We got it back.

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Iris decided the best option would be to avoid the swamp altogether.

He does an excellent job.

To the left of the front door, across from the kindling pile, under the deck, there is a mud kitchen. Iris measures careful cups of water into saturated soil. She wears white with flowers. Joshua dumps gleefully. He wears dark colors. Both children remain remarkably clean, which is more than can be said about the walkway.

_{Photo taken Sunday, August 17th 2014.}

 _{Image from the August 8th photo shoot.}

Heather’s mother-in-law spent some time in front of my camera with her grandchildren. In this post, I have made a series of three of my favorite photos. I finished them in a manner reminiscent of Charles Dodgson’s photos. A hobbyest-photographer living in the mid 1800’s, he made up elaborate stories in order to help children stay still in front of his camera.

Future posts will feature further photos from this sitting.