TEA STAND WALLA
I took this photo on Taj Mahal road in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Taj Mahal road tea seller
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GROUNDHOG DAY
We don’t have Punxsutawney Phil but we do have butterflies. Looking at the calendar we have 13 more days of Winter in Bangladesh. This butterfly was photographed in Sri Mongol in June. Since this day is about shadows I thought this shadow would be great to feature.
Groundhog Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 2nd in the United States and Canada on which if a groundhog emerges from its burrow and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If on the other hand, it is sunny and the groundhog sees its shadow, the groundhog will supposedly retreat into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.
Can this butterfly see its shadow?
YOUNG LADS
I had a nice walk this morning to Farmgate with my XTI in hand. I was asked to stop at a tea stand for a cup of tea and conversation. With some help I located a restroom in a bus company administrative building. Upon exiting I found a fellow who wanted to discuss politics, so we chatted as I resumed my walk. We parted ways near farmgate and I looked for photo-ops before returning home. Todays’ photo is of two lads who wanted their photo taken. Alice and I did some shopping at Gausia market near New Market and had lunch at “Midnight Sun” a great Chinese/Thai restaurant. Alice had a delightful mixed salad and I had some sweet and sour fish.
Eager to have their photo taken!
YAWN
I was up at 4 AM on the 31st. Had a power outage just as I was going to post this, so I decided to hit the sack and post it this morning.
Rickshaw walla caught during a big yawn.
LAD
This young lad wanted me to stop and take his photo, so I did! Not a great hardship. I love all the portraits available in this great city of Dhaka, Bangladesh! Oops, I think I forgot to downsize it!
It was interesting to watch these fellows take up this net and get it on to their boat. Sorry, this photo is more than a year old.
I had a fun evening with the grandsons! Pruitt and I did quite a few origami projects.
Let's see what's in the net!
FISHERMAN OR FISHERMEN #4
Fisherman moving down the river near the Sonderbans!
Fisherman on a boat we were passing!
GRANDPA/GRANDSON TIME
Sitting in a traffic jam yesterday I realized that we are not far away from some hot days! I had a fun time yesterday. I stopped and picked up Riley, my 5-yr old grandson on the way to the soccer match. Galib’s (football player) mother gave me a copy of a book of poems she had printed and will be put on sale at the large Book fair coming up next month. It will be good practice for practicing my Bangla reading. As soon as Galib came home we went to the game (20 min by CNG after 15 minutes trying to locate one!). We arrived late! 😦 Only one of the four of us were players, but I found out that we had actually started the game one player short! It was the second half and our team was tied 1-1. Before long it was 3-1 and we had lost. Riley enjoyed the time, writing on the sidewalk with a piece of a red brick! He did take a few photos as well of the second game. Of course, on the way home he was excited because we bought some cotton candy off of a vendor who was meandering through the stopped traffic.!!
Here is Riley drawing on sidewalk with a piece of a brick oblivious to the soccer game.
Fisherman # 4 is going to have to wait!! I had to post this great shot of Rishan Asif, one of Remian Raider’s strikers.
Here is Asif still in the air after a great head-shot!
Fisherman #3
This bird was in the Sonderbans in Southern Bangladesh.
HAPPY 57TH BIRTHDAY to Warren, my brother!
Warren with his dog!
Warren, my brother, with my son Austin.
I couldn’t resist adding this photo! The team I am coaching won their first game of a new tournament this afternoon. The final score was 1-0, with the winning goal on a penalty shot!! I shot some photos for the first time in the raw format. I haven’t messed with them to see if I can enhance some of the shots with poor lighting, etc.
A head shot moves he ball back.
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