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.

Escape, tulips and samosa.

1. This morning, I'm piling into a car with friends to escape into the Weald, where we will visit a garden planted with 45,000 tulips. 2...