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Serendipity

Walking through the narrow streets of Rhodes, Greece, I stepped around a corner into this scene and took this photo before I could really absorb the significance of the details, and there are many...

 

The expression of the old man gazing at the young woman, his cane, the goggles around the woman's neck indicating that she likely drove to the market on a scooter, the grocery bag in her hand, the flip flops on her feet, the enthusiastic dog pulling on the leash, the old arches, doors, stonework and other architectural details of the buildings, the faded colors on the walls, the birds sitting on fixtures and wires at the far end, the padlock on the door to the left, the curvilinear pattern of the street tile, the fact that door openings and thresholds are not true to a 'plumb bob' (very little is aligned) and on and on....

 

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Uploaded on June 6, 2007
Taken on June 14, 2006