Up A Tree

I came across these three children playing in a tree in the park near my house, and this shot wins out over my ritual half rack of BBQ'd ribs that I try to eat there every Thursday afternoon in summer, when the farmers come.

The scene brings up a memory. When I was about four, my family had a crab apple tree in the front yard. One day I was climbing through its branches as was my habit and I fell down, breaking my nose against the tree's root. My Mom fussed over me and made my favorite foods, I had two black eyes for a while, and after I got all better I resumed the tree-climbing as before.

I'm glad to see that some kids still climb trees without hemets and safety nets!