A cool morning in April - Noticing

 



I see the sea, I see a strip club, I see a pier, I see a hut, I see a dog, says Dave.

NOTICING

The sky is almost void of cloud, vapour trails follow three planes silently in flight.

The sun is glistening on a calm sea.

Britannia Pier is deserted and sleeping,

The cool sea breezde turns the silent wind turbines.

All of a sudden, a crowd of people come round the corner,

you can hear the people chatting and the sound of baby buggies being pushed. 


A lady sits ion the beach, watching her little boy with his bucket and spade, playing in the sand. 

Council men are working in the toielts and there is a fleeting aroma of chemicals. 

Alan


The wind mills in the sea - flowing to the wind amile offshore, moving from West to East - a golden beach stretches for miles with some tiny sand dunes. The Deck Chair house is not open which is weird on a day like this with the sun blazing. 

Behind me people prepare for a game of bowls on lush green grass. The quietness of the beach and promenade, people moving silently past with children in pushchairs, others with family members and dogs - some are jogging.

Yan


I can remember when I took my dog from one side to the other side,

lovely blue sky, the sea glistening,

it watches the world go by,

people walking,

people go to the sea

wind turbines going round,

people talking.

Cathy

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