Photo by J, age: 9 years old; elected vice president, Los Angeles Unified School District Elementary School student council (two years younger than his batchmates); straight A student, choreographer and performer in benefit dance concerts for children with ailments, winner in science, math, and chess competitions,
carer of Argo, the rescued pup, apple of Myra’s eyes, a loving child, now a budding photographer —
it’s the photographer and not the post, the singer and not the song —
J is our treasure, and this is our entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure
“…It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul.”
This photo of a stately redwood tree is dedicated to Nelson Mandela — whose majestic life conquered injustice and hardship. (verse, excerpt of the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley) Photo sent by Myra Lambino, shot at the Sequoia national forest
