JANUARY PHOTO COMPETITION 2026

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  1. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    In Love my chicken's own words:-

    Haute Cuisine/Cordon Bleu or something yummy.
    Happy cooking

    I'm sure that in these days, when it is not too pleasant to get outside, you can sort out something that we all would like to come and share with you :heehee:


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    (Travelling up the Irrawaddy on New Year)
    (Just an example by Shiney and not in the competition)

    As usual you're welcome to interpret it as widely as you wish.


    You can enter up to three (3) images

    You are permitted to change any of your 3 images at any time

    PLEASE POST EACH ENTRY IN A SEPARATE POST, ONE PHOTO PER POST.


    ALL YOUR IMAGES ARE VERY IMPORTANT SO A HIGH NUMBER IS ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATED


    We all have different cameras & abilities and that is what having the competition is about... Our ability to take a good photograph..

    1. All entries to be taken in the current competition month & submitted by 23.59 hours on the last day of the month of the competition.

    2. All images must be the intellectual and copyright property of the member.

    3. Please give your picture a title.
    (discussion etc. is in the associated discussion thread, link below).


    4. Post your photos within this thread for entry into the competition.

    5. .. No thumbnails please..!

    6. All entry images to be without any enhancement of the content and to remain the same images as when they were taken. The two exceptions being you can add frames or borders and black and white image are acceptable.

    The winning entry will be the photo with the highest total of
    LIKES
    ('Likes' include all the smilies)

    The Member who submitted the winning entry will choose the theme for the following month
    :thanks:
    :star:THIS THREAD IS FOR IMAGES ONLY PLEASE:star:


    Link to discussion thread

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      Turkish eggs on a layer of Watercress with goats yogurt.

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        Grusian red cabbage casserole in the making.


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          Bah, humbug!

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            • shiney

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              A Delight To See And Eat

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                One slice or two?

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                • Penny_Forthem

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                    We have in excess of a foot of snow and the temperature is below 0 F at night, in the teens during the day. I found that when the weather has me stuck inside, and
                    bored out of my skull, it helps to bake a nice loaf of sourdough bread, with caraway seeds, of course. The starter is from San Francisco and has been around for 100 plus years.

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                      This is a screenshot of my earlier entry as apparently there is some sort of issue with it displaying for some folks - hope this works:

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                      • CanadianLori

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                        Barbie anyone?
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                          And, if nothing else will brighten your mood, there is always pizza to the rescue.
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