Goodnight friends! A little warmer, around 14°c, and several slow bright passages between dense white clouds. Horse-chestnut candles still bright but just beginning to sag, tiny white quatrefoil flowers on coiling velcro stems of catchweed bedstraw. Cleared somewhat again for a while in the evening, days long enough now that there was a blue glow along the horizon as 10pm approached, a bright light I thought might be venus among wisps of lavender cirrus.
Took a walk in the morning, feeling feeling warm pressure of sunlight as clouds slid overhead. After that a long, slow restful day with the aim of being in good condition for judo after being relatively active yesterday. Seemed like a fairly successful tactic – dizziness still swelling from time to time, but pacing was easier and overall everything felt a bit more manageable.
May we find ways to generously give and allow oursleves to receive care today!
Image ID: Photo of broad, leathery leaves surrounding an azalea bud beginning to open, bright purple petals showing between slowly-parting fleshy green scales.
Photo of fresh new oval snowberry leaves, pinkish-red with chartreuse-yellow venation, faintly luminous with transmitted light against mature green foliage, a withered black bunch of last year’s berries at the tip of the stem.
