Three Is A Number...

Spring and autumn seem to be the best seasons for walking if we think that summer is too hot and winter much too cold. I'm trying to think which of the two seasons is more pleasant for walking...

Spring, if I think about it when I walk, I have winter on my back and summer on my front, so my front is warm but my back is still freezing. In autumn it's the other way around.

I wanted to philosophize on the subject of walking but got nowhere, or rather, I came to the conclusion that it's good to walk whenever and wherever I can still move!

With this wise conclusion, I went, for I don't know how many times, for a walk in the Circus Park, my favorite park among the small parks in Bucharest.

Why do I love walking in this park, even though it is quite far from my home, I said just yesterday..." because it reminds me of a park in London, seen in my favorite movie, Blow-up.... my favorite park, is Circus Park."

There is, however, a big difference between my park and the park in the film, the park in London. In my park there's a pond, a lovely pond, and where there's water, I like to be too!

I am reminded, when I walk, of the recommendation made by @tattoodjay... "Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss."

So I thought I'd look around me, less at the scenery and more at the people walking like me. Because it reminded me of the movie Blow-up, where it all starts with a photographer walking through the park and then following and photographing a couple who seem to be in love, I started looking for something similar...

Well, the first couple didn't seem to turn into anything spectacular and I had to keep looking... I looked up, but up nothing but trees, tree leaves.

I had kind of lost hope when something interesting appeared in the alley. A mother walking her children and pushing a strange cart. At first, I thought I was seeing double but soon I realized I was seeing... triple!

Three

A triple carriage for two children?

No, even for three! The third also appeared in the picture.

I enjoyed it. Here comes the unique part of the walk. I positioned myself so that I could photograph and not be noticed, so behind the subject.

Romania's forests are home to the most bears in Europe. I haven't seen them up close, fortunately, but I have seen a lot of footage on TV of bears with their cubs. Strangely, in most of these films, the bears had three cubs. One big bear and three very small cubs running around their mother. This image of this woman with three babies reminded me of the image of the bear with cubs.

I have one son, who is now grown and has a four-year-old daughter. A little girl with a lot of energy, which makes it difficult to go out with her to the park or playground. I can only imagine how hard it can be with several young children of the same age.

They drove past me like a caravan and I had time to see how they behaved and how they listened to the mother. To my surprise, the children, who were no more than two years old each, twins, were quite understanding and obedient. It was quite a surprise to see that!

It was another walk through Circus Park and I was not disappointed. Yet another chance made this walk different from previous ones. I'm already thinking and wondering what the next one will be like...