Fun with the kids today :)

serving as a mud source for house martins (intended) and potter wasps

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I seriously stabbed that thing over and over and over and it just wouldnt DIE!

Wild Horses

jumping in mud puddles

Signs of spring or "break up" in Fairbanks, Alaska. Puddles and gravel on the roads left over from winter.

I found this in the early Spring of 2011. Just a lone shoe in a mud puddle.

Omgosh! My Grandson! 22 months old.

here i am....just before our run-in with *the law*

so, this is a funny story.

julie and i were out shooting at night and decided that we'd stop at a local business parking lot to play in our socks in mud puddles (who doesn't love to play in mud puddles??). well.

apparently a police officer driving on the freeway saw us, turned around and came back to see what we were up to.

julie (who is surprisingly cool under pressure) smoothed the whole thing over and we were free to go.

although i will say that it would have been sort of funny had he taken us into the station for trespassing (especially in light of whose business it was). : )

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the beauty of the world surrounding her.

I WON PLEASE TAKE A LOOK

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When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard. My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on.

When I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and I look away. My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back.

When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm so I sit self- consciously and listen. My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own.

When I feel wind on my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk. My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing.

When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy."

When I see a mud puddle I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets. my kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross and worms to play with.

I wonder if we are given children to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children!!

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Just a reminder about the important things in life.

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Guy love. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #guys #guylove #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #modder

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Doris and I got this shot, quite by accident, as we were returning from our outing at the Statehouse.

It stopped raining so we decided to go outside. This quickly turned into a mud bath. They had so much fun splashing in that mud puddle. I had to give them a pre-bath before their actual bath because they were so dirty.

this is the reflection of a rainbow mural in a mud puddle. After the crazy storm we had Wednesday night, I thought it was appropriate.

Just #relax ! Bauchplatscher extrem. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun

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Da war noch ein Fleck sauber. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #modder

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See where this picture was taken.

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#Wasser marsch. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy

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Head dunk! #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #döppen

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Rain puddle in the back of one of my wife's flower gardens.

Team Schlamm ist bereit. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #modder

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Schuhwerk. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #schuhe

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Verschnaufpause. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #jump

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There's nothing like a nice refreshing bath in a mudpuddle at the end of a long day. Chipping Sparrow on Mount Bonnell in Austin, Texas.

Ich will hier nie wieder raus. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #woman #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #crazy #portrait_shots #MakePortrait #portraitgrid #portraitpage

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Ethan playing in a mud puddle after the rain.

Lauerstellung. #Wattolümpiade #mud #muddy #watt #schlick #Brunsbüttel #Wattolümpiade2015 #mudolympics2015 #mudolympics #schlammschlacht #Schlamm #wattkampf #mudpuddle #elbe #dirtyashell #mudfight #mudpeople #schlammig #wattlet #dreckig #funsport #photooftheday #instacool #Schlammbad #dirty #rumsauen #Elbe #fun #crazy #modder

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See where fell runners like to ostentatiously tromp directly through the mud instead of stepping gingerly around it, showily splashing mud up onto their bare legs.

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On a trail on the Great Ridge between Mam Tor and Lose Hill in the Peak District National Park, on August 12th, 2017, on the boundary of Edale Civil Parish and Castleton Civil Parish, High Peak Borough, Derbyshire, England. There is the Hope Valley.

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March 17, 2010

Let's sway, sway through the crowd to an empty space