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Each week, beginning RIGHT NOW, 9pm Saturday night Israel time, 2pm EST, we'll all be sharing our quintessential summertime photos. So what says summer to you? Is it the pool? The beach? A backyard barbecue? A comfy old pair of flip-flops? Whatever summertime looks like in your corner of the world this is the place to come share it - put up your post and then come add your link to Mr. Linky. Visiting other participants is encouraged, after all, sharing is what blogging is all about.
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Don't worry about whether your photos are museum-quality or not - Summer Stock isn't about perfection or the pursuit of Serious Art. It's about summer - about kicking back and having fun, in whatever form that takes for you.
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To show you that I'm serious I'll get the ball rolling with these - none of them are great photos in the technical sense of the word but they all show the true joy of summertime as well as an Israeli right of passage - the end of the year kindergarten class trip. Maya's class went yesterday to Shvil Hatapuzim, a (not so) nearby water/activity park geared at younger kids and had a blast. .
There was a pool to splash in, a water slide to come down, two HUGE water towers set up for the largest water fight you can imagine, cars to drive, boats to paddle, and so much more.
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Here's Maya and a friend soaking a classmate's father - who very much deserved it after he doused everyone within a three-mile radius, no mercy for grownups or camera equipment (yikes, you'd better believe I jumped back pretty quickly).
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There was a mini rollercoaster track to ride over and over and over again
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And electric cars to race your best friend
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And of course there was ice cream to eat and games to play and a whole lot of fooling around. .
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Ahh, summer. There's really nothing better, is there? So, how is your summer shaping up?
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Central Israel, Spring 2010 (click to enlarge)
