Yes, it was that sort of day: balloons, water skiers, packing up a slide and an almost full moon. Actually, today was a public holiday in Japan, 'Sea Day', celebration of all things waterful, so it is just as well I work by the Bay. At least I could observe the sea, even if my workplace doesn't interrupt the timetable for a mere public holiday. (It must be said that we do group all the public holidays together and have a couple of weeks of holidays instead.)
So, what were the balloons? I just caught them out of the corner of my eye. They came from the wedding place so I thought perhaps someone was getting married but since there was no accompanying ringing of the bells...perhaps they escaped...
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| Something caught my eye |
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| And just for moment... |
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| ...there was colour and movement |
And living up to its holiday image, the water today was a lovely blue and even some tried a bit of waterskiing...
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| Skiing, or wake-riding |
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| Happy public holiday blue |
And after all that time setting up the waterslide last week...
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| What a job |
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| Just about done |
Someone had to pack it away.
And after all that, all that was left was the moon, eventually finding its way above the clouds.
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| As it climbed above the clouds... |
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| It was time to head home |
It may not really be made of cheese, but then if we can imagine balloons can escape then we can believe whatever we like. I think that's what David Niven was talking about...
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 11.55am-11.57am, 1.07pm, 2.59pm, 4.41pm, 6.40pm, 6.44pm; 18 July 2016]
