Scenes From A Train Window

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One sunny, summer day many years ago, taking a slow train through suburban London to her house, these are the things that we enjoyed seeing from the train window.

Scene 1: A weightlifter in a garden proving to be a source of fascination for birds

Scene 1


Scene 2: A woman in a quiet street pushing a large wheelbarrow full of flowers, in a floriferous manner

Scene 2

Scene 3: A colourful statue of a cow

Scene 3

Scene 4: A vision from the 1930s with pots and pans suspended above a joyful husband and wife  

Scene 4

Scene 5: In a garden, two men dressed in Victorian clothes staring at something that they consider intractable

Scene 5

As dusk began to fall and we neared our destination, she whispered to me, “Love is the man in quiet shoes walking close behind you as you make your way home.”

Scene 6 - The Man in Quiet Shoes

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