"My Day With Jose"

These are some pictures I took a long time ago. (Well not a super long time ago, but long enough.) Here's the back story:

While hanging out with my brother, best friend, and sort of pretend uncle, we were getting out school pictures taken. After adventuring (its a word now. deal with it.) around town and several parks, we just so happened to be at a playground near a lake. And while playing on said playground, what should my wandering eyes find but this lovely little skeleton. 

I named him Jose. 

We all thought Jose was just a delightful little creature. He was full of charm and wit, and appeared wise beyond his years. Certainly, he would be an excellent subject for a photo shoot. But the real question was, who would get to keep him? And obviously, as the old recess law states: "Finders keepers, losers weepers." So little Jose, the dashing chap, came to live at my humble abode. 

It was a casual afternoon when I had taken Jose out and about. I first had to wire his hips together so that he would actually sit, something he is adamant about not doing. But once that was taken care of, we ventured off into the day together, looking for adventure and a good picture. 

The school playground by my house was the obvious choice of venue, after all, wasn't there some sort of beautiful irony to be found in a skeleton playing on a playground? I certainly thought so at the time. So being the gracious model he is, he indulged me, and Jose and I were off and running. 

So here friends, is a small sampling of the album I titled, "My Day With Jose".