Here's last Wednesday's picture:

This is what it was cropped from:

Carmen was close; she said: "The purple patch in the picture is throwing me off. Maybe it's part of a shoe?", but Laura nailed it (mostly): "I think they are flip flops stacked on top of each other...". As you can see it was only one flip flop, but let's give it to her, shall we?

As for this week...

what is it?

This is a real tough one! The only thought that comes to my mind is, perhaps, suntan lotion drizzled over an arm or a back before it is worked into the skin...maybe?

It's a thread against skin

YESSSSSSS!!!! Give it to me!!!!

Ok, this week it looks like someone squirting sunscreen on before its rubbed in!

But I have 2 more guesses if thats not right!!!!

It's a paperclip that is a little bendy and out of sorts. ;)

Could the clue be any smaller? ;)

My first thought was a paper clip, but that seemed too easy.

Dental floss?

Well, the background looks like skin and the stringy looking thing seems to be just about the right size for...yep, uh huh...I think I've got it! You went wild this past weekend and ran around in one of those Paris Hilton, dental floss sized thongs didn't you???

darn, Megan took mine... dental floss
(sorry, nothing witty this morning)

(if it's not dental floss it could be the ethereal filament holding you to your soul mate)

A white thread?

(Though I like the "ethereal filament holding you to your soul mate" answer on general principle...did you know that in Japan there's a legend that you and your beloved remain ever connected by a mystic, intangible red thread?)

(here from michele's today)

i'm going to say that it's the white wirey-papery handles of a gift bag. is that close? this is a very cool thing. i'll need to check back next week.

Last week's was hard! I think this week's is the handle on a small shopping bag.

the wire to an(your)IPOD

Did you notice that the white spells the word HI? I am noted for seeing things no one else sees. LOL! Anyway I think it looks like lotion on skin. If not then I am not going to eat my flip flop this week.

I thought about it all day long and I'm still not sure. It's too obvious, and yet....
hmmm,
I'm gonna take another week to think about it and then get back to you.
(g)
;)

I am going to say... floss!

My first thought was Dental floss ? But I am not betting on it.

cord to ipod earbuds? Against the backdrop of a terracotta pot?

I have to agree with Pat that it is ipod wires. I did think fo dental floss at first, but it seems too thick for that.

Some gadget cord.