I knew the holiday would throw me off. I was adding new yarn pictures to my For Sale page and wrote almost a whole post, well, if I weren’t on dial up and didn’t have to wait FOREVER for the pictures to load, it would have been the whole post, before it occurred to me that today was Wednesday. Last night WAS Two dollar Tuesday at the local pizza place and I SHOULD remember that, they were out of Ridgerunner.
It’s Wednesday..
The seasons have changed, dramatically over the past week. Something is different.
It’s harder to walk quietly now, the dried leaves are loud under our feet. We are exposed, cautious.
Inspite of the "No Hunting" signs we have been drawn in. A father comes by to tell me his son wounded a deer on the adjacent property. It ran away, escaping onto mine. A search needs to be made. I spend parts of the last two days searching for the blood trail, the tiny spots of blood so infrequent and now lost that finally I tell them that the deer is safe. There will be no more searching. There have been crows, but this time of year they are gathering. The same man, the father, had butchered a bull the same day as the deer was lost, the entrails taken to a far corner of a nearby field. I hope that the coyotes are kept busy there, where the smell of blood is strong. Raucous crows, screaming hawks… coyotes, fox… all looking for food. The deer have it hard.
The season has changed. Bare bones.
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10 responses to “walk with me wednesday”
Amazing. Bare trees already, and frosty ferns! You’re further north of me than I thought you were.
Beautiful beautiful writing. Evocative, spare, sere, exact.
Yes…..your Wednesday post and mine speak of the change to less light and warmth. I do love bare trees against the sky.
That was quick. I had to put on a jacket just to read. I felt the chill.
You were good to help with the search. Looking for a wounded deer can be so frustrating for everyone but I’m glad your situation turned out good – for the deer, anyway. 😉
Wow – that went quickly. So now we wait for spring? 🙂
What a difference a week makes, the color that was here is now fading..and the silhouettes have changed…good to get outside and notice it…your “walking words” describe it beautifully.
It doesn’t take long once the seasons start to change.
Love the fabulous colours you got with your Alpaca/silk yarns. Wow!
Wow – seasons hit so fast and then they are gone! Love the autumn colours and the crunchy leaves on the ground are one of the few things that makes the shortening days bearable. Looks like we are going to hit summer two months early here.
Season of Change.. beautiful evocative autumnal post. The cat photos are wonderful… and the leaves already Gone!