Early Learning

They were like many couples I’ve seen in Barcelona, taking a stroll with their beloved pets and enjoying the late afternoon sun at la plaça de Sol.

Ah! Young love, yootht (as a person from Brooklyn might say for “youth”) and toned skin. Remember?

And like many who saunter they looked for a place to sit, relax and soak up the sun with their 2 yellow furred dogs whose coats gleamed in the interment light.

A beautiful, big bench, unclaimed was where they sat.

But they hardly looked or talked with one another.

She yawned and he looked away most of the time.

la plaça del Sol
Barcelona, 2006

Odd. Even the dogs sniffed their separate ways.

I thought how sad a picture this was.

These 2 beautiful people maybe had learned early how not to communicate far sooner than those who have been together a long time.

Now, if so and aware, had they remedied the situation?

Or, maybe, they were 2 young souls who have learned to be comfortable with one another.

Just my guess.

Enjoy!!

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