Still in Geneva whilst enjoying coffee in the Old Town on the Place du Bourg, I was people watching. The youngsters coming home from school flung their school bags in the dust and clambered on to this pretty 18th century flowered fountain to quench their thirst. This young lad spotted me and my camera 🙂
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Earth laughs in flowers 
boys and fountains indeed! No surreptitious photos this time eh?
If you click on the link you’ll see more of this fountain. The little lad in the header was running around it in fits of giggles, being chased by his papa 🙂
Love the way he’s looking at you. 😀 Great shot for the challenge.
Yes, he was quite curious about me and my camera 🙂
We all are. 😆
He looks a little cheeky, like he was about to do something he knew he shouldn’t. I wonder if he wanted to go paddling.
I had that impression too. I think he was just going to have a drink, but he clocked me with the camera and was waiting to see what I would do 🙂
Little does he know that people all over the world are smiling at him now!
So true! He’ll be quite a young man now.
You were fast on the draw Jude. I love his bright shirt and inquisitive look against the fountain.
If you read the link post (people watching) you’ll find more pictures of the fountain and a bit more of a description.
Do you find children in this day of the selfie are very aware of being a subject?
I think he was just curious, but I suppose youngsters today are photographed more than we were and put out there in the public domain by themselves or their parents. I usually try to avoid people in my photographs!
Probably wise given recent concerns about motives for taking photos of children
Quite.
That is a very beautiful fountain.
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