Tag: Smog

smog on the water – first published 3 April 2014

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April 3 2014 and, for some reason I couldn’t work out what day it was when I woke up. Maybe the Saharan sand smog that had hung over the city for the previous few days had got into my brain. When I woke up I thought it was Tuesday. Then I remembered the day before had definitely not been Monday so I thought perhaps it was Wednesday. It wasn’t until I was eating my granola and opened my iPad to catch up on a blog or two that I saw the date in the corner telling me it was Thursday. How did that happen? Continue reading smog on the water – first published 3 April 2014

Two towers, a sphere, a memorial and a cruise

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12 Octber 2015

With a little getting lost we wound our way through Lower Manhattan past shops bursting with Halloween pumpkins the like of which we never see at home. We were heading for the next item on our must see itinerary, a place that had played a part in both our lives although neither of us had ever been there. Back in 2001, the World Trade Centre was nothing more than two tall office towers in Manhattan. On September 11, that changed and the world and our lives changed with it. Continue reading Two towers, a sphere, a memorial and a cruise

Orange, pink, blue, a splash of yellow and a dash of red and white

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8 to 11 April 2015

My second week of early shift started with a breathtaking Wednesday sunrise over the River Itchen. Pinkening clouds on the horizon painted the gently rippled water where a pair of lonely swans dipped their heads searching for breakfast. I dawdled along the boardwalk drinking in the beauty of it all. Half way along the Suki II seemed to be floating on the dawn sky and the trees on the far bank were half hidden in early morning mist. Through it I could just make out my usual path beside the jetties and the line of little yachts. Continue reading Orange, pink, blue, a splash of yellow and a dash of red and white