Something Quite Beautiful
“Perching them on the end of his nose, he began to sort through the mail.The colourful edge of the postcard peeked out from beneath the stack of manila envelopes. It was a bustling market scene in Kerala. He pulled the image closer to his face to decipher the tiny script at the bottom right hand corner, India, fancy that. It was from someone called Zac, Zac Porter.‘Good morning, Matthew.’‘Good morning, Edwina. It’s going to be a hot one today.’ He fanned himself and pumped the cotton of his shirt to circulate the air.‘Yes. Better make sure the watering is heavy, I’d go large on the sprinklers. ’‘I’m on it, don’t worry, are you worried about the fruit trees?’‘And the bougainvillea. We can try out our new tubing system, if we’ve done it right, it should irrigate them just so, but you can’t be too careful when it’s this hot. I think early evening might be a good time, we don’t want to scorch those leaves.’‘Ooh no, heaven forbid. Let’s start at dusk, we need to tidy a couple of the beds an...d I think a few slug pellets wouldn’t go amiss.’‘Good idea.MoreLess
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