Carpe Diem: Monday

 

In response to the first day of

kat_lair 's Week of Squee and Creativity:

Monday's child is fair of face

Produce something that focuses on appearance (of a person, a thing, a place etc).

I thought to create something Steampunky:

 

Steam, thick and heavy in the morning air, drifted down in curling tendrils around them as they walked from the front door and James looked skywards, caught by the shadows drifting in stately parade across them.  A floating flotilla sailed high overhead, blocking out the sun as they passed. Clippers and brigantines, schooners and converted warships all crowded together so that it seemed every inch of the sky was filled with bright white sails and dark hulls, all fighting for space. Even a Chinese junk or two zipped in, out and around its larger companions like fleas about a dog. It was the Great Annual Steamship Race gliding over Oxford, all seeking the valuable prize offered for the fastest and the best.

James hesitated on the top step and looked at the array above him, his eyes stinging from the miasma the ships created. He thought about digging his aviator goggles out of the inner pocket of his jacket and began to reach for them, But Robbie was already on the street and grinning back at him, making ‘come on’ gestures, and the sight of him made James realise he didn’t want goggles after all.

And for Squee here's a photo of a baby spider monkey taken at Gorge Wildlife Park earlier this year during a brief period of open borders and no lockdowns.