Lanie's Backyard Photo contest

Have you heard about Lanie's backyard photo contest? Every year they come up with a contest for the new girl of the year and this year it is a photo contest. There will be five grand prize winners who will receive Lanie's whole collection and twenty first prize winners who will receive Lanie and her books. These are the things you can choose from. Remember. Pick five.

for almost everyone: bird, seed or pinecone, spider or spiderweb, bud on a tree branch, something that looks like a letter of the alphabet.

If you live where it snows: detail of a snowflake, animal tracks in the snow, interesting icicle, tree with no leaves, plant peeking through the snow.

If you live by the beach: interesting sand pattern, seashell, kelp or seaweed, driftwood on the shore, creature in a shell.

If you live in the desert: rock or sand pattern, interesting rock or rock formation, prickly cactus, plant growing on a rock, colorful sunset.