The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.
Charles Baudelaire
Our everyday lives are filled with marvelous moments just waiting to be acknowledged and the richest of us make it a daily practice to notice these gifts in our surroundings. This little boy found his moment in front of a fountain while we found ours enjoying lunch outside on a beautiful spring day.
Posted as part of the Weekly Photo Challenge: Enveloped.
Northwest Frame of Mind 
Love the shot
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Thanks, Alesia.
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Wonderful photo AND I like the new theme too 🙂
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Thanks Jude and I’m happy to hear you like the theme. 🙂
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You even included a suitable quote! Well done. Great photo.
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Thanks, it’s great to hear you both the photo and the quote!
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Perfect! I can feel his or her thoughts…
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Wonderful! He was so intense and happy in the moment I couldn’t help trying to get at least one picture. 🙂
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Great capture, Lisa. 🙂 Sounds like you had a wonderful day.
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Thanks so much, Sylvia it was a beautiful day. We were in Seattle to celebrate Ryan’s birthday and the whole experience was great from beginning to end. 🙂
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love the sense I get that that child is just awed
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I’m glad you can feel it through the image. 🙂
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Love it! It’s such a great spot to spend some people watching time, and we found it by accident in 2011. It should be as well known as the Tivoli fountain in Rome,I think! (just checked my facts with Mr Google, and noticed there’s a Tivoli fountain in Olympia Wa….)
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It’s so fun to think we’ve visited many of the same places even though we live on opposite sides of the world. 🙂 I’ll have to take a look at Olympia’s Tivoli fountain the next time I’m in the area…
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Amazing shot, Lisa. He must have been very happy to cool off under that water. Having it all to himself too 😀
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Thanks, Mabel. The area around the fountain was actually pretty busy but there was a quick moment when all the kids ran away from the water except for this one boy. Good thing I had my phone out, I didn’t want to miss it. 🙂
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enveloped in the moment – great take on the wpc 🙂
I love this aha moments –
I also like the blur edits to the front of the photo – with the rich pinkish – found I just kept soaking it up (no pun intended)
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Thanks so much, Yvette. 🙂 This is another iPhone photo with edits in Oggl.
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thx – has that hot kinda feel – to add to the gazing up at the fountain of fun
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This is fantastic, Lisa. If I look at just the fountain and boy, it honestly looks like an oil painting. Beautiful!
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I’m glad you like it, Nancy! I wish I kept a note about the lens/filter combination I used in Oggo for the effects… I’ll have to try again and see if I can remember. 🙂
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That kid seemed enthralled by the huge fountain.
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He really was, Bebs.
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may you find many more opportunities this spring to be enveloped in the magic of life…
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Ahh, thank you. 🙂
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great capture, Lisa! 🙂
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Thank you!
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You do do wonders with your iPhone. I love how huge this fountain looks. 🙂
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Thanks, Paula! The fountain is a nice gathering place for the city. 🙂
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Excellent shot.
He looks like a child-sized superhero, astronaut or supernatural being who has just reached the center of the world or the galaxy, and this is what he has found.
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Thanks, Allan. I like your “story” read of this photo and I’m pretty sure these kind of thoughts were bouncing around in his head in the moment. 🙂 Speaking of stories I’m hoping to post a new b&w photo in a few days for your guest host week with Paula…
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I’ll be watching.
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