Snow on the Beach

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February 8, 2011
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Claiming the best stick
Claiming the best stick

Hunter and Brenna ran to claim the first good hitting, poking or zapping (magic) stick they could find.

High wire act
High wire act
Soft ice
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Soft ice
Everywhere Hunter goes
Everywhere Hunter goes

Brenna would follow. And fall down.

Question authority
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Question authority
Can we go home, I'm cold
Can we go home, I'm cold
Wanting to dig somewhere
Wanting to dig somewhere

It was a tough beach for the sand toys.

Are you guys coming?
Are you guys coming?

Brenna was sulking a bit. Perhaps jealous that our special river time was shared.

Skeptics
Skeptics

I enjoyed their classifications. This pond had many ducks, geese and swans. The swans were the parents. The geese were smaller parents. The ducks were the kids.

Got bread?
Got bread?

Sorry, we had none. But he was big enough to eat the girls. I warned them back a bit.

Trail to treats
Trail to treats

I held out the promise of treats to keep them going. "Just down that little trail, ladies."

What a great beach we found
What a great beach we found
The promised snack
The promised snack
I see a little girl in the water
I see a little girl in the water
Chasing fowl
Chasing fowl
Neat freak
Neat freak
Smells curiously like dog pee
Smells curiously like dog pee
Perfect. Except I hate you.
Perfect. Except I hate you.

The girls were starting to fight over every little thing. Maybe you can see Brenna's tears.

Overstated differences
Overstated differences
Pack it
Pack it
Spurned
Spurned

The swans learned ealier we had no food for them. They wouldn't bother to swim near again.

River, hill and ridge
River, hill and ridge
Racers
Racers