30 June 2025 – So here’s my fantasy. (Any why not, a fantasy or two, as you walk downtown streets.)
I imagine that older buildings are thrilled to bits by the mirrored towers rising up in their midst.
Why? Because then they can admire themselves in the reflection, all day long.
A trio pile in together, like squealing teenagers in the same selfie…
a patient friend (L) listens while the diva (R) goes on and on about her split personality…
a dowager admires what the tinted glass does for her ageing complexion…
and a couple of stick figures pretend, for just one giddy moment, that those bodacious curves are real.
And then — sigh — I smack myself upside the head, and walk on.
WALKING WOMAN 
Blane Hogue
/ 1 July 2025Beautiful and highly creative fantasy! Loved it. No need to slap yourself, Penny – very good of you to bring those buildings to life.
Bronlima
/ 1 July 2025Reminds me of this ancient church in London. https://photos.app.goo.gl/E3Bjg5TbS9FbShNP6
icelandpenny
/ 5 July 2025splendid photo! one of yours? I recognize the Gherkin, playing peek-a-boo, but I’m not sure how to decipher the context. Is it caught in reflection, or slivered between other structures?
Bronlima
/ 9 July 2025The photo has the two new buildings, but just behind these two, ,an old Church. Obviously the developers were not allowed to demolish it. So there remains, dwarfed by the modern structures that surrounding it but proud of its history and resilience.
icelandpenny
/ 9 July 2025Thanks — I love the story, and the church, dwarfed but enduring. Who knows, it may outlast the modern buildings…