Wednesday Son and I drove to North Beach to see Daughter who works on the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay. As I stopped at a stop sign, we looked up to see these monks walking single file and looking rather out of place amid the tourists.
Where had they been? Had they toured the Lex? Were they going to visit the Texas State Aquarium next? Son captured the moment with his phone.
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Great shot, Jo.
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It was just a rather surreal sight to see them standing out in their orange robes with an aircraft carrier in the background. I am so glad I was driving to Son could whip out his phone and take it right there through the windshield. I would have still been turning on my phone!
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Tell him thanks.
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Terrific photo!
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So glad Son captured the moment before they got away. You could probably write a great poem about the monks……
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It was a terrific capture!
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Just living in the moment and seeing unexpected things. Great shot Jo and yes, I too wonder where they were going, Jo.
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Oh, Judith, that is what we say when we get together, just live in the moment! And with our phones we can sometimes capture the unexpected. The evening before we had dinner at a restaurant on North Beach and stayed for the fireworks that were fired off the Lex. Daughter said she did not know if any monks visited the Lex that day but they have had monks as visitors in the past.
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Isn’t odd when you see monks like this in everyday places. They certainly stand out. Cheers
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And they certainly stood out among the tourists in shorts!
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Great shot of the unexpected monks in an unexpected place.
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So glad Son had his phone handy!
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A great capture! So unexpected…
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North Beach is a great place to people watch but I had never seen monks. Thanks for stopping by!
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Jo Nell, you son captured a rather “Beatle”like photograph …. the monks walking single file . Very surreal with the ship behind them. Fabulous. XXOo Virginia
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Abbey Road! Of course! Thanks for the connection. The contrast of the gray ship and orange robes just made me smile.
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Great shot! So many interesting pictures are taken these days because we are all carrying around cameras in our pockets.
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Yes, and the phone cameras take such good photos. Husband and I recently traded in our flip phones for smarter phones and we love them. Thanks for taking time to comment!
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What contrast! A behemoth “man o’ war” with guns and fighter jet showing in the background, with pacifist monks walking past in the foreground. You’re right, there’s a poem in there somewhere.
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Two opposite worlds for sure! Glad you thought it was interesting enough to take time to comment. I used to post “Friday Foto” but have not done so in some time. This one inspired me to post a photo.
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I must say that this image made me laugh! 😀
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Glad I could make you laugh! It just struck me as so whimsical. Son and I just sat at the stop sign and stared. Luckily there were no cars behind us honking for us to move on.
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Monks appear in every city across our world…simply raise your eyes above your cell phone and you will see them and be reminded that we are spirit as well as technology!
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