Thursday, June 08, 2023

Swift, grass and reaching the ground.

1. The children wonder what I'm looking up at, but before I explain that there is a lone swift sweeping the sky for insects, they've hurried on to something else.

2. For the time of year and despite the dry weather the grass in the grove is soft and green.

3. Here and there, among the shadows of the trees, red-gold evening sunlight reaches the ground.

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...