“Play” Caption Contest & Submit Your Photography Challenge: Two Winners
Photograph by E. Scott Shaffer; originally featured in Life Images Spring ‘08
“We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.”
– Anonymous
1) Caption Contest: What lighthearted response does this photograph evoke? Write a caption for it by commenting below, and we’ll pick one lucky winner at random to receive any issue of their choice!
2) Photography Challenge: Are you inspired by the above quotation? If so, submit your photos to blog@stampington.com, and we’ll choose another winner to send their favorite issue to. Please email low-res images that are less than 3mb. Limit two photographs per entry.
[This giveaway has ended.]
*Contest open to residents of the U.S. only. Entries accepted until 2/8/13 at 11:59pm.
Posted: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 12:11 pm
Categories: Artwork Submissions, Contests and Giveaways, Uncategorized.
Tags: caption contest, Life Images, photography challenge.
Subscribe to the comments feed if you like.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.
Color-coordinating with your sled doesn’t make that hill any less scary.
My HandCrafted subscription is about to EXPIRRRRRRRRE!
I heard this was the fastest way to the craft store. Come on Bessy, you can do it.
Should I journal about this, or scrapbook it????? Oh the decision…
Thank God for Depends!!
I am fun and young at heart!!!
The Spring Issues are in! Save me a place in line, I’m on my way!
I WASN”T READYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Go granny, go granny, go granny, Go!
Good thing I don’t have osteoporosis !
I didn’t see that one coming!
I think my butt is frozen to this thing — Hellllllllllppp!
I’m going back to Florida!
“I’d RATTTTTHHHHHHER be KNITTING!!!!!!!!!!!!! “
I was just kidding when I said I was still young at heart!
Why didn’t you tell me I needed sunglasses and a brake pedal?!
“I put on lipstick for this?!”
One more bump and I’ll pee my pants!
To hell with all of them. Let’s fly!
Over the river and through the woods, Grandmother’s on her way home!
The things I do for my grandkids!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!
“I think I swallowed my teeth.”
“I want a refund….and an apology.”
“I signed up for a sleigh ride not a sled ride.”
“Time sure does fly when you get older.”
“I said I was sorry…wasn’t that enough?”
My hip, my hip!
It IS all downhill from here!
“Who does this kind of thing on purpose?”
“Now it’s all coming back to me…I hated this as a kid,too.”
This is the LAST time I let my husband plan a getaway weeeeeekend!!!!!!!
“I’m supposed to be home baking cookies and making hot chocolate.”
Everyone sing along,”Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go…”
C’mon kids. Don’t be scared. It’s fun!
I’ll never grow up…..I’ll never grow up…..I’ll never grow up…..
Sometimes I just need a little push to get started.
Forever young at heart!
I gotta go pee!!!
HELP I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!!
TREEEEEEE…go left, go left!
I thought he said “Down the PILL!”
Test driving the world’s “greenest” vehicle isn’t what I imagined it would be.
Getting older ain’t for sissies!!!!!!!!!!
There’s just no end to the adventures we can have.
I’m telling MOM!!!!
“Ahhhh, I stopped sliding and I can’t get up ! “
What was I thinking !!???
I changed my miiiiiind!
I’ve heard of hair turning silver from fright, but this is ridiculous!
This is my last trip to the mailbox…I’m signing up for digital subscriptions!
I don’t remember that snow was this cold and this slippery!
I ripped my favorite pants……..
I used to love this. But that was a looooong time ago.
oh, wait…i think it stopped.
I’m gonna start being the “No Fun” Grams!
Deb
Who took the cover off the swimming pool????
You didn’t tell me there was a jump!!! This was not in the brochure!!!
AGAIN!!
“Oh no… I forgot when I get to the bottom I have to climb the darn hill again…oh well this is fun….”
What was I thinking? The grandkids made it look so easy!
Weeeeeee!! having the time of my life !! Let’s do this again !
“YOU MEAN MY BUM IS SUPPOSE TO BE ON THE SLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUM BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crazy Granny….Her Belly Board just became her Butt Board!
Ahhhhh….I forgot my Depends!!!
Woo-hoo! That was a chiropractic adjustment! I feel so much better now!
To heck with the Red Hat Society!! I’d rather be a member of the Red Pants Society!!!
Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
Once you’re over the hill you pick up speed!
It’s all down hill from here!
“Get the hot water bottle ready, Grandpa! My feet are freezing!”
Help! My mouth is frozen open.
I’ll show them I’m not too old!
They said this was the Bunny Hill … I don’t see any dang rabbits!!!
OK, I am down here now – who’s going to pull me back up the hill?
Harold……….HAROLD!!! Come up from the barn……soup’s on.
…Because I love my grandchildren!
Grandpa, You’re next! If I can do it so can you!
Wish my depends had more padding!!!
I really must read the small print in future!
Red lipstick check! warm jacket check! …..
let’s do this once and for all!!!!
GET OUT OF THE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“GET OUT OF THE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Who put the frick’en tree in the middle of a sledding hill?
For this I missed BINGO!!!
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!! What was I thinking!
I am not afraid, I am not afraid…..HELP!! I lied!!
AARRRGGHHH, does this thing stop? Soon?
“Wait! I left my cell phone at the top!”
My hair was black when i started down the hill!
Which one of the Grandkids can I get to pull me back up the hill??????
I said I’d meet you at the bottom but this was not how I planned to get there!
Hurry up Thelma! BINGO starts in 1 minute!
I just KNEW this wasn’t a special thermalized lounger!
Guess I shouldn’t have told to my daughter-in-law to spend less time painting and more time cleaning.
“The thrill of the ride”!! Forget that crap!!
Thank heavens for “DEPENDS” !
I thought a second childhood would be fun, but my bones can’t take it!
“Get out of the WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!”
Sorry about the repeats! :/ My post wasn’t seeming to go through!
YARN RUN!!!
This is the LAST time I let the grandkids dare me!!!!!!
“If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room.”
“Oh, S#$^^&(*&^!
Breaks are for the young!
She squealed all the way down the hill with great excitement!
Go Grandma, Go!!
They said I would be flying by the seat of my pants at this age…but I never expected this!!!
I want my mommieeeeeee!!!!!!
keep calm and carry ooooooooonnnnn!
Sometimes life is an uphill climb.Other times you just hold on, close your eyes, and enjoy the ride…come what may!
MOM! is that you?
“This isn’t as smooth as I thought it would Be!”
Crap, I lost my dentures on that last bump!
Oh, no! I forgot to wear my Depends!
There is no fool like an old fool!
Why did I wait so log to do this again, woo hoo!
This is the only way to fly!
Where’s the brake!
Awwwwww…I wanted to go down the BIG hill!
“No brakes?!” You did not mention there were no brakes!
ARRRRR…I should have known that hemmorroids and sledding DON’T go together!
A Weeks Vacation in Aspen – $2200.00.
New Red Ski Pants – $110.00.
Sitting Still on a sled While Grimacing and Pretending to slide downhill for the Camera – Priceless!
I’m clicking my red boots together thinking about Florida but nothing is happening. There’s no place like Florida, There’s no place like Florida . . .
Where’s the Immodium when you need it?
Why can’t I be constipated when I need to be?
Ma teeth er mithin! Ma panths er weth an were due fur bingo thoon!
BUT AH,
WHAT THE HECK, EARL!
LETSth DO IT AGAIN!
HELP!!! I’m flying down a hill and I can’t get up!!!
“Watch out for that treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.”
wait wait wait I changed my mind>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
“The grandkids are going to LOVE this blog entry! And wait till they see me tackle the big slope tomorrow!”
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
“I wanted to go faster!”
Whyyyyy did youuuuuu let meeeeee dooooo this?
I know the contest is over, but I just saw this photo and couldn’t resit commenting…
“Are we there Yet?”
Yeah! Go! This was on my bucket list!
Laughed so hard–that was so much fun! but..then I started to cry when I peed a little from the laughing!!
Ahhhh! What did I get myself into? Dang those kids, talking me into this….