When I was nine, our neighbour was a rich, old couple that owned a pool.
During summer, when days were unbearable, they fill the pool, much to the frolic of the kids in the neighbourhood. I remember spending that summer swimming, diving, floating, brooding over the movie Titanic which just came out of the theatre that season, running back home all wet to grab lunch, head back to the pool, swimming, diving, floating, brooding over the movie Titanic which just came out of the theatre that season, until most surface of my back was covered with burnt skin. I would spend the whole afternoon trying all possible tricks and water acrobats I could imagine.
The best part, however, was floating for hours with eyes closed, and just hearing nothing but the flapping of water between the lobes of my ears, opening my eyes and realise that too much exposure to sun has made me totally but temporarily blind.
How did you spend your summer when you were nine?
Rhodes, 2012. Greece.
(My toes were wet.)
2 comments:
I'm sorry, but this is not related to the actual post. It's just that I am absolutely obsessed with the lovely song you've got playing in the background of your blog, and I'd really, really like to know what it's called. Could you pretty please tell me?
great images..
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