Two Handy Benches Outside the Museum

Passing Premià de Mar’s Museum of Textile Printing the other day, this is what I saw. Two benches: three people. Three readers: two on their phones, one with a good old fashioned book. Only the young woman, I think, was waiting for the museum to open.

Maybe you’d prefer it in colour?

For Jude’s Bench Challenge.

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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

34 thoughts on “Two Handy Benches Outside the Museum”

  1. I like this and I think monochrome is better. There is something timeless about monochrome and a lot of images just don’t work well in it. But this one does. It makes it more interesting and less distracting somehow. 🙂

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  4. Color or not. Made no difference to me. On first glance all I could think was those two men must have been old. Very very old with necks too stiff to turn around and look behind them.

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      1. We did indeed go to the Roman Museum. Though that was planned beforehand. The Textiles Museum was entirely accidental.

        The Spouse and I, with only two exceptions, have always been independent travellers and he has booked our itinerary online from home. So twice we have been in hotels in the business rather than tourist districts, (the other time was our first three days in Moscow and there we saw an art gallery (the New Tretyakov) that nobody goes to either.) On our last day in Barcelona when we had time to kill before setting off for home, we went to the Ceramics Museum and the Textiles Museum next to it, because they were close to our hotel. I think of them every time I dust my two souvenir ceramic tiles depicting medieval craftsmen!

        See here: https://hillfamilysoutherndivision.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/barcelona-museums-29-10-10/)

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      2. Ah no, we’re not talking to about the same museums. The one in my post, and the Roman Museum I refer to are both in Premià de Mar, some 12 miles north of Barcelona, which is a nicely ordinary seaside town that doesn’t get many tourists, and is it where my daughter and family live.

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  10. I like them both, but prefer the B&W it seems sharper, though I would actually have cropped out the van on the left. I reckon they are all waiting for the museum to open, I’d definitely sit on one of the benches whilst waiting. Great photo Margaret. How much longer are you the Housekeeper-in-Charge?

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    1. I think probably only the girl might be (Opening time was over an hour away). Just a nice quiet spot for a rest, I reckon. I’m home now. Such a change from last week’s glorious heat there.

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  11. There’s something quietly powerful about a simple bench, and your photo captures that beautifully. For me, benches are symbols of belonging—of rest, reflection, and tranquility. They invite us to pause, to breathe, to take in the world around us without hurry.

    Thank you for reminding us of the stillness and grace that can be found in the everyday, Margaret!

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