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Head in the Clouds

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Head in the clouds. A man with a bun is sitting on a high stool with his back to us, facing a window. He is in a cafe but appears to be in the clouds from the scene outside the window.
Head in the clouds – Ellie Kennard 2015
 
Sitting alone at this counter in a great little café in Halifax, this man was engrossed in his work. Sometimes you don’t see what is right in front of your eyes.
Halifax. But also anywhere.
 
A blast from the past.

Original text: Last night after the big screen special showing of all of the “Life’s Work : Conversations with Makers” videos,we found ourselves back in the same café with some good friends we don’t see often enough. It was great to catch up with them over tea and snacks. We don’t see them enough. It was a wonderful turnout at the screening and the Q&A afterwards was fascinating.

An Un-Anniversary Celebration

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An older couple are seated at a round table in a restaurant. They are kissing each other , but slightly smiling as they do so, aware that people are watching. The walls of the restaurant are stone, the table is covered with a check tablecloth and has part of a meal left on it and a bottle of water. They are casually dressed. Both have grey hair.
An Un-Anniversary Celebration – Ellie Kennard 2014

Memories – from 2014 – a fun throwback story if you want to read on…

We are in Quebec city, having a great couple of days on our way home from a bit of a tour around friends and family in Ontario and Quebec. Last night we found a little restaurant, the Café de Paris, not far from the Château Frontenac in the old town and were sitting, waiting for our meal to be served. I was taking pictures of various things in the restaurant when the owner came up and asked if I wanted him to take a photograph of us… Um… Sure, I agreed. He then proceeded to stand on a chair with my camera and tried to zoom in with the lens (he couldn’t as it was my prime 40mm) and then he complained when the lens was moving in and out (trying to focus). I asked him if he knew what he was doing and he said he did. Then he said that the picture was looking blurry. I told him how to focus and all seemed to be well. Suddenly his hand holding the camera dropped and there was a crash! He had dropped a metal cup just to give us a fright. 😀 What a great sense of humour. He was Italian, perhaps that had something to do with it?

For some reason he had decided that it was our wedding anniversary and wanted us to gaze lovingly at each other, then hold hands, then finally we had to kiss and Steve was told to ‘take your time’. So here is the picture. What a clown he was! He then asked us if we wanted an after dinner drink, on the house. That sounded good, so we sat and waited… But those promised drinks never arrived. Eventually we paid the bill and left. Anyway, here we are on our very merry un-anniversary.

We will soon be home, with lots of photos and good memories.