Just Pixels

Sometimes we have the privilege of doing new things in our lives. Small things and big things. Things we've never done before but always wanted to (if only in idle afterthoughts). So it was that our novice but cunning Skipper Schupack embarked upon her maiden voyage several weeks ago, recording herself among the greats of aviation's lesser craft — kiting.

Surprisingly, the Oklahoma wind sighed a stiff gale that day (okay, no one was surprised. this is Oklahoma people, seriously). But our plastic sky sheets filled, the string loosed and our wee Pokemon kite didst take to the atmosphere, along with our spirits of merriment and so many satisfied dreams of adolescence.


Skipper Schupack at the helm for the first time. Never an ounce of fear. Remarkable...


They were fast friends, Skipper Schupack and her Pokemon kite...


Steady as she goes.


Ol' Pokey tried to make a flyaway attempt after Skipper Schupack briefly released the kite string in a moment of kite-flying bliss. We briefly grounded Pokey and got it airborne again. The wild Spirit of the Kite was strong with that one.


Firstmate Willis, reporting in for some helm time.


A hardened veteran. Such form and finesse.


Jolly too...


And then Kitchen Boy Thomas tied the kite to some grass to see if it would hold. We'll just say the wind claimed our kite that day, carrying it far far away...blissfully, sorrowfully. So Thomas cried and we held him. But all in all a successful affair. An accomplished aviator's dream.

Here's to new things...