Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Refuge, change and rainfall.

1. We give one of Alec's friends refuge from the heat on his walk home. It cheers Alec up, too, and distracts him from the discomfort.

2. The moment when the wind gets up.

3. The moment when the rain starts.
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Magnolia, no coat and weeding.

1. The drifts of pink and white petals drying in the gutters and flattened on to the pavement suggest that the magnolia on the corner of Bel...

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