Frances Monaghan Writings

saw my first frost on the grass this morning (yes im rusticating in an outer outer south eastern suburb) and some bright red and green parrots…i think from mem they are called musk lorikeets…so pretty
spent 2 hours getting telstra dialup to work on a prepaid phone and 8 calls to tech support then realised dialup is just too painful. but it wasted the morning nicely. morning walks checking out the leaf situation on the trees, the latest display in the op shops and bus trips nicely timed to catch the schoolkids on their way home wherein i caught a beautiful vignette yesterday at the local mall bus station….a tall blonde guy and a short long haired blonde girl…say 17? she walked up to the perimeter of his personal space and stood there trying to look unthreatening….a look of intense pain and embarrassment crossed his face as he refused to turn and look at her…i wondered if there was a history. She seemed to know what to do as she turned and twirled off to a seat, hop skipping and jumping like a 5 year old in the playground. Another boy about the same age joined her as they pretended to play hopscotch. Finally the tall blonde guy got over his moment and turned and threw them a friendly comment. She likes you dummy!@ I wanted to signal but what could I do. I was just a middle aged lady with glasses watching from the bus, and besides I had a turtleneck on.