SIAN FAIR
tourist in my own
town
I went to collect a prescription the other day; and, as I came out of the Health Centre, a double decker tourist bus drove right past. Maybe you’ve seen them? You sit on that top deck and admire the landmarks and listen to what the guide has to say; but you also get to look at the locals going about their everyday business. So I couldn’t help wondering what those tourists on that top deck were looking at as they passed me. Maybe they were looking at the Victorian red brick terrace, and the old school, or maybe they simply saw a small redhead wearing a green parka and carrying a pharmacy bag. It’s a different way to look at what we see every day, isn’t it?
A different way to record it. Not what we see, but what we think others might see.
Dig deeper, and you’ll find lots of new scrapbooking angles – if you become a tourist in your own town.
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