Yet More Kids

Sandwhich Man

Wes bites into a sandwhich from Jimmy John's, but the bastards put lettuce on it!

Rainy Fair + Dogs

Raniy Day at the Frisco Fair in downtown Rogers, plus a couple more in my ongoing "dogs close up with a wide-angle lens" series.

Bailey the chihuahua doesn't like lightning.

Ron Haviv Interview

This is an old interview, but still interesting. Ron Haviv is a member of the VII photo agency.

http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2001/02/12/3/an-interview-with-ron-haviv

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for schools up here in Benton County. I had to get up at 5:00 a.m., which doesn't sound that early, but I can never seem to go to bed before 1:00. I went to a Russell Jones Elementary and NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Rogers and Cooper Elementary School in Bella Vista, but these are all from Cooper. The last one is one I had to go back for when parents were picking up their kids. The road up to the school is not well designed, and gets kind of congested.

Tontitown Grape Festival

Aaahhh, getting into festival season. When I was up in Michigan, there was a festival just about every week in the fall. The Apple Festival, Pumkin Festival, etc., one for just about every crop in the area. This is the Tontitown Grape Festival outside of Springdale. I know, the top picture is hackey and overdone, but I don't care. It's a good excuse to get onto the ride for free.

Razorback Media Day

Media day for Razorback football was Monday. The last picture is Marc Henning standing in while getting the lights set up.

Kid

I was sitting, waiting for the start of the Arkansas National Guard's Charlie Battery 1st Battalion 142nd Fires Brigade Freedom Salute Ceremony, and this kid came up and started touching the banner hanging on the front of the speaker's podium. I shot a couple frames quickly, and it turns out he was born while his father was serving over in Iraq. Decent moment, I thought.

Random Pics

Kids Football

Here's some stuff from a couple nights ago from the 54th Annual Springdale Kiwanis Kid's Football Tournament in Springdale. A stern reminder that, yeah, football is kind of a big deal down here. There were, like, six full teams for each age group, and I think they were all from Springdale. Where I grew up in Colorado, they would probably have a hard time filling one team. I like the photo of the kids lined up on the wall waiting to play, but only because of the kid on the right digging for gold. Looks like he has AT LEAST three fingers in there. Kids are great, as long as they're not my responsibility.

Dogs close up with a wide-angle lens. The bottom one is mine. Her name is Digger. She digs.