Yes, I can confirm the new Falls Village municipal pool is finally open. Took a few photos there yesterday. That looks like Tyler Dean who was obviously head-over-heels in love with the place.
It is indeed a lovely spot — perched high on a knoll above the transfer station. Fortunately, the station is nowhere to be seen. Canaan Mountain, however, rises rather dramatically behind the pool house. And there is a charming fountain in the shallow end.
Beautiful as it is, however, I do have a word of caution. Bring lots of sunscreen. There are no shade trees yet and the only place to get out of the sun and still see the action is the pool house foyer, which gets crowded quickly with chairs for the pale-faced.
To the right is a close up of Tyler in the air. As you can see, his eyes are closed in concentration. In super close-up, it looks like his nose is a little flattened, as if he were struggling against G-forces.
Maybe that’s what happens when you attempt such a maneuver: the combination of spinning and gravity makes you feel like you’re trying to set a speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
P.S. Update on the post below on women’s bathing suits: thanks to a reader for steering me to a recent photo of 63-year-old Dame Helen Mirren, who still looks smashing in a bikini and appears to suffer no wedgie. I wonder if the real Queen ever looked that good at any age …
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1 Doug Richardson // Jul 18, 2008 at 6:36 pm
You probably cooked that kid’s goose by publishing the photo…five will get you ten that by next week, the Safety Police will have a rule in place prohibiting a move like that.
2 Carolyn McDonough // Jul 19, 2008 at 6:11 am
I think that anything goes, or went, to celebrate the opening of the Falls Village pool. I made the prediction that it would open by July 14th and wasn’t far off!
As for the photos of Helen Mirren. What nice photos! She’s in good shape for any age! I don’t think that Queen Elizabeth is much of a swimmer. She learned how as a child, but I can’t remember ever seeing her in a bathing suit as an adult. I think she only swims in her private pools where no one could take a photo. I doubt if she’d go into the ocean like Helen did.
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