Thanks. As a reminder to myself and any other potential new participants to this thread,
I'll create & post here (by editing THIS post)
a recap of what the last challenges have been for the last 2 years, all of 2021 & up to now in 2022.
Current one- "Your bike on a trip through the snow."
Before that it was:
-- your bike with something warm
-- with Christmas decorations that were up before Thanksgiving Day.
-- anything you are thankful for.
-- Fully rigged sailing ship, or an image / representation of one.
-- your bike with its rider (you).
-- big forklift
-- Halloween decoration
-- Harvesting equipment or big [farm] tractor. (Recent repeat)
-- a spider (the scary bug, not the 3-wheeled cycle)
-- skeleton
-- Halloween inflatable yard decoration
-- fall flowers in bloom
-- jack o'lantern
-- tunnel
--- graffiti-covered railroad car.
(That takes us back to Sep. 29th, 2022, on page 361).
EVEN FARTHER BACK:
-- FedEx delivery truck
-- vineyard with grapes growing on arbors.
--field of sunflowers
-- "back to school sale" sign or banner.
-- animal boarding kennel
-- combine harvester
-- big flag of your nation.
--corn field
--fire truck (repeat)
-- "fire danger TODAY" type sign (This was back around August 7th).
-- dinosaur (not a toy)
-- rocket
-- fountain
-- standing dead tree
-- dump or landfill
-- sign saying "mountain" or "mountains"
-- sandy beach at sunset (lake or ocean, not a small creek or pond).
-- earthmover tire
-- payphone (this takes [us back to July)
-- tour bus (not city bus)
-- campfire (this challenge was not met within the deadline)
5/11/22: -- cow (must be female of species)
--miniature horse
-- independent auto parts store
-- shoe repair shop (not sales, only repairs) (takes us back to page 351)
- Mexican restaurant
-- windmill or wind turbine
-- sailboat in the water
-- delivery van
--electronics store
-- mill stone
-- electric car
3/17/22: -- related to St. Patrick's Day
--sign naming your state, province, district, etc.
-- welcome to [some other state, not your state] sign.
-- business sign depicting an item they sell or service.
-- flag of any democratic country
-- flock of birds (this takes us back to page 342).
-- the Sun.
-- any woman who is a mother
-- church steeple with a cross on it
-- community bus / short bus
-- retirement home
1/19/22 --a winery.
-- famous person's grave
-- sun just peeking up at dawn
-- Gulf gas station's round sign
1/3/22: -- discarded Christmas tree
-- war monument / memorial
-- Christmas decorations
-- Anything damaged by recent weather (this challenge not completed by deadline).
-- on snow or ice.
12/8/2021 -- a real snowman
-- bandstand / covered outdoor stage for musicians
-- "coffee" sign
-- closed road or bridge (closed due to damage)
--logs or lumber
-- construction crane (not a boom lift).
-- wind sock
11-7-2021 Store with Christmas decorations
-- the moon
-- firewood stand with wood for sale
-- courthouse (repeat)
-- log cabin / log home
-- haunted house
-- baseball diamond
10-28-2021: --Halloween inflatable
-- wishing well
--- radio station antenna tower
-- 12-foot skeleton
-- bank with "first" or "commercial" as part of its name.
-- sports stadium
-- bowling alley
--wrought iron fence or railing
-- scarecrow
-- water tower
-- school bus
-- hardware store
-- store that sells mattresses
-- your bike ON-- not "with"-- a boat, ferry, dock, or anything floating in the water.
-- skate park
-- electric car charging station
-- scary Halloween thing
-- roadside farm products stand (repeat)
-- car-hauling truck and trailer.
-- ambulance
-- pumpkin (this is back on page 319)
9/15/2021 -- bird bath
-- gazing ball (outdoors)
-- lean-to on another building
-- horse
-- train
-- state police or state highway patrol station
-- steel girder bridge
-- Christmas tree farm
-- sunflowers
8/25/2021 -- orchard
-- gate with animal figures
-- gnome
-- tandem bicycle or pedal vehicle
-- totem pole
-- Greek restaurant
-- Massey Ferguson tractor
--handicap width porta-potty / portable toilet/ porta-John
-- public restroom
-- tennis court
-- football or soccer goal
-- dead end sign / other sign expressing same concept
-- near a baseball dugout
-- local non-chain seafood restaurant
-- Boy Scout / Girl Scout camp
-- VBS - vacation bible school sign
-- bobtail tractor without the semi-trailer
6/16/21: -- Ferris wheel
-- helicopter (bonus if flying)
-- roadside farm stand
-- park with sign saying "Lake"
-- big oak tree
-- active military base (is it OK to take pics of these??)
-- fire truck
-- on church property VOID / WITHDRAWN
-- boat on water OR boat on trailer
-- help wanted sign / "now hiring" sign
-- sign showing twisty / curvy road ahead (repeat)
-- at a water park
-- large prison (not completed) (is it really OK to take pics of such a security-sensitive location?)
-- auto repair show that is NOT a dealership too.
-- courthouse
-- your bike with a bike of SAME brand and SAME number of cylinders.
-- in a house (!!)
5/14/21: -- with dinosaur statue
-- your bike with a uniformed cop posing on it.
-- a school
-- scenic overlook or road pull-off
-- sign welcoming public to a city, county, state, etc.
-- cemetery
-- sign with at least 5 rules listed.
-- mom & pop chainsaw shop
-- roadside hot dog stand
-- mom and pop ice cream shop
-- house (not a barn or other structure) falling down, abandoned.
April of 2021, page 280 of this thread: -- big dump truck
-- airplane
-- old business that's been operating since your childhood (even if you didn't live nearby back then).
-- building with a bell tower
-- public street clock
-- bicycle shop OR you riding a bicycle.
-- public road that's dirt or gravel
-- tulips or daffodils
-- canoe / kayak livery / rental or storage facility
-- trail head sign
-- Irish pub
-- old covered bridge
-- big natural body of water
-- flowering tree
-- big pothole, so big you would not want to hit it.
-- mythical creature or fantasy / fiction character
-- cow /steer / bull/ heifer
-- church
-- "time and temperature" sign
-- pile of rocks or stones at least 3 feet high
3/2021: -- old house, before WWII, for sale.
-- barber pole CANCELLED / duplicate
-- Drive-thru coffee shop with pretty girl waving from the window.
-- wild animal crossing sign
Page 256, March of 2021: -- Yamaha Seca (isn't that a rule violation? Nonetheless, it was completed.)
-- Low water / high water / water crossing the road sign.
-- baseball field or stadium
-- metal animal statue
-- Roller skating place / roller rink [NOT ice skating]
-- bait shop
-- grain bin, but not a silo.
-- "curve(s) ahead" sign
-- flowers
March 2021: -- tire skid marks
-- golf course
-- Sasquatch statue
-- Railroad caboose
-- industrial smokestack / factory chimney
-- ice skating rink [not roller]
-- barber shop pole
-- sun in background
--- tow truck (this one not completed in time)
-- law enforcement motor vehicle
-- newspaper box / advertising paper self-service box
-- gasoline or petrol tanker truck
-- cell phone tower.
THE END. That covers us back to the beginning of 2021, back to page 243.
Reminder:
Current one- "Your bike on a trip through the snow."
