Today, while walking The Hod in the woods, I came across:
1. A squashed garter snake in someone’s parking lot, before I reached the woods, and I was sad.
2. A robin, which hopped away.
3. A couple off-trail with a dog on a leash, which woo-woo-sang nervously at Holly, who was off-leash — so, I put Holly back on the leash, a courtesy, for a little while, until we were far from them.
4. A man aiming his camera to shoot autumn leaves on a tall tree, with sunlight filtering through — surely, the best kind of shooting to do in the woods.
5. A man sitting at his easel on a rock off-trail, painting the scene in front of him.
6. Lots and lots of dappled sunlight filtering through green, and gold, and red and brown leaves
7. Millions of cushiony pine needles on the forest floor.
It’s a beautiful fall day in New England, and the air sparkles. It’s a good day to be alive, as someone said, somewhere, I don’t recall where, or when.
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