Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash...
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I met Sam on Thanksgiving Day on the observation deck in the Bog at Silver Lake Park. He's an old, weathered guy, probably in his Eighties. As I listened, he reminisced of a long-ago childhood, when he spent his days playing with his buddies in this wilderness, long before it had an observation deck or a boardwalk through the muck.
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He taught me something: If I cake a thick layer of mud all over my body, the mosquitoes will leave me alone!
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Shot Raw, manual settings: F10, ISO:125, 1/60s, 50mm.
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((--DD entry--))
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Uploaded on November 28, 2009