The scarlet oak in the front garden - our season indicator - is just showing on the tip of a couple of branches that it has noticed the temperature plummeting to 8ÂșC the last few nights. It's like litmus paper, really...
'I'm always looking for the Hows and the Whys and the Whats,' said Muskrat, 'That is why I speak as I do. You've heard of Muskrat's Much-in-Little, of course?'
'No,' said the child. 'What is it?'
- The Mouse and his Child. Russell Hoban.
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This post really made me smile. The best of blogging - to feel how we really do live on a round planet!
ReplyDeleteWe are stealing your summer day by day. As your autumn discolours tired deciduous leaves, our spring draws forth fragile and tender greenery. We are stealing your summer day by day.
ReplyDeleteI love to watch the changes too, and I meant to say I loved your drawings Katherine. Really nice.
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