Shadows

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Walk 206: Wednesday 29 June

Today: The fresh green really popped against our red van and the blue sky: mysterious Rorschach test like tree shadows: I enjoy this delicate leaf/flower plant each time I pass it at The cedars: I spot these red berries and despite the light and heat I think of winter.

A full on, heavy Wednesday delivery. A welcome overcast start with some cooling rain, I feel disappointed as the sun comes out and the temperature rises. Everything dried out and pavements sticky, high summer !! Walk for five hours and cover 16km.

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Walk 206: Saturday 25 June

Today: Anti parking stones in Church Avenue East: windscreen reflection: Sweet peas from 105a Newmarket Road: peeling bark 27 Newmarket Road.

An early start and Saturday empty roads means we make good time. A welcome breeze keeps temperature bearable. Starting to take this sunny weather for granted.

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Walk 206: 23rd June

Today: A freshly creosote smelling gate and fence at No 8 Church Avenue: Dryer outlet pipes reflecting grit box yellow: spidery pavement shadows: Sweet peas picked at invitation at 105a Newmarket Road scenting the van.

Sticky and hot delivering. Customers out in gardens and chatty, a pleasurable morning despite heat.

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Walk 206: Wednesday 16th June

Today: A blue x appeared overnight in Allens walk: Great light through doors at The Cedars: A wavy shadow pathway back to Mount Pleasant: Yesterday I enjoyed the dandelions and rye grass blowing in the wind in these verges, today they are mown and lifeless: A playful moment as I ascend the stairs in Sandringham Court and the green garages become visible.

The first properly hot days’s delivering, sunhat sweatily on. Hoorah for all the tree shade on this walk. Mail volumes down, so finished comfortably in time. Working partner off on her holidays from tomorrow so good mood in the van.

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Walk 206: Monday 13th June

Today: Always inspired by the plants that manage to thrive in the cracks and edges, Allen’s Lane: A tight turn in The plantation alway brings me up close to this hedge: Fun geometry and shadows at this beautiful doorstep in Christchurch Road: Lush flower in church avenue: Road works in Ipswich road mean an excitement of pavement markings have appeared.

A lighter and Sunny day delivering. A fresh breeze keeping the walking bearable. A switching of delivering order to minimise road work disruption and traffic queues.

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Walk 206: Tuesday 7th May

Today: A rose surrounded doorway in Allens’s Lane which smelt heavenly and bee hummed gently: A breeze rustling lawn in Church Avenue and a mottled shadow: Splendid tree shadows: Surreal bubbles in Mount Pleasant: Bunting shadows from Laurel Lodge railings.

A heavy day’s delivering with seventeen special deliveries across the walk and a need to finish on time. Further aggravations with more of Ipswich being closed to traffic and forgotten drinks and snack. All mitigated by the glorious weather, clear strong sunlight with dark shadows. Heady flowery scent greeted me at many calls. We pushed hard and made it in time for the appointment.

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Walk 206: 23/05/22

Today: The gate at 44 Mount Pleasant is invitingly sunlit as I exit The Cedars: After rain yesterday, bushes seem to have grown over night, new leaf growth patterns catch my eye: As I return to my car, after my delivery, the strong summer sun has returned into the day and I am caught by the reflection of the yellow posts in my windows and by the shadow of my door handle on the white lines.

A welcomely uneventful day’s delivering, satisfactorily average weather, parcel volumes and mood. A perfect backdrop to catching moments of beauty.

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Walk 206: 18th May

A busy Wednesday delivery: a hot sunny day. Shadows catching my eye today as I walk.

Shadow of clip on my parcel delivery notebook; door shadow at the flats on benjamin gooch way; foliage shadow, christchurch road; geometric handrail shadows, plantsmans close.