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Rest in peace, Rocket Power
Rest in peace, Rocket Power
Faye Pekas


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Challenge: Monuments (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S50
Location: Oregon
Date: Aug 24, 2003
Galleries: Family, Animals
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2003

 My 4 year old grandson found a dead baby sparrow that had fallen from a nest and decided he wanted to keep it for a pet. After his mother and I explained that you can't keep a dead animal, he agreed to let us bury it. Before we put the bird in the ground, my grandson looked into the box at the soft, mostly-featherless, pink, limp baby bird corpse and announced, seriously, "I'm going to name him Rocket Power"

After my daughter and I recovered from almost-dying-trying-not-to-laugh-out-loud, we gave Rocket Power a proper burial complete with this marker :)

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08/31/2003 09:57:39 PM
great photo
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 08/30/2003 12:11:28 PM
On first look i didn't care much for your shot to be honest, but on second look I have to admit it has grown on me, there is not a lot of 'extraneous stuff' in this shot, the tones are quite good, I like the placement of the flowers, I also like the sense of 'love' and simplicity that created this monument. My sense is that rocket was a beloved pet belonging to a family (?).
I do think this shot evokes a story which is a big part of what a shot should do. So very well done.
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 08/26/2003 11:56:17 PM
Poor Rocket Power. I like the tones of this.
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 08/25/2003 05:05:10 PM
these spontaneous shrines are always moving I think
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