Every morning I go for a fifteen minute walk. Even though there is some sort of a jogger's park nearby, I stick to taking the long and winding road. (Which winds back to square one and does not lead to anyone's door.) I tried walking in the park a few times, but the sight of so many people out for their morning exercise was overwhelming. Plus I like straight roads better than having to go around a circular track over and over again.
I see the same people everyday during my walk, and now I feel like I almost know them. There is uncle in the white t shirt and shorts, who walks with his son. Boy is usually dressed in blue and insists on pushing his red tricycle with great care. I suspect he's got an imaginary friend. They seem a happy pair, father and son. Once they got mom along and there was a whole new dimension to the picture.
Another companion is the great dane who confidently strides down the road like he owns it. His owner, a small man about the same size looks meek, positively scared and at heel.
Bespectacled aunty holds two big bulldogs on either side that look only half as intimidating as she does.
Short man jogs in the opposite direction, looking remarkably fit.
Old uncle gently ambles along with his Dalmation, whose head perpetually is in the nodding state, quite an agreeable dog. Dog peers at passers by, nodding and stepping towards them till uncle gently and absently pulls him away.
Strangers to each other, yet the mornings of our lives overlap.
I see the same people everyday during my walk, and now I feel like I almost know them. There is uncle in the white t shirt and shorts, who walks with his son. Boy is usually dressed in blue and insists on pushing his red tricycle with great care. I suspect he's got an imaginary friend. They seem a happy pair, father and son. Once they got mom along and there was a whole new dimension to the picture.
Another companion is the great dane who confidently strides down the road like he owns it. His owner, a small man about the same size looks meek, positively scared and at heel.
Bespectacled aunty holds two big bulldogs on either side that look only half as intimidating as she does.
Short man jogs in the opposite direction, looking remarkably fit.
Old uncle gently ambles along with his Dalmation, whose head perpetually is in the nodding state, quite an agreeable dog. Dog peers at passers by, nodding and stepping towards them till uncle gently and absently pulls him away.
Strangers to each other, yet the mornings of our lives overlap.
2 comments:
"agreeable dog!" haha!!
and u were sad u left chennai! i like this one. surely an imaginary friend! no doubt!
:)
I love that part too. Sometimes I marvel at the consistency of the routine of their lives and how some people never change.
Aside : do you know what happened to Tangled Up in Blue? That blog isnt there anymore?
Post a Comment