com/

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/

Jama - Posted!
Sweet Memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com/

Liz - Posted!
Visual Counterpoint
http://visualcounterpoint.blogspot.com/

Wammy - Posted!
The Ellis Family Cincinnati
http://theellisfamilycincinnati.blogspot.com/

Connie - Posted!
Far Side of Fifty Photos
http://farsideoffiftyphotos.blogspot.com/

Sandra - Posted!
Strong Chemistry
http://strongchemistry.blogspot.com/

boliyou
endomental
http://www.endomental.com/

Teena - Posted!
It's all about me!
http://purple4mee.com/

Terri ***Welcome new member!*** - Posted!
Ways I See the World
http://teelgeephotos.blogspot.com/

Monica - Posted!
Family Affair Photography
http://familyaffairphotography.blogspot.com

Sherrie - Posted!
SHERRIE'S STUFF
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com/



Technorati Tags: Photos, memes, on my table, Round Robin Photo

Round Robin Challenge: Two Halves Don't Make a Whole

Hi, Robins! Are you ready for our next one? It comes to us from Nancy, of Nancy Luvs Pix. The challenge for Saturday, November 15th is

Two Halves Don't Make a Whole

Nancy explains the concept thus:

THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED! THANKS FOR PLAYING

Photograph two different shots of the same type of thing (like a tree). Crop out half of each and make two separate photos. Put them side by side, or one on top of the other...so that they look ALMOST like one photo...but not quite. It sounds more complicated than it needs to be. It could be really fun and who knows what you could come up with here!

This one is going to require a little photo editing, but shouldn't be too hard, and it gives us a chance to play with things and stretch our skills and our powers of observation a bit. If you'd like to try it, but you're not sure how to proceed, drop us a line and we'll be glad to help!

As always, be sure to check our Welcome Entry and Rules of Play if you're new to this or have sat out a few rounds, or even if you just have a question. You can also reach Carly, Steven or myself at the email addresses on the sidebar. Meanwhile, you know how to RSVP, don't you? Just leave a comment below, looking something like this!

Yes, I'll play!

Bele and Lokai
Our Obscure Star Trek Blog
http://rightsideleftside.blogspot.com

Got it? Good! Now, go be photographers!

Karen

Linking List

Nancy - Posted!
Nancy Luvs Pix
http://nancyluvspix.blogspot.com/

Jama Hameed - Posted! 11/16/08
sweet memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Sherrie**Welcome New Member** Posted!
Sherrie's Stuff Posted 11/06/08
http://sherrie-plummer.blogspot.com/

Gina - Posted!
Gina's Space
http://ginas-space.blogspot.com/

Martha - Posted!
Menagerie
http://meandering-martha.blogspot.com/

Connie - Posted!
Far Side of Fifty Photos
http://farsideoffiftyphotos.blogspot.com/

Steven - Posted!
(sometimes)photoblog
http://sometimesphotoblog.com/

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Gattina - Posted!
Keyhole Pictures
http://gattina-keyholepictures.blogspot.com/

Liz **Welcome New Member** -Posted!
Visual Counterpoint - 11/17/08
http://visualcounterpoint.blogspot.com