Imagine

Have spent a couple of days in New York this week at the United Nations, attending a symposium on whales, and their protection in the 21^st century. It was a very interesting couple of days, and a nice counterpoint to the ‘Normalisation’ meeting I went to in Tokyo in February. Next stop in the fight for the whales will be the International Whaling Commission meeting in Anchorage in May.

Anyway, I grabbed a few hours walking around New York on Saturday morning, including visiting a fabulous food shop called Zabar’s on the Upper West Side, and coming back via Strawberry Fields in Central Park.

And that of course is the source of today’s photo. The hardest part of getting this shot was beating the crowds to get a clear line of sight. And in the spirit of this, I thought I would include John Lennon’s lyrics in today’s blog…

Imagine there's no Heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will live as one

Shane