today i sat on a bench at the big, beautiful park that inhabits (it seems) half of the city. the pond was covered in lily-pads and the sun was beaming down on me, and old ladies in track suits were booking it down the pathways. the lawn bowling club was full of angels, the seagulls were stealing my grapes and  i even saw a grandpa and his grandsons holding mini putt clubs and a golf ball. oh, and ducklings were walking on water.