A little boy wearing a blue jump suit stands on the pavement outside his house holding the handlebars of a favourite matching blue coloured tricycle He looks upwards towards the viewer slightly bemused about having his picture taken by his father who looks down from a standing position Meanwhile the boys sister towers above him dressed in a bright red coat and clean white gloves and short white socks Alongside her is a friend also wearing gloves and a kneelength skirt but we see only their lower bodies and not their faces so they are unrecognisable an older sibling and a girl friend It is the summer of and while the red is vibrant the blues and greens are more muted in this Kodachrome film which has a wonderful magenta colour cast in the midtones reminiscent of the classic days of early photography when shifts in color gave a faded look