A Day Of Snow Play for Cousin Felicity

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My Mom and her Granddaughter Felicity

my brother Alan's girl

Here are some more snow-play photos from the other day's “Fun Day of Snow
Play, Snowflake Photography, and Birds”, as my brother Alan and his
family are also visiting my folks here in Ohio.

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Bundled Up

in style!

Felicity is Anthony's cousin, and first made an appearance on my blog at about the same time she
made an appearance in life, and then
here,
here,
here, and
here (probably among others).

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One-Horse-Power Engine




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Whiteout(ish)




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3... 2.... 1...

I grabbed Mom for a photo as she was heading out somewhere...

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Felicity, Alan, Mom, Natalie




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Totem Pole




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Zoomin'




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Pure Fun

Here's an interactive sequence of Alan diving onto the sled. The dive wasn't as epic as some that came later (such as the one leading this post),
but the sequence here is nice, I think, so I'm showing this one.

Sweep the mouse side to side over the photo to seen the sequence...

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Animatable — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view sequence
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Zoomin'




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Zoom'd

For some reason, that blue sled didn't quite make it intact to the end of the day.

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Mischief Lurking

behind that pretty façade




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Moments Before Impact

(she's a sweet and intelligent girl, so kept her aim well clear of the camera)




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Misfire

snowball slips right out of the fat mitten




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Self-Learning Artificial Intelligence

adjusts to using two mittens to launch snowball

No one was immune, not even Mommy...

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“Yeah, I just Totally Got You With a Snowball”

A big pile of gravel covered with snow looked to be a fun start to launch the sled...

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Perched Precariously Upon a Pretty Petite Platform

But then he didn't balance his weight appropriately, and unintentionally started sledding backwards...

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Uh, Houston, We Have a Problem




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She's Goin' DoooooooooooooooooOOOOoooooooooown




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And That Was That

Having more coordination, balance, and sense than her dad, Felicity had no such troubles...

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Hamming it Up

But after watching her dad try to sled forward (again), but fail (again) and slide
backwards (again), Felicity thought it looked fun and wanted to try going
backwards on purpose...

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Unsatisfying

it seemed funner when Daddy was doing it unintentionally

All and all, everyone had a great time playing in the snow.