When I came out of the library this morning I could hear squealing and screaming mixed with laughter and joy. The sprinklers in the park adjoining the library were running and there were quite a few children running and jumping under the spray of water.The joys of summer on a hot sunny day. Running through the sprinkler -- in bathing suits or fully clothed, and not caring if our clothes got wet. They'd dry! Taking turns aiming the water at one another and then when really thirsty, bending down to drink. There is nothing like the taste of water from the hose.
I stood there for a few minutes just watching and realized as I did that my face had broken into a wide smile and I know there was a twinkle in my eye.
*photo originally uploaded to flickr by Bill A July 2006
7 comments:
Hi Sherry...
Did I tell you I love your
blog banner...and this picture of
the children in the sprinkler..
thanks for the visit today...
pamela
My coworkers and I were talking, just the other day, about running through the sprinklers and splashing in those little plastic kiddie pools. Great memories for all of us.
Those were the days! They still are in my silly world though. I pushed the Commander in the pool today....fully clothed. He cracked the biggest smile and then threw me in my jammies....hilarity for all :)
Love,
LuLu~*xoxo
I remember how joyful that was.
That is a great photo! There's nothing like watching children play to snap me out of even the deepest blue funk. Kids are amazing.
Oh to have that feeling of exuberant abandonment, to be so free to the moment as it presents itself, to be a seeker of pure joy and see nothing else
Needless to say I love this picture, what a moment to happen upon
Isn't that just the most wonderful sight...xv
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