Star Wars...

My children grew up with the original Star Wars movies. We had little plastic creatures all over the house. These imaginative toys gave my son, in particular, many hours of pleasure as he reenacted movie scenes.

One of the characters I remember fondly was the Jawa. Jawas were little brown hooded figures with beady eyes. I don't remember whether they were good guys or bad guys, just that they were really cute.

Recently, when we were on vacation, I was on the balcony of our condo and I looked over at the pool - there were two Jawas!

I added the eyes so you could see what my imagination saw...

Actually, they were new umbrellas that had not been opened to provide poolside shade yet that morning... It was such a fun surprise!

I love it when I see something like this - an actual 'thing' that takes on a suggested something else. It's a little like lying on your back and watching the clouds become different shapes. We know they are actually clouds, but we see other things there - usually for just a moment.

And, yeah, later in the day the umbrellas were opened...the magic disappeared.