“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tina, who is hosting this week, suggests we feature children in our pictures. I rarely photograph people so this topic required a bit of searching through photo archives. My first thought was to look for pictures taken during the summer months that included water. From personal experience children love to play in water on a hot, steamy summer days! The perfect activities at the beach include building sandcastles, skimming the surf on a board, swimming in shallow waves or just enjoying the cool breeze blowing off the ocean. This taken near our house on Kiawah Island in SC.
In the picture below a young boy in a red shirt plus and other children are having the time of their life playing in a shallow pool of cool water! This was taken in front of a Crown Fountain in Millennium Park when spending some time with good friends in Chicago.
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream, and that’s kind of the same thing.” – Unknown
Another important thing children of all ages love to do is eat ice cream!!
“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” – Franz Kafka
These children might be surprised when they see a relection of themselves when looking at “The Bean”, a giant shaped mirror at Millennium Park in Chicago.
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of children.” – Fred Rogers
Children having fun while playing pool at a resort in Aruba.
“Kids need time to be bored: that is how creativity is born.” – Melanie Jean Juneau
I will close with a favorite cameo shot of our grandchildren!
A big thanks to Tina for suggesting this unique topic. Oh, to be young again…! Be sure to check out her post by clicking here.
“No bare footed, tree climbing, frog holding, mud pie baking, cloud spotting, puddle stomping, bird calling, wild foraging, star gazing, firefly chasing, den building, stream paddling, rock hunting moment with Mother Nature is ever wasted.” – Nicolette Sowder