'Tender Kiss of Spring'

Spring had sprung, the annual spring mating dance began in Kyiv's

most central park-like street, and this is one result -- a PDA (Public

Display of Affection) -- a very common affair in Ukraine's capitol city

in Spring. If you rate harshly, very critically, or wish to make a

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photography. Thanks! Enjoy! john

A very tender moment and well captured ...

Thank you for the compliment.

I envy him more than a little . . . . ;~))

I think that this is an extremely 'tactile' photo; something sometimes hard to depict, as opposed to depicting touchable things that would be 'tactile'.  Here we can 'see' the 'tactile' nature of their mutual touch, can't we?

Thanks again; you're welcome to return anytime.

john

John (Crosley)

"Here's to the girl who steals a kiss and stays to steal another. Here's to the girl who steals a kiss and stays to steal another. She's a boon to all mankind. She's a boon to all mankind. She's a boon to all mankind......For she'll soon be a mother." Kingston Trio circa 1966

Although I don't think she's 'stealing', I agree with you and the Kingston Trio 100%.

The reason for all the springtime kissing is for the young girls to snag a husband at an early age and thus become mothers at an early age, to please their own mothers and satisfy their mothers' pleas 'Where's my grandchild?' which words many Ukrainian mothers utter instinctively and incessantly.

It's quite a different culture than America in that regard.  (But not all grandmas to be are that way -- some are quite opposite -- but I've heard the story far too many times for it NOT to be true in general however stereotypical it may be.)

Thanks Meir for posting that very relevant bit of musical doggerel.

john

John (Crosley)