This morning I was back in the Plaza. Mostly I was shooting the facades of some of the businesses but I did take this shot of the fountain and the Catholic Church. It was cool and breezy today. Older folks were sitting out on the many benches in the square under the cooling shade trees. Some of the men were playing dominoes... as always, with vigor.
The atmosphere was most pleasant. Then, I met a fellow who had come here, as he does every year, to visit his mother. The mother, 92 years old, lives by the ocean and this gentleman and his wife come down each winter to visit her. The man was born in NYC and lives in Long Island. He and his brother take turns looking after their mother. He said that perhaps in the future he he will move back here but, when here, he misses the fast pace of the NYC metro area...
It was one of those casual and natural conversations that frequently come up here. Actually not the kind of conversation that two strangers in NYC would likely ever have... but here, well... its comfortable.
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