It was a good morning.

I went to work late today. Noon. This late morning offered some quality time with my son reading books and playing around the house. I love the curious nature of the wee ones.









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©Shawn Gust . 2008

A Year

Keaton was born one year ago tonight. Happy birthday bug.

At The Pool

Today was nuts. I'm sitting, watching Izak's basketball team play a pretty good game when Bam! Keaton lost his cookies all over me in a way that can only be described as projectile punishment. For what, I don't know. From then on everything was out of sync. After buying new pants and a shirt as a form of recovery from this evident payback for something that I'm sure is has not happened yet, we went to my niece's birthday party. Wow. I made this series in about an hour's time, just before birthday cake. Thanks to the staff at La Quinta for the perfect setting, and thanks to my family for their exquisite vernacular.








All Images © Shawn Gust 2008

Jacob

Working on a small group of images of Jacob. Here are the first few.


Among Snow and Trees . 2008


At The Bar . 2008


Lake Shack . 2008

The Owl Rescue

So it's been raining the last few days and most of the snow was washed away. That was until this morning. We got a few inches of fresh snow. The boys went out to do some sledding in the field just a few hundred yards away from the house. Not five minutes went by when Izak came rushing into the house excited about something. He came in and told me that Jacob had found an owl and that it couldn't fly, but was trying. So I went out to check it out. After several phone calls to dispatch, I finally reached someone that knew who to call, but there was no response from the off duty fish and game officer. Being Sunday, all state and county offices are closed. A family friend works for the fish and game department and since the dispatch was not answered, we called him. He will be here in a while. I figure it was hit by a car traveling the interstate not more than a half mile away from where the owl was found. So....we helped this bird. Hopefully it's injuries are not fatal.

Happy New Year

Keaton is eight months old today.