Be a " PW"!

What, you say is a "PW"?  Prisoner of War? Personal Waiter?  Nope, what I'm referring to is a People Watcher!  This is what Don and I became yesterday afternoon in Ft. Collins.   It was a warm, sunny day, perfect for the Colorado people to emerge from their homes and enjoy the Old Town area. 

 

 The Old Town part of Ft. Collins is loaded with sidewalk cafes, antique and gift shops, one-of-a-kind stores, mini-breweries, candy shops, and my most favorite place, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream!  I'll take a Cherry Garcia or Chocolate Fudge Brownie cone any day over beer.

Scattered around Ft. Collins are upright pianos, brightly painted with different scenes.  They all are playable, but I can't attest for the tuning.  How about playing on one that looks like a vegetable garden?  All you have to do is "turnip" to play, and you'll be "un-beet-able".

Also dispersed around are various whimsical statues, like this dancing lady who has a perpetual smile on her face.

This little girl was attempting to play the piano in front of Ben and Jerry's, even though she was way too short to reach the pedals.  Didn't matter to her at all.  Her piece was short and sweet (sort of).

For a while, there was a young gentleman entertaining people by playing his violin.  This allowed us to multi-task.  We watched people strolling by and we listened to him play. That can be considered multi-tasking, can't it?  Like walking and chewing gum, which Don says I can't do.

In front of us, another young man came along and started playing.  That didn't surprise us.  But when he started, the lady in the background started dancing around with her hula hoop!  She waltzed and "hula hooped" at the same time, the hoop going from above her head to down around her feet. Neither of us could figure out whether these two were together or his music inspired her to start up.  Our stint as people watchers was becoming even more entertaining!

The only downside was missing the picture of a young guy, carrying a skateboard and dressed in a tie dye jumpsuit!  It was "interesting"....  never before have I seen an outfit like his.  All I hope is that never, ever, will any one of my grandchildren ever dress like him!  You could say he was a real "head turner"!