Last week we had a few nights that dipped below freezing. I know, is that even possible in Florida? Well, here's Adah, who was incredibly excited about the ice in the back yard and all the pretending possibilities that it can bring. Mainly, it was just fun to throw it to the concrete and see it splinter into many pieces.

I just returned to the land of the living after spend three days in bed with some virus.  Yes, three days.  Monday night through Thursday night.  I'm pretty restless, but still a little weak and definitely unfocused.  Mental whirlwind.

Anyway, I've been meaning post some of Adah's pictures.  This little girl loves her camera. She's always taking pictures (when she's not taking someone down in Uno.) Here are a few of my favorite shots she has taken over the last 30 days, along with my commentary.

Post Christmas Panama City (PCPC)

Despite popular belief to the contrary we do visit family in Panama City. In honesty, it's been at least a year since we've been there.  At least.  We met my grandmother, Nedra, at Sweet Tease. Yummy!  Here's a shot of Ranen enjoying his lunch.  (In fact, he yelled at the waitress when she took his plate away.) We had a good time having hanging out with my grandmother.  We only had one spill between the kids, and it was ice water. (Grandma, I hope you're okay with me posting a photo of you!)

New Year's Eve in Fairyland

Adah staid in Panama City for New Years while the rest of us headed back to Tallahassee to party the New Year up with Antje and Volker German-style. Of course, the fantasy land of grandchildhood rewarded young Adah with a fabulous, elephantine romp across the verdant, frozen beaches of Panama City.  In case, you didn't follow that, my parents took her to play putt-putt golf.  Of course, she didn't take this photo.

Self Expression

Adah is into self portraits. Most of them look a lot like an emo MySpace pic.   This one is really cool though.  Something about it is almost magical; a single moment held captive. Notice Sandra in the kitchen through the  window.  If only Ranen had been standing a podium or dais for this picture.

Family Surprise

Adah makes up little photographic assignments.  One recent one was "bug eyes".  She came up to me at my desk, which , "Dad, make 'bug eyes'!" I'll have you know that Adah said I did exactly what she wanted on the first try. The assignment really only lasted for two shots, but it's a compelling essays exploring the depths and crannies of human experience. I included Sandra shot because I like her.

Labels: adah, life

"I've got it now", cried Bull, "it was because he was so fat and so light. Just like a balloon. We always think of fat people as heavy, but he could have danced against a sylph. I see now what I mean. Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity. It was like the old speculations - what would happen if an elephant could leap up in the sky like a grasshopper?"

The Man Who Was Thursday
Chapter 14, The Six Philosophers
G. K. Chesterton