Thursday, May 21, 2009

Illumination, sundog and cakewalk.

1. The low morning sun shines through stained glass purple petals of rabbit's ears lavender.

2. A rainbow smudge in the clouds -- sundog.

2-and-a-half. A pair of male blackbirds disagree about their boundary. They fly at each other, tails fanned, beaks wide. Then one crouches low, small in his submission. But it's all a trick -- he's up again, stout with outrage.

3. There is a white chocolate and blueberry cookie waiting for me when I get home. Nick says it's from the Moonwalk team at his work.

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 ...