His next stop was the
park. His plan was to go soak up some sunshine and feed the birds. He still had
about four hours to the appointment and the rule was that he had to get to the
venue at least 30 minutes before his time; which meant by 30 minutes after noon
he had to be seated. Weekdays were usually very busy for Fredrick Armstrong
thereby, not giving him the opportunity to enjoy a morning in the park. He had
planned the day because he intended to update his blog space later with
pictures he took in the park and share his experience with the world. As he
approached the entrance of the park, he saw that the park already had some
early risers but one particular group of people caught his attention. The group
had a mother and her two young children and he was about to be seated just
across from the group. Fredrick had crumbs of bread from the cafe in one hand
and his smart phone in the other hand. He sat down on one of the garden chairs,
reflecting on how good the day had been thus far. While he was reflecting, he
began to attract the birds with the crumbs of bread he started throwing their
way. Their struggle for the pieces of the crumbs snapped him out of his
thoughts and he began to make memories by taking pictures. 'Birds do not have a care in the
world' Fredrick said laughing out loud. His laughter caught the
attention of the children opposite him. 'Mummy, see that man is feeding the birdies...I
want to go over there', one of the children said. The children headed
for his direction even before their mother could give a go ahead. She had to hurriedly
pack up their belongings so that she could stop them before they did anything
that would cause Fredrick any embarrassment. 'Can we feed the birdies
please....pretty please?' the children said in unison. Before Fredrick
could answer, their mother began to apologise about their behaviour. Fredrick
stopped and told her it was alright. He had enough crumbs to go round for
everyone. 'I would be glad to share little princesses...here you go', giving what was left of the crumbs to the little girls so they could also feed
the birds. While they fed the birds, Fredrick and their mum watched and laughed
at the reactions of both the birds and the girls. Fredrick ensured he captured
most of the moments for memories with the camera on his smart phone. When the
girls were done feeding the birds, they walked up to Fredrick and said, 'Thank
you for letting us feed birdies. You are good at sharing'. That
instantly produced a ripple of laughter from Fredrick. 'You are most welcome my lovely
princesses. It was great sharing with you and you shared yourselves too by
feeding the birdies' winking at each of the girls. 'I have to go now. My name is
Fredrick Armstrong and it was a pleasure sharing my morning with you'
smiling at the beautiful young ladies including their mother. 'We
are the Williams' family; I am Amy, this is June and that is Lizzy. It was
really nice meeting you. Hope we run into each other again some time. Do have a
lovely day'. 'You too' Fredrick replied as he
strolled out of the park with his smart phone filled with memories of the
morning he just had.
To be continued...