Joy Sweeting

This beautiful family captured my heart, out kite flying on the East End Bend. I could hardly hold my cell phone steady because the wind was so strong.

The moment had so much nostalgia. Making kites used to be as common here in The Bahamas as fishing, shooting marbles, and playing jacks.

I am told Long Island used to celebrate “Toby Days” with kites constructed of brown paper, sticks and string. Kites soared when the prevailing winds shifted in fall.

Bahamian Long Islander affectionately dubbed the month of October, “Toby,” perhaps a nautical nod to ancient times when we lived more attuned to tides and wind. Centuries ago, sailors named the winds. We lost much of that knowledge to industrialization.

But it’s April now and this young family is celebrating Easter Holidays with family time by the water. The spring winds played along today.

With @rizzi23 and crew

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