Alpina's blog post - Another Holiday

A rainy Monday, but I started it with a swim all the same. I usually undress in the cellar, where we do our washing and where the circulation pump for the pool is. Night panties off and into the wicker basket, pump on and turning the backdoor key, a few concrete step up and then I walk across the lawn that leads to the pool. Usually I get distracted on my way and look at some flowers, or bushes, or at our apple tree. It's a long time since I hugged it last, but there will be a good apple crop this year all the same.

The air cools my skin which is still hot from sleep, goose pimples form and my nipples harden, I touch them before I step into the water to feel if all is well with them. And then I dive in and the world disappears around me, there are just some reflexes of light and a muffled sound of streaming water, and when my head is up again, I swim some more and think about my day and feel my mechanically moving body, and then I feel hungry and as soon as I am dry again, my steps lead me into the warm kitchen, where, still naked, I turn on my espresso machine and see if there is some bread left from yesterday. And then another holiday can begin.