Catch Me If You Can

Ridgebacks tend to be leapers. Halo is notorious for the boing bounce that goes straight up in the air and catches a person unaware in the eye socket with her nose. Archer is following her footsteps, Leeloo is more of a leap and fling your legs out for a grab girl and Raimi is a flyby jumper which can be a bit scary sometimes. The leaping is hard to catch in photos because often I am protecting various parts of my body from damage as the leaping is occurring. Fortunately, they love to leap for snow so that's what we did.

This was my first attempt. Not terrible but not great. Leeloo makes catching snow into very serious business. It took Archer some practice to get the idea of what we were doing. He looks like he's sitting up to beg but in fact he was on his way up to a jump. Raimi. Bless his sweet simple soul. A swing and a miss. Sort of how he conducts his life. Well meaning but doesn't quite get there. Never mind Boy ... I love you anyway.

Again Leeloo demonstrates that having long legs can advance you in ways you never thought possible.

Oh Leeloo. I love looking at these photos. She really was the most entertaining jumper. Her efforts were more of an attempt to be first than to show off. One thing Leeloo is not is a showboater ... she just insists that she must be first in all things competitive. I like how Archer is looking on in apparent awe. Archer started to get the hang of this new fangled game but could not hold a candle to the skill and determination of one Leeloo. She was the star of the show. This is my favorite photo of the day. It has all the elements of her personality rolled into one: interesting, competitive, successful, agile, quick, smart, and weird.