Friday, March 04, 2022

Kind, rhizomes and clear.

1. After weeks of sulky, ill-tempered weather, to step outside and find the air and the light are kind.

2. The groundsmen have weeded the iris beds so that the rhizomes -- fat with hope -- are exposed beneath the ragged fans of leaves.

3. There is always a pile of paper at the end of the kitchen table. To clear the lot into the recycling.

As needed, forgotten cake and syrup.

1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...