Archive - Jul 2009

It is July and the sun is sitting heavy on my shoulders, calling up the moisture from the earth so the air is thick and sticky.  In the dappled shade it is delightful if you have nothing much to do but bathe in the heat and turn your face to the occasional ruffle of breeze like a wind-chime in a window.  The sun makes all the colours shine like a bride on her wedding day  read more »

The sun is singing, singing over my head and over the clenched heads of morning-drenched daisies and the few glistening drops of rain that still huddle in the grass.  The week has been windy and cool and we have shut down from the summer and retreated into internal affairs.  But today as I walk distractedly down the garden the sun is calling, calling over my head and welcoming me back  read more »