January 10, 2016, Prescott

I need to lighten up a bit, so here are # 2 and 3 of this Scavenger Hunt, given me by #Infiniterally

Scavenger Hunt, Winter 2016 ( can be subject, title, literally, conceptually, as  metaphor, merely incorporated in details, used thematically, used  as inspiration, but should use all elements from that prompt one way or another. Technically. Just let your mind wander between them- it will come to you 😉  ) ( I am doing them in order for the first time ever, but there is no actual rule about it) ( because there are no rules) ( except for maybe do something you love, every day.)

1. an owl.
2. a bonnet, pudding, alligator, stone, oboe, mermaid
3. A doctor, a lost recipe, church.
4. a herpetologist, obscure records, coffee, broken glasses.
5. winter planets and constellations.
6. love letter, werewolves, taxi service, lost key, fish sticks.
7. Everlastings
8. strange noises, wax paper, narcolepsy, gold fish, red head.
9. Hibernation
10. vivisection, ants, Scandinavia, horseshoe, susurration
11. Things that shouldn’t be discussed in present company
12. happiness, beet root, angels, tacks, noose
13. first kiss, a planet, a type of plant, bread crumbs
14. conch shell, a memory, pending failure, root beer.
15. portrait of the artist as ______________
16. contains a line from 18th century poetry
17. wet sheets, fire, corvids, milk
18. garden shed, moon, antlers,
19. mild, ochre, bulb, tail, scale
20. sonnet, astronaut, cheese, glitter, karaoke
21. gin, delicate, hook, basset hound, pearls, hibiscus
22. contains a line from a famous diarist.
23. tea, tiger, night, train, television, tie
24. tower, kettle, hawk, charm, cotton
25. Contains a quote from a notable convicted felon.
26. stag, crown, high beams, pin, reckless
27. thumb, thistle, whistle, blizzard, canned peaches, bell
28. contains a line from a National Geographic
29. algebra, lip, chalk, music, hair, eyelash, storm
30. hamster, ornamental grass, Tokyo, phone book, popcorn machine
31. ice fishing, sock, coyote, magazines, deception
32. embryo, kangaroos, peat, bones, blister, ring
33. conceptual art
34. con-artist, puberty, spider venom, Cheetos.
35. contains a line from WebMD.com
36. oil, dog fish, huevos rancheros, estranged sibling, pocket knife
37. something that happened in first grade, a Winnebago, a rocket kit.
38. heron, billiards, locket, guitar pick, promise, scar
39. contains a line from a Bob Dylan song.
40. rain dance, microscope, mercury, road trip, beef jerky
41. contains a line from a historical document
42. mystery, flannel, honey, long-distance romance, elm leaf
43. bergamont, denim, elevated, keening, millipede, going dutch
44. contains line from the label on  a house-hold product
45. comic books, poison ivy, chain, fire pit, tooth
46. Flight of the Bumble Bee, blue eye shadow, garage door, wiener dog
47. ganache, cancellation, magnifying lens, unmentionable sex toy, birds
48. hypoglycemic, tarragon, mountains, fleas, stitches, Dear John
49. contains a line from a utility bill.
50. tadpoles, anniversary, pin prick, bbq sauce, teleportation, geneology
51. blood oranges
52. contains a line from a short story written in 1957.
53. treasure map, turkey vultures, dodge pick up, mosaic, port-a-potty
54. fork, cockroach, iceberg, tendril, regret
55. Northern lights, prehensile, love in all its forms, dish soap
56. chain saw, archipelago, tandem, rabbit, emerald
57. phobias
58. an ornithologist, bad jokes, erector set, cormorant, Elvis
59. folk musician, cabbage, elk, fortified, mystified, terrified.
60. Emu, lunatic, drone, missing, Hank Williams, music box
61. fur trader, damsel fly, okra, true love’s kiss, organ donation
62. Contains a line from a pet care manual.
63. secretion, ambulance, dahlia, gale, Job, tassles
64. hula dancer, subway, harpoon, faith, Moscato
65. botany
66. beautician, spaceship, hot dogs, Fig Newtons, The Grateful Dead
67. pirates, foil, needle, turpentine, wigs, garden gnome
68. contains a line from a movie starring Anthony Hopkins.
69. alchemy
70. orchard, denial, ember, last call, insomnia, pigeons.

It was almost 8 A.M., and the sun was getting a bit too high in the sky for the swamp creatures to stay close to the water’s surface.  Alphonse, being a grouchy sort of alligator, decided to stop checking out the nosy, noisy humans who were standing around his corner of the pond.

The bayou is fairly close to the Gulf, and the water in this particular pond was getting to be a bit brackish.  Alphonse was getting used to more salt in his food and drink, though it was giving him a fair amount of indigestion, though not nearly as much as he had after that oil spill.

It seems funny now, but he had somehow managed to end up wearing a child’s bonnet, after that accident.  It had fallen into the water, been carried to the bayou and covered Al’s head and eyes.  He bonked into a rather large retaining wall stone, while thrashing around, trying to get the darned thing off.  Tourists gathered and were photographing the hapless alligator.  One, who was eating butterscotch pudding, from a cup, listened to Alphonse’s growling and moaning.  He said the gator reminded him of a mermaid playing an oboe.

It’s not all fun and games, being an alligator.

#3- Doctor Miranda’s wife was a bit ill today, so he generously offered to take her enchiladas con pollo to the parish potluck. He placed the recipe in his suit pocket, in case any of the other ladies wanted it, after eating some of his dear Luisa’s signature dish.

As he was going towards the parish meeting room, after church services were finished, he took the recipe out to make sure he understood all the terms.  A gust of wind came up and blew the recipe out of the good doctor’s hands and off into a copse of trees.

Everyone raved about the enchiladas, though.