Listening to Simple Things by Belle and Sebastian
Walking from South Kensington to Paddington is a pleasure indeed. The first time catches you unaware especially if like me, you avoid guide books and just discover places on your own. The Albert memorial glimmers from a distance and from close up, is an inspiring work of art. (Mentioned here)Where are the dogs and the ducks, the sticks and the swans? This place turns every one into a child again, people playing with their pets with abandon. Dogs racing around fetching balls, frisbees, sticks even from the lake.Peter Pan graces my walk too. One sunny afternoon you'll catch me over there visiting my Neverland as I read under a tree, sunbeams dancing on my face, tempting me to go visit.
Every bench I pass, I stop, I read, I smile to myself and walk on. Were these women best friends, staunch pillars of support for each other who spent Sunday afternoons sitting on the grass eating strawberries and drinking Rose' as they joked and laughed about the happenings of the week ?
A bench like this I would like to give and receive. Simple. Beautiful. Full of meaning and love.
Now tell me this, who would give such a walk up and use the underground?
"Not I", said Aakanksha.
3 comments:
Very beautiful!I am waiting for the day we will sit on one of the benches together again and enjoy the view.Sketching and painting along with chatting will be an added advantage.Idea, of giving and receiving a bench like that, is ideal to immortalize the moment.
That is beautiful. I think you make the right choice in avoiding the underground if this is your alternative!
Mmm, I would walk it with you anyday, Ace.
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