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Uploaded: 09/18/23 10:40 PM GMT
Orange Leaf Diva
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Each summer for the past several years, my two young granddaughters have come up from their home on the Gulf Coast to sunny North Dakota (yep, the sun shines here in the winter as well but it's usually 80 to 100 degrees colder then), to hang out with us for about two months. It's pretty cool--I get to live vicariously through them (something my son told me when he was 15... hooh, boy), occasionally capturing them at their 7- and 9-year-old best. My capture of Annie's (7yo) feet, as we were snacking at Orange Leaf, is about as original as I could make it. I did sharpen it a little (to show off her sparkly shoes--she's a princess, doncha know), but I left the dirt on her feet and ankles, as well as under her toenails (often a bare-footed princess), and the couple errant pink sugar sprinkles on her left ankle, testament to her preferred choice of fro-yo topping. Kids. Hope it brings back memories for some of you.

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::corngrowth
09/19/23 10:11 AM GMT
'Nik', I've four grandchildren. My oldest grandchild is 27 and my youngest is 18.
Partly because of their age, their carefree period has in fact has slowly gone by. As young adults they have to find a good position in this relatively harsh society. When I look at the nice and cute photograph of your granddaughter's feet, on the one hand it makes me smile, while on the other hand I think her period of care freeness isn't over yet. But time flies by.
I hope that she, her parents, and grandparents can enjoy this form of carelessness that is inherent to her youth for some time to come.
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::tigger3
09/19/23 11:14 AM GMT
Lol! Nik! She is some what of a princess, very clever title. tigs=^..^=
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::Flmngseabass
09/19/23 4:44 PM GMT
So sweet Nik:):) Love those nails:):):)
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.Jhihmoac
09/19/23 8:49 PM GMT
At first I though those were the feet of a teenage girl - until I saw the dirt and sugar, and when you mentioned her age...
No, most teenage girls, at least the ones I knew back in the day, were very fastidious about dirt and grime they saw ANYWHERE on their bodies, often headed back to the bathroom for another shower at the sight of the slightest "smudge"!

Thanks for sharing this...Faved
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::Nikoneer
09/21/23 12:23 AM GMT
Annie is such a princess that I'm quite sure that as a teenager, she will sometimes not stop at two showers a day. At age 7 she is obsessed with dressing like a princess but talking like someone more than twice her age. While both girls live 1,300 miles away (as the fairy godmother flies), I have only an inkling of what they watch on TV (and, of course, You Tube), but often the quips and statements that come out of Annie's mouth sound more like lines from the script of a TV show or movie. She doesn't yet know the definition of "precocious", but I do believe she is auditioning to be the poster child for it.

-nik
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::koca
09/28/23 5:32 AM GMT
Nice and interesting shot. What a presentation.
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