"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Monday, August 08, 2011

Magpie Tales #77

Summer Evening, Edward Hopper, 1947


Sultry night
Evening of musical crickets
Love begins


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I remember those teenage summer romances
One moment we're all playing sandlot baseball
The next we're breathless looking at the boy next door.
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16 comments:

  1. They were the best romances..because it was all new and so exciting...bkm

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  2. some of the best times...

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  3. Some of them were epitome of innocent moments...
    Coy silence or sometimes saying it all in one go and running away to save embarrassment...
    Lovely haiku...brings back many memories ;)

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  4. ha...I remember

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  5. Excellent recapture of those innocent times!

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  6. Those were the days alright!

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  7. How can you ever forget?

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  8. Those few words say it all..a rush, an expectation...perfect!

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  9. Lovely poem perfectly fits the image.

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  10. Ah, the sensation of fingertips glancing over the back of your neck...then the kiss.

    Sophistication does not compare with the dear clumsiness of those summer nights.

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  11. Butterflies in your tummy.

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  12. Love and romance was so respected back in those days. I enjoy love-story films about and actually from this era. Those boys next door...aaaahhhh.....

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  13. Come on now ... were you watching me? Beautiful work, Ms. Kathe!!

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  14. Taut, effective write.

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  15. Love this! Thank you.

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  16. Summer wouldn't be summer without the musical crickets.

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