Timeless Summers

All is right with the world when boys continue to spend summer afternoons jumping in rivers. After I paddled past these four, I turned around to watch the setting sun.  I heard them call "hey kayak lady." I raised my hand and waved.  They waved back. 

4 Boys Jumping In The River On A Summer Day. All is right with the world

 

Later I went for a walk. Two young boys approached.
"Excuse me. Do you got a dollar?"  one asks.
"For what?"
"ahhh....." he shrugs.  "We wanna buy candy."
"Do you get an allowance?"
The other boy, who didn't seem amenable to asking in the first place, gets antsy.
"C'mon. Let's go."
They pass, and I walk on.