The Challenge for early September 2026 is ” Forest” / Le défi début d’aout 2026 s’intitule « Forêt  ».

By Lynne Ayers A few photos of the mysteries of nature in hidden corners of my garden.

By Victoria Stevenson “The Curious Case at the Dog Show”

Done in 2009 in Miramichi, NB. during college. Twins with two different breeds of dog enter a dog show in London, Great Britain. After winning Best in Show, the dead body of one of the twins is found by his wife/lover. It’s up to two detectives to solve the case with a witty comedian trying to butt in with jokes at the expense of the deceased. 

By Susan Irving   It’s a mystery to me!   Where The Heck Have I Put My Keys?

By Laura Nussbaumer Peck

Part 1
A postcard in the mailbox.
A postcard? An actual postcard!
Not a commercial!
Who vacationed there?
Who thought about me?
Who took some precious minutes
To handwrite me a message?
With humour, with wit, with love?
There are endless mysteries
In snail mail.
And so many delightful feelings.
 
2ème partie
Les mystères du courrier.
Carte postale ou enveloppe,
La magie des mots, sur le papier
A chaque fois, me touche
Et fait mouche.
Qui m’écrit?
Un visage familier apparaît,
Parfois, la voix de l’expéditeur
Surprennent, informent, réjouissent
Inspirent, séduisent, ravissent.
Le timbre, ensuite, invite les mains
A sortir du train-train. 

Laura Nussbau

By Barb Lehtiniemi Our travel-fatigued brains couldn’t quite process this outlandish vehicle, as it dashed around the tarmac at Vancouver airport’s South Terminal.

A quick internet search solved the mystery:  this much-modified Ford pick-up is a “seaplane tug”, used for pulling float-planes out of the water at the nearby floatplane dock.

By Lynne Ayers It’s a mystery to me why I take some of the images I do and yet … some become great collage papers after I put them through distortions.