OLD AND NEGLECTED

 Many urban neighborhoods here used to look much nicer.  Landscaping was better maintained, playground equipment was better taken care of...

These old,  neglected stairs led from a play area to yet another, which has now disappeared behind the bushes.

LITTLE GIRL WITH RED BALLOON

 This little girl, her parents, and her friends celebrated her birthday at a restaurant on a pedestrian street downtown. I think she is dressed like Elsa in Frozen.  She abandoned her friends for quite a while and played with her heart balloon.

STINK-EYE

 This is a very cropped photo from far away and honestly, I don't think this lady was looking directly at me. Both of these women were watching passers-by, especially young female students who were heading toward the university.  Most like many young girls nowadays were not sporting attire that these ladies would approve of....hence the  disapproving stink-eye.

SIX-PACK

 I see this lady very often in the park. She has six dogs. Four you can see here (the litttle fellow to the right isn't hers) and the other two are hidden in front of her.

She must have a good heart. They are/were all street dogs.

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY---the chair and the glass

Just what the caption says. At a cafe where I enjoyed a beer with a friend.

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THE WEEKEND IN BLACK AND WHITE

 An early morning conversation before the heat of the day.

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SKYWATCH--THE SPORTS ARENA

 A view from my son's terrace of the sports arena nearby. 

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DID YOU SEE ME?

 Last day of pup-sitting and soon will be able to roam the downtown city streets again.  Another early-evening shot from my son's terrace.  He's on the 7th floor and I used my 250mm lens, furtively, I thought, until I enlarged the photo.

BOKEH

 Still here dog-sitting and a bit photo-compromised, since haven't really been out with my camera.

But I have been  on my son's terrace where his wife has planters of geraniums.

Fiddling with bokeh effect with Nikon 16-55mm lens on my Z50.

MONDAY MURALS--BEGINNER MURAL!

 This pales in comparison to most murals, but I liked it because it seems like it's by a mural artist in-training. ;)

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DAPPER

 It was hot the other evening and I treated myself to an ice cream....  At the table next to me was this elderly gentleman. His shirt first attracted me to take a furtive phone shot. When I enlarged it at home, I see that he was a very meticulous person:  toenails and fingernails neatly trimmed, a 'surgeon's hands,' leather pouch, comfty sandals, looks like some meds or vitamins, and a black leather wallet.

Who's he texting to?