blue sky

now i know toronto is buried under 60cm of snow. and i know it is freezing cold and more than a bit miserable. and i know that this is a record february for snowfall in toronto and that toronto has all but used up its $80million snow removal budget. but i need to talk about blue sky for a moment.

this morning dawned grey and rainy in sydney. it held no promise of sun. but (and i would like to think that this is mainly because i am here and i willed it so) the sun prevailed and burned its way through the cloud cover round about noon. and by the time i was taking the bus back from the city centre around 6pm the sky was achingly, perfectly blue.


that is not a square of blue. that is a photograph of the sky that was over my head today. the perfect sky. the perfect sky that stretched from horizon to horizon without interruption. the perfect sky.

there is a reason people live where the sky is this blue. it is the same reason that people live by the water. because it is good for the soul.