Summer is the season of indulgence. The moon is lazy to rise and the sun generous with its last light. Grannies take midweek vacations and suggest going out for dinner when it's too hot to stand in front of the stove. Mothers pretend to look the other way when candy is offered to children who are already awake passed their bedtime. Even the statues on the sleepy streets of Sidney are content to offer up their laps to the boys of summer.
And the walk that should take a tired family home instead leads them to the ocean's edge, where the sea and the sky are the same breathtaking blue. It's the same shade as these boys' eyes, if ever you get a glance. One of these boys will take a dip in the Pacific, because in summer you can be spontaneous like that. You can catch everyone off guard.
