Thursday, January 31, 2008

Lambs' tails, puppy and too young.

1. On the far side of the garden over the road, a hazel tree is shaking its catkins.

2. A man across the street carries a tiny puppy. He puts it in his bag as he is goes through a door with a 'no dogs' sticker on it.

3. While I am pushing her on the swing, Madeline leans backwards to ask if I have any children. I tell her no. So she asks if I am pregnant.

Bud vase, tomato and the poem I needed to hear.

1. Among the faded cut daffodils that I'm putting on the compost heap there is one that will do for another day in a bud vase. 2. For th...