Domestica - day in, day out

While mounds of snow stick like white limpets to the street edges, life inside goes on.

Drinks shaken with the flowers of last summer.

Dinners planned from a rack of spices.

Boules baked.

Broth boiled

Glasses washed.

Fish soup simmered.

Spicebush cordial cooked.

And always more hyacinths to stand guard against the dying of the light.