I was sitting here with the window open and the smell of freshly cut grass drifting in occasionally (I mowed the lawns earlier today).
The sky is clear blue, not the really pale blue you get in summer, but a nice light blue. No clouds at all that I can see from my window.
I have a row of bright green bushes and trees along the fence line that contrasts nicely with the blue sky.
It's about 20 degrees C outside, although in the direct sun it feels more like 30 degrees, thanks to ozone layer depletion.
I can hear birds tweeting in the trees in neighbouring properties.
I have a 1970 playlist going in the background, and I can hear my daughter practicing gymnastics somewhere else in the house, while my other half is preparing an early dinner.
For a few short moments my mind is just totally blank, and that is nice.
Then the realities of the last few days comes back to me again, and I really wonder what has happened to the world.
It bothers me that the carefree happiness I experienced when I was growing up will be denied to my daughter, although she will not have any basis for comparison and will hopefully be able to find her own happiness in today's world of ozone layer depletion, extreme weather, terrorist attacks, lack of jobs, over-population, over-crowding on the roads, prices rising all the time, wages stagnating, increased competition in academic areas from overseas students.
