Yearbooks, cont.

Yearbook Mania

Yearbook season is here, which means the end of senior photos until next spring, and a rush to get all of the yearbooks in on time. Here are the first, Lynden Christian and Squalicum. Are they not an exceedingly good-looking group?!

True Love Hopes

I met Bobby and Stephanie through a friend and shared an hour with them while they played on the beach with their twin one-year-old girls, Halley and Avery. The girls are little heroes, fighting an unknown battle with humor and perseverance we could learn much from. Their determination shines in their bright faces, with eyes adorned with eyelashes worthy of Venus. The tubes in their noses feed them with as much protein as a 3-year-old requires, yet their little bodies have trouble retaining much at all. Bobby and Stephanie spend much of their time at Children's in Seattle and hope to leave soon for Ohio, where specialists will continue to probe the mystery of their illness. If you want to follow their progress, check this link: http://www.carepages.com/carepages/HalleyandAveryBrooks.

Growing up in the Wild

I mentioned my Aleut mom (only 1/4, but still!) back in my June 4, 2008 blog. This weekend I spent several hours with my parents and brothers perusing and sorting family albums. I found two pictures which confirmed my childhood suspicions that my mom was indeed an Eskimo! Both were of her at age 3, one with her sitting on a dead wolf in the snow with a rifle nearby, and the other pictured her in a rugged sled with sealskin boots up to her knees! My mom did indeed grow up in the wild, at least until age seven when her dad was given a legislative appointment and wound up in Washington, D.C., that other wild place.
On Thursday I photographed EllyRose, another girl growing up in the wild, only this time on 200 acres along the sloughs and dikes near Samish Bay in Skagit County. EllyRose's growing up was filled with flocks of ducks, mounds of fossils, visiting whales, rodeos, and more. I captured a few of these wild spots with EllyRose. Afterwards, her mom sent me home with fresh corn and 2 crabs! I have the best job in the world!