July 13--So the wind won't blow it all away

[zyzyly]

I spent the morning taking care of financial stuff, and the afternoon and early evening working on my proposal. I am encouraged, and will be glad when it is done and submitted. We took a walk in the evening, when it had cooled off to below 90. Still lots of people out in the park playing Pokemon. I showed Malida what it was about and took a picture of her next to a Pokemon so she could show her friends in Thailand, who don't have the game yet. I will spare you.

The only other picture I took today was of my desktop full of books and papers, but it looked messy, which it is, so I don't want to use it.

I looked back to 10 years ago and found the one below. I remember the day I took it. I was sitting in the park, under a tree. I had met someone a week before, and was debating whether to call her. I did call her. Nothing romantic came of it, but we became good friends.The Graphic Artist.

The picture is interesting because I can see how things change. An old click wheel iPod, a Motorola flip-phone. A hat that got chewed to pieces by one of my step-sister's poodles. A pair of sunglasses that I would soon lose when my kayak flipped over in the American River while I was kayaking with gracegiver and pinkroo. A water bottle that was recycled and is now something else. A call made to someone who is now gone. A leaf that blew away.

Eventually the wind blows it all away.

Comments

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I remember when someone's flip phone seemed so high tech compared to the brick-weight phone I carried.

[thoughtsbykat.livejournal.com]

That Pokemon Go is all the rage. We walked the dog last night and there was a guy across the street with his phone and we knew that is what he was doing. Sure enough when we got home there he was in the church parking lot across the street. We also saw 3 teenage girls in the same lot the other night. We had never seen them before. I like your photos, things change.

[pinkroo.livejournal.com]

we did do that, didn't we. I had forgotten! I remember the drive home, making jokes about your electronic girlfriend, but I don't remember kayaking ;)

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I mostly remember flipping over and the wild figs along the bank.

And the zombies at the parade and the stone hearts each of us bought!

[pinkroo.livejournal.com]

my heart is still on my desk ;)

I forgot the zombies, too! But I remember them now. We did a lot! We went to some art gallery, and the photo I bought is in my office.