7.15pm

A balmy, sunny day,

and then as dusk gathers round us....

Swallows.

7.30pm

The beginnings of a chill is settling into the earth, into our bones.

Autumn has crept in the door and lies at our feet now.

9.10pm

All day the rain eludes us,

skirting the mountains,

the warm air damp with it's unfulfilled promise.

9pm

Darjeeling days, 

warm rain, 

and the clouds graze the mountain tops.

8 July. 9.30pm
Finally the rains begin to recede, and as the sun dies, 

from behind the mountain the dragon appears once again.

11pm

Like an indomitable mother, summer shakes out the clouds,

shoos away the chill, and proudly presents the perfect day.