Clear and still, with patches of light frost. The sky has made considerable inroads into the forest just since yesterday. A jay’s waking call elicits a reply from the far ridge: softer notes at first, then the familiar jeer.
Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow
Clear and still, with patches of light frost. The sky has made considerable inroads into the forest just since yesterday. A jay’s waking call elicits a reply from the far ridge: softer notes at first, then the familiar jeer.
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“…the sky has made considerable inroads into the forest…” My favorite line of the week.
Really like that brilliant 2nd line!
Thanks, Dean and Sarah. I’ve been trying every October for years to put that into words, but now that I’ve landed on it, it seems so obvious!
It always does once you have it. I had the same problem with forsythia!