I love the passing of time

“The grass is always greener when it bursts up through concrete” - XTC

Place: At the sand playground at our local pool, while the lifeguards were on their 7pm 10-minute break. Sun lowering to the point where I had to shade my eyes to see the kids from the picnic table where I was sitting.

Music: Jackson Browne’s ‘The Pretender’ was playing on the pool’s radio. OK, it wasn’t the perfect song, lyric-wise, but bits of it sounded just right…

Scene: Annie & Shelby were climbing the rope structure - something kind of like this:

They were both up at the top of the same pole - the one closest to me & my picnic table - back to back, one on each side. They both turned to look at me. And waved.

Just worked together so nicely with the music, time of day, weather …

spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ

pǝɹıɐdɯı pɹɐʍɹoɟ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ

pǝuoıʇdɐɔ ǝq oʇ ǝʌɐɥ 11ıʍ sɹıɐ ʇɐɥʇ

ʍoɥs .ʌ.ʇ ʎɹǝʌǝ uǝɥʇ puɐ ;uoıʇnɔo1ǝ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ ɟo

ɯopǝǝɹɟ ɯǝ, sǝǝʇuɐɹɐnb ʇɐɥʇ ‘uoıʇnʇıʇsuoɔ ǝɥʇ oʇ

ʇuǝɯpuǝɯɐ uɐ ɟo ɯɹoɟ ǝɥʇ uı uoıʇn1os ɐ ʇǝb puɐ

ʎɹbuɐ dn ǝsıɹ 11,ʎǝɥʇ .sʇɥbıɹ ɹıǝɥʇ

puɐɯǝp 11ıʍ spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ oɥʍ ǝsoɥʇ

sʇɥbıu ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝuo ʇnq ‘11ǝʇ uɐɔ ɹǝʌǝu noʎ

spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ

ǝɯ oʇ spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ noʎ uǝɥʍ ʇı ǝʌo1 ı puɐ

ǝǝɹbǝp ʇsɹıɟ ǝɥʇ uı ʇuǝb ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ pıɐs ǝɥs

ʇǝʎ noʎ oʇ ɥbnoɹɥʇ buıʇʇǝb ı ɯɐ pıɐs ı puɐ

ʎonɹ ʇǝǝʇɥ ɐɹǝ ı ıʞǝ sʇɐɹs ʇɥǝʎ

ɔoɯǝ onʇ ɐʇ uıbɥʇ .ʍɥǝɹǝ ʎon bǝʇ ʇɥɐʇ pɹǝss

ʇnq ssıɯ ǝɯ ǝsnɔxǝ pıɐs ı .ʇǝǝɯ oʇ ǝʞı1

p,ı ʇɥbnoɥʇ ı 1ɹıb ǝ1ʇʇı1 sıɥʇ sɐʍ ǝɹǝɥʇ puɐ

ʇǝǝɹʇs ǝɥʇ uʍop buıʞ1ɐʍ sɐʍ ı ʎɐpɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ʇsnظ

spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ

11ıɥɔ ǝɥʇ ɟɟo ǝʞɐʇ ʇ,usǝop ʇɐɥʇ ɟı ǝǝs

ʍou ‘11ıʍ sʎɐʍ1ɐ ı puɐ ı 1oʌǝ ʎon .ı 1oʌǝ ʎon

ʎɐs ;noʎ ǝʌo1 ı ʎɐs ʇ,uop ʎɥs ʇıq ǝ1ʇʇı1

ɐ s,ǝɥs puɐ 1ɹıb ɐ ɥʇıʍ ʇno ǝɹ,noʎ ɟı puɐ

dɐss ʇɥǝ qnʇʇǝɹ ¿dɐss ʇɥǝ qnʇʇǝɹ

.dɐss ʇɥǝ qnʇʇǝɹ ʎɐs ‘ɹǝʇʇnq ǝɥʇ ssɐd ʎɐs ʇ,uop

dɐɹ oʇ ʇɹɐʇs noʎ uǝɥʍ spuǝıɹɟ ɹnoʎ ǝzɐɯɐ noʎ

uoıʇɐu ǝɥʇ buıdǝǝʍs sı spɹɐʍʞɔɐq buıʞ1ɐʇ

‘uoıʇɐsuǝs ʍǝu ǝɥʇ sı spɹɐʍʞɔɐq buıʞ1ɐʇ

spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ

1ooɟ spɹɐʍʞɔɐssɐq buıʞ1ɐʇ ɹɐ1nbǝɹ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ

1ooʞ ɐʇ ɯǝ ıɯ ʇɐıʞıub qɐɔʞʍɐɹps uǝɥʇ puɐ ‘ɹɐǝʎ ɐ

ɟ1ɐɥ ɐ ʇnoqɐ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd ‘ɹoɹɹıɯ ǝɥʇ uı ʇı

pɐǝɹ ‘ǝsɐɹɥd ǝʇıɹoʌɐɟ ɹnoʎ ǝʞɐʇ noʎ .ʇɟı1 ɐ

ǝʇɐ1ɐd ɹnoʎ ǝʌıb puɐ ǝnbuoʇ ɹnoʎ ʇsıʍʇ noʎ

ʇɟıɹp ǝɥʇ ʇǝb noʎ ǝɔuo ɔıɹʇǝɯ ǝʞı1 ʇsnظ s,ʇı ʇnq

ǝbuɐɥɔ oʇ pɹɐɥ s,ʇı ʇɐɥʇ buo1 os pɹɐʍɹoɟ pǝʞ1ɐʇ noʎ

ǝbuɐɹʇs punos ǝɹns ʇı ʇɐɥʇ ;buıʞuıɥʇ ǝɹ,noʎ ʇɐɥʍ ʍouʞ ı

spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ ‘punos ǝɥʇ ʇno ʞɔǝɥɔ puɐ ʇsɹıɟ

ǝuo ʇsɐ1 ǝɥʇ ʎɐs ;punoɹɐ ɯǝ, uɹnʇ ’spɹoʍ

ǝɥʇ uı sɹǝʇʇǝ1 ǝɥʇ ǝʞɐʇ noʎ ;ɹɐɟ ob ɐuuob

s,ʇı puɐ buıʞ1ɐʇ ɟo ʎɐʍ ʍǝu ɐ ʇob ǝʌ,ʎǝɥʇ

ǝɹɐ noʎ ɹǝʌǝɹǝɥʍ ʎpoqʎɹǝʌǝ ʎǝɥ

ɥʇıɯs ǝʞıɯ & uɐɯpoob ǝʌǝʇs ʎq ɔısnɯ puɐ spɹoʍ

.(spɹɐʍʞɔɐq ʞ1ɐʇ) ʇɐ1ʞ qɐɔʞʍɐɹps

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