Heatwave Continues

Beach Buddies

"A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends."

... Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beach Season Has Begun

Here in NYC, Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of Beach Season - with all the of the city's 21 beaches opening yesterday.

Stan M 

"Don't grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach."

... Michelle Held

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A Dip In The Pool

Manuel R. 

Andre M. 

Carlos E. 

“I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.”

... Confucius

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Summers End

So here we are.

Summers end is near.

The sun is setting on one more year.

The weathers getting cold, 

the parties are dying down.

School starts soon, 

so lets gather round

For one last bit of summer fun,

when the sun goes down, 

it will be our last one.

So lets go out with a bang

lets finish this right

Raise your glasses in the air

lets toast to this night.

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One Last Hurrah For The Boys of Summer

By all these lovely tokens 

September days are here, 

With summer's best of weather 

And autumn's best of cheer. 

 ... Helen Hunt Jackson

A Dip In The Pool by Sheena Blackhall

There is no luxury like water, 

Blue as the Hope Diamond.

Land rules cease to apply, 

Are firmly marooned on shore.

The peace dove's dropped its feathers Just for me.

The pool receives me kindly Asks no questions

Makes no assumptions Demands no entry fee.

It washes away the heat, the dust, the noise

Of the crowded day.

Succour, solitude, silence. 

Oh the silence, the silence 

Sweeter than larks' tongues 

Or honey from amber bees!

I kick my heels like a fish, 

Chasing the wobbling coracles of light.

Creature of fluid boundaries, I watch day drown, knowing, 

Like Noah, new lands will rise like growling whales.

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Who Wears Short-Shorts? We Wear Short-Shorts!

Karim Morabib

I love wearing shorts (I even wear them to work) - I just wish I looked as good in them as these guys do. Now that summer is over, I'll soon have to put my shorts away and get used to wearing jeans again :(