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A Summer Day of Goats, Beaches, and Balloons

·San Francisco, California·#beach#summer#bay area#family#kids
A smiling person holds a smiling child wearing a white knit hat and sweater, outdoors.

This was one of those packed summer days from late July in 2008, just bouncing between different spots around home. The day started with some outdoor time on the grass, playing with a big orange balloon and other toys in the bright sun. We also made a stop at a place with animals, and I remember the kids feeding goats carefully out of little paper cups.

From there, we must have headed to the beach. It was warm and sunny enough for swimsuits and sun hats. The water was shallow and calm enough for wading with a watering can, and there was plenty of sand for buckets and shovels. I found this shot of her sitting in the sand with her little plastic toys, which feels like a very specific memory of that age.

The day ended with a group of us somewhere with tall trees. The sun was going down, backlighting everyone in this final silhouette. It felt like a full, varied day, all within a short drive from home.

A close-up of a young child with light brown curly hair and brown eyes, smiling with teeth showing, with sunlight on their hair.A smiling child with light brown hair points directly at the viewer, wearing a colorful striped shirt.A child in a floral swimsuit pours water from a blue toy watering can into clear blue-green water.A smiling child looks up from a red toy, with green grass and another toy in the background.Two children on green turf, one reaching for a large orange balloon and the other smiling, with a blue balloon nearby.A person and a child feed two goats from a small cup in a fenced enclosure.A child wearing a pink and yellow hat and a swimsuit sits on a sandy beach with various colorful toys.A silhouetted woman holds a child, with bright light, tall trees, and other people in the background.

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