Have you ever heard of Schmap Guides?
I had not until I received an email from a Ms. Emma J. Williams, the Managing Editor, saying that my photo of the Fort Worth Water Gardens was on the short list to be chosen for publication in their October Guide. No money was to be made but a photo credit and a link to my picture on flickr would be included. Fine by me!
In this day and age of Web 2.0, many publications (Quirkee included) are using content like photos from people on flickr and other sites willing to share their stuff as long as they get credit and a link to them.
Here is a link to the Schmap Guide with my photo alongside others.
The Daddyshack Scavenger Hunt on flickr had it's 100th member join yesterday! If you don't know about the hunt yet here is some info:
Want to play? Everybody loves a scavenger hunt so invite your friends and let's get it on!
Each week starting on Sundays there will be multiple items that you can
hunt for in your own town and post to the group pool. Right now we are
shooting for 10 items per week. No worries if you can't get them all,
just post what you do shoot. The weekly hunt will end on Saturdays at
12:00 midnight.
For those of you in the group doing a Photo-a-Day/Project 365 this will
help you keep shooting and give some ideas along the way!
The list for each week will be posted in the Discussion forum. Comments on photos are always encouraged!
Guidelines
* All photos must be shot during the week of the active hunt. Please
only post photos to the Group Pool that you shot and own the copyrights
to.
* Add the tag "scavenger hunt" to your tag line so others can easily find the group that may be interested in joining.
* Comments are encouraged but if you want critiques then please mention that in your description.
The day finally arrived and with much anticipation from my daughter! She has been ready to go to school since my son's last year at this preschool. She no longer has to be dragged out of the classroom kicking and screaming because she wants to stay and color, play with dolls, dress up, etc. Now she can stay and have it all!
I know what you are thinking - "Did he remember to put fresh batteries in the camera this time?"
You bet your sweet cheeks I did. Here is some video of her walking up to her classroom.
She was so excited to see her teachers! She walked in and sat right down at the table covered in paper with markers to color on. Markers? Her eyes lit up like twinkly little stars. It's almost as if she had just walked through the Pearly Gates of Heaven and Saint Peter handed her the Magic Markers from God himself. This was the last we saw of her before she kissed us goodbye and sent us on our way.
After lunch we went to pick her up and she was standing at the window with the other kids waving at their parents. Nothing but smiles on her face and the desire for more preschool fun tomorrow. She's growing up so fast that I don't think I can find a pickle jar big enough to hold her anymore. Oh well, they can't stay little forever.
