From Singapore with love
Quite a drastic difference a few months can make, as just there months ago the lake was still frozen with plenty of ice fisherman. Seemingly we have skipped over spring (as it's now officially summer) and jumped to the dog days. Long afternoons with humid muggy temperatures leave me wondering if I should jump into the lake.
As I was enjoying the sunset, I saw couple gazing attempting to take a selfie. Struggling mightily, I ventured over and with the camera in my hands; it was made apparent that I was able to take a photo for them. Clicking a couple frames with a little mirror-less camera was quite different for me, I then offered to take one with my camera. I smiled as I told them the bench they were sitting on freezes over in the winter months.
As they spoke very broken (but good) English, I asked them if they would be in Madison for long. Unfortunately only for two weeks as she (the girl) was in town for a conference. I told them that they should come back in the winter for a real treat, smiling I was informed that in Singapore (where they are from) is subtropical. Which means essentially they have a rainy season and a warm season but there is no *cold* season. Extending out a business card so that they could email me to get a copy of their photo, I expressed to look around on my Flickr page to get a feel for life in Madison.
It was at this moment I realized without even knowing it, I was having a perfect moment for the 100 strangers group here on Flickr. I reached into my bag to grab a pen/my notebook to write their names down (as I'd left my phone at home charging for the night). No pen was to be found and neither had a pen on them, thus hoping that I would be able to remember the names. Sadly I have not, and maybe soon enough I will receive an email upon their arrival back home. Until now, these two perfect strangers are still but strangers to me in some respect.
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From Singapore with love
Quite a drastic difference a few months can make, as just there months ago the lake was still frozen with plenty of ice fisherman. Seemingly we have skipped over spring (as it's now officially summer) and jumped to the dog days. Long afternoons with humid muggy temperatures leave me wondering if I should jump into the lake.
As I was enjoying the sunset, I saw couple gazing attempting to take a selfie. Struggling mightily, I ventured over and with the camera in my hands; it was made apparent that I was able to take a photo for them. Clicking a couple frames with a little mirror-less camera was quite different for me, I then offered to take one with my camera. I smiled as I told them the bench they were sitting on freezes over in the winter months.
As they spoke very broken (but good) English, I asked them if they would be in Madison for long. Unfortunately only for two weeks as she (the girl) was in town for a conference. I told them that they should come back in the winter for a real treat, smiling I was informed that in Singapore (where they are from) is subtropical. Which means essentially they have a rainy season and a warm season but there is no *cold* season. Extending out a business card so that they could email me to get a copy of their photo, I expressed to look around on my Flickr page to get a feel for life in Madison.
It was at this moment I realized without even knowing it, I was having a perfect moment for the 100 strangers group here on Flickr. I reached into my bag to grab a pen/my notebook to write their names down (as I'd left my phone at home charging for the night). No pen was to be found and neither had a pen on them, thus hoping that I would be able to remember the names. Sadly I have not, and maybe soon enough I will receive an email upon their arrival back home. Until now, these two perfect strangers are still but strangers to me in some respect.
093/100