Stories Collected While Living in France

French la Vie

Splashing into Summer

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Swimming, in my brother's pool.

Marie and Molly.

 

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Guy cousins,

(Mat's son, Sam, W. my brother's Zane son and Sacha.)

 

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Admiration.

 

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Jumping high, and laughing, "More, more, higher, higher…"

Big cousin with little cousin.

 

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Playing mermaid.

 

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Again and again, over and over… where do they get the energy? No, why do they have no fear?

 

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Taking turns, jumping off the board. Age four to Nineteen, but that doesn't matter when you are cousins.

 

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Artistic freeform?

 

 

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Headshot, during a flip and a half jump.

 

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Canon ball.

 

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A different view of the flip.

 

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The big splash.

 

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Happy is cooling off after a hot day.

 

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Wishing summer would never never end, and that I would not have to leave.

Comments

23 responses to “Splashing into Summer”

  1. Aina

    It looks so much fun !! Wish I was a kid again. Wait, I still am 😉
    Happy Saturday Corey.
    Aina

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  2. Sam

    You have such beautiful and happy children in your family, and young men as well. The days may end, but your memories don’t have to, take them with you. A slice of sunny Cali in France.

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  3. Karen@PasGrand-Chose

    Sacha is the master of high jumps! And with those daredevil stunts, he is surely his father’s son 🙂
    These scenes look so happy, and they remind me of carefree outdoor summer living in South Africa where I raised my kids, so different to Europe! You’ve given your kids a great gift of the experience of two very different life-styles and cultures – it looks like Sacha has had a whale of a time this past year!

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  4. jackie

    Sam looks just like his dad. The jumps are terrifing! I would have an ambulance on standby when those boys get together!

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  5. Paulita

    What memories, what family ties. Admiring the way you all love and enjoy each other

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  6. Mardog

    I have so many grat memories of swimming in that pool on hot, hot days with Franca Bollo. Loved being there.

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  7. Shelley@thiswhiteshed.blogspot.com

    Free to be…and photographed beautifully!!!

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  8. Kathie B

    Did you go in the pool to cool off, too, Corey? Or was it strictly the under-21 crowd?
    Back at BHS one of our graduation requirements was to be able to jump into a pool — being a huge HS with 3000+ students in 3 years, we had separate boys’ & girls’ pools, both competition length, used for PE as well as sports — tread water for 30 seconds, then swim the length and back using the Australian Crawl stroke (nowadays called freestyle). I was, and still am, sufficiently acrophobic (afraid of heights) that having to jump into the pool was the hardest part for me.
    I don’t know if anyone was ever actuallly denied a diploma for failure to pass the swim test, but students who didn’t pass the first semester (I barely did) were doomed to repeat beginning swimming in PE for as many semesters as it took. The thought of those standard-issue itchy green wool(!) tank-suits still makes me shudder. In fact, now that I think about it (scratch, scratch…)

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  9. Sam

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDOEsQL7lA

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  10. Marie

    Best pool party ever!!! 😀

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  11. Marilyn

    Those are the days that they will remember fondly all their lives. I have memories much like that with cousins in the pool. Great photos and what fun!

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  12. Franca Bollo

    Thanks, Mar. It means a lot to see family continuing to swim in that pool. I think I’ll lie down and have a cry, now.

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  13. Franca Bollo

    Jackie … both my sister and I chipped teeth on that diving board so actually a dentist on standby would be more useful.

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  14. Beverly

    I love this! I don’t want summer to end either…back to school (but I love school!) and off to a far-away college for my oldest.
    I love summer!

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  15. Sharon Penney-Morrison

    carefree and happy. That is captured in these pictures.
    Thanks, Corey.

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  16. Theresa

    Carefree summer days. What happened to just floating around? The kids make nervous when they start doing tricks. I have to leave the watching to my dear husband.

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  17. patty g

    Whew! I can just imagine FH springing off of that board in his wings and flying machine!
    Ornithopter!!! We are fascinated….

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  18. amylia

    These photographs are priceless!

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  19. Brenda,Walker, LA, USA

    As usual you have captured the essence of your Happy Moments, I enjoyed seeing the cousins!
    http://blog.kindredheartsantiques.com/?p=27
    Bless you, stretch the time you have there!

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  20. Amy Kortuem

    Some of my best memories are of having fun with my cousins. Priceless moments. Glad you’re having a wonderful time!

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  21. Kiki

    some prizeless shots, Corey. Love particularly the b&w and the sepia tones ones….
    such wonderful memories in times to come; and such splendid moments while they last.
    enjoy it, even though you miss your FH!

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  22. Gracie

    Beautiful photos capturing the joy of the moment! I’m sure they had a great time playing all together…

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  23. chals

    That’s a professional flip!!!

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