I was on my #freerangeroadtrip visiting Chicago’s Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, and caught this from behind the camera this time:
I had placed my little elephant on the concrete to take a pic and this little boy made a beeline for it. His mom yelled, “Stop, that’s not yours. Don’t touch it!” I looked up and saw him. And his little dinosaurs, and his little brother, who’d all come to the plaza to play in the fountain.
“Here you go. Can my elephant meet your dinosaur? You can hold him but I need to have him back….Can I take your picture?”
The encounter didn’t last long. He handed back the elephant, reluctantly. I kept taking pics. And moved on.
So, I’m on my free-range road trip visiting lots of people and places, and taking along my micro-elephants to focus my eye on the smallest meaningful moments and metaphors. These little guys (boy, his dinosaur, and my ellie) remind me how the littlest things can connect people, if we have the courage to stop and relate.
This morning, days later, I’m wondering if I shouldn’t have been more generous and given the elephant to him. Note to self, perhaps I should carry extra elephants with me at all times.
P.S. Just noticed something. Look at the last pic and reflection…do you see the other elephant face? What is that!?
#connecting #micromoments #elephantlove #freerangeroadtrip #couragewaylife #relate #reframegame
Greetings, viewers (said in a whisper). Thanks for tuning in to our show.
Follow me and my camera crew as we enter this old log.
Do you see that mist? Legend has it that the older driftwood caves
It’s getting colder as we go deeper. Do you hear the crab’s melodic whistle?
We have to squeeze sideways through this cave to get into the next room.
Quiet now. We’re almost there.
We found one!
There you have it, folks! We have to cut to commercial now,
P.S. I marvel that today’s high tide is so calm and wonder at the metaphor.
happy water dog!
Words to the wise.
…She whispered back,”Thanks for making some sunshine today.”
Perhaps it’s only when you feel deserted by the ocean,
Soul wonders
communing with trees
awed by so many layers of life in these woods
a posterized view over Puget Sound
Emotikin World 