The Old Man & My Slippers

Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/320s f/5.6 at 54.0mm iso100

Yesterday on my motorcycle I was leaving Bantayan Town and again saw the Old Man I'd given my slippers to, two days ago (see an earlier post below) again he was walking in the road away from the Plaza, and this time I did have my camera with me, so I pulled off to the roadside & waited for him to pass by.

I waived to him as he passed - he was completely covered up in layers of clothing to avoid burning in the sun - and just after this shot he recognized me and started to cross traffic to walk over to me - but I was afraid he'd get hit by the motors & tricycads, so I tried to shout over to him to just stay there.

His speach was slurred, like a stroke victim speaks - and he didn't speak any English - but he was wearing the slippers I'd taken off my feet & gave to him two days ago; I was really happy to see that.

The image above is just a quick grabshot - but from the looks of it, my slippers look just a bit too large for him, so I'm going out today to get a smaller pair to keep inside the bike, so when I see him again I can give him a brand new pair that fit his feet better.

Thanks for reading today,
PJAMES