Summer is...

[commonpeople1]

shirtless men jogging up and down Regent's Canal.

vomiting a little in your mouth as you walk past hipsters sipping coffee on Broadway Road (do these people not work?!)

the modern world in your ears.

a solitary ham and salad sandwich at London Fields.

copies of London the Biography and Me Cheeta in Broadway Road Bookshop when all the main chains are sold out (mental note: always try independent booksellers first).

hasidic girls opening the flood gates for a barge to go through, under the command of a stern but attentive (non denominational) young instructor.

a flotilla of children inside colourful canoes clogging the canal, splashing each other with paddles.

a giant sunflower drooping down on you, a bee crawling its black eye.

a grey heron flying a feet above the water.

a crow calling out to you from the top of an apartment building.

a red-nosed and dazed drunk, sitting on a bench, eyeing you suspiciously.

a beautiful guy that looks at you twice.

Comments

[millionreasons.livejournal.com]

Lovely snapshots.

I have London, the Biography; I could have lent it.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I have it too; it's for the in-laws!

Summer also is...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

kind offers to share books.

Thank you. :-)

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

Summer is flipflops and popsicles.

Summer is super.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Summer should be eternal.

[fj.livejournal.com]

(do these people not work?!)

Maybe their client cut their billable hours, ok?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Or maybe they are just trust fund babies slumming it in Dalston.

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

maybe the hipsters have been laid off and are drowning their sorrows in lattés.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'll drown them in the canal, that's for sure, if they don't watch out.