Saturday September 8/12 update
Had a bad sleep last night plus I left the door open so the
boys joined me about 3am.
I was away by 7:30 to walk to Paul Wolf’s place north of the
Hospital Del Rio to arrive by 8 pm. He
was ready so we backtracked to follow a creek down to the Tomebamba. The sun was very bright for the most part
which can make photography a lot trickier than a nice overcast day with few
shadows. We followed the Tomebamba
until it merged with another of the 4 rivers at the east end of the city. Along the way we happened across a pair of
bovines and 3 very sick horses.
Paul is a meticulous and knowledgeable photographer and I
learn a lot from him. We each have our
interpretation of what we enjoy in a shot which is very good for diversity. He mentioned that he met another photographer
by the name of Mike Hamilton last week and he was most impressed with his work
and would love to work with him.
We walked and walked until noon and we were both pretty
pooped. He decided to walk back along
the Tomebamba pathways while I opted to slip north to Gonzalez Suarez and catch
the #3 home to Monay. My legs were like
rubber already.
As I was coming out of that park a blond lady I had never
met was entering and we said Hello.
Then she said “Oh, you are out taking pictures. You aren’t Bella’s husband by any chance are
you??” The look on my face must have
been priceless! I finally managed to
stammer that yes, I was in fact married to Bella. This clairvoyant lady turns out to be Lulie,
whom Bella had mentioned many times, probably from weaving? Anyway, once my shock subsided we had a brief
chat before I staggered up the hill to catch the bus.
I caught the bus to Monay and then ambled down the hill,
stopping next door for lunch and juice again. I was wrong on the price. They are only charging me $1.25 without the
soup! Such a deal.
Then it was a wonderful nap time before I re-showered prior
to heading to Joe’s Secret
Garden .
I arrived at Joe’s before 5pm, ahead of all the guests and
proceeded to take some ambience shots.
The menu was Chinese food and 28 folks signed up but 2 cancelled at the
last moment. I got shots of about half
the guests before I had to leave.
While waiting for my taxi I saw Barry & Maxine Wilder
(from Calgary )
passing by so we had a chat. They wave
Hi to everyone (see photo).
I had to attend a gathering at Miriam and Fernando’s place
downtown for a lovely potluck supper and some decadent desserts. There were about 7 couples, many of whom I
knew. I was introduced to this new
couple, guess who??? …Mike & Cody Hamilton, so we had a good chat about
photography, and myself and Paul will hopefully join Mike on an outing
soon. They are a super nice couple, as
was everyone at this get-together. I had
been requested by Fernando and Miriam to be a dance partner for a single lady
friend of theirs so I had arrived with Bella’s blessing. The single lady turned out to be Linda, a
former bridge partner of Bella’s. After
the buffet they put on the music for a Motown theme which suited this evening
just fine as it was 90% rock & roll.
I sure missed Bella for an
evening such as this. Hopefully these
next 2 months will fly by quickly like the first month has gone.
That capped off a very long and busy day so that I had
trouble climbing the stairs to my lair.
I managed to get the morning photos processed before hitting the sack
and I was out like a light for 6 hours.
That was today’s excitement. Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com. Hugs to all.
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