Hot day at the ballpark

Hot day at the ballpark

A chilled bottle of water for the first base coach sits at the edge of the field during the semi-finals of teh summer league at Huber village park.<br>My Final Photo for July 16, 2013.

A chilled bottle of water for the first base coach sits at the edge of the field during the semi-finals of the summer league at Huber Village Park.
My Final Photo for July 16, 2013.

Sparring partner in Huber Village Park

Sparring partner in Huber Village Park

Sparring partner in Huber Village Park

Sparring partner in Huber Village Park

Every now and then I stumble on a scene that takes me a moment or two to begin to understand. It happened today while I was on my bike for a late afternoon ride through Huber Village Park.

Alon the norther peremiter of the lacrosse field stood a young couple boxing. Both wore red gloves. She wore protective gear as a barrier against the much large boy she competed against.

I watched for a few minutes as I shot more bikes being stored in the nearly full bicycle rack next to Planet Westerville.

The pair continued to spar along the sidelines of the lacrosse field being used for practice.

Finally, after I was satisfied with my bike rack photos and worried they might finish training, I biked over and started up a conversation about how unique it was to find sparring boxers in the park.

Of course, I shot a few photos, one of which is this portrait that becomes My Final Photo for Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

 

Final minutes of play before storm arrives

Final minutes of play before storm arrives

Storm clouds over baseball field

Storm clouds move over baseball field at Huber Village Park

A youth baseball coach watches with one eye over his team during practice and with his other eye studies the progress of a storm front beginning to move into Westerville late in the afternoon.

After only several minutes of practice the team, and all the others playing in the park, were forced to leave as the sky darkened, the temperature fell about 15 degrees, and rain began to fall.