Endless Summer: Dreaming of long days at the beach – © 2012 Karina Chapman
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” – Marcel Proust
As always, the Friday Edition combines a quote with a favorite photo. I tailor these to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme, which this week is “Dreaming”.
This one is perhaps a bit of a stretch, but today’s theme, “Dreaming”, made me think of the song “California Dreaming”, a 1965 song that my oldest brother loves. From there, I immediately flashed to one of his favorite movie posters, for the film “Endless Summer”, which came out the next year, in 1966.
The song and the movie are, for some reason, interwoven in my mind as a single entity…even though their only common bond is my brother.
The truly odd part is that, the other day when we were at the beach, I watched my daughters hoist their boogie boards into the air, and start running for the waves. I ran over and snapped this picture, because it reminded me of that movie poster. And I swear to you, after I took the picture, I started singing “California Dreaming”.
So the theme–Dreaming–made me think of the song, then the movie, then the iconic poster (below). And from there I thought of this picture.
I know, I know–it’s a stretch. But that’s the way my brain is working today!
Aloha!
Endless Summer movie poster
Bwahahaha, it is like the tenth degree. Still, it made you share that outstanding photo.
Posted by rommel | July 14, 2012, 3:02 amThanks!
Posted by AlohaKarina | July 14, 2012, 8:11 amI love the look on the little ones face!
Posted by Jeff Sinon | July 14, 2012, 8:31 amThanks! Yes, she LOVES the water–any water!
Posted by AlohaKarina | July 17, 2012, 11:53 amI’ll bet it doesn’t matter how cold it is either
Mine is the same way.
Posted by Jeff Sinon | July 17, 2012, 6:33 pmExactly. If there’s water, she’s in it.
Posted by AlohaKarina | July 17, 2012, 11:34 pmSuch joy!
Posted by The Retiring Sort | July 14, 2012, 8:20 pmExactly!
Posted by AlohaKarina | July 17, 2012, 11:53 amWonderful shot! I haven’t seen the movie, but I know the song well!
Posted by reb | July 15, 2012, 8:44 pmThanks!
I love that song. The next day after posting it, I was walking into the restaurant at our hotel (I was at Cornell University for workshops), and the song started playing. Gave me the goosebumps!
Posted by AlohaKarina | July 17, 2012, 10:25 amOh I just saw that poster at a craft table and remembered that whole era. Very cool.
Great shot.
Posted by rutheh | July 17, 2012, 12:31 amThanks! My brother has the poster framed in his house. I remember he had it when I was a kid in Hawaii…so it’s been in my head all these years.
Posted by AlohaKarina | July 17, 2012, 10:24 am