Saturday, March 24, 2007

Saturday Photo Hunt - Empty


This weeks theme is Empty.

Last year we found these nuts (not sure exactly what they were). What I do know, is in addition to these spiky outer shell, there were also round seeds that went inside. This spiky shell happened to be empty when we found it.

On a trip to the beach last year, we found this skate egg satchel washed up on the shore. It had already hatched and was empty.

In our gardens, we have snails. Our snails actually have shells like sea snails. This particular shell found in the garden was empty.

We went on a tour of a local dairy farm. Inside the barn, we saw this rack of empty milk bucket.

29 comments:

maiylah said...

interesting shots! specially the second photo ... :)

Unknown said...

Wow, you've got a bunch of great empties! I like seeing all EMPTY snail shells. Thanks for coming by My Photo Blog.

Anonymous said...

Great photos. You did a wonderful job with the theme!

Shawna said...

Very unique photos!

Anonymous said...

Excellent choices for this week's theme! I love the snail shell :)

Patti said...

Beautiful. I know what those spikey things are, but I can't think of the name!

toyfoto said...

The spiky things are chestnuts.

Anonymous said...

Very very cool. Perfect for the theme this week (much more-so than mine I'm afraid!!) Thank you so much for always taking the time to stop by, even when my busy life prevents me from reciprocating sometimes. Means a lot.

Ryan

Andree said...

That's a bunch of interesting photos. But the skeet fascinated me: I have never heard of those. They look like they have the shell of a horseshoe crab. And they hatch out of it huh? Interesting!

Unknown said...

great emptiness! Maybe the first thing is a chestnut but only a guess.

thanks for the visit.

PowersTwinB said...

ok, I've never ever seen that fish! The nut looks like a chestnut ! Love your photos! My photo is up, please come and visit soon

Monkey Giggles said...

great pictures. I love the milk cans. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.

Melissa said...

Love the different shots of "empty" :)

Carole Burant said...

Such wonderful and interesting subjects for today's theme!! I never knew chestnuts looked like that!! Mine is up too:-)

Girlie said...

These are really great shots! So artistic.

Andree said...

I see! It still amazes me tho. What a clever way to protect your eggs. Thank you for telling me.

roman said...

A nice collection of empties.
I like the shot of the many "empty" milk buckets.
:)
Great pics

Unknown said...

Wow, you did a fantastic job in demonstrating many types of empty. All of them are great photos! Thanks for visiting me and I hope you have a fantastic week.

:-)

Anonymous said...

Great photos! Perfect for the theme!

Anita Powell said...

Lots of empty things! Great choices for the theme. I enjoyed looking at them.

srp said...

Those were all quite unique and the first I've seen like them today!

Cats~Goats~Quotes said...

You've taught me something today! I've never known of a Skate or skate egg.
Your Empty photos are great!

Whirlwind said...

Cats & Goats - I never knew what a Skate was until after we found that washed up on the beach (Husband knew it as he sees them at work). Right after we saw that, we were at the EcoTarium (its a Science Center) and they had some Skate eggs and newborn Skates in a tank.

Anonymous said...

I remember those nuts from the top photo!!! I don't know what they were called but I remember them from growing up in Massachusetts!! Thanks for the memory and also, thank you for stopping by my place and visiting today ;)

Lisa said...

I love those photos. So interesting. Happy weekend.

Ramblins of a middle-aged goddess said...

You have a lot of Empty things at your house. Thanks for stopping by and seeing my EMPTY glass of what was once milk with my Tagalong Girl Scout cookies!! That was actually my daughters idea but a good one at that...
Come back again!! I love new visitors...Hope you are feeling better too. I have the same thing...sinus and infections but they always lead me to migraines..OUCH!! Sandy

Creative-Type Dad said...

A skate? What kind of alien implanted thing is that!

Teena in Toronto said...

Great "empty" pix!

Mine's up too :)

Claire said...

Tis a chestnut indeed! Don't you play conkers?