I like sunlight and trees, it seems. Morning sunlight through tree branches, particularly. This is yesterday‘s tree, in full. Just below this tree lies the water way, where the family of otters swam by on their way to a successful fishing expedition in Otter Bay. It stands just at crest of the yard before it slopes down to the water. It is one of the oak trees about the yard…
Let me tell you, there are some things which cannot be adequately recorded. The excitement of seeing otters for the first time in my backyard is one – or indeed the second time, which topped the first because I waylaid them – and they showed up! But the absolute good fortune of today is hard to describe. We decided to travel a ways from the backyard in the afternoon to…
The sound did not pull my attention. Too often had I been frustrated by turning just in time to see only the spreading waves. I never managed to see the fish themselves break the surface, but only the water’s concentric rings dispersing. I never quite have my eyes in the right place. So I didn’t turn around. Straightening my back in mild irritation, I pulled my elbows in and grasped…