Hick is No Ansel or Dorothea. That's a Fact, Jack!

I think it's safe to say that Genius did not inherit his photography talent from Hick.

Here's a sample of Genius's work. It's from the early years, before he even left the under-thumb area tender loving embrace home of Val and Hick.

Those are trees down by Hick's cabin, photographed by Genius. And this next one, just Genius fiddling around with too much time on his hands, trapped in the house that Hick built.

I don't expect a landscape or a color-tinted stop-action shot of paint drips from Hick. But I DO expect to see my second son on a visit to his prospective college.

Now let's take a look at a sample of HICK'S recent work. As recent as THIS WEEK. You'll notice that the composition of this photo seems a bit...how you say...OFF!

Yeah. He's really there. The Pony is the one with that other arrow-shooting dude standing on his head. Perhaps you can see him there. He DOES have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. He's wearing glasses. Holding his bag of swag from the admissions office.

Uh huh. I really have no qualms posting a picture of my little Pony, all grown up, yet still anonymous thanks to his father's photography skills. I suppose Hick does not know that you can have a person in the foreground, and still get a picture of what's behind him. Sadly, we have the same style of picture from the year The Pony went to the Missouri Scholars Academy. A long shot, with a statue behind, and a barely recognizable face.

If Hick had been around, and if technology lent itself to those long-ago historical days of yesteryear...there might have been a photo of Washington crossing the Delaware. With Hick's touch, though, you would see a thin trickle of water, a twig floating in the middle, and a dandelion standing at the twig-bow.

Yup. No qualms at all about posting this picture of The Pony.