My Town Shoot Out - 1st Anniversary

This marks the first anniversary of a friendly competition to show off our home towns. I have chosen to dig through all of the posts I participated in and pick the best of my shots (IMHO).
I encourage you to go and see everyone's contributions here or here.

My First week was Churches, and I think this image garnered more attention than any other:

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Then we had People, and I picked our local homless man, who has since been joined by two others:

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Houses were up next, and I felt less inspired:

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Followed by graveyards and the beginning of my fascination with iron crosses:

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And though many people liked the goslings, I preferred the squirrel:

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Downtown was next on the list and I couldn't decide on the town where I now live:

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Or the town where I grew up:

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Next up were restaurants, and as I was combing through my posts - Barry's comment that he hadn't eaten solid food for a month at this point really made me pause. This was nearly a year ago, and he just recently completed chemo. What a long strange trip it's been.

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Then there was the free for all theme:

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Architecture was up next:

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Followed by gardens:

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Public Transit - and here is where I realize EXACTLY how many images I have to comb through, and that it is 10:23 at night, and I am tired, but still I go on ;-)

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Paint The Town Red came next:

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The next theme was and still is my favorite - Water:

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Begins with M was up next:

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Evidently, I had an emotional break last June and didn't participate very much in the shoot outs... But the next one I joined in on was Textures:

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Reflections was up next:

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Outdoor Food was next, and a bit of a twist from me:

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Power (and my theme choice) was up next:

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Relaxation had me breathing deeply:

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Signs were next in line:

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Incongrousness hit us all absurdly:

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Aged and Weathered had me thinking of elderly, but I went with a safer set:

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Domestic Animals got me a shot of my pup:

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My Favorite Place to dream of:

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Photo Study of a Building, and my fixed space for my current class:

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Silhouettes was next:

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Sunrise Sunset, and Fiddler on the Roof running through my head:

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Classics of Childhood had me looking at Our Gang:

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The entire month of November was all completely recycled, so the next original shoot out I put up was My Town Dressed for Christmas:

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Under Construction brought out this shot:

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Fences brought songs to my head, and this:

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The Birds theme got me crowing:

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Circles gave me great opportunities:

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And Aquariums rounds out the year:

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Whew that was a LOOOOooooooong post! Next year it will be a slide show!