The Language of Leaves
September 30, 2009
Leaves are of more various forms than the alphabets of all languages put together
Henry David Thoreau A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Another bright sunny afternoon in the woods. S and I are out on a spree. Actually, we are only in the woods briefly due to our very slow pace. Our stats are:
Distance: Less than a mile
Time: An hour and a half, including stops.
(There walk stats = a proper walking blog. Just need to review a few stoves now!)
Although, our pace is so slow that sometimes I’m not sure whether we have stopped or not. We do sit down at one point for a drink and a snack. S is very excited about a very voluble Robin’s song. Also, he has a stick of course.
Meanwhile, I’m entranced by the leaves, and the dappled light, and the way the leaves fill with light and glow.
Be they dried husks on the floor, or green thoughts in a green shade…
Isn’t that green tree-mendous? (Sorry)
Now that I know where to look for it, I can usually find thin curls of papery bark catching the sun on days like this too…
In all, a wonderful rest cure from Doctor Sun. And the best part is – it wasn’t even my idea to head this way – S was insistent.
September 30, 2009 at 9:33 pm
That’s a wonderful photo of S
What, no bloggy map?
October 2, 2009 at 4:36 am
Agreat posting again Mark.. and these pictures are truely a joy to see… you have caught the light so well in the leaf shots…
October 7, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Yes Mark, what did happen to the ‘bloggy map’?
And the stove review?
….no, we’ll let you off that, just this once, and have a proper look at your nice leaves.
What, no coffee shop?
October 7, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Come to that, you also haven’t described whether you were wearing silk or synthetic undies, how you rehydrated yourself (Platypus or rinky-dink trad method of plunging head in stream?) and what f-number you used for your shots. Tut,tut! (And surely you rounded off the walk in outdoor-bloggerish-walkeresque fashion with a pint or two of real ale in some quaint hostelry? And if so, what was the brew?) Mark, your blog is just as unwalkmanlike as mine! Best – SW
PS Great pix as usual – and I like that Thoreau quote.