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Same Place?

Elysia — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:26:22 +0000

The colors in this picture…are so different from those in the shot of the new dogwood flowers… In two weeks, everything has changed in my small backyard. How does this happen so quickly?

Mature Pink Dogwood

Elysia — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:17:19 +0000

Fallen blossoms

Elysia — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:16:33 +0000

It’s kind of a bummer when the cherry blossoms fall…I suppose they wouldn’t be so special if they hung around all year, but it always makes me feel like time moves too quickly when I see this.

Fierce Reflections

Elysia — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:09:30 +0000

Jenna is playing on her first lacrosse team. Something about putting on this mask and mouthpiece, and checking herself out in the mirror, changed her bearing…and made me want to grab my camera. A cheerleader today…she wasn’t. I love it.

The County Fair

Elysia — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:12:56 +0000

Forsythia First

Elysia — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:27:22 +0000

Forsythia flower first in my yard…before even the daffodils. They are like liquid sunshine to hungry winter eyes.

Tom’s Cherry Blossoms

Elysia — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:21:36 +0000

New Dogwoods

Elysia — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:18:55 +0000

Red at first…these flowers are soon to be pink and wide open.

Accident Prone

Elysia — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:13:12 +0000

Cheerleading, volleyball, and soccer are sports with extremely high injury rates. In fact, high school cheerleading is statistically riskier than football, and “has accounted for 65% of all catastrophic sports injuries among high school females over the past 25 years.”

Having spent more weekends than I can count watching girls perform builds like this one, it’s not hard to understand why. My daughter loves it…I fear it, on so many levels.

Hair Party

Elysia — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:59:41 +0000

Products of the “hair party” the night before where able Moms wrestle unruly hair into identical french braids. “Sameness” is a criteria by which cheerleaders are judged.