Have I said it's hot? it's very hot, yep it's hot.

I lie on the couch reading, drinking juice. As the day wears on a warm wind comes up blowing around the newspapers stacked on the table.

Sitting outside in the shade I watch a crow walked up the street. he stops and cocks his head at the sound of a distant siren and then continues to walk.

The teenage herons are squawking in their nests. I can hear them from three blocks away. Soon they will fly away but the crows stay forever.