At the start of today´s morning walk: a young girl, maybe 4 years old,
wearing a knitted white cap with two pointy white rabbit ears on top,
dancing through the streets behind her mother, with every step lights
flickering in the heels of her shoes. At the beach: a young man coming
out of the sea fully dressed and wearing his shoes, completely soaked,
noisily joining his three laughing young friends who give him his jacket
after which they wander along the boulevard, make fun of
one of the sandcastle builders and get into a fight with him. On the
market square: the woman I see there almost every morning, her snow
white hair perfectly styled, bright red lips, manoeuvring around the
tables and chairs with her wheeled walking aid to join her friends. A
second version of her appears from around the market building, blond
hair, lips in the same shade of red, the same eyes, the same nose, a
similar walking aid. They are both in their eighties, if not older. They
start shouting at each other from a distance and I am not sure if they
are arguing or if this is how they always talk to each other, the result
of a lifetime spent together. The one seated gets up and very slowly
joins her sister. Fifteen minutes later they appear again, now both
carrying a small supermarket bag. They walk across the square silently,
the sun lighting up their hair.
Beautifully written, I could totally picture everything you describe and more. The whole market square, the sea-breeze, those terribly cute sisters.
ReplyDeleteStrange, I'm in Australia..Brisbane. this is sea-side UK somewhere. Still. I feel right there. In the square.