Cross Country Meet

This year my son Jay is on the Cross Country Team at school. I'm really proud of him as he has been holding his own while learning this sometimes grueling sport. He has only been in two meets to date and he has beaten many of his competitiors and lost to others. Photographing this sport isn't easy. It's a lot like photographing the peloton in bike racing. You see them at the start and you see them at the finish. That is unless you are on a course where you can see them pass you by.Today's meet was a huge invitational in Santa Rosa at Spring Lake Park. There were numerous races in a variety of classes from Middle School to High School and Alumni races. I was immediately drawn to the thunder of the start. How could I convey the rush of sixty to a hundred runners pushing from the starting line to a trail that was less than six feet wide? It was an amazing sight. The pounding of feet and all the brilliant colors of the runners rushing by while vying for positions on the trail. I finally settled on creating images of what fascinated me the most. I worked on mages of their moving legs and feet . Here is the end result. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Oh No! Not the Dog Again.

Today we picked up the dogs from the kennel. They went completely nuts when they saw us. Badger turned into a whirling barking dervish that couldn't decide what body part to move next. Lance being the labrador that he is just bounded out and pressed himself against me. We decided to take them to the dog park to run off some pent up energy. Here is a sequence of Badger just running for the sheer joy of it.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Grub Dog

Today Lenore and I are working on the archeological dig in the garage. We are uncovering aspects of life from the 1950s to the present. There seems to be a lot of materials on how to educate children and help them with their speech and learning problems.
Hmnnn... what did these people do for a living?

While we were working Badger must have felt left out or just needed some attention. Suddenly he just started running around the yard fullbore at breakneck speed. It ended with him jumping into the pond and spinning in circles and biting at the moss. Afterwards he settled content on the patio. I guess he burned off the excess energy or whatever he had to do. Maybe we need to do that once in awhile too.

God's love to all,

chris

See Badger Run

This morning after playing with the Steller jays in the backyard we decided to take badger for a run in the snow. Like most dogs he loved it and had a blast.

God's light and love to all,

chris