friendship

I can smell last nights rain in the grass, as I lay back in the tent my Mum has put up in the garden for the summer. It is cooler today, but inside, the houses still hold the heat possessively.

Things that have made me happy this week, so far,
Tennis in the garden with my nephew
2 pairs of indian shoes for £7!!!
Taking pictures on the roof with Nikki
Watching Alan partridge with Joe
Almost getting booked for a magazine cover
Not having to work a thankless 10 hour day in a sweltering store, with
only a 30 min lunch. (sorry Nikki)
Thunderstorms

Puzzling things
The red headed man with the pudding basin haircut wears his pale blue dress shirt tucked into his eighties running shorts to work out. It is darker where he has sweat through his undershirt. Long dark dress socks, pulled up tight, accentuate the milkiness of his calves. He looks like a history teacher.

more observances...
"hello?,...oh, hi!"
"yeah, yeah....I'm at the gym....I'm on the treadmill"

Further down the row, a man is also on his cellphone, but he is on the bike.
This evening I turn my phone off for 2 whole hours.

My friend wrote this to me, in response to my complaint of the heat
"It is stifling here, its take the breath out of you hot, makes you want to jump in a dirty puddle on the street for some relief."
...And i thought...that's so beautiful...just like she is