Sunday Stills and Flower Hour - Crystal and Wildflowers

I've been meaning to participate in the Sunday Stills and Flower Hour photo challenges hosted by Terri at Second Wind Leisure Perspectives for ever so long, and just haven't done it yet. Well, today that changes, and hopefully I can hop in with a contribution at least a couple times a month. It fits into my Everyday Images photo challenge for myself, because it encourages me to look for beauty and interest in places I might otherwise not notice. Sunday Stills also encourages using older photos where appropriate, so that's what I'm doing today. 

The monthly color challenge is Diamond or Quartz. Or crystal. And while I didn't have anything current that fit the description, I thought of our visits to the Ohio Glass Museum in Lancaster. 

I absolutely loved this "Excalibur" paperweight, featuring a letter opener in a glass or crystal-like diamond stone.

One thing I was interested to learn at the museum was the way Anchor Hocking Glass Company got involved in a marketing campaign to promote breakfast oats. Personally, I'm a big fan of breakfast oatmeal, but I didn't realize that up until the 1920s, Americans considered oats to be animal feed rather than people food! One way Quaker Oats tried to get consumers to change their thinking was to offer a piece of glassware inside the box of oats. The campaign was successful, I guess! And what a wonderful prize inside the cereal box, right?

I'm also going to include a couple of flower photos for The Flower Hour Photo Challenge. These were spotted on last week's hike in the Blendon Woods Hundred Acre Wood section.

I'm not a botanist at all, and usually ask my husband the names of plants and trees, but if memory serves, this is a trout lily. I actually liked my photo of it looking away from me better!

Off in the woods, there were areas covered with what I assume are bluebells. Thankfully there were a few near enough to the path for a photo.

This post is shared at Second Wind Leisure Perspectives for the #SundayStills Photo Challenge and/or #TheFlowerHour Photo Challenge.

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