One Day in the Fontainebleau State Park

            Today is such a nice day in the Fontainebleau State Park. The sun is shining bright and the sky is beautiful. I can feel the wind touching my skin and see it moving everything around me. There is an event happening and because of that there are people walking to and fro. There are children playing in the playground and families laughing. I’m sitting on the sidewalk in front of the beautiful lake. On my right, there is a family: The father, the mother and their two daughters. They have a pretty dog. The parents are sitting on chairs and looking at the children playing with the dog in the sand. There is a fisherman in front of the lake. He is organizing his tools to start fishing.

            Three girls just arrived. They are walking in the sand and having fun touching their feet in the water. More people are coming; it seems that they are with the girls. They are bringing chairs, balls, and many toys. The fisherman left because he couldn't fish with so much noise. Now, they are more than ten people and they are playing together. Some girls went to the water and one of them hurt herself in a rock inside the water. The girl came out of the water with her foot bleeding. Two girls took the hurt girl somewhere else to take care of her. The others kept playing.

            Behind me, there is another group of people. They are doing a barbecue. Earlier, they did a baptism in the lake. While the children were playing with the sand, some people were singing and others were inside the water doing the baptism. Now there are Spanish, Brazilian and American people eating together and talking. On the other side of the sidewalk, there are so many people. Groups of families and friends are having a good time because the weather is good. Some families are playing with their dogs although this is not allowed in the park. A group of friends are playing American football and others are inside the water swimming or just playing with someone else. Far away from the border of the lake, I can see that there is someone sailing and there is someone riding a jet ski. From this place I also can see the bridge and it is huge.

As you can see, the day was really full of details. Many things can happen around us and sometimes we don't even notice. What makes me so happy is that if we observe our surroundings, we can see families and friends having a good time, just by being together.

 Stefane Oliveira de Lira