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stir [i iuuiuci ^2* , Nitons, m Tr ie Cn ^ Residents Tokm r m Thl^T?Bask v *-%nrs! s+mt #*. - -~w# Storm A BY LYNN CARLSON bsolute perfection. That's what the lucky few find who wrangle a day off work or throw household chares to the wind and enjoy the beautiful springtime beach at its moat delightful- Mid-week, that is. Pie-Memorial Day. The sky is azure, there's a gentle breeze blowing, and there's no haze on the distant horizon. You can lie in the sun without sweating and go for a swim without shivering. The strandside population on these days lacks all the middle age categories. The children *rr pre-schoolers and the grownups, mostly post-retirement. (Those few twenty- and thirtysomethings hanging around squint furtively at the camera as if they're afraid of being photographed somewhere they're not supposed to be...) The pace is siow; there's mostly just reading, sleeping, wading and sandcastle-building i ug Ou. Listen .. there's jjgi ? boom box in earshot, no Frisbee gamers. no stunt kites, and no banner planes. And look... there's not a piece of litter as far as the c yc cjn sec. A quintet ot attractive, silver haired women chats under an umbrella, now and then tossing pretzels to a formation of gulls standing at the ready. Couples far DEVtN GORE,4,cfWhiU past bikini age stroll hand in hand. Tbddlers splash in the water's edge. Babies doze under umbrellas. A kmc surfer bobs past tbe breakers, happy to be there despite the obvious absence of a swell. The children revel in newfound freedom for toes which have been confined to shoes and haven't had sand between them for much too long a time. Boys and girls ran and fling themselves in the water's edge as if overcome by the moment Their moms look comented, as tney remind themselves that these special days turn the cliche "quality time" into something real and worth savoring. It isn't time yet for the M id westerners and Northeasierners who will stream down in mini vans after school lets out to celebrate the family's annual Southern summer fling. Strike up a conversation with a suaiigcf here and you'll probably find he's eKjk's few aw uuui ?? tutvvtuv vi * mw uvua Leland? close enough by for a midweek day trip. Tbey love it in Spring, but WOu'i take uk uOiiinc in mid-summer when the mercury scarce and the traffic grows bothersome. But for now, for this 80-degrce moment on this spring day, it's ail perfection ? the sea-green sea, the sky-blue sky, the sugary sand. A thing so rare deserves to be trea sured. And is... IN PHOTO ABOVE, mftw a mmuty One of Our Finest Herons BYBILLFAVCR Often we see Green-backed Heron perched as ifes gsssd. is igy-yswia^ *? ^ 30 S*i ii& ta &s asss. Eggs a? pak Nk ? greentsh and 3 to 6 eggs are incubated fcx about 24 days by bed. &e aale aad flmlr Yoaag ? ^n- - - ... . fy . . , f, . ,1 < - - *-- - - m a I wave ioc nes Bm aoow j wee**. rrcicTTCu imring sites to be p<w<? lakes dry tocnboos like old orchards and Yon may see below than, or you may see them (lying stowty "green-back!" jnat look for a dariTcrow-sned bud ijuin; .hiring spacc SFOUSd US 3S WC Of CJ - land sky
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