Friday, January 20, 2023

Saturn, freezing point and snowdrops.

1. With binoculars, we get sight of Saturn just after sunset. The same sky has Jupiter, Mars and Venus laid out.

2. In the centre of town, the ground is wet with dew; on Woodbury Park Road, the night's frost has formed already.

3. In the dark, under the streetlights, a few snowdrops still stand, injured and virtuous, in the grass along Civic Way.

Start of the heat, finishing early and lights out.

1. It's not too long after 8am and I can already feel the heat in the air as I begin my walk on the common. My body responds to the warm...