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Summer Idles By
Late afternoon tide. Cooler but still pleasant. Teenagers, one ball, play volley ball, soccer and play boxing. Boys pick up girls carry to water, squeals.A lone seagull hops by, scanning for a bite to eat
Breakfast Sketch
Pain-au-Raisin on wooden table
Pain-au-Raison
Recipe: Purchase precooked, frozen.Bounce around in a car boot for a day.Take for a jaunt on a car ferry.Delay cooking while those around you, folk passing by, give advice.Locate oven.Do knowing bloke talk about Celsius and Farring-Height.Think of a number, wop doughy globs nearest the element that’s working.Shut oven door.Discuss Plan B and locate aContinue reading “Pain-au-Raison”
Waiheke Car Ferry
It is an ancient Mariner,And he stoppeth one of three.“A cheese and onion toastie Sir?”Plus flat white, was served to me. A cafe upstair . Bubbly holiday crowd. Back car on, wobble wobble. Drive forward to get off. So far they all speak English.
Scarecrow
Auckland city. I have always walked past this corner shop and cafe to my preferred cafe. But there lunchtime was over, expired, gone. So I returned to the cafe on the corner. The staff member delighted with my thank you for a fine salad. Familiar accent, Rome, a lively conversation and I departed for withContinue reading “Scarecrow”
Summer Time
When the cafe is breezy Thank de Lord But why does my cat want to snuggle up INSIDE the bed ?
And people watching
Paint splatters, french doors almost complete. Cat a-zizz.Coffee time.This afternoon a river swim but, a warning, beware of slow moving warm water, slimes and stuff.
Pause for paws
Put cat in towerCat escapesPut cat in towerCat escapes WaitCat gets in tower
Oooooh, no!
An eel. Our hottest day this summer. Happy families in the river. It’s warm. An eel swims by. He’s superb at underwater. I depart company over water. A young woman about to enter the water. Instinc . A shriek. I swim my lengths and depart while the woman is still negotiating terms with Neil theContinue reading “Oooooh, no!”
David in Pen and Pics 