Ice, 30 degrees, and no electricity. A typical January day in Mid-Michigan. Wait, no, it’s the middle of April. Who did we piss off?
We had a nasty little ice storm and lost power for most of yesterday. The outage was somewhat localized. Just a few miles away they had power. Lise was out with the car and Molly felt sorry for me sitting alone in a cold dark house. So, she picked me up and we killed the afternoon together. She will be heading to Temple in a few months so I’m going to take every opportunity like that I can.
April 7th and 8th we went to Ohio State University for probably the last water polo tournament we will watch. Molly has a tournament in Iowa this coming weekend, but we will not be able to make it. It’s been a great run since sophomore year of high school. It’s a tough sport and I’m glad she took it up. It was worth sitting in hot chlorine filled natatoriums on bleachers designed to torture prisoners. She has gotten a lot out of the sport and I know I’ve learned a bunch about sports photography trying to capture the action.
Cool under pressure.
She shoots, she scores
On the D. She does a good job forcing turn overs. The girls she covers rarely do much and almost never get to shoot.
One of my favorite polo shots and it came in probably the last game I’ll photograph. Sarah came waist high out of the water and blocked a shot from the girl on the left. I caught it just as Sarah nailed nailed the ball. Their feet can’t hit the bottom of the pool. She got this high out of the water while treading in deep water.
Some abstracts from the OSU campus.
OSU Stadium in reflection.
Tomorrow we are heading to Lynn’s place near Lock Haven, PA. Upstate Pennsylvania, where the internet goes to die. To get cell phone reception we have to go about eight miles up the road to Renovo and stand outside the Sons of Italy club. Internet connectivity doesn’t exist.
We are going to spend a couple days helping Lynn open the place, do some hiking and sightseeing, and just relaxing. Which should be easy to do since you can’t do anything else.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 