Benches

I have always been attracted to benches especially the ones that are positioned just right so that you can sit and look out at something glorious, or sit and ponder and philosophise, or sit and ponder or just sit.

I have my fill in Cape Town as there are benches everywhere and they are all positioned just right. Some of these are in Sea Point, yes, you guessed, another of my favourite places. A rather seedy, mixed part of Cape Town on the Atlantic Seaboard (as they call it), with a large community of Jewish people and a multi-cultural feel to it with many people coming from North Africa and elsewhere. It has a long, long promenade where residents and others, walk their dogs, walk themselves, jog, beg, look, sit, or just sit in their cars and look out. A lonely bench beckons to me to come and sit and share its views of people

and the ocean. After a long walk I am more than ready to accept its invitation and another person has the same idea. We sit in silence and look out, Cathy, me and the bench.