Taken on October 24, 2011

Blessings on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!
With thy turned-up pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes; …

—John Greenleaf Whittier


10.24.2023: This simple photo garnered lots of attention on Flickr, until I removed the word “boy” from the title. It’s a depraved world.