Monday, July 18, 2022

Water task, alone and compost heap.

1. On a hot day, and washing Fairy Gardens is a nice task to do when the sun has swung over the roof, leaving the front garden in shade.

2. It is so quiet -- we have the entire cricket ground to ourselves when we walk out after supper.

3. Just after sunset, but before it gets too dark to see, I turn the compost heap over. The bottom is dank and wet and cool despite the heat.

Slow worm, peacock butterfly and striations.

1. A slow worm backs into his burrow, his mild resentful gaze holding ours. 2. Peacock butterfly -- Persian rug colours -- rests open in the...