Spotted Dreams Fun Week

Let's do something fun! This blog has been too serious lately, so let's shake it up! This week is the most exciting of the year for the model horse world. BreyerFest!! So much fun. Even for those who don't collect OF Plastic, BF is an energetic meeting for all pony lovers. Sadly, I will not be attending live this year, (maybe next year!), but I will be there virtually. FOMO is really kicking in, so I thought, why not do a fun day week on the blog? Since most people are very busy this week, it will be held next week. The week after BF is one of the saddest (for virtual people there aren't even new ponies to play with!), so the blog bash will be something to look forward to.

What will be included, you ask?

Well, fun, model horse nerdy things of course. :D There will be a flash fun photo shows, a Q&A (through comments and a pre-written list), a model horse meme/joke contest, model horse guessing riddles, breed quizzes, name one of my models, and daily challenges. No physical prizes for this year (possibly in the future if this goes well!) but digital ones will be available for select contests.

Full schedule below (all times are EST). Please note that I may change the schedule as I see fit and the times are approximate estimates. I am only human and may be a little late or early depending on the day. Some activities depend on participation, so they may be omitted if no one shows interest (let's prevent that from happening!).

Monday, July 17 2023:

• Daily Challenge ~ 7am
• Flash Fun Photo Show "Your Least Favorite Herd Member".  ~ 11:30am
• Breed Quiz #1 ~ 3pm

Tuesday, July 18, 2023:

• Daily Challenge ~ 7am
• Model Horse Meme/Joke Contest ~ 11:30am
• Results of Breed Quiz #1 ~ 3pm
• Breed Quiz #2 ~ 3pm
• Results from Monday's Flash Fun Photo Show ~ 3pm

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

• Daily Challenge ~ 7am
• Model Horse Riddle #1 ~ 11:30am
• Name my Model ~ 3pm
• Results from Model Horse Meme/Joke Contest ~ 3pm
• Results of Breed Quiz #2 ~ 3pm

Thursday, July 20, 2023

• Daily Challenge ~ 7am
• Questions Received for Friday's Q&A ~ 11:30am
• Flash Fun Photo Show "AFV Video in the Making" ~ 11:30am
• Results of Model Horse Riddle #1 ~ 3pm

Friday, July 21, 2023

• Daily Challenge ~ 7am
• Q&A ~ 11:30am
• Model Horse Riddle #2 ~ 3pm
• Results of Thursday's Photo Show ~ 3pm

Saturday, July 22, 2023

• Daily Challenge ~ 7am
• Results of Wednesday's Name My Model ~ 7am
• Results of Model Horse Riddle #2 ~ 11:30am
• Awarding Certificates To Winners ~ 3pm
• Summing Up the Week ~ 3pm

Explanation of Events:

Daily Challenges are not judged. They are a challenge issued to you as a hobbyist to do something out of your typical comfort zone each day. It can be anything from "learn how to paint chestnuts" to "thank your hobby mentor".

Flash Fun Photo Shows are creative photo shows that run from their announcement (11:30am on applicable days) to midnight of that same day. Entries can be emailed to me or linked in the comments (like a google file). One entry consisting of one photo per contestant. Entries will be judged by what I like best.

Breed Quizzes are a set of three questions about a specific breed. They can be obscure or common. Give your answers in the comments. This is all about speed, as the first person to comment with the correct answers wins. You may "Google" the answers. Speed, speed, speed!

An example (with answers in parenthesis) would be:

1. Where does the Kaimanawa horse originate?   (New Zealand)
2. How many were known to exist on the range in 1979?   (174)
   
3. In what year did the government in their native country step in to help protect them?   (1982)

Model Horse Meme/Joke Contest  is a silly one. Make a model horse meme or joke and share it with me. Jokes may be written in the comments, and memes may be emailed to me or linked in the comments. Please, only family friendly memes and jokes in good taste. Memes and jokes must be your own.

Model Horse Riddles are similar to breed quizzes. There will be a set of three clues that will guide you to a specific Breyer mold. Once you think you know it, comment your answer! First person to guess correctly wins.

Name My Model is a comment voting to decide the name of one of my models. There will be a list of options to choose from, and readers may vote for their favorite in the comments.

Questions Received for Q&A and Q&A are sort of a matched set. You will have 24hrs from Thursday at 11:30am to Friday at 11:30am to post any questions you have for me in the comments of Thursday's post. I will answer them on Friday. I will also answer some questions from a pre-written list I printed from Chestnut Ridge.

Awarding Certificates for Winners will be when I release the printable awards onto the blog for the winners. I won't be emailing them individually, so you will have to save them directly from the blog this time. No physical awards for anything! Just digital ones. :)

Summing Up is when I will go back over the highlights of the week and decide whether or not this will be a yearly thing. :)

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: DURING THIS FUN WEEK, ANYTHING YOU COMMENT, EMAIL ME, OR LINK TO CAN BE USED ON THE BLOG. BY ENTERING YOUR PHOTOS, MEMES, JOKES, ETC IN CONTESTS, YOU ARE GIVING ME CONSENT TO USE THEM HERE. I WILL CREDIT EVERYTHING USED TO ITS ORGINAL OWNER.

ALSO NOTE: IF YOU COMMENT AS ANONYMOUS, I CANNOT TELL WHO YOU ARE IN ORDER TO ANNOUNCE WINNERS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMMENT AS ANONYMOUS, PLEASE LEAVE A HANDLE IN THE COMMENT, LIKE,

"BLAH BLAH BLAH - AR" THEN I WILL USE WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELF IN THE COMMENT. THIS CAN BE A NAME, INITIAL, NICKNAME, STUDIO/STABLE NAME, WHATEVER. THANK YOU! 💗

Feel free to ask any and all questions in the comments and I will answer them. :)

Please share the news! The more people we can include, the more likely this will happen again! Feel free to use the banner at the top of the post and put it on your social media and share it with your friends! Thank you, and happy BF week!