Sunday, October 25, 2015

October 8


Wind brought down many of the white pine needles that only yesterday were still on the trees, brown ones whose time had come. The pines all had a two-tone appearance of green and brown, and now they are restored. The ground however is littered with needles, as is the roadway, so many so that entire stretches of pavement are nearly covered. In places where the car tires pass over, the tracks clear the road enough that from a distance it looks like a sandy road, where only this morning it was clear.

These will scatter about and eventually disappear, much like the light snow that falls spindrift on cold pavement, where slight breezes cause it to shift and eddy until warmth erases it entirely.

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