It’s a crisp autumn day in the middle of the busy streets of Sydney. Just a normal day. Workers bustle in their suits, moving from building to building. Cars fill the streets, eager to get to their next destination. At a set of traffic lights a woman waits patiently to cross.
The green man illuminates, and it’s time for her to move. So she does. Just before making it to the other side of the street, inspiration strikes. The prompt for photo a day is go, and it’s what she’s just done. So she grabs her phone, and takes a photo of the green man.
A taxi waiting to turn, watching her hold him up from doing so, honks his horn. She assumes it’s because she’s in his way, so she turns to look at him and gesture an apology. “Photo a day challenge?” he yells from the window instead.
And then ‘it’s a small world starts playing in my head’ and a big smile comes across my face. How awesome is this story? Thanks to Gloria Hill {who shared on Facebook} for the image and the story behind it. I’m still in awe of what a great story it is.
BEST!
great story 🙂
Love it!
Love it!
Spreading the “love” with your photo a day challenge !!!
That’s corking! We were at a friend’s baby’s birthday and we’d just taken our photo a day and then we saw another couple taking a cool looking “us” photo. Hubby turned to me and said, “I bet they’re doing photo a day too!” Then I got sidetracked before I could sticky beak… Does that count as an almost-encounter?!
WOW! best story ever for a chilly Sunday Morning
wow awesome!!!
Feeling quite embarrassed but happy and glad that my little story made you smile.
I started taking part in your Photo A Day Challenge on 1 April 2012, 5 days after my then 1-year-old son underwent a life saving bone marrow transplant, in hope the procedure will cure him of a genetic disease called Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID for short). The Challenge gave me much need time to myself to think about something else other than the enormity of the situation at hand – the chemo that preceded the BMT, the transplant itself, the days and weeks after the transplant while we waited to see if Master S’s little body would accept the foreign cells, and the weeks and months after discharge from hospital when we were in isolation at home.
I thank you, Chantelle, for this Challenge, because it gave me something good to focus on every day, aside from my gorgeous little boy and my wonderful big man. In those lonely months when Master S and I were “in quarantine” at home, this Challenge kept me sane and made me think of interesting things to photograph at home.
Master S is now a perfect picture of health. The transplant worked its magic and he is now a bundle of energy and life; your typical boisterous 2-year-old boy who is so loving, so confident, and so friendly and engaging. I still take part in your Challenge because I really look forward to my “me time” to take my photos, apply effects, and upload the photos to share with others who are also doing this Challenge.
Love your work, Chantelle. Thanks for everything, and keep up the great work!
It is a cool story!
Wow! Two inspirational stories from the one woman! How inspiring! Love how fad helps me see the little things differently in life! Amazing that little things can make a big difference! <3 all the best to you Gloria xx
Love it!
Now THAT is amazeballs. How COOL!
OH wow – that is one cool story!! I love how Photo a Day is bringing so many people from all walks of life together 🙂
I have little feel good bumps all over my body. Just makes you realise that it is really a wonderful world we live in. Thanks to you Chantelle for making our world a little nicer with the ‘photoaday’ challenge. V x