(Hours and miles on. River banks, stones, feathers. Head in wind, wind in mind. Watching the thin line where city turns to concrete. Noon. And a warm sun.)
10am and on. Listening to the city and spotting planes to have an excuse for being stuck in self-set tasks. Separating paperwork from memorabilia, sorting the old from the new and, worst, getting rid of stuff. Sometimes one's daring enough to at least start.
11am, closing in on noon. The pale sun of the morning vanished behind dense clouds. No rain yet, but backyards are quiet like in tense expectations. (Dizxy. Still tired. Trying to spot some birds, no luck so far.)
Einige Stunden weiter, in unentschlossener Sonne: Vorbereitungen für den Frühling. Geräte sortiert und gesäubert. Laubenschuppen gefegt. Frühbeet montiert, Werkzeuge wieder verstaut und sich über die Leistung der eigenen Hände gewundert. Amsel und Krähe beobachten aus dem Kirschbaum, wie auch lang verlassene Parzellen wieder Leben sehen. Unter kühlem Wind blühen erste Tulpen.
Close to 11am. New rain. Encountering neighbours on the stairway. People torn between wasting the day in their flats or getting their feet wet with winter mud. Also, someone stickered a couple of small red hearts to the first floor windows and these in itself seem to add some softness to the hour.