Monday, July 11, 2022

Cricket match, retreat to the shops and sketchbook.

1. It is so very, very hot today -- but there is a shady gazebo full of friendly people and we need to nothing but watch Bettany playing cricket. 

2. On a hot day to mooch around in air-conditioned shops with no particular purchase in mind.

3. Alec shows me his sketchbook. He's been making portraits of the drunks that go up and down our street at night.

Path, stars and wisteria.

1. The Common has dried out a lot since I was last out. There is a dusty path beaten smooth across the spot that is still rutted and ridged ...