Thursday, May 24, 2007

Mission Beach



I want to show you Mission Beach.

We have a great bay side (not the ocean surf) where you can rent all kinds of water toys on smooth, calm water.

Early this morning I watched some guys set up their business - they carefully set the skis out on the lawn, fired up their boats and in this photo a young girl took a face plant trying to get up the first time.





Then I met Mouse. He saw me taking photos of his unattended cart, walked over from his 'island' in the middle of a busy intersection where he was asking for money and asked me if I thought it was "classy".

Actually all his items were very neatly folded. His cardboard sign said he had heart problems - he told me he has 7 stents in his heart. He added that his grandmother named him Mouse years ago because he used to steal cheese snacks from her house.

As he proudly posed, he told me years ago he was an artist and took photos of the homeless in the early morning hours, still asleep on the old wooden loading docks where vegetables use to be unloaded from trucks

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