I love this picture that I took at the Cornerstone Music Festival five or so years ago. I thought I had lost it, but when I recently upgraded to iPhoto 6, the software scanned my directories and "found" about 150 recovered photos, including this one.

This picture was taken about midway through the week. These boys had spent all their money on no telling what, and were asking folks who walked by for their pocket change. I laughed at the candid message on the sign: "Will Do Nothing for Food or Money" and then in smaller print, "Don't give crackers!" Evidently someone had tried. When I walked by, they already had quite a bit of change in their cup. Honesty about their willingness to do nothing was paying off.

I asked if I could take their picture. They said I could for 50¢.

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