Phone-Photography Contest 41. A walk between the trivial and the extraordinary.

A pleasure to greet you, this is my participation in the 41st phone photography contest...first, allow me to apologize, it has not been easy to select the photos that I bring you because I liked them all, and second, I am still a disaster at capturing the brief moments of a flash....😁... _{and in thousands of flashes I don't take a decent photo.}

Yesterday was a day of great consequences, the biggest of which was fatigue. I feel like I cooked for a SEALS battalion after a hard training, and if you don't believe me, take a look at this publication.
That's why today, with incredible energy - some that remained -, I went for a walk to do stretching exercises with my boyfriend and my Chloe, and to see that January 1, 2025, is just another ordinary day in our lives, but with the magical touch of past holidays Christmas.

Chloe loves the walk, and she immediately gets desperate for me to put her multicolored leash on her. She knows that for a while she can bark compulsively at everything that moves around her, and I love that, but other times she makes me impatient. , because they are their needs as a species fighting against the particular tantrums of their breed: Chihuahuas.

I wanted to take some photos with my cell phone while I was enjoying a quiet and relaxed walk in the afternoon, the kind that organizes thoughts and allows you to pause others.

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«The year is beginning, so please take a little calm and enjoy the scenery»
This will definitely be the year of liberation of my mind and my body: I will try to wear less makeu, less jewelry,wear soft and comfortable clothes, and my nails will stay mostly short, so that they do not bother me,nothing about my body will disturb my comfort.

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The fact is that the avenues were almost empty, people are gathered in their homes, getting over the hangover from the night before, there is no music on the corners, nor much traffic to avoid, but the children are enjoying the afternoon while playing games. They spin, run along the sidewalks, and play soccer...

I walked several blocks to enjoy the solitude of the big streets and alleys, and it felt good, all that space for us as if there were no rules to follow. The traffic signals are silenced, the cars rest in their burrows, and the Trees enjoy the absence of wind noise...perhaps it is a sign of dystopian patterns for 2025.

Suddenly, the red button turns on, a little dog with a bohemian air wanders around the area, it's super cute! But Chloe doesn't find it very funny, she has has a degree of confidence greater than its size, ¿What will my baby think?

I love the landscape, because the wind has stopped at this latitude and at this time... it is a pleasure to flash with my cell phone while others observe me intrigued... and the restless nature of things poses coquettishly for me... .I'm praying that no one sees me steal moments of their life.

We arrived at the center of my neighborhood, and it is delicious to sit in an open-air establishment for buy some red apples, although I could have sworn that the green apple was sweeter, this red one was juicy and sugary like honey...

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I am left thinking about how difficult it is to know human nature, sometimes not even time helps you to make a fair judgment of others...but I will continue to trust in kindness, and in good feelings, they must be hanging around somewhere near me.

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_{Sorry, I'm not here today to think, just enjoy my walk while the cool of the afternoon caresses my face, and the pores of my skin breathe peace.}

In the center is the main market, and around it a park where people usually play dominoes. I think I once brought photos of this place, but today I was surprised that there are more women at the table. It seems fine to me, the husbands should be taking care of the children and hustling in the kitchen, it's fair, very fair....😅

There we sat for a while to enjoy the leisure of being in a park. Have you been to a park? You don't have time? I'll just tell you that you need to do it even though life is so hectic.

Returning home I notice that people still have Christmas lights decorating their businesses, they look bright and warm, the same way you must feel at this time of year...I understand that it looks so pretty that it is difficult to return to normality where they are not included...let them leave them then! Maybe only by removing Santa Claus from the middle will we have a Year full of magical lights that brighten our lives.

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This year I am going to break some chains, especially those that do not allow me to live in a calmer way, I will be less temperamental, less perfectionist, obsessive about cleanliness, and in a hurry when I walk, however, I will be very fair with my meals, becauseI am going to take care of my container of the skin,
of the bones, and my twenty-one grams of soul.

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The views from my apartment would be spectacular if those horribles electric cables didn't exist next to my balcony.... 🥴

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Always very grateful for your reading.

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_{The text is entirely my own
All photos are my property
Using the Lightroom application, free version
Translation done with Deep Translate, free version.}

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