Teenage Surfer Boy

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This surfer ran to the beach just as the sailboat was in the perfect position.  What luck.  Sometimes things just work out!

“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Little Surfer Boy

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This has to be one of the cutest things I have come across at the beach.  This kid was into it, checking out every part of the surfboard.  I could see him dreaming of the day he would be big enough to use a surfboard that was this large.  He looked like a mini surfer, attitude and all.

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”

Douglas H. Everett

Cover 'Em Up

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Ok, so now it's time for some beach pictures since it is summer!  I saw these two little girl playing in the sand and I thought they looked like they were having so much fun.  I think we all remember the days we had at the beach when there was nothing to do but have fun!  Ah, the carefree days of summer when you're 12, no bills, credit cards,  jobs, house payments, car payments, boyfriends, husbands, wives, children, etc., etc, etc, etc.......

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remain over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves”

Kahlil Gibran quotes (Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet. 1883-1931)

Well-Worn Moccasin

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These moccasins look like they've danced in many Pow Wows.  Did you notice the large jingle bell toward the end of the moccasin?

“Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins”
Indian Proverb

Two Little Indians

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As I made this photograph I could see that these young boys were coming into their own.  They were starting to get the swagger that all boys get when they reach puberty.  They were beginning to strut their stuff and their costumes made it all the better.  I feel like I captured the feeling in the photograph.

"As kids approach puberty, parents should talk about sex and set up the right kinds of guidelines for social interaction."

Lawrence Cohen quotes

Roach Headdress

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I love the headdress on this boy.  I wanted to run my hand over it to see how it felt.  Apparently they're called "roach headdresses."  Porcupine roaches can be commonly seen at powwows, where they are still worn as regalia by male dancers from many different tribes.  They were not generally as spiritually meaningful as warbonnet headdresses, though a boy earning the right to wear a roach for the first time was an important ceremony in some tribes.  As I look at this photo, it does not appear to me that these are made of porcupine quills.

“A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.”

John Milton quotes (English Poet, Historian and Scholar. Ranks second, only to Shakespeare, among English poets. 1608-1674

This Little Indian

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There was the cutest little boy in his Native American costume who kept wanting to get his picture taken.  He just kept looking and grinning.  What a happy little cutie.  

I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able. 

Charles Perrault