Friday, May 18, 2012

Pear, alium and back here.

1. Anthony takes a piece of pear from me, and puts it in Alec's mouth.

2. To catch a purple alium in someone else's front garden just as it is bursting out of bud.

3. When I go to pick Alec up, there are no staff and no babies in his usual room. This is alarming -- but then a cheery voice calls: "We're out here, eating up some leftover cake." Alec leads her back into the room and presses on me a fat handful of crumbs. Nyummy.

Shower, sparrow and night before bin day.

1. The rain comes down in rushing spate, drowning downpipes and running in fans over the asphalt. Next time I look up, the sun is out, water...