Slip & Slide
by Abra

Comment by HarveyG:
Happy shot! Loved these as a kid.

cooling off
by Abra

Comment by HarveyG:
Nice composition triangle on boy, banner and baubles and colourful but not over processed.
I'd have cropped out the fly screen and only kept the engaging door.

The sculptor and her muse
by Abra

Comment by Lydia:
Fabulous!




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by Abra

Comment by tvsometime:
Three great shots - the heat must be stifling. The pool of sweat the boy is standing in says it all. (OK not sweat but still effective.)

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by Abra

Comment by Germaine:
Lovely candid! I love his expression.

Reminds me of living in Brazil and cooking a Christmas goose with the temperature at 40C! I never did get used to it.

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by Abra

Comment by Enlightened:
I love the look he is giving you. It's almost like you've asked for a bite!!!

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by Abra

Comment by MacDonald:
So many things to catch my interest - he has a puddle around his feet so he must have been in the sprinkler or playing wit the hose .. living as I do in California but coming from Canada, I will never get used to Christmas decorations and hot weather with palm trees - nor eating an ice-cream under an outside wreath .. lovely slice of life. :)

The first sunset walk for 2013
by Abra

Comment by sfalice:
Abra, I loved your city and your continent when I visited there back in the '80s.
I look forward to a year of your interpretation of your part of this "beaut" country.
:)
This is a lovely beginning.

cooling off
by Abra

Comment by nam:
I love the wreath and popsicle combination - as Dennis says, it's an unusual juxtaposition for many of us. I would also like this with the top of the door cropped off - maybe just below the lock and above the flag - to reduce the number of colors and design elements.

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by Abra

Comment by bsluijk:
A heat wave at christmas, quite different from what we typically eexperience here in Europe! I like how you lowered your POV to be at the boy's eye level. Looking at your shot, it seems pitch black inside. Would it perhaps have been possible to have a peek inside?