
I still see it around town from time to time (though not, if memory serves, as often as I used to), an old lady shuffling down the sidewalk on a hot day with her own little patch of shade.*
* I saw it often, as a young boy, in Kenya, where the perpendicular equatorial rays are even harsher than our own subtropical luminescence.
The Aussies use their "brollies" a lot for this, also!
ReplyDeleteThe French call such umbrellas "parasols". Para = against, sol = sun. Some have ruffles.
ReplyDeleteI think 'umbre' means 'shade'
ReplyDeleteThat looks a lot more pleasant than sunscreen. I might adopt it as my summer fashion. What color umbrella should I buy?
ReplyDeleteSomething mothy.
ReplyDeleteI wear hats, I carry umbrellas. I'm always desperate to stay out of the sun during the summer. I just find it so uncomfortable!
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