Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Making tracks, narrow boats and not a little brown job.

1. There is no snow in the park, except on the mats around the equipment. A boy on a balance bike is enjoying his tracks.

2. The narrow boats are dozing under tarpaulins -- but one of them has smoke coming out of the chimney. It must be a cozy thing, on a cold day, to announce that you need to do a bit of work down on the boat.

3. On this day of muddy grass, brown water and grey sky, a goldfinch flashes yellow and red on a willow by the river.

Watering cans, eating alone and settling down.

1. The grounding weight of my watering cans. 2. Our schedules mean that I eat supper alone in the peaceable, silent kitchen. 3. Now the chil...