No, I love our river. OK, it's stinky when the tide is low and it's usually accessorised by a least a dozen floating Coke bottles, but there's just something about it that to me is magical. Because I love it, I see it as beautiful.
Anyway, yesterday afternoon I went off for a walk and discovered a sculpture competition across the road from our house, in the park by the river.
There was this beauty
and this
Someone had fun
Then at 8 o'clock, for Earth Hour, we headed back across to the river, where the path was illuminated by coloured paper lanterns lit by glowsticks. We took a seat and, for the first time since we have lived in the area (three years), observed the river at night. As part of Earth Hour lanterns made from all manner of recycled materials were floated upon the river.
The effect was quite enchanting.
5 comments:
Divine.
Where abouts are you?
In Sydney I mean.
That sounds lovely.
It's so very interesting that it's autumn there while spring is just blossoming here.
Angie (from AllAdither.com)
We live on the Cooks River - at the back of Marrickville. Told you it was nowhere fancy!
Is that why you can't sleep,
isn't that in the middle of the airport flight path??
Nope, we are so close to the airport that there's no flight noise. Ironically, they can't turn that tight and don't come over our direction anyway. I mean, we do hear the planes, but the noise is minor.
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