Swinging carefree in the heart of St. Tammany

This is our granddaughter, Sophie, enjoying a swing at the trailhead park of the Tammany Trace hike and bike path from Slidell to Covington, LA.   THe trail is old rail line right of way that was abandoned back in the 1980's.   I was trying to capture that carefree feeling of swinging.  I think I got it, even if the focus wouldn't cooperate.
--steve buser

Kids, fun

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The hats have it.

My nieces were having fun when I was shooting pictures of them one day.  To add to the picture, they ran out to Linda's car, and grabbed a couple of my hats and one of Linda (center).

From the left are Paige, Sarah, and Rebekah.
--steve buser

Kids, New Orleans

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The Duck Book of Rules

You get a mouthful of tasty stuff from the bottom of the pond and then strain out the water -- you want this to be better tasting, not more filling, right?
--steve buser

Nourishing nature's long-necks

Little Sophie gets a close up view when my wife, Linda, shows her how to feed the giraffes at Global Wildlife Center -- a free range preserve in Folsom -- about an hour out of New Orleans. I thought for awhile that the smiles on the kids faces my be permanently pasted on. But, like kids tattoos, they wore off in a few days.
--steve buser

Giraffes, Global Wildlife Center

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Peering on the pier

This is a shot of Linda and our niece Rebeka that I found while I was cleaning up my photos in the new computer. This was actually shot in April of 2005 -- well before Hurricane Katrina made a visit. The pavilion and pier are at Sunset Point in Mandevile -- the "north of the lake" suburb of New Orleans. The pier looks out over the 23-mile Causeway that crosses the lake. The lakefront park has needed a lot of repairs since the storm, but is still a favorite.

--steve buser

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