Seeking Solitude

Here is the place I go when I want to 'get away from it all'. Having no garden to speak of (in any practical sense) I've adopted the northern corner of South Hagley Park. There's a table to sit and write at. In the summer the grass is lush and verdant, though now the place appears open and barren. A road runs approximately 100 metres on either side, so it's spacious enough to give freedom but not completely isolated. The pictures show a psuedo-sunset (the real event occured half an hour later, see below).

I was crossing the footbridge when a stranger exclaimed "Oh, look at the sunset! Isn't it wonderful?" I turned and almost blinded myself but agreed that, yes, it certainly was a sight to behold, though it looks more like a forest fire, don't you think?