A boy sits on the edge of a weathered fountain. As he leans towards the water, he slowly drops small pebbles into the water, watching the ripples expand across the pond.
Five boys are about to begin playing a board game. As one looks on, another quickly reads through the rules. Stacks of markers and cards are on the floor near his knee. An open box of other supplies is nearby. The other boys quickly glance at each other while waiting to begin.
Three young students listen to a teacher describing Giovanni Paolo Pannini's painting of the interior of Saint Peter's, Rome.
A young man and a woman have walked up to hear to his talk.
Other women are discussing the neighboring Canaletto's painting of the Piazzetta, Venice, and Luca Carlevarijs' painting of the Molo, Venice.
All these early 18th century paintings are hanging in a gallery at the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena, California.
An elderly monk quietly meditates as he reads.
Beside the Santa Barbara Mission, California, away from the public eye, is the peace of its historic cemetery, an occasional destination for visiting tourists.
Two men stop to talk in a busy passageway. The younger man is pushing a baby carriage, an unusual sight in Florence, Italy. The older man is holding his cell phone. Are they both fathers, perhaps discussing the unseen child?
Five ladies walk purposefully along a path on a bright sunny day. The first has a red parasol; the last, yellow. Each carries a colorful purse or handbag. Together they contrast against the green field behind them.
Somehow there are interactions in their eagerness to move forward. Are they of the same family? Or, maybe part of a tour group? Where did they come from? Where are they going?
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