Peter Pan - Bowring Park

St. John's, Newfoundland

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Whenever I venture home to Newfoundland, a leisurely afternoon at Bowring Park is always on the itinerary. We love to meander around the pond, contributing to the shower of breadcrumbs and Cheerios floating down from the bridge, much to the delight of the ducks and trout below who have probably come to expect it in life!

Here, I have photographed Sir George Frampton's conception of Peter Pan, a replica of his original statue in Kensington Gardens in London, England. Peter frolics on his earthy tower close to the entrance of the park, atop an enchanting assembly of forest creatures and fairies that appear to be morphing out of the mound of earth below him. I can walk around and around this creation, discovering each being as if it were the first time I saw it, marvelling in its dreamy quality.

The day I took these pictures was dusted with a refreshing mist, causing the foliage to glow with its vivid greenness, and casting a tempered calmness onto the afternoon. As I photographed some of the inhabitants of the statue, I discovered some well placed raindrops that stood out from all the others:

© Christine Mastroianni, all rights reserved