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A couple of temporary bus stops are situated on Hucknall Road due to roadworks. Here is 461 having just dropped me at the outbound one on 13.12.21
This is my favorite story from my 2007 trip to China.
I traveled by rail on a Soft Sleeper train from Shanghai to Beijing and went back the same way. A soft sleeper has 4 berths per compartment and departs in the evening for the 12 hour run between cities. One never knows who one might share a compartment with. I arrived first and waited to see who my compartment mates would be. I was joined by a girl and guy, probably in their late 20s. The girl's name was Michelle and her boyfriend, who was staying in another compartment, was keeping her company until it was time to sleep.
We were soon joined by the Old Couple, who would be occupying the top bunks. We all shared our snacks and drank tea, chatting away through Michelle, who acted as our interpreter. I liked the way she referred to the old couple as the Old Couple. It was very respectful. She would ask me questions like, "The Old Couple wants to know why you're traveling by train."
"The Old Couple wants to know what cities you've visited in China."
"The Old Man asks what you thought of Beijing."
Thanks to Michelle, who kept us laughing with her impression of Australian English, we all had a fun time. About 2130, the Old Couple reached into their overnight bags for their toothbrushes and headed down to the washroom compartment to clean up for bed.
Michelle's boyfriend said goodnight and went off to his own compartment on a different car. Michelle and I chatted until the Old Couple returned. They were so cute together. The Old Man helped the Old Woman climb up into her berth and then he climbed up into his. Once up there, they both reached into their respective suitcases and pulled out Playstations Portables (PSPs) and their headphones. Soon all I heard was the tapping of the controls as the Old Couple became engrossed in their videogames.
I was so amazed I had to laugh. Michelle asked me what I was laughing at. I told her I didn't expect the Old Couple to be into videogames. She replied, America is a modern country. Surely you've seen people with PSPs before. I said yes, but they were usually in the hands of 15 year-old boys. Michelle relayed my surprise to the Old Couple, who found it funny that I found it funny.
I grabbed my toothbrush and went down to the washroom to brush my teeth. When I returned, the Old Couple were still going at it with their videogames. Michelle informed me, "the Old Couple are saving their money. Next month, they hope to buy a Nintendo Wii."
My guess would be that this is a portrait of a newlywed couple.
Arthur G. Westlake was active as a photographer in Woodstock during the years 1890-1893 according to The Ontario Photographers List (1851-1900) by Glen C. Phillips.
A couple of Caterpillar products head north on a Canadian National freight train in Mattoon, Illinois.
I was just going for a quick walk to the bodega but was glad I brought my camera with me. This cute couple was standing in the driveway across the street from my house and I said "smile" and snapped their picture as I walked by. On the walk back home I passed the boyfriend on the street so l got his email addy to send him the photo. The kid's name is John and apparently his girlfriend lives a few blocks away but he isn't allowed to walk her all the way home. Aaaaaw!
Normally Frankie (on the left) does not like getting photos taken. I managed to snap this one of him and Alison (my mother in law) when he was not looking. Both of them really like the shot and so do I! I wish I had been able to capture them straight on but they were looking into Gemma's camera when I was taking this.
Normally I don't like the HDR effect. here it makes the scene more "gritty". I think it works.
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