Snapshots from Shanghai while walking around with Chelsea… what we saw:
Top to bottom:
Candied cherries on a stick with a baby in pink in the background.
Stained blue glass in a tea garden.
Hand made basket cricket cages.
Enormous red silk lanterns.
Sugar cane stalk with a basket of red tomatoes.
Pharmacy jars with herb teas and things.
Chelsea's snapshots:
A little boy in the crowd.
Stylish women at the fabric market.
A woman buying fresh tea from a street vendor.
A pineapple vendor who will cut and carve a piece when bought.
Mother crossing the street.
Billboard and yellow taxi.
What I have noticed on this trip while hanging out with my daughter is that we often forget to take photos while talking, laughing and yes, eating take over! Moreso we are told "NO PHOTOS" inside of the market places.
Taking photos on the streets is not my cup of tea, and Chelsea is the queen of wide angle shots, while I prefer closeups.
More of those differences to come.
Chelsea's personal photo of her freshly manicured hand.
I dared to have mine painted mauve brown…
The color red has become Chelsea's favorite… China has had a good effect on her!
On this day three years ago my father passed away. Three years…. hard to believe.
Yesterday, Chelsea said, "Mom did you ever think three years ago that you would be in Shanghai shopping with me?"
"Never." I smiled.
And then just like that I saw my dad in my inner eye, laughing and leaning in saying to me, "Oh *little goat legs" how could you say that… you are/were always on the go."
With that tears welled up in my eyes, and I grabbed my daughter's hand letting her lead the way.
The future is following those we love, while passing on our love to the ones ahead of us.
* Goat Legs: I do not know how to write the Portuguese expression in Portuguese but my father and mother (who spoke Portuguese) have often called me, "Goat Legs" which means "One on the go, or one that cannot sit still". My mother and father have teasingly called me that for many, many years.
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