when looking up is like opening a window

Cape Town's green heart.

when looking up is like opening a window
Fig trees in Albertus Street.

On walks around Cape Town's city centre in recent days, I've been looking up and finding myself in awestruck delight at the magnificent trees.

In the Company's Gardens.
Cork oak, one of several in a quiet square near Parliament.
Stop. Look up.

This is the latest of a sequence of irregular Field Notes from a swimming pool library.