Time zones

My biological clock is residing in different time zone. My body craves apples and pumpkin pies in spring, adores frozen berries (even red currants) and a ragu on hot summer days. My Christmas feeling is not related to the calendar and the sudden feeling of approaching adventures not connected with invitations or company. I sometimes wonder if we will ever meet. 

Morning Coffee

Sometimes you mind trails off into a place you cannot reach, like it has its own hidden place. The sentence swirl in flocks but you cannot distinguish one from another and cannot tie down one. You cannot focus your eyes on something they just stare in everything at once and nothing at all. You listen but the words ans sounds do not reach your mind. Your move ments are slow, distracted and yet miraciously you get things done. 

And then you have your first morning coffee. 

On the River

When the reached halfway, the sun had almost set. The sun coloured the sky and the river in sunset colours. If it was not for the trees on the river bank, they would feel like canoeing through the sky. The soft splashes of padles and some distant songs of nightingales, the night was quiet. 

Meeting

The table was laid beautifully and the delicious smell tickled the nose. Sanny filled all three cups of coffee. Mrs Biggs sat still and not a muscle on her face moved. She slowly nodded in appreciation. Sanny looked ar Mr Biggs but he was a male copy of his mother. For a moment all three sat in silence skipping coffee and nibling on cakes. Then Mrs Biggs started her subtle interogation of her future daughter-in-law. 

Bunny

Bunny was very responsible therefore everyone was surprised when he disappered from his usual work place. Nobody really considered his job of holding the door very important, except for Bunny himself. However, every body noticed imediately that he was missing. Somehow the door had become uncomfortable. They had to open it and then be careful when it closed behind them with a loud bang. Bunny was latter found in the shed, one of the guest's dogs had carried him there. Bunny was torn a bit but the owners patched him and put in the usual place. Before Bunny slipped back to the zone of invisibility, he enjoyed the two weeks of greetings, warm smiles and sympathy. No one knew that Bunny now was eagerly greetings all the dogs in this hotel. 

Cookies

The pleasant and familiar smell filled the kitchen, hall, bedroom and even bathroom. She had been baking cookies for five hours. It was already almost midnight, but there was still quite a lot of dough. Besides she still had to glaze all the cookies. It was an accident really. She had agreed to make cookies for coworkers but she had not calculated how much time and effort it would take to make them for 40 people. "Midnight cokies," she said out loud and giggled out of tiredness. 

 

Nose

He seemed to be completely absorbed in the unfamiliar smells of the woods. His nose to the ground following the invisible to the human eye trail. On and on he went, stopping only for a breef moment of more thorough sniffing or occasional sneezing. I could only helplessly follow holding to the other end of the leash.