11am and on. Trying to get some sun out of the gaps in todays clouds. Still grateful, though, for the dimmed skies, the lack of bright light behind huge office windows. Janitor's passing through the yard, having a lunch break cigarette and watching the few remaining doves watch him from behind the newly-mounted spikes. The meeting one floor below seems rather boring, a young guy in a white tee pointing wildly at a flipchart while everyone else in the large room seems to stay at distance, lost daydreaming or hiding behind laptop screens. Re-occuring images. Dense air yet no rain so far.