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Photo Blogging Challenge (March 2026): Make your month full of fun

I’m glad I had fun at the beginning of the month as the end has not been pleasant.

Time flies when you are having fun, right?

So before I continue with this late post, a couple of updates. I put the themes a day or two ago for this one at the video one in the Facebook group. I have the video almost ready — but I need to do the voiceover. Today I finally feel like I could get through it without hacking, so I’m hoping in the next day or two to have it finished and the linkup posted. Then maybe for April, we’ll get on track.

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I might have to make sure that April’s video challenge, for me, doesn’t need that voiceover!

OK, let’s get back to this month’s version of the PBC!

Did you have fun this month? I hope so!

Though I can’t say my month was totally full of fun, I did have some enjoyable times. One thing that happened was getting my 10,000th find with geocaching! That came on a trip where a couple of us polished off the Delaware DeLorme challenge, as well as the oldest cache in the state and the state’s county challenge.

That was a fun weekend away, that’s for sure.

So how about you? Was it a month of fun? Or at least some fun adventures!

If you participated this month, share your link down below. Here’s my five for the month!

1. Me and Harper

There will be a few selfies in this month’s post. And there will be Harper. Add it all together and it’s fun. This is me and Harper during a hikes on the Delaware trip.

2.Fun!

Think she was having fun?

3. 10,000!

My 10,000th geocacaching find was Delaware’s oldest. A cool way to celebrate this milestone. It was also a nice hike out and back for this one.

4. Sunrise

Seeing a wonderful sunrise over the ocean is always fun. But there’s a total enjoyment in watching Harper just sit and stare at the ocean and sunrise as well.

5. Doggie ice cream

Ice cream is always fun. Especially when it is at a dog ice cream place!

BONUS

I didn’t take this one, but here’s me and Harper at my 10,000th find!


There’s my five for the month! Let’s see what you came up with! If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.

And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).

Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully ithere.

** CHALLENGE CHANGE **

From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.

That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.

So, below is the linkup for February. Make sure you drop your link there.

OK, so it’s time to keep on moving! And our theme for the month? Make your month yours. Have some fun! Remember to come back on (hopefully) May 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month! I’ve set a calendar reminder for me, so let’s see if that works!

Photo Blogging Challenge: March results

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Photo Blogging Challenge (February 2026): Make your month loving

Two months down.

Time flies when you are having fun, right?

This month was interesting. I’ve done a lot for my own self care and realized I didn’t take a ton of photos, but I did take ones that fit this theme. And yes, I am sure you know what several of these photos include.

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The winter is still going, though. And it’s been tough. Warmer days seem to be coming. Work has also been a bit stressful. But we’re getting there. I can’t complain overall.

So, this was the month of love. February covers that, right?

Did you find something to make the month loving?

As a reminder, each of our monthly challenges for 2026 will have something to do with making your month something or other.

So how did you make your month loving?

If you participated this month, share your link down below. Here’s my five for the month!

1. Selfie

It’s crazy to think how much I used to be fully against selfies. I take a lot more with Harper. And well, this is a month of loving!

2. Boops for love?

Who wouldn’t boop this nose? Also, this was taken on Valentine’s Day.

3. Breakfast with mom

I took my mother to breakfast earlier in February. The one place we go has massive mugs for tea. I liked this photo in black and white.

4. Dog pals

So much love when the dog friends get together!

5. One more selfie

Harper and I, once again!

There’s my five for the month! Let’s see what you came up with! If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.

And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).

Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully ithere.

** CHALLENGE CHANGE **

From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.

That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.

So, below is the linkup for February. Make sure you drop your link there.

OK, so it’s time to keep on moving! And our theme for the month? Make your month full of fun. Have some fun! Remember to come back on (hopefully) April 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month! I’ve set a calendar reminder for me, so let’s see if that works!

Photo Blogging Challenge: February results

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Photo Blogging Challenge (January 2026): Make your month colorful

I feel like I say this every year — but holy cow, one month is already down in 2026?

It sure is.

And I am not sure how it is in your neck of the woods, but we’ve had a winter to remember in January, as well as December. I had personally predicted we were going to get one of our traditional winters and it sure seems like it is. We will see how February goes.

I guess I should have made this month making your month black and white or dreary!

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Alas, having some color this time of the year is always a good thing. And I found it where I could.

Did you have a lot of color in your month?

Each of our monthly challenges for 2026 will have something to do with making your month something or other. That might even change the traditional theme we do during March.

And that’s OK. Sometimes we need change and to embrace it.

But color is something for January.

I hope you experienced something colorful and your year has started off well. It’s a crazy world out there and hopefully this challenge allows you to breathe some and see something good.

If you participated this month, share your link down below. Here’s my five for the month!

1. Nature in action

A New Year’s Day hike at a local state park to do some geocaching and this was overlooking the lake. The sky was rich with blue and it was wonderful to see, even though it was cold as could be!

2. One final night

This was the last night of Christmas decorations this year. The next day we took it all down. If you celebrate and have decorations, when did you take them down this year? For here, it was January 11 this year.

3. Snow

We got blasted with snow toward the end of the month. Harper loves the snow. This was the snow that came before the big storm, and I had left Harper’s outdoor toys uncovered. I liked the portrait mode in this photo as Harper approached her cube. (For the big storm, I picked up everything so we could still use it and not have to dig to find everything)!

4. Hand and paw prints

I will have a full post coming on this. But me, my mother and Harper had this done in New Jersey at the end of the year. The final product came this month. Again, I’ll have a full post (I have a lot of photos during the process) about this and the experience. Great colors!

5. Board games

I’m trying to play more board games in 2026, especially solo ones. This is one of a couple I played this month. I really enjoyed this one and it definitely is colorful.

BONUS

I didn’t take this one, of course. But it is rather colorful and was a fun photo!

There’s my five for the month! Let’s see what you came up with! If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.

And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).

Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully ithere.

** CHALLENGE CHANGE **

From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.

That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.

So, below is the linkup for January. Make sure you drop your link there.

OK, so it’s time to keep on moving! And our theme for the month? Make your month loving. Have some fun! Remember to come back on (hopefully) March 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month! I’ve set a calendar reminder for me, so let’s see if that works!

Photo Blogging Challenge: January results

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook!

Photo Blogging Challenge (December 2025): In the spirit of the season

As you read this, we are in 2026.

Just like that.

I hope that you have had a wonderful holiday season — no matter what you celebrate. And here’s hoping you have a great 2026.

So here we are.

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The spirit of the season was in full effect for me, but it went fast. For those in the US — you can probably relate. But Thanksgiving was later this year and then wham — right into December we went and before I realized it, I was staring Christmas right in the face.

So, while I realized the season was upon us, it still wasn’t wasn’t easy!

Were you in the holiday mood this year?

I hope you had the spirit and enjoyed time with family, friends, and had experiences to create memories for a lifetime!

If you participated this month, share your link down below. Here’s my five for the month!

1. It once was a tree …

As I have gotten older, I truly enjoy giving much more than anything else during the season. Especially to Harper. This was a stuffie designed for her to destroy and a second toy was on the inside. Of course, we needed to watch her with this because of all the stuffing, but this was before it was destroyed! The other one is the same — she hasn’t destroyed that one yet.

2. Santa and Mrs. Clause!

Each year, Harper needs her Santa photo!

3. Legoland

Four days before Christmas, we took Cameron to Legoland for his birthday, and also to see the Christmas setup. It was a lot of fun!

4. Holiday selfie

Harper and I on a walk.. with one of her Christmas Lambchops!

5. Santa around town

Each year, the Fire Department brings Santa around the streets the Saturday before Christmas. We’ve watched outside like this for a couple of years.

BONUS

Maybe not spirit, per say. But there’s something about this photo that screamed the season to me.

There’s my five for the month! Let’s see what you came up with! If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.

And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).

Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully ithere.

** CHALLENGE CHANGE **

From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.

That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.

So, below is the linkup for December. Make sure you drop your link there.

OK, so it’s time to keep on moving! And our theme for the month? Make your month colorful. Have some fun! Remember to come back on (hopefully) February 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month! I’ve set a calendar reminder for me, so let’s see if that works!

Photo Blogging Challenge: December results

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Photo Blogging Challenge (November 2025): Thankful

I imagine I should start this post off by saying I’m thankful those who still participate in this challenge put up with my tardiness in posting.

And it’s sad because I had it in my head on November 30 that I needed to do this, and same December 1 … and then, oh look.. squirrel. Work and everything else bogged me down and I kept remembering at the worst times — suck as when I just couldn’t work on a blog post.

So here we are.

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November in the United States is when we have Thanksgiving, so of course the theme is fitting in that regard.

It also kind of goes with the theme of things I’ve been trying to do as of late and prepping for what we might be doing next year with this challenge.

So what were you thankful for in November? I’m truly thankful for this challenge, even if I am late far too often. I honestly need to do more writing as a whole on this blog, and maybe moving forward I’ll find the push to do so. I’ve realized that it often doesn’t matter how many people read it or comment on the post, it’s what it does for you writing and publishing something.

Hopefully you had things to be thankful for. This world is a crazy place right now, and we, as humans, need to step back sometimes and find those small things that we are thankful for and that help us continue to keep pushing forward.

If you participated tonight, share your link down below. Here’s my five for the month!

1. Thankful for … a shadow

It doesn’t quite matter what I am doing, if Harper is around she’s likely going to follow and be as close to me as possible. This is when I was getting Christmas lights ready (I got new ones, so I was stretching them out and making sure everything worked). I loved that she was laying close and taking a snooze.

2. Thankful for … four seasons

We *usually* get four seasons in my area. Sometimes one comes quicker than normal, but we deal. This was from the first snow that actually covered things in November. It was very peaceful, so I had to stop and take a couple of quick snaps.

3. Thankful for … local goods

We have some great local places, from farm stands to markets to stores etc. This is from one of the farms that has the most amazing choices and the experience there is so fun. This was our last trip there for the season (unless they somehow are open a little heading into Christmas, and then you never know!)

4. Thankful for … every day life

Harper is obviously a big part of everyday life. And her silliness is always welcome. But I am trying to take care of myself each day and trying to make things better overall.

5. Thankful for … my best friend

Harper is my best friend. My adventure buddy. A bed hog. But my world. And I still rarely do selfies, but ones with her are OK by me.

There’s my five for one word! Let’s see what you came up with! If you took part in this month’s challenge, make sure to link up below.

And for those of you who participated, make sure you try and get to other people’s blogs and comment (here, too!).

Let’s continue to grow this challenge and have a strong community. Come back and check out the others who link later on, too! NOTE: We have a Facebook group for those who participate in the challenge and are interested. I’ll post any announcements there and hopefully ithere.

** CHALLENGE CHANGE **

From this point forward, I am going to do the next theme at the bottom of each linkup. Also, the posting date will now be the first of each month, thus giving you the entire month to take the photos etc.

That means it’s a one-stop shop! Hopefully this helps out with everybody.

So, below is the linkup for November. Make sure you drop your link there.

OK, so it’s time to keep on moving! And our theme for the month? In the spirit of the season. Have some fun! Remember to come back on (hopefully) January 1 to link up and check out the theme for that month! I’ve set a calendar reminder for me, so let’s see if that works!

Photo Blogging Challenge: November results

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook!