Fire hydrant

I’ve been on a bit of a water theme here recently - watering cans, car washes, hat washes - so I thought I’d give you another one.

You may recall my (completely unjustified) pride to discover that my photo of a watering can fountain had been selected for a Flickr group devoted to, er, watering cans. Well, just a week later, my achievement was matched by my three-year-old daughter.

She’s really interested in the digital camera, so we’ve been showing her how to use it. There are megabytes full of blurry photos of the ground, but these are easily deleted, and she’s really getting quite proficient lately. I’ve uploaded some of her photos to my Flickr account, including this one she took of the fire hydrant up the street from our house:

Well, wouldn’t you know it? The next day, there’s an inquiry from the owner and operator of the Canadian Fire Hydrant Museum. Yes, there really is such a thing, and yes, my little girl’s picture caught its attention. Now, if there’s a Museum of Toy Dinosaurs Encrusted in Dried Play-Doh, she’s gonna make me rich.

She sure does take a lot of pictures of her toys, but it’s her pictures of people that are really interesting. See, people just look at kids differently than they look at adults. Can’t help it. So her pictures of people capture expressions that adult photographers never see. It’s subtle, and I can’t show you what I mean because I’m a bit of a tight-ass concerning privacy settings on family photos. But here are a few she’s taken of me.

See what I mean? Unless you are three, and my own issue, I doubt I’d look at you like that - or let you take a picture of me half asleep. Anyhow, here’s another smattering of their photos. I particularly like the fact that the Barbies are skinny dipping while the dinosaurs wear their clothes. Heck, it beats dried Play-Doh.

(Last minute update: Tonight, as she was washing them in the tub, my three-year-old told me the names of her Barbies: Leila, Janet, Princess, Skinny Legs and Good Hair.)

Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 09-18-2007 | 11:09 PM
Posted in: Kids | Teh Internets