the ladies getting tanned on South Bay Beaches

those days of summer fun and South Bay ladies getting tan beside the strand with flirty eyes and alluring smiles cannot be forgotten...
the way the sun peeped out from a cloud
to tan a toe or finger...

A PICASSO KIND OF SUMMER AND IT'S OVER

IT WAS A PICASSO KIND OF SUMMER AND NOW IT'S OVER. SOME COLORS WERE TOO BRIGHT FOR THE SUBJECT, SOME MUCH TOO DIM. IT WILL BE SUMMER AGAIN, SOMETIME, SOMEDAY, BUT WILL IT BE THE SAME, OR JUST A SHADE TOO COOL?

SOME OF THE TUBES ARE EMPTY NOW, THEIR CAPS GONE, LOST, FOREVER OUT OF SIGHT, LIKE A STARFISH PICKED UP AND TOSSED BACK...

IT WAS THEIR SHELTER THROUGH THE STORM

IT WAS A SHELTER FOR THE WILDLIFE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. DESPITE THE DOORS, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE OLD SHED THAT MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE A NEON WELCOME SIGN TO ALL THE ANIMALS THAT PASSED THAT WAY THROUGH THE YEARS. IN SUMMER, THE FARMERS SONS RETURNED WITH THEIR OWN AND TOLD THE BOYS ABOUT THE HOURS THEY SPENT PLAYING JESSIE JAMES AND DANIEL BOONE, THE ALAMO; WAR GAMES WITH NAMES ABOUT BATAAN AND NANCI, FRANCE WERE PLAYED THERE WITHOUT A COMMENT FROM THE DADS. A SUMMER CLUB FOR BOYS TO HANG AROUND AND GET READY FOR DRIVE IN DATES WITH , GIRLS AND MORE WARS. I GUESS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, ANOTHER MEMORY NOW SHARED BY GENERATIONS OF MEN TIME AND AGAIN. STILL, THE ANIMALS TAKE TIME TO STAY AWHILE IN THE DEAD OF WINTER WHEN IT'S BELOW ZERO OR SO. ARE WINTERS GETTING COLDER OR ARE MEN GETTING OLDER? PHOTO ESSAY BY R.L. HUFFSTUTTER