O for a Camera

[tamaranth]

Just went for a walk in the rain to clear my head. The River Ravensbourne, rain-swollen, runs through our local park -- a nature reserve with natural mud banks, rosebay willow-herb, bullrushes, graffiti, muggers and other traditional wetland features -- at, today, a fast walking pace. I love running water (and cross it without any difficulty, thank you) even when it's urban river water, and thus embellished with plastic bottles, Coke cans, substantial chunks of wood, garden rubbish and the like.

Today there was a skateboard floating along, wheels down.

And on it stood a seagull, glaring indignantly at the blue plastic bottle that was overtaking it.

Comments

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish you'd had a camera too. That's hilarious!

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

snirk ;-)

[elinor.livejournal.com]

But if you'd had a camera, we would not have had the delight of your wonderful prose. :-)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Had you seen it after it rounded the bend, it would probably have dipped one foot in the water and given a couple of pushes to speed up ...