Monday, June 12, 2006

Fences, scattering petals and good reading.

1. Exploring a new footpath through town. It goes between Claremont Primary School and Hawkenbury -- most of the way it runs between high back fences so there isn't much to see. I could hear hoses and dogs and children playing.

2. Ducking under a dog rose and catching the fragrance -- but only just.

3. A story called 'The Man Who Saw the Elephant' by Avram Davidson. The man is a quaker, Friend Ezra Simmons, and the elephant is... well, track down the story, because it is gentle and wholesome and will leave you knowing that the world is full of wonders.

Volunteers, eleven and bright crayons.

1. Volunteers growing out of the yellow clay on the edge of the building site: a castor oil plant with spiked green seed pods; and a couple ...