Walk to the park today

Vicki was meeting with someone this morning, so Maciek and daddy took a walk down to the park. It's a pretty nice place and super close. I took a few pictures that I thought I'd share here with you all. I saw the guys sitting on the bench (above) and thought about turning it into the kind of picture you see there. Seems nice and tranquil huh?

There's an alright playground in the middle of the park that Maciek likes a lot. Walking into it, we stumbled upon a big grasshopper that posed for a few shots (none here for you though). And then Maciek struck a nice pose on the swing...then decided he'd had enough and that it was time to move on to acorn collecting.

And finally, as we were walking through, we came across the trash can that you see here. I thought that it was a really good illustration of much of the country. They are really doing a lot to try to clean the country up (of trash, corruption, and other such things that are holding them back). Yet it is difficult to get people to "play by the rules". People will often throw their trash down on the ground, even if it might be right in front of a trash can. So, while progress is being made, only so much can be done without people joining in and doing what they can (like actually putting your garbage all the way into the can!).