Saturday, July 04, 2009

The rain comes, scarlet and the gathering.

1. After a period of bright hot days, waking to a cool, wet, misty morning, and joining the earth and plants in a sigh of relief.

2. Scarlet squares of red pepper and quarters of golden tomatoes among the green and purple salad leaves.

3. I like to see teenagers sitting on a bank on the common: a place to be away from their parents and their duties.

In the night, fish and steel.

1. I'm up in the small hours making a hot water bottle. While I wait for the kettle to boil, I lift the blind and see a fat moon and a s...