Autumnal Mists

I’ve not really been inspired to go walking much of late, I’ve been fighting off some dreaded lurgy or another, one that seems to have given me much sleeping sickness,(I’ve taken to drop of at any point during the days of late) some weird sort Ague or another…though today wasn’t to be one of those days…

A high temperature or no I felt this over whelming need to take the air, a constitutional, turn around the park…So without further ado, Putting on my thick black fleece hooded sweat shirt, fluffy socks and sweat pants I set off before doubts or worse, laziness could talk me out of it, . The last two days here and abouts have been shrouded in thick fog, it too inspired me to venture forth, plus the nearer to the park fields I became, the denser it seems it grew….

Some places it swirled about itself, hovering a foot or so just above the ground, others it was just fine whispiness, but still damp non the less….plants leafy edges were coated in a fine almost like white dust, looking for all the world like something or someone had woken early and sprinkled them with a fine shifted icing sugar.. larger shrubs like the BlackBerry have been fooled into flowering once again, pink edged flowers looking strange amongst the blackened curling dying leaves and naked branches,. but more impressive still were the large thick silky woven webs, each white and heavy with the accrued abundance of moisture, droplets formed to make jewel like strings of diamonds, light fragments refracting into myriads of colours and I for one was besotted with the beauty of this new enchanted world.

Trees became pale ghostly shadows in the distance, haunting the dull Autumn grey skyline, only those with some brave remnants of leaves shone out against the dreary sky…they looking stunning and simply by their nature put on a glorious show of their own, Burnished coppers, deepest reds and golden yellows broke up the gloom, their bright coloured leaves lay prone upon dewy spiked grasses beneath their feet, i couldn’t help but playfully kick them into the air, enjoying the crisp crunch and rustling as I walked along….

You could feel the sheer volume of dampness in the air, but not only that you could see it in the smoke like whisps as they shimmered in the soft breeze, . Particules had gathered in the trees, forming big fat droplets that hung precariously on the fingertips of black Hawthorne branches, until weight caused them to finally drop on the already sodden earth with a gentle splat…..my hair became wet the longer I walked, plastering against my skull, yet still despite the greyness, the mists and damp, I didn’t feel cold, there were no breathy trails upon the air like normal November mist filled days, it felt unusually calm and mild….

In the distance I saw a few outlines of intrepid dog walkers, bundled up against the wet….Some I even passed a moment or two with, but I felt the need to hurry along, not wanting to share this mystical of world’s with anyone for any length, instead selfishly wanting to enjoy it for myself…feet caked in great clumps of sticky dark mud, I ploughed on regardless, stopping only to take the odd picture of a bright orange toadstall, clumps of webs decorating red berried Rowan trees, or droplets forming on spiralled tendrils of bright green ferns….

My walk was short but most sweet and filled with nature’s wondrous bounty, feeding my romantic filled mind with such wild fascinations,thoughts….as I headed home I looked up into the deep heavy grey sky to see the shadowy outstretched winged form of floating crows, looking for all the world like they hung there suspended in time and motion….I enjoyed the uneasy quietness of the afternoon, until I saw home before me, part of me wanted to go in and enjoy a large mug of welcome coffee curled up with a book on my sofa, but for the most I wanted to remain outside in the swirling Autumnal mist….stay well and take care of you x 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳