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Today's winner is San Merideth with Debbie Does Art. The other top contenders were Carver with Watching Fishing; Erin with Reflected In Windows; Just A Plane Ride Away with York, England; Gracie Who? with Trips Out East; Hilary with Wrong; Kirti with Open Letter; Finding Sirius with Religion and Hello From Hispania with Why I Heart Spain. And drop in to visit Pagan Sphinx, who has just started a great meme called Think Green Thursday.

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Post Of The Day

Today's joint winners are two good friends and soul mates - Celebration Of Life with The Price Of Value and San Merideth with Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self. The other top contenders were Arne with Gardening - Make Plans For This Season; Merisi with Soaking Up Sun; An Aerial Armadillo with Illustration Friday - Flawed; Patricia with Furry; Castle Ruins with Deja Vu 5; Susu Petal with Curious and Sandy Carlson with A Perfect Essay. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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Today's joint winners are Moannie with My Mother Was A Dancer and San Merideth with Return Of The Prodigal Blogger. The other top contenders were Spaced Out Ramblings with A Few Pictures From Paris; Katney’s Kaboodle with Sunday’s Psalm; Big Blue Barn West with Where Does Love Go?; Fat, Frumpy and Fifty with Once Upon A Time; Merisi with Autumn Elegy; Ellen B with Today’s Flowers #9; Rachel with A Lesson Of Mediocrity and Joan with Yellow. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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Today’s joint winners are Tina with Work Is The Curse of the Drinking Classes and San Merideth with Travel Tips To A New College Graduate. The other contenders were Katney with Updating the Update; Fugue with Queen's Battle To Death; Corey with Visit With An Earth Worm; Crazy Cath with Odd Shots Monday; Woman In A Window with Gifts From My Daughter On Her Birthday; R&J Random Shots with Odd Shots Monday; John with Hot-Air Balloon Flying Very Low; Merry Daze with The Constant Gardener; Mama Geek with My Gas Issue; and Jo Beaufoix with The Beaufoix Collection. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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This Way To The AC/DC Concert

There's Electricity In The Air

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

I love a challenge. If you saw my recent post Nobel Peas Prize, you'll know that I simply could not resist picking up the gauntlet thrown down by Maggie May and Crazy Cath. And it's relevant to mention here that a few weeks ago, I was intrigued when I was told by a group of colleagues that power lines are the single most boring sight in the entire universe.

Boring? Excuse me? I took that as a challenge. Nuthin's boring in my book. I even discussed the issue with San Merideth, one of many bloggers whose work I admire greatly. San, who is blessed with many talents, pretty much agreed with me. We nodded our heads in unison - as much as people can nod their heads in unison when separated by half the globe. Basically, San and I agreed that nothing is boring if it is presented well and interpreted clearly.

So I made up my mind to photograph power lines. As you do when challenged. But I wanted to wait for a day when the sight was not enhanced or embellished in any way by a stunning sunrise or sunset. I wanted a muted sky. I was willing to wait. So I waited. And I waited. And I waited.

Finally, late one evening, when the sky was a monochrome, I got in the car and drove out to a deep valley to take this shot. As you can see, there are arcs, there are curves, there are parallel lines, there are angles, there are straight lines, all included in the one view. There are so many facets to capture in any sight, even one that is labelled pedestrian.

Is it a boring shot? I'd like to know what you think .....

Post Of The Day

Today’s winner is San Merideth with My Mother Never Washed Her Hands. The other contenders were Whistlestop Café Cooking with Cinco de Mayo; Akelamalu with Electrical Form; Mommy of a Princess with Before I Was A Mom; Sandy Carlson with Who Holds The Copyright?; Dishing With Debbie's I Overcooked My Family; Maggie May with Connie You Piss Me Off Sometimes; House of Lime with Signs of Spring; Mushy with Me And My Little Momma; Crazy Cath with Chosen Ones; Be Water, My Friend with Job Searching Is So Much Work; Anna with Spring Is Full Of New Beginnings; Craver VII with Invasion and Cuckoo with Welcome Sister. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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Today’s joint winners are San Merideth with Heart’s Destiny: How A Painting Changed My Life and Fat Hairy Bastard with My Grandaddy’s Shotgun. The other contenders were Minnesota Blue with Dibs and Dabs; Suldog with My XM Saturday; Imac with Reflection of all Reflections; Gawdess with Gold Fish; Jo Beaufoix with Beloved; Thalia’s Child with Auburn Sentinels of the North; Big Blue Barn West with Reality Hurts Poetic License with Ageism; Brit Gal In The USA with Handbag of the day - Pocahontas; Willow with Willow Wraith and Camikaos with Travelling Child. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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We have joint winners again today - San Merideth with It Takes A Lot Of Mothers To Bring Up A Girl and Old Tom Wigley Magic Of Macro. Among the other contenders were Karoline with Karoline Blessed; Veg Plotting with Signs Of Tinseltown; Lime with Boston Still Stands, Cambridge Reels; Holly with My Celebrity Crush; Camikaos with Give Me Ice Cream Or Give Me; Jilly with The Most Functional English Word; Cowgirl with Comings And Goings and The Pea Green Boat with Midsummer Magic. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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Post Of The Day

Today's exceptionally valuable gold trophy goes to San Merideth with A Dilapidated Door Of Opportunity. The other top posts of the day were Katy Did Not with I May Have Snorted Derisively; Big Blue Barn West with Moves; Josie's The Secret Garden; Big Apple Little Britainer with The Boat Race; Lin's Getting Buzzed; Gawdess with the photo post Utility Poles; Classy Chaos with Stop The Press; Quilly's Honu Heaven; Expat Kat's Easy As Pie; Kathryn's Lucky Lady; Such Simple Pleasures with No Longer A Single Digit and Bruno's Nothin Better Than A Few Leftovers.

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Post Of The Day

Let's give it up for San Merideth, with the post Blossom. And the other contenders were Jennifer H with The Reading; Mrs Nesbitt with an inspirational tale about children from a disadvantaged school on the post ABC Wednesday; House of Lime with Answers Go Marching Two By Two; Casdok with Homeschooling; Hilary's Mobile Warming; Cowgirl's Never Look a Gift Horse In The Mouth – Shoot The SOB!; DarylE with Consistent; John-Michael with The Rear-View Mirror Couple and Kathryn with Flattery Will Get You Everywhere. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.

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Post Of The Day

Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for our joint winners of the day. Two gold trophies, two sets of applause and two bloggers on the winners' rostrum - San Merideth, for the post Mercury Retrograde: Don’t Buy Into The Superstition and Celebration of Life with the many-textured post One Year Ago Today. The other great posts of the day were Casdok's Looks Can Be Deceiving; Mima's A Human Being; Sandi McBride's Desperadoes Waiting on a Train; Priyank's Scrolls From the Holy Land; Victorya's The Cats of my Life: Bobo; Old Tom Wigley's photo feature Oyster Mushrooms and Daryle's If Only. Please do visit them and leave a comment if you have time.

Post Of The Day

Today's gold trophy and bragging rights go to San Merideth for the post Mercury Retrograde: Don’t Buy Into The Superstition. The other posts that caught my eye were House of Lime with Pennsylvania German Tuesday - Sweets And Salts; Epijunky with Reason #5841 Not To Call 911; Down River Drivel with Hot Merchandise; If I Had a Million Dollars with Auditory Processing For Dummies; Sandi McBride with Sink Sandwich; Jo Beaufoix with Every Parent’s Nightmare; Miles To Go Before We Sleep with Heads Or Tails; Classy Chaos with Eeny Meeny Miny Moe; D-blogged with Blogger Meet-Up Week and Kate Isis with Non Serious Shallow Stuff. Please do pay them a visit and leave a comment.