After supper....

[fajrdrako]

A long, busy, tiring but wonderful day.

I started off (after meditating) going for a walk by the canal: down Queen Elizabeth to the Pretoria Bridge, along the east side of the canal to Bank Street, then back down Queen Elizabeth. I meant to start off before dawn and didn't quite make it; the sun was rising by the time I headed out, though it was hard to tell, with heavy clouds and rain.

They'd drained the canal. The ducks were as happy as ducks can be, paddling in the sludge. Half of them were just bottoms-up in the water, pink triangular wagging on the surface, as they dove for treasures. I'll swear when they came up, those beaks were smiling.

I discovered what I wanted to know: that the whole circuit on foot took about 45 minutes.

I wonder how long it will be until we have ice on the canal.