BEACH - SCENE

In the morning Piet Hein and I cycled to the beach. As we descended the steps I already saw the scene. Two men with a kite and a little car.
The idea had been to drive the car over the sand, driven by the kite high up in the air, directed by the strong wind.
The first step of course was to manage the kite! A difficult task. Many, many times the kite went up and down. And many times the kite stayed in the air, but went in almost every direction.
More difficult it even was to persuade the little car to start riding.
With a wide berth we went around their play-terrain.
Can be dangerous to be hit by the tow. Or so one hears.
It had rained when we awoke, but by now the sky was blue with big white clouds. A beautiful view to the North, especially.
It was rather cold and we stayed not too long, Lunch called us.

My haiku:

Our tasks can be light
Or heavy ones if there is
Delight in it who cares?

And the quote by Lord Chesterfield in Letters to His Son, Jan.2 1784:

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.