Thirteen Things I love that begin with the letter O

1. Obsidian: Like the way the word rolls off my tongue…do you know obsidian is made from a volcano?
2. Odor: I love odors, as long as they’re good!
3. Octopus: Any animal that can change colors is ok by me!
4. Ok: I adore words in the affirmative!
5. Odds Bodkins: Love English minced words!
6. October: My very favorite month of the year!
7. Occlumency: Another Harry Potter spell; one that Snape is VERY good at. “From the Latin “occlude,” meaning “to close, shut up, close off.” This is the defense of the mind against external attack. Occlumency is the only way to protect one’s mind from someone using Legilimency.“
8. Ocean: I love the ocean, there is nothing more calming than listening to waves breaking on sand…given they’re not too strong!
9. Opportunity: Nothing like the right opportunity coming your way!
10. Oops!: hehehe this word makes me laugh
11. Oui: Another affirmative word, and one French one I don’t mind!
12. Osmosis: I swear that’s how I learn, by osmosis LOL!
13. Over the Hills and Far Away: My second favorite Led Zeppelin song!
Many have I loved – many times been bitten
Many times I’ve gazed along the open road
Many times I’ve lied – many times I’ve listened
Many times I’ve wondered how much there is to know

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Here’s last Wednesday’s picture:

This is the shot it was cropped from:

Dew was the first of MANY to get this right: “Easy this time! A McDonald’s fries box in the grass.” By the way, there will be a blog entry about this soon…it’s really quite amazing how McDonald’s is so recognizable!

Shirley and Mel had answers that made me laugh:

Shirley: “well, I was going to say the same as Dew, but for the sake of fun and variety, I’ll say ” the front of a brightly painted pirate ship as viewed through tall tropical reeds”.”

my cousin, Mel: Anyone can easily see that it is a witch’s slipper left in the grass as her broom lifted her off the ground and into the air. I understand that finding these slippers is very rare because they vanish in the moonlight. Good find Jan!

As always, thanks for playing! By the way, all photos used in What Is It Wednesday are marked as “private” in my flickr account…that’s so no one can view the picture at a bigger size to get a better look!

So this week…

What is it?

***EDITED***

Let me rephrase: What is it in the picture of the lovely garden that might be unusual?

The challenge this week is “Mailboxes”.

Waiting For The Mail, a sculpture by Lowell Davis. He is most famous for his detailed porcelain sculptures of domesticated farm animals and says:

I think the animals were the magic of my work. I have a dog that paid for this entire farm. Just an old dog that I bought for a dollar at a pound. She had mange and blisters all over. They were going to destroy her that afternoon. I said, “I’ll take that one.” She went to all my shows with me. I used her in four figurines and eleven plates. The very first figurine I did was the dog sitting by the mailbox. It was an instant hit. She made me tons of money. I still give her a little credit for paying for the farm. In fact, that’s why I put a paw print on my work.

I have quite a few of his sculptures, used to collect them in my 20s

Took Wolf for a walk in the woods today and saw these lovely rare pink Lady Slippers!