Sunday, April 3, 2011

planes, potholes, pinwheels and more

last week, a lot of school stuff, including shooting recess at an elementary who has switched up their recess/lunch periods as part of a new healthy kids program
thank god for playground stuff like this (and for being small enough to be able to climb into it) - makes for some graphic elements

crazy week in monroe...there's a saying that spot news comes in three's, and i think we've now moved into round 2 of our 3's....first there was a fire, then a kid drowning in the river after wandering from home, a huge DEA raid at a doctor's office, then a plane crash in a park - the plane nose-dived about 50 feet away from the playscape and tennis courts where a local team was getting ready for a match - i didn't go to the crash, but i got the follow-up the next day...very crazy story!

later in the week, a fatal accident that happened overnight and wasn't discovered til the next morning, because the car rolled over into a ditch out of sight after going airborne over 2 sets of train trax - no pix posting from that, cos, really it isn't worth looking at, but just the latest in our spate of tragedies

then there's the other kind of tragedy - the tragic state of our roads and bridges....sometimes it looks like all of this county is just going to disintegrate into a huge swath of concrete rubble!

word to the wise....when coming to monroe, bring extra tires!

but then it's back to the usual - a school assembly preceded by the marching band parading through the halls - the event was to celebrate the school raising the money to buy new lights for the football field - they had to change the times or do away with the friday night home games this year, because their lights were busted and they couldn't afford new ones....so, everyone's supposed to be wearing their school t-shirts (which they didn't), and it's gonna be a big rah rah moment (which it wasn't)

though i liked this frame best, i had to use something else, cos 1) i didn't get her name, and 2) she's not only not wearing her school tee, but she's wearing something from a different school, as was the girl behind her, which would have looked pretty stupid in print...but, as a picture, i kind of like it

next morning, the annual planting of the pinwheel garden to kick off child abuse and neglect month

and last but not least, the annual downtown spring clean-up - this kid looks like he's about to take on the world!


and, that's that....

2 comments:

Amanda LaRae Larkin said...

"and, that's that..."
Love It Kim! I've missed your blogs - but I know what you mean when you said you just weren't interested in yourself and what you've been doing enough to blog.
These days I shoot and then don't bother to tone or post the pictures - just shooting is enough for me, plus there's no reason to keep my 1000th picture of a tree or a cow or a puddle...
I always feel an extra push to step out and take pics after I visit i2eye - so pllleaaazzee keep 'em coming! Have you captured any Still Life's recently? :)

Keith King said...

Welcome back to blog world Kimmer! I've been neglecting my blog as well. I love the 'kid with the broom' photo.