All is Quiet on New Year's Day
Humming Birds
Originally uploaded by olliefernNew Year's Day--
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.
- Kobayashi Issa
We spent the turn over with our friend woodsrule and her boyfriend T, who live just up the road from us in a studio overlooking East London. Their table spread included cheeses, bread, pâtés, vegan scottish eggs, cold cuts, grapes, tomato and mozzarella salad. We brought a chocolate cake, white wine and champagne.
Their balcony, just before midnight, had a view of nearby buildings like Hitchcock's Rear Window. There were hardly any fireworks and just as we popped the champagne it began to snow. People in other buildings shouted Happy New Year or peered at the sky from behind their curtains. We then noticed something tiny flicker above our heads, like a Chinese lantern. Then another. Then another. They were taking off from somewhere around Clapton and moving like UFOs towards the City.
We went back inside and shared our three new year resolutions while standing behind a music stand, heavy metal versions of Auld Lang Syne in the background. Around 2.30am, wink_martindale and I walked home in silence and crashed for the next ten hours.
I hope 2010 brings you a lot of love, peace and success in whatever you choose to do.