Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Stowaway, nature matches art, smoke that thunders and clonks.

1. As we were leaving Lake Kariba, Lucky the dog walked on to the truck and looked as if he were considering coming with us.

2. Baobabs because they look like trees the way I draw them.

3. At first we thought it must be smoke from a fire a long way off, but it wasn’t. ‘That’s the spray from Victoria Falls, explained Bob, who had been this way before.

4. Frogs that sound like bells.

Livingstone, Zambia

Downpour, petrichor and maybug.

1. As if the fall of night has prompted a sudden decision, a downpour begins after days of dry, hot weather. I contort myself around my desk...