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.

Watering cans, eating alone and settling down.

1. The grounding weight of my watering cans. 2. Our schedules mean that I eat supper alone in the peaceable, silent kitchen. 3. Now the chil...