Advancing toward a marsh forest, I confront a mess of frenzied ephemeral insects seemingly threatening, thickening the air near me, so restless and relentless during their brief lives. Some flicker as they flit in and out of narrow rays of sunshine seeping between the deep green all about me. These leaves, quivering at times, throw their twitching web of silhouettes about the ground around my feet, shadows now showing almost a blue hue, perhaps like Renoir’s subtly colored cast of painted shade tucked under summer trees and on lawns alongside ladies’ delicate dresses. Today, although the gnats and mosquitoes appear very active, thus far my insect repellant spray seems to be working, and all types of flying nuisances have mostly left me alone. Only a couple of bees suddenly buzz by my head as I hike in a muddy mix of terrain transitioning to sand, soil, and pebbles along this diminishing trail, but up until now even these pests do not present much of a problem. Stepping between trees, at eye level I spy a long-legged spider slip by me on a slim limb, maybe stating its presence with a faint signature, stringing a fragile filament between two delicate twigs like a cluster of capillaries.
Reminiscence and Nostalgia
Reminiscence and Nostalgia
Reminiscence and Nostalgia
Advancing toward a marsh forest, I confront a mess of frenzied ephemeral insects seemingly threatening, thickening the air near me, so restless and relentless during their brief lives. Some flicker as they flit in and out of narrow rays of sunshine seeping between the deep green all about me. These leaves, quivering at times, throw their twitching web of silhouettes about the ground around my feet, shadows now showing almost a blue hue, perhaps like Renoir’s subtly colored cast of painted shade tucked under summer trees and on lawns alongside ladies’ delicate dresses. Today, although the gnats and mosquitoes appear very active, thus far my insect repellant spray seems to be working, and all types of flying nuisances have mostly left me alone. Only a couple of bees suddenly buzz by my head as I hike in a muddy mix of terrain transitioning to sand, soil, and pebbles along this diminishing trail, but up until now even these pests do not present much of a problem. Stepping between trees, at eye level I spy a long-legged spider slip by me on a slim limb, maybe stating its presence with a faint signature, stringing a fragile filament between two delicate twigs like a cluster of capillaries.