Distant owl calling
rolling mists on the meadows
nights here are magic
Cori MacNaughton
I wrote this right after I got home last night, around 3 AM, after driving through several patches of ground fog on the highways, especially when crossing the rivers, and then on our street.
Even in the really dry weather we've had for the past few days, the nights are cool and humid, and the mists hug the grassy areas like a lover. It is truly beautiful.
Our river is back to its usual cool green, the wet weather springs have slowed to a trickle, and we have a few more days of dry before the rains come again. Perhaps tomorrow I can finish my mowing.
Tonight Musica didn't come home the first few times I called, so I kept going out again and again, and just marveling at the sky and the sounds from our woods.
tonight is absolutely clear and the stars are amazingly beautiful. I didn't hear the owls tonight, though I did hear a couple of distant coyotes, which set the neighborhood dogs barking.
The last time I went out I finally heard her bell, as she ambled toward the house, and then leapt up the back steps to greet me.
We have a brick pad at the base of the steps, with a few weeds growing up through the holes in the bricks, and she doesn't trust it, evidently thinking that a snake (or something) is going to get her if she just walks by.
She always investigates it thoroughly, then races like the wind up the steps, which is goofy, but it's just a part of her.
And I would love to hear your take in the comments.
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