St James Park on a week day afternoon in March. Impressions: White sky thick with cloud. Sweet, ice-creamy smell of blossom. Heaving with tourists dawdling and suits marching through. A festival of waterfowl and birds, majestic pelicans, swans. Squawking, hissing, clucking, sirens, variety of languages. Weeping willows, bursting buds, low loopy fencing, so many flowers. A …
Beckton District Park North on a week day January morning. Impressions: Thrum of the six lane road, wide grass, wide water, variety of evergreens, empty playground. Mud, clear blue sky, thin ice, swans, flock of geese, pitbulls and terriers. A man with a can and a cigarette in the bushes. A girl feeding the pigeons. …
Battersea Park on a week day afternoon in October. Impressions: Groomed fancy leadless dogs. Many busy squirrels. Parakeets. Sub tropical plants. Mediterranean plants. Hidden sculptures. Decorative fountains. Quiet. Restorative. Surprising. Wide walkways. Wide water. Reflections. Bright algae. Ducks. Geese. Heron. Windy pathways. Deep with trees. Question: Walking, talking and laughing with a friend I haven’t …