On one joyful, completely aimless walk through the back streets of Merida, I spied these men working on what would, no doubt, end up a beautiful inner courtyard. The city has amazing over-the-top architecture in terms of ornamentation, an elegant combination of Spanish baroque filigree and Mexican color scheme.
These shots are through a opening. While I watched them, I had to laugh, remembering some of the pieces of stone I had tried to move in the past. Once, I found a nice granite ornament in the slag from a demolition and even though it was relatively small, I could not even budge it, let alone get it home. I actually tied it to my bumper at one point. Not one single mm.
So watching these guys try to move this marble was great. Of course, I thought of my life long companion, Sysiphus, but the fact that they were laughing and smiling, made me realize that even impossible tasks can be fun.
In the few minutes I watched them, they had the same luck I did with that granite. Not one single mm.
On one joyful, completely aimless walk through the back streets of Merida, I spied these men working on what would, no doubt, end up a beautiful inner courtyard. The city has amazing over-the-top architecture in terms of ornamentation, an elegant combination of Spanish baroque filigree and Mexican color scheme. 
These shots are through a opening. While I watched them, I had to laugh, remembering some of the pieces of stone I had tried to move in the past. Once, I found a nice granite ornament in the slag from a demolition and even though it was relatively small, I could not even budge it, let alone get it home. I actually tied it to my bumper at one point. Not one single mm.
So watching these guys try to move this marble was great. Of course, I thought of my life long companion, Sysiphus, but the fact that they were laughing and smiling, made me realize that even impossible tasks can be fun.
In the few minutes I watched them, they had the same luck I did with that granite. Not one single mm.
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