A slo-mo take on that mower, Max; I like, especially, those scattered
sports pagers among the green...
Is this a sign that the drought is ending...?
Doug
On 16-Apr-08, at 1:31 AM, Max Richards wrote:
> Snap:
>
> Autumn again in outer Melbourne:
> park turf green again, the mowing tractor
> shreds wide swathes, scattering also
> the season’s wild mushrooms and
> somebody’s discarded sports pages.
>
> Galahs (grey and pink parrots to you)
> again at berries on the cotoneaster,
> which our neighbour calls cotton easter.
>
> The moon waxes towards Pesach,
> which I still call Passover.
>
> 5.30 pm, Wednesday 16 April 2008
>
> Max Richards
> Doncaster, Victoria
>
>
Douglas Barbour
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