Life versus photography.

Have you ever noticed how effective photography can be in capturing all the small nuances of life? All those subtle changes that we simply don't observe in daily existence because we're too busy existing to notice?

Photographs of children are a prime example of this phenomena. Due to the fact that very young children change so rapidly over a relatively short span of time, one can more easily document these changes in photos. I have observed Ridley for every day of the 14 months that he's lived on this planet. Logically, I know that he is growing and changing daily. And yet, I will look at a photograph of him from only a couple of weeks ago and remark "Wow! He's changed a great deal in only this short time!" Amazing. It boggles my mind, anyway.

Speaking of photos, you've no doubt observed that I've added two recent ones of Ridley to this post. No longer the chubby, bald-headed, toothless baby of months ago, he's transformed into an active, lean and perpetually curious toddler. One who enjoys his pasta, as evidenced in photo number two (see below). Now if only he could score a glass of chianti to wash it all down, life would be perfect.