I was happy to see that this one was yours, it was one of my favorites during voting. Very well done, and unfortunately this means you are ahead of me now. I may go to the corner and cry now.
I never got around to commenting on images for this challenge and certainly wanted to come back to this one. It was my top pick for the challenge. :-)
For this to not reach at least a score of 6 is bizzare IMO. The DOF is perfect. The stone you selected is a great color choice for the pavement background. Very nice touch on the angle to show enough of the hopscotch "board" to tell the story.
Great way to show hopscotch in a very minimal way. The blue rock is beautiful and really eye catching. I like the slight diagonal to the shot too. Well done!