日常
我們的短暫瞬間
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Three streets, and then the water. The alley outside the door runs one way only, and it runs toward the market. Most mornings that is enough of a plan. The stalls are set up before anyone means to be awake, and by the time you arrive someone has already bought the good things. Past the last stall…
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The house is quieter than most people expect. There is no road on this side, so at night what you hear is not traffic. The floor gives a small sound when the temperature drops, the way old wood does. Outside, something moves in the garden now and then. Birds start before the light does, earlier…
#quiet #nights #1961house -
The garden has stopped being tidy. Something opened by the window this week that was not there in spring. We are leaving it alone until it decides otherwise.
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It rained all night. The garden is louder in colour this morning, and the stones along the path are still dark. By afternoon they will have dried back to grey.
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Last week an old hinge started giving trouble, so we replaced it with a new one. Watching the old things get swapped out for new ones, one by one, gives you a lot to think about.
#repairs #1961house #oldbuilding
