a rant of sorts

 so if you ever read the description of my blog you know what it says - "a blog about my semi-free-life after 30+ years of law (travel, food, theater, and an occasional rant)"

And it really is only an occasional rant but this one was worthy - 

So I was out on the balcony enjoying a lovely day. When I came out there was this woman across the way posing for what I thought was a selfie. I was wrong. She spent no less than ten plus minutes of self adsorbed time: sunglasses on, off, on top of her head; Hair tossed to the right, to the left, head shake for more body; hip to the left, to the right; cell phone held above, at eye level, propped on the floor. It seems the possibilities of how gorgeous she found herself were endless. We seem to have been raising a whole generation of narcissists. 

Instead of going out and exploring our stunningly beautiful city she's on a balcony of a hostel room, she shares with three other people, making herself the center of attention. 🙄

She never once looked around her and despite the fact that I had been standing watching her "show" for more than ten minutes she never saw a thing but her own reflection. 😢

I will give her kudos for choosing a background of our building's entrance (shown in a photo from a few Decembers ago.) 

#Icanteven 

on the other side of the spectrum here is a post I made jst the day before - an observation of the light and shadows next door....

Found the shadows during mid day quite striking on the wall of the church next door. Our building is a converted convent that used to be part of this church. (Interior of the church is also shown in the second photo)

 and in the same vein- here are a few photos of the runner in the courtyard with shadows of the plants refelcted in the sun coming through the gaps in the sun shade...

Time flies and we are heading back to the States for the summer in Chicago. So next thing will likely be the deck work that I will go back to there... stay tuned.