Thursday, June 08, 2023

Swift, grass and reaching the ground.

1. The children wonder what I'm looking up at, but before I explain that there is a lone swift sweeping the sky for insects, they've hurried on to something else.

2. For the time of year and despite the dry weather the grass in the grove is soft and green.

3. Here and there, among the shadows of the trees, red-gold evening sunlight reaches the ground.

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...