Ditch Day (5 Comments)
Some days are just meant to be spent in the ditch.
Going down!
Pedaling hard to get out!
New tactic- use the feet.
Refuse all help from Sissy and insist you can do it on your own. Until your Mother gets tired of standing there and pulls you out while you protest.
Then do it again. Same thing, new ditch.
Except this time manage to get yourself out of it .
Encouraged by success- ride on the unbroken territory of the bank until the slope calls your name.
Try to get out there and fail so in order to save face ride along in the bottom for awhile.
You planned to do it that way!
But there is still the sticky problem of getting out. 
Grunt!
Let’s try something else. Does this look easier?
No, it wasn’t and after much effort on her part- her Mother again had to help. This time she asked.
But that doesn’t mean she learned anything. New un-blazed territory! Who needs boring old roads?
Same old story. Help a neighbor out here, Dog!
Until Mom rescues again, and insists you stay out of the ditch. The thrill is gone so you give up the bike to Sissy and discover that roads aren’t really that bad after all.
Ah, the feeling of wind blowing through your pigtails!
Wow, that last picture really makes your place look like you live “out on the prairie” like Laura Engalls! And what a contrast between that one and your blog’s title picture (no green). Yes, I know half (or more than that) of Oregon looks like where you live but I see these pictures and it looks like you’re in the midwest.
Comment by Liesel — March 6, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
and i just like that last picture. sibling love at it’s best?
Comment by KimberlyD — March 6, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
It does tend more to the flat side of things around here. Yep, and more yellowish brown instead of green. Things are starting to green up though and should stay that way until…maybe June. 🙂
They aren’t holding hands- it just looks that way. You can see in the shadow that their hands aren’t touching. But it is cute- they were both laughing and having fun.
Comment by JustMe — March 6, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
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