Friday, March 27, 2009

Welcome Home

After 3 days of withdrawal symptoms, I returned to the beach, my natural habitat, yesterday. It seems to have survived without my daily presence. Perhaps Beach patrol Monitor is only a part time job.


Another quiet late afternoon on beach; 16th ave, IRB. A group from Ontario are enjoying a no doubt well deserved vacation. Numerous photos are being taken. As I pack my beach paraphnalia to head home, I offer my photographic services - perhaps they would like a group portrait.

My offer is well received. After some brief instruction on use of the camera, I focus on the shot.

I thought I was descreet when I suggest one of the ladies should move to the back. Perhaps I shouldn't have referred to her as "the chubby one."


I was once again told to (bug) off. I would have been insulted, except they said it with that adorable Canadian accent. It sounded more like an invitation than a curse.




Ah, the gracious neighbors to our north. I love them all. Even the chubby ones, eh?

1 comment:

  1. Pop; maybe you could try to not use words like "chubby, dumpy, old, heavy set" when describing visitors to your beach. I know you want to keep the beach free from riff raff but your job is to monitor the beach NOT make people mad at you.

    Love, Mema

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