Sunny Garden

   

    So there's just me left to surf this season's unimpressive waves. I walk around the corner of the house, past the washing line and across the sandy garden. The sun is low and coming off the water in a glare as I climb down through the she-oak trees and onto the beach. And there are a couple of cars in the Moffat Beach car park, probably boardriders, but I can't see anyone in the sea. An old man and woman walk slowly with their small dog. Up at the rocks someone is fishing (p. 24).

    We cross the beach and step up between the exposed roots of the she-oak trees into the garden.
    Do you live here? she asks.
    It's a holiday house. My parents own it. So I'm here every summer, and some other times. What about you?
    I live here. Well not exactly here. Little Mountain, just inland. With my family (p. 28).

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