Promenade

School’s out

Sydney July 2013 (5 photos)

prom·e·nade (noun)
1. a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
2. an area used for such walking.
3. a formal dance.

Doctors recommend regular exercise, including walking, for a healthy lifestyle. So I often like to take the camera along as well, just in case. On this particular day, I was walking along the promenade (esplanade) of a beach on a winter’s mid-late afternoon. There seemed to be quite a variety of people around, which was good for me.

I saw this man walking his dog, and decided I would try to catch up to him. You can see the dog on the extreme left of the above photo. Along the way I came across a group of kids after school. You can see 2 women in the background. 6 seconds later…

Promenade

Almost out of reflex, I took a photo of the 2 women out for a walk. See the dog on the left again? There’s now a man in a suit behind the 2 women. 9 seconds later…

Overdressed

I guess there must have been a function at the clubhouse. After all, a suit is not typical attire for the beach. 41 seconds later…

Walking the dog

Finally I caught up to this man and his dog from the earlier photos. Strangely, he hardly ever moved his right arm the entire time I saw him walking his dog. In the background, there’s a family on the beach to the right of the man. 29 seconds later…

Afternoon at the beach

Finally, I stopped, changed my focus point and took this one. A walk and some photography; a fruitful afternoon. I was listening to a song on my iPod, I seem to recall it might have been Meatloaf:

prom·e·nade (noun)
1. a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
2. an area used for such walking.
3. a formal dance.

… 2 out 3 ain’t bad. 🙂