Blombehoeftes

In Petra Muller's short story Verbeel Jou Nou Dit (Imagine That), in her collection Desembers (Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2007), Altus Louw says, Ek is 'n man met blombehoeftes.

I am a man with flower needs.

Well, that is the sort of woman I am.

Then he goes on to say: Ek voel altyd 'n vreeslike ding oor my kom as ek tussen blomme is. 'n Aansteeklikheid.

I always feel a terrible thing coming over me when I amongst flowers. Something contagious.

With me, it just means I want more flowers. In Namaqualand in South African springs I have wanted to roll in them.

The crabapples opened this week of April.

The Kate Winslet crabapple is opening in Cobble Hill Park. I will take better pictures tomorrow when the sky will be blue. It still looks like Kate: creamy, smooth, soft, guileless.