Lassoed, Soon To Be Hogtied

This little snapshot is one of my very best. I probably found it at First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas, but I can't say for sure. What makes it so special is everybody's absorption in the game. The kids are totally in to make-believe, but "dad"

(uncles are usually good at this kind of thing too) also seems caught up in the action.

I'd make Dad drop his weapon now, if I were one of those two. He's still a tad dangerous as long as he has that pistol in his hand.

The snapshot short-circuits calculation. Chance and accident are crucial to many

(not all) great snapshots. Maybe it's a zen kind of thing.

i remember back in the 80's, was it, when Holiday Inn had that slogan "No Surprises." I guess that was okay for a motel chain, where bad surprises far out-number the good. I've always been willing to take my chances on a bad experience, hoping, and expecting, that if I risk a little, I'll someday, somehow, find the good.

I need a photo for Mr. Waterslide's Monthly Magazine, and this one is as good as any, and far better than most. Hope you like it.

Done