Sunday, March 06, 2022

Revisiting the scene from a train station

Looking back in time
London, ON
February 2022
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Let's go way back in time, shall we?

It's March 2008, and I'm hanging around with the kidlets at the downtown Via Rail station, waiting for Debbie's train. She had been in Montreal for a bit, doing the things adult kids of aging parents need to do.

The train was, to no one's surprise, running quite late. So I did my best to keep our then-little people occupied. The littlest of our little people Noah, contented himself by lying down on a bench and watching TV. Me being me, I of course took a photo of the little man in his mismatched socks. It was, and remains, one of my favorite pictures of him, an almost perfect summary of what made - and makes - him him.

Fast-forward almost 14 years, and I'm back at the very same station. This time, our daughter is waiting for a train, and to no one's surprise it's late, as well.

She's an adult now, so keeping her occupied isn't quite the challenge it once was, but, still, as I try to make a ridiculous moment somewhat tolerable, I think back to this photo and wonder if there's a photo opportunity.

Of course there is, and thanks to the magic of technology I soon pull the original pic up on my iPhone and set up the shot on the very same bench from so long ago.

Thank you for indulging my little picture-within-a-picture, photographic-time-travel moment. Pixels have always been my go-to when I've got time to kill. I highly recommend it, even if it means evil-looking stares from absolute strangers.

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