Watercolour Picture

WATERCOLOUR PICTURE Strolling slowly in tree pergolas Golden roofs and sunlit cupolas Caress of evening breeze warm Fountains with their arching form Sunlit water in the distance - Million silver-fish in existence Fairytale beauty royal palace Peterhof fills an artist’s canvas * Hydrofoil back to city centre Distant city seems no closer Skimming close to giant freighter Massive, straighter, nothing greater Speed on skis to harbour landing Hermitage on the Neva standing Warm late evening summer sun Chattering crowd ice-cream fun. Note: * Peterhof is a very beautiful palace just south of St. Petersburg. . It is modelled on Versailles. Today it is a museum.