Snap It! Photo of the Month for November 2010

Alda Blakemore's New Calf is this month's Snap It! winner.

Congratulations, Alda!

Coming in second is Cardinal's Thanksgiving Meal by Donnie Carson.

Third place goes to Mary Lacey's Snowbound Kitties.

Here are the winners:

This picture was taken Saturday afternoon on the Alsup farm in Buchanan by Alda Blakemore. The baby calf was only 4 hours old.


...and give us this day our daily bread....a bird enjoys his food from one of our feeders. Happy Thanksgiving. Photo by Donnie Carson.


Best of the Thanksgiving weekend: “Clark, do you think we should go out?” Photo by Mary Lacey.

SNAP IT! is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to
snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

Snap It! Photo of the Month for October 2010

Richard Graves' Praying for Rain is this month's Snap It! winner.

Congratulations, Richard!

Coming in second is Nature's Painting by Jean Owens.

Third place goes to Sallieann Atkins' The Road to Bliss.

Here are the winners:

Please Lord, put some rain in that cloud. Photo by Richard Graves, 9/30, Henry County.


A beautiful natural painting of Nature!" Photo taken on Manleyville Road by Jean Owens.


“The road to bliss.” While walking with my camera looking for spiders, I found the natural beauty of this view had to be photographed. Taken 10-16-10, at around 4:00 p.m. on Sproul Heights by Sallieann Atkins.

SNAP IT! is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to
snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

Snap It! Photo of the Month for September 2010

Sallieann Atkins of Paris, Tennessee, is September's Snap It! winner for her photo Excellence in Color, which took top prize with 21% of the vote.

Congratulations, Sallieann!

This photo was taken Monday, September 20, at Paris Landing State Park. I call it “excellence in color”. Sallieann Atkins.

Second place goes to Richard Graves for his photo Great Egret Fly By with 18.9% of the vote.

Great Egret fly by. Photo by Richard Graves, Henry County, September 26.

Third place goes to Kim Albin's Tufted Titmouse with 17.2% of the vote.

Beautiful Tufted Titmouse by my window. Taken September 29 by Kim Albin, Paris.

SNAP IT!
is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to
the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to

snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

Snap It! Photo of the Month for August 2010

Mary Lacey of Paris, Tennessee, is August's Snap It! winner for her photo Butterfly on Sunflower, which took top prize with 29.4% of the vote.

Congratulations, Mary!

This butterfly was breakfasting on a sunflower at S. Willowbrook Drive early on August 13, 2010. By Mary Lacey.

Second place goes to Jean Owens for her photo Tiger Swallowtail with 22.6% of the vote.

Beautiful tiger swallowtail on my lantana at 160 Guthrie Road. Photo by Jean Owens.

Third place goes to Don Nichols's Football Memories with 13.2% of the vote.

Once again it's football time for the Henry County Patriots. Years ago it was the Grove High School Blue Devils, and I loved watching them play. Here are some of the old programs from games I saw in the 50's & 60's. Picture made August 20, 2010 by Don Nichols.

SNAP IT!
is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to
the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to

snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

Snap It! Photo of the Month for July 2010

Jean Owens of Paris, Tennessee, is July's Snap It! winner for her photo Patriotic Mailbox, which took top prize with 22.97% of the vote.

Congratulations, Jean!

Even this mailbox honors the good ole USA. Taken on Lampkins Road by Jean Owens.

Second place goes to Tiffany Carson for her photo Courtsquare Windows with 19.93% of the vote.

Courtsquare windows with beautiful flowers. Photo by Tiffany Carson.

Third place goes to Donnie Carson's Lightning Over Paris with 12.16% of the vote.

An approaching storm? Lightning in the evening sky over Paris. Photo by Donnie Carson.

SNAP IT!
is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to
the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to

snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

Snap It! Photo of the Month for June 2010

Andrew Waddey of Cottage Grove, Tennessee, is June's Snap It! winner for his photo Green Tree Frog, which took top prize with 24.3% of the vote.

Congratulations, Andrew!

Green tree frog found in our yard in Cottage Grove. Photo by Andrew Waddey, June 15, 2020.

Second place goes to Ada Blakemore for her photo Charlie Sunbathing with 23% of the vote.

Charlie taking a sun bath in our home on Anderson Drive, Paris Tennessee. Sent by Alda Blakemore June 23, 2010.

Third place goes to Joy Sweatt's Love Grows Here with 8.5% of the vote.

Love grows here...in my potting shed. Photo by Joy Sweatt, Buchanan.

SNAP IT!
is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to
the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to

snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

Snap It! Monthly Winners for May 2010

Don Nichols of Paris, Tennessee, is May's Snap It! winner for his photo Ned Ray McWerter Bridge Behind Canadian Geese, which took top prize with 27.2% of the vote.

Congratulations, Don!

The Ned Ray McWerter Bridge makes a nice background for these two Canadian Geese, taking a stroll in the rain Monday morning at Paris Landing State Park. Photo by Don Nichols, May 10, 2010.

Second place goes to Don Carson for his photo Dragonfly Rhododendron with 23.7% of the vote.

Photo of a dragonfly on a Rhododendron in our front yard. Photo taken by Donnie Carson.

Third place goes to Caleb Waddey's Tadpole in Frog Pond with 13.2% of the vote.

My brother and I made a frog pond in our backyard in Cottage Grove and this is one of the tadpoles in it now. Photo taken May 25, 2010, by Caleb Waddey.

SNAP IT!
is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to
the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in
horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to grace the front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to

snapit@myparismagazine.com.

Full Snap It! submission guidelines.

April 2010 Monthly Winners

Don Nichols of Paris, Tennessee, is April's Snap It! winner for his photo Beautiful Thrift, which took top prize with 28% of the vote.

Congratulations, Don!

The Thrift looks beautiful lining the side of this driveway on Clifty Road. Picture made April 7, 2010 by Don Nichols.

Second place goes to Richard Graves for his photo Blue Heron in Flight with 14.5% of the vote.

Blue Heron in flight over Kentucky Lake, taken by Richard Graves, April 28.

Third place goes to Jean Owens' Tennessee State Flower, with 13.5% of the votes.

The beautiful Tennessee State flower named by Pearl Routon, a Henry County Resident. Photo taken on Guthrie Road by Jean Owens.

March 2010 Monthly Winners

Don Nichols of Paris, Tennessee, is the March Snap It! winner for his photo King Alfred Daffodil, which took top prize with 16.7% of the vote.

Congratulations, Don!




Three entries tied for Second place! This honor is shared by Bradford Pear, Blue Sky by Traci Shepherd; Pipe Organ Console by Laura Kenworthy; and Crocus by Gnome Rock by Lee Owenby. Each of these entries earned 12% of total votes.







Congratulations all!

February 2010 Monthly Winners

Jean Owens of Paris, Tennessee, is February's Snap It! winner for her photo Bathing Duck, which took top prize with 40.6% of the vote.

Congratulations, Jean!

Drying off after a good bath on a sunny day. Photo taken Sunday, February 7 at 160 Guthrie Road by Jean Owens.

Second place goes to Donnie Carson for his photo of Blue Skies and New Snow with 21% of the vote.

Blue skies contrast with the freshly fallen snow and this pond on Springhill Road Photo by Donnie Carson taken on the afternoon of February 9th.

Third place goes to Richard Graves' Freezing for a Reason photo, with 16.9% of the votes.

Freezing for a Reason...Dinner. Picture of Heron taken in TNWR, Henry County, by Richard Graves, February 11, 2010.

January Monthly Snap It Winner and 2009 Photo of the Year

Snap It! PHOTO OF THE YEAR!

Donnie Carson of Paris,Tennessee, is 2009's Snap It! winner of the year for his photo Eiffel Tower at Night, which captured 31.6% of the vote.

Congratulations, Donnie!

Second place for the 2009 PHOTO OF THE YEAR goes to Danny Veazey for his photo Cleaning Out Mother's Attic with 24.6% of the vote.

Third place goes to Jean Owens of Paris,Tennessee's Mule & Colt photo, with 18.9% of the votes.

Snap It! JANUARY 2010 Monthly Winners

Sheila Stigall of Paris,Tennessee, is January's Snap It! winner for her photo Puffed Up Sparrow, which took top prize with 19.9% of the vote.

Congratulations, Sheila!

Second place goes to Traci Shepherd for her photo of Three Kids Playing in the Snow with 17.6% of the vote.

Third place goes to Debi Hart's Beaver Dam on the TN National Wildlife Refuge photo, with 9.6% of the votes.

SNAP IT! is designed to bring attention to the beauty of Henry County and to the talented photographers who enter the competition.

MyParisMagazine.com invites all amateur photographers to send in horizontal snapshots from Paris-Henry County. One photo per day will be picked by staff to gracethe front page of our web site. At month's end, readers will vote among the daily pics for Photo of the Month. Twelve finalists will vie in December for the coveted position of photo of the year! Send your photo to debturner@gmail.com.

December SNAP IT! Winners

Sheila Stigall of Paris, Tennessee, is December's Snap It! winner for her photo Red Berries & Raindrops, which took top prize with 21.8% of the vote.

Congratulations, Sheila!

Second place ALSO goes to Sheila for her photo Christmas Reflections with 18.7% of the vote.

Third place goes to Tiffany Carson's Baby & Nativity photo, with 12% of the votes. Lee Owenby was hot on her heels, claiming 11.6% of the vote with her Where's Rudolph? photo.

Here are December's winning photos:

Red berries and rain drops on a cold December day. Taken at Sunnyside on December 2, 2009, by Sheila Stigall.

Reflections of Christmas taken December 1, 2009, in Sunnyside Estates by Sheila Stigall.

Checking out baby Jesus! Photo by Tiffany Carson, December 22, 2009.

Where's Rudolph?? He's hiding out on court square in downtown Paris. I found him peeking from this window at Jack Jones. Photo by Lee Owenby.

Each and every photo was much enjoyed and deeply appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the MyParisMagazine.com SNAP IT photo competition. Please come back next month to vote for December's best photo.

Thanks also to our sponsors, Paris-Henry County Arts Council who make this contest possible!

November SNAP IT! Winners

Donnie Carson's Eiffel Tower at Night is November's BIG Snap It! winner with 50.8% of the vote.

Congratulations, Donnie!

Coming in second is Sunnyside Sunset by Sheila Stigall with 18.6% of the vote.

Third place goes to Danny Veazey's Mountaineer Display, with 12.4% of the votes.

Here are November's winners:

The moon lends its light to the Eiffel Tower and Memorial Park on the evening of November 2nd. Photo by Donnie Carson.

Sunset at my home in Sunnyside taken on November 25, 2009, by Sheila Stigall.

Seventh grade Inman Middle School students' hand-made projects resemble those found in the book On the Far Side of the Mountain that main character Sam Gribley built while living on Gribley's Mountain. Taken on November 17, 2009, by IMS LIT teacher Danny Veazey.

Each and every photo was much enjoyed and deeply appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the MyParisMagazine.com SNAP IT photo competition. Please come back next month to vote for December's best photo.

Thanks also to our sponsors, Paris-Henry County Arts Council who make this contest possible!

Monthly Winners - October 2009

Jean Owens of Paris, Tennessee, is October's Snap It! winner. Jean's photo Double Beauty took top prize with 27% of the vote.

Congratulations, Jean!

Second place goes to Donnie Carson for his photo Butterfly Cosmos with 20.4% of the vote.

Third place goes to Randall Perry's photo Vineyard at Rest, with 19.3% of the vote.
John Peddy's photo McWherter Bridge took 14.4% of the vote to come in fourth.

Each and every photo was much enjoyed and deeply appreciated. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the MyParisMagazine.com SNAP IT photo competition. Please come back next month to vote for November's best photo.

Thanks also to our sponsors, Paris-Henry County Arts Council, who make this contest possible!

Here are October's winners:

Double Beauty!! Taken on 641 N. Wednesday evening, October 28, by Jean Owens.

This butterfly stopped by for some Cosmos nectar Tuesday, October 20 at our house. Photo by Donnie Carson of Paris.

"Vineyard harvest complete and vines beginning their long winter sleep." Standing on rolls of hay looking southwest over Joseph Perry Vineyard on Perry School House Loop in Henry. Picture taken in late morning, Saturday, Oct 24, 2009, by Randall Perry.

McWherter Bridge taken from Allen Dodson Road, by John Peddy.

Snap It!'s September Winners

Danny Veazey of Paris, Tennessee, is September's Snap It! winner for his photo Cleaning Out Mother's Attic, which took top prize with 20% of the vote.

Congratulations, Danny!

Second place goes to Traci Ellis for her photo Gran's Garden with 16% of the vote.

Third place goes to Sheila Stigall's Acrobatic Squirrel, with 13.6% of the votes.

Each and every photo was much enjoyed and deeply appreciated. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the MyParisMagazine.com SNAP IT photo competition. Please come back next month to vote for October's best photo.

Thanks also to our sponsors, Paris-Henry County Arts Council who make this contest possible!

Here are September's winners:

Cleaning out Mother's attic: Findings of her earlier hobby of rug making. Treasures for us to keep for years to come, by Danny Veazey September 7, 2009.

Gran's Garden. This photo was taken by Traci Ellis on September 13, 2009.


An acrobatic squirrel on my mother's birdfeeder in her backyard on Edgewood Street, September 7, 2009. By Sheila Stigall.